Workshops . ateliers . 2008

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To sign up for a workshop, or for information about Video Pool Funds, contact:
Pour participer à un atelier ou pour obtenir de l’information, veuillez contacter:

Cam Woykin
Education Coordinator
Coordonnateur du service de l’éducation
tel. (204) 949-9134,  ext. 4
email VP Education Coordinator

All courses held at Video Pool Media Arts Centre
#300 - 100 Arthur Street (Artspace Building)

Registration requires full payment unless otherwise arranged with the Education Coordinator.  Refunds must meet eligibility requirements, please ask for details. Workshops are offered only to the Video Pool membership, though anyone may become a member at any time by paying the membership dues.

Members can request workshops by speaking to the Education Coordinator.  If you have a new workshop idea or wish to take a specific technical workshop, let it be heard!

Tous les cours sont offerts au Centre des arts médiatiques Video Pool, 300-100, rue Arthur.
Un règlement complet est requis lors de l’inscription à moins d’avoir conclu une entente spéciale avec le coordonnateur de l’éducation. Un remboursement sera remis sujet à certaines conditions. Les ateliers sont offerts uniquement aux membres de Video Pool. Toute personne peut devenir membre dès qu’il s’acquitte de la cotisation d’adhésion. Pour plus de détails, veuillez vous adresser au coordonnateur de l’éducation.

FALL Workshops . 2008

JUST CHOPPIN' - An Intro to Final Cut Pro

Dates (Please note start date change): Sept 16, 18, 23, 25     Time: 19h00-22h00    Pre-requisite: None       

Fee: $160/$180 - Non Members

Slice and dice your way through this introductory course on the industry standard in editing. During the 12hrs of fun filled instruction and hands-on learning, participants will develop a working knowledge of FCP software and be ready to edit videos and films of their own.

Instructor - Heidi Phillips is an experimental filmmaker based in Winnipeg. She completed her MFA from Transart Institute Austria in August of 2008. Her next exhibition, Revival, is both a dream and a nightmare and shows at aceartinc. in Winnipeg, in 2009.

 

Cultural Sensitivity

Dates: Sept 17            Time: 13h00-17h00    Pre-requisite: See Below    

Fee: $5/$25 - Non Members

Focussing on intercultural relations in multicultural environments, the Video Pool Outreach Department invites video artists interested in facilitating workshops or becoming mentors for Video Pool's Outreach programs with Northern Aboriginal communities and local youth.

Instructor - Allen Sutherland

 

Freestyle SoundHack

Dates: Sept 13            Time: 11h00-18h00    Pre-requisite: 14yrs +       

Fee: $40 (For Everyone!)

Construct Freestyle SoundKits – wearable sound pieces prototyped by the artist – that generate and broadcast electronic beats as users move through the urban environment. Participants will follow up the session by performing live sonic and movement-based interventions in the public spaces of the Exchange District.

Instructor - Jessica Thompson is a new media artist whose practice encompasses sound, performance, and mobile technologies. Her projects enable audience members to create user-defined spaces and situations within urban environments. www.jessicathompson.ca

Freestyle SoundHack is presented in coordination with (in) visible cities performance festival.
www. invisiblecitiesperformance.blogspot.com
 

 
EXPERIDOC - Documentary for the Avant-Garde

Dates: Oct 14, 21, 28; Nov 4     Time: 19h00-22h00    Pre-req: Prod/Edit Exp.   

Fee: $140/$160 - Non Members

Over the course of this 4-week, studio-based workshop, participants will create their own short films. Viewing various examples of documentary cinema and using them as a leaping point into their own unique projects, individuals will explore innovative methods of creating art-driven documentaries. (Fee includes: miniDV tape, camera rental & 3hrs studio time!)

Instructor - Cam Woykin is a Calgary born avant-garde filmmaker with existential queries. Woykin currently resides in Winnipeg where he maintains his practice as an independent artist, filmmaker, and writer. PS - He's also Video Pool's Education Coordinator. 


Classifieds: Artist for Sale - Marketing Yourself as an Artist

Dates: Oct 15            Time: 19h00-21h00    Pre-requisite: None       

Fee: FREE!/$20 - Non Members

The Education Department continues its free professional development series with this session's marketing for artists workshop. Demystifying the world of the professional artist, Artist for Sale will explore creative and financially feasible methods of marketing yourself and your practice.


The Oddball Antenna:  DIY Inputs for Physical Computing

Dates: Oct 20            Time: 18h00-22h00    Pre-requisite: None       

Fee: $30 (For Everyone!)

The Oddball Antenna is a hands-on introduction to physical computing that focuses on alternative methods of feeding your computer external information. Participants will use old things, broken stuff, high fives and the ether to construct experimental sensors and switches that will be used to control digital media. This workshop includes a presentation about the Arduino board and its life as a piece of open hardware.

Instructor - Th3 L∆N P∆rTy (Darsha Hewitt and Alexandre Quessy) is a collective from Montreal Canada that produces artwork based on collaboratively developed technology and experimental electronics. They teach workshops on versatile technology and assist communities new to open source practices by setting them up with tools to establish Do-It-Yourself electronics groups.

CUT CUISINE - Final Cut for the Familiar (dates amended)

Dates: Nov 5, 8 & 12    Time: (Nov 5 & 12) 19h00-22h00; (Nov 8) 11h00-18h00    Pre-requisite: Final Cut Intro   

Fee: $120/$140 - Non Members

Now that you're familiar with the basics, join other intermediate & advanced FCP users to develop your cutsmanship with the assistance of a seasoned Final Cut vet! This is a studio based course intended for individuals with questions regarding works in progress or those interested in exploring additional FCP applications.

Instructor - Over the last few years, Jaimz Asmundson has produced a frenzy of work that has traveled to film festivals worldwide. Subversive content, camp humour and over-the-top aesthetic have become Asmundson’s hallmark. He has been called “Winnipeg’s enfant terrible of transgressive cinema”. Jaimz is currently the President of the Winnipeg Film Group and part of the Winnipeg curatorial collective, WNDX, A festival of avant-garde and experimental film.

 

Don't Feel Blue, You're Pretty on the Inside - Chroma Key Technology

Dates: Nov 18 & 20        Time: 19h00-22h00    Pre-requisite: Final Cut Intro   

Fee: $60/$80 - Non Members

Ever wanted to transcend space & time? Now's your chance! Join Mike Maryniuk and his blue screen wizardry over this two evening workshop, and uncover the ins and outs of shooting your own chroma key videos.

Instructor - Born in Winnipeg and raised in the rural back country of Manitoba, Mike Maryniuk is a self-taught film virtuoso, whose film world is an inventive hybrid of Jim Henson, Norman McLaren and Stan Brakhage. Maryniuk's films are a visual stew of hand-made ingredients and full of home cooked wonderfulness.

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Video Pool gratefully acknowledges the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts; the Manitoba Arts Council; The Winnipeg Arts Council; The Winnipeg Foundation; The Thomas Sill Foundation; Manitoba Culture, Heritage and Tourism; Manitoba Science, Technology, Energy and Mines; Manitoba Lotteries Corporation; The Department of Canadian Heritage; Multi-Media Risk Insurance; Artspace Inc.; The National Film Board; and Video Pool members.