Gallery Spotlight: The Path to Cinema with Jessica Niebel
Gallery Spotlight: The Path to Cinema with Jessica Niebel
Free with museum general admission, the Gallery Spotlight series is a monthly conversation with featured guests.
Join us in conversation with Exhibitions Curator Jessica Niebel, as we explore the design and creation of the exhibition The Path to Cinema and the unique and intricate methods and objects of early cinema, such as shadow play, peepshows, magic lanterns, zoetropes, and praxinoscopes. The conversation will also highlight Neibel’s design approach and inspiration.
The conversation will take place in the Lower Level lobby. Visitors are encouraged to check out The Path to Cinema on Level 3 before or after the event.
If you have any questions, or need assistance planning your visit, please email museumeducation@oscars.org.
About Jessica Niebel
Jessica Niebel organized internationally touring exhibitions including Anime! High Art-Pop Culture (2008); Jim Rakete: The State of Things (2011); And the Oscar Goes to ... 85 Years of the Best Picture Academy Award (2012); and Theaters: Cinema Photography by Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre (2014) as curator at the Deutsches Filminstitut & Filmmuseum in Frankfurt, Germany, where she was a member of the museum's award-winning film programming committee and edited numerous exhibition catalogues. For the Academy Museum, Niebel curated its inaugural temporary exhibitions Hayao Miyazaki and The Path to Cinema: Highlights from the Richard Balzer Collection, as well as Director’s Inspiration: Agnès Varda (conceptualized by former Assistant Curator Ana Santiago). Niebel holds a master's degree in media studies from the Philipps University of Marburg, Germany and studied media production at the University of Southern Queensland, Australia.
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