Workshops Present & Past
Announcing our Spring 2010 "Be the Media" Workshop Series!
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.
To register for workshops or for more info contact us at:
workshops - at - mediasanctuary.org -or- (518) 272-2390
Spring '10 SCHEDULE
Media Management in a Digital Universe | March 14 • 1 -5pm
Master the art of archiving - and muscle your data into place for order, access, and ease - with digital archivist and preservation consultant David Rice. ($40)
The Camera as Interface to the World | April 18 • 1 - 5 pm
Explore the discipline of seeing, the subconscious of the camera through your personal vision, through observational and experimental practice, for beginners to pros. With award-winning filmmaker and educator Jim de Sève. ($40)
Visual Journalism: Comics and Graphic Novels | May 9 • 1 - 5 pm
An arts activism intensive with members of the World War Three Illustrated collective, including a discussion on zines and comix, and a hands-on collaborative workshop to make a digital mini-comic.
Youth Media Live Studio Production | June 5 • 1 - 5pm
Learn about and participate in a live 4-camera production studio shoot of a real event featuring NY youth media makers. With the "Be the Media" instructors.
Online Registration <coming soon>
Sanctuary Summer Youth Media Camp (With the Missing Link Street Ministry)
Coming in July! Check back for more details.
Scholarships are available. We recognize that while this is a pretty good deal for a media workshop, not everyone can afford it. We highly value having a diverse group of workshop participants, and we encourage anyone who is interested in attending, but unable to pay the fee, to apply for a scholarship. Do you know someone who could use a scholarship?
Contact workshops - at - mediasanctuary.org or call (518) 272-2390 for more information.
The Be the Media! workshop series is presented with the Hudson Mohawk Independent Media Center and funded in part by the New York State Council on the Arts. Announcing our Fall '09 "Be the Media" Workshop Series!
FALL'09 SCHEDULE
Digital Preservation | October 4 • 1–4pm
"Video Archiving 101: How to Save and Access Your Video Collection" for organizations and individuals ($40)
Click here for more information
Quilt Project | October 17–18 • 1–5pm
Share in a collective celebration of the history of grassroots communication with this quilt-making workshop; bring your community media t-shirts, and we will add them to our quilt! (Free)
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Community Digital Storytelling | October 25 • 1–5pm + lab by appointment
This two-part workshop is aimed at organizations and citizens from the regional community, to get their stories heard! ($100)
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Web Distribution | December 6 • 1–5pm
Your videos can be used to build and strengthen communities; learn how to take your finished work and strategically distribute it on the Internet! ($40)
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SPRING '09 WORKSHOPS
“How Will They Know Us? Building a Culture of Peace”
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Iraqi and American youth share visions of a peaceful, just coexistence in a mural workshop. Guided by Claudia Lefko, director of the Iraqi Children’s Art Exchange, these murals will be exhibited in the Art, Miles, Mural project in Egypt next year for the “UNESCO Decade of Peace and Non-violence Among Children of the World.”
Wedd and Shahad Painting, Photo by Tyler Boudreau
Registration for youth participation required, adult volunteers would be appreciated! For more information, go to event listing.
Click here to download "getting started" activities
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“A Conversation About UPSTATE GIRLS”
Thursday, April 2
Teenage girls from throughout the Capital Region share stories about the challenges in their lives, gathering with representatives of the institutions with which they are entwined—including the legal, educational, healthcare and penal systems—in response to award-winning photojournalist Brenda Ann Kenneally’s compelling work. 
Call or email to register for workshops.
Click here to download Upstate Girls April 2 Flyer.
Media Alliance's spring '09 Arts and Education workshops, “How Will They Know Us? Building a Culture of Peace” and "Upstate Girls," are funded in part by Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and Media Justice Fund of the Funding Exchange.
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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 impactful independent media-making.
Sadly, budget cuts at the NYS Council on the Arts have caused us to postpone further workshops until fall 2009. Here's what we did last year:
Sanctuary Digital Media Labs
Digital Media Labs (DML) are all ages (14+), monthly workshops introduced by popular demand. Whether you are working on a documentary, making a music video, or learning to blog and post video to the internet, these sessions will benefit you. Bring your own digital media projects and ideas, or just commune and share skills with other makers. DML will focus on media production, web publishing (html & blogging), digital imaging, and video editing. Each session will highlight certain skills, but will not be limited by any specific assignments or software applications. Participants will have access to Sanctuary computers and camcorders during Lab hours.
Fee: $40/session or $100 for all 3
Instructor: Andrew Lynn & special guests
Andrew Lynn is an adjunct professor of electronic media at RPI and HVCC and has taught video and animation workshops to people of all ages up and down the Hudson for the last 7 years. He was the youth education coordinator at Manhattan Neighborhood Network from 2004-2007 and is currently Media Alliance’s director of Education.
Digital Storytelling
This is an all ages (14+) workshop which combines spoken word, photography, and simple video editing to create powerful and personal narratives. Everyone has a story to tell. With the help of our experienced community media teachers, it’s never been easier to turn your memories or dreams into material fit for television and beyond. Each participant will have the opportunity to create his/her own 3-5 minute video piece.
Fee: $40
Instructors: Devorah Hill & Jennifer Wager
Devorah & Jen are Community Media Specialists at Manhattan Neighborhood Network with many years of experience working with diverse communities and individuals to make their own media. They have conducted Digital Storytelling Workshops with organizations and conferences around the country.
Beyond the Talking Head
For this workshop, The Sanctuary teams up with SAC TV – Schenectady’s public access television station. Learn the skills and tricks of creating dynamic video pieces for television that go beyond “talking head” interviews. Learn about collecting b-roll, covering edits, and adding meaning and illustration to your interviews and documentary work. Get in touch with your creative side, as the instructor helps you explore other genres and techniques to drive your message home.
Fee: $40
Instructor: Jim De Seve
Jim De Seve is a local documentary maker and media producer. In addition to his own acclaimed documentary work, he has shot and produced videos for Nickelodeon, MTV, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the American Museum of Natural History. Jim currently teaches documentary production at Union College
Holiday Animation Workshop
The Sanctuary Youth Media Team hosts yet another animation whirl-wind! Geared specifically for youth (18 & under), this workshop teaches the skills & techniques behind stop motion animation, while encouraging spontaneous creativity and fun. Participants will work in groups to brainstorm and create short animated pieces that will be uploaded to the web for the world to see.
Fee: $40
Instructors: Sanctuary Youth Media Team
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