Minnesota Media Arts

Contact: Ron McCoy (Media Archive Producer)

Year Established: 1984

Specialties: Digitization, Museum Consultants, Photography & Documentation, Collections, Website Design & Development

Training/Experience: MNMA resources include Producer/Directors with over 45 years of media production and program editorial services. Board Members include Twin Cities video pioneers Mark Stanley and Ron McCoy. We specialize in media archival projects for nonprofit organizations, artists and independent media producers. We strongly encourage a robust metadata step. Formats include 3/4" U-matic videocassettes, Betacam-SP videocassettes. S-VHS, Open Reel 1/2 “ EIAJ and 1” Open Reel videotape. We prefer to discuss project outcomes and metadata standards vs just providing transfer services.

Notes: MN Media Arts is a non-profit 501(c) 3 organization fostering the production, preservation, and access to works of media arts, documentaries, and independent programming. We are continuing the legacy of our parent Twin Cities Cable Arts Consortium founded in 1984 to promote the production and distribution of local media arts programming. MNMA also provides expertise in the digital media archive process, producer services, project management, director services, workflow design, project analysis, metadata review and analysis, digital media conversion and digital asset management.