The Sanctuary for Independent Media Center presents the “Be The Media!” workshop series from March through June 2010.

The “Be The Media!” workshop series provides local artists, producers, and citizen journalists with opportunities to acquire and improve the skills necessary for successful and high-impact independent media-making.

The workshop series, now in its 8th season, offers chances to explore the use of technology in making art and media, and build the creative capacity of our region. Geared to suit people who know a lot or a little about digital tools, the workshops are suitable for both curious novices, and seasoned users ready to hone their skills. The instructors are world-renowned media artists with expertise in many fields, and come from the Capital District and beyond.

The “Be The Media!” workshop series is presented in partnership with the Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center, and with the financial support of the New York State Council on the Arts. Each 4-hour workshop will be held in The Sanctuary for Independent Media at 3361 6th Avenue in Troy, NY, on Sunday afternoons.

Your videos can be used to build and strengthen communities! Learn how to take your finished work and strategically distribute it on the internet. We will post videos from Community Digital Storytelling Lab to the internet, demonstrating technical process and illustrating audience targets and social networking. If you have a video to post on-line, or are thinking about making one, this workshop is for you!

Email us if you're interested!

Or, to register, visit http://www.mediasanctuary.org/registration120609

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Here are a few  of the Community Digital Stories produced at the Sanctuary:

http://www.mediasanctuary.org/movie/1089

"Dear Mr. X" — Community Responses to War Digital Storytelling Project, #1
As part of the "Be The Media" digital storytelling workshop, a group of young Iraqi women refugees living in Albany worked with producers at The Sanctuary for Independent Media to tell their stories. Produced by Tethkar Ahmad, Wied Jassim, Shahad Jassim, Mais Salih, and Hiba Haitham Alsaffar, with support from the Iraqi Children's Art Exchange, Iraqi Families Project, and Branda Miller.

To register for workshops of for more info contact us at:
workshops@mediasanctuary.org -or- (518) 272-2390

We are offering a new workshop this fall at the Sanctuary that could help to tell the important story of your organization and/or your self.

This two-part workshop is aimed at organizations and citizens from the regional community, to get their stories heard! Let us help you turn photos and narration into a video to promote your group and the work you do.

Please note that registration for this workshop includes a 4-hour follow-up lab, by appointment, between October 26 and December 5, 2009.

Workshop Part 1: Script and Pre-production (on October 25)

Use digital storytelling as a tool for community engagement and empowerment by exploring mixed media storytelling techniques! Combine written and recorded narration, music and still images, to effectively communicate a compelling vision of yourself and/or your organization. We're looking for diverse community groups, organizations and individuals to share their stories. This first session lays groundwork for the finished product.

Video Archiving 101: How to Save and Access Your Video Collections

A Digital Preservation workshop for organizations and individuals

So you made your media and got it out there — now what? This workshop will help you safeguard that treasured masterpiece for generations to come. Learn what formats work — and which don't — for archiving your media projects.

To register for workshops of for more info contact us at:
workshops@mediasanctuary.org -or- (518) 272-2390

MORE ABOUT NAN RUBIN, Digital Preservation Pioneer: Since its start in 2005, the NDIIPP Preserving Digital Public Television Project has made significant progress in building infrastructure, creating standards and obtaining resources, and much of the credit goes to its project director, Nan Rubin.

Our "Be the Media" workshop series provides local artists, producers, and citizen journalists with opportunities to acquire and improve the skills necessary for successful and powerful independent media-making. We offer an interdisciplinary approach to diverse media arts practices with new technologies, with core focus on creative practice and artistry.

October 4 Digital Preservation

with Nan Ruben

October 17-18 "Community Media" Quilts Project

It's not all electronic! Share in a collective celebration of the history of community media with this quilt-making workshop. Bring your community media t-shirts that you cherish, but no longer wear, and we will add them to our quilt. Whether you are an experienced quilter and/or sewer, or someone whose always wanted to participate, join us! The final quilt will be auctioned in the Spring '10 season as part of our upcoming 5th Anniversary Celebration...

October 25 1-5pm Community Digital Storytelling

This two-part workshop is aimed at organizations and citizens from the regional community, to get their stories heard!