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SUMMARY:Be The Media! workshop with Edward George
DESCRIPTION:as part of EMPAC’s TOPOS Festival\n\n\n\nJoin us to learn directly from Edward George\, who has harnessed the power of media to examine and deconstruct the Black experience in its myriad forms from his early work as an independent media activist and a founding member of UK’s Black Audio Film Collective\, to his multi-part radio broadcast The Strangeness of Dub\, to his own performance practice in electronic music groups such as Hallucinator. \n\n\n\n*This event is included in the TOPOS Festival Pass \n\n\n\nEdward George will discuss the trajectory of his work\, the reasons he has used different modes of media for certain projects\, and how the subjects that he explores breathe life into social histories and make complex theory accessible to wider audiences. The workshop precedes George’s screening of Black Atlas\, an experimental reimagining of archival materials which ultimately reveals how art is a tactical tool that can be used to dismantle systems of power.This event is a collaboration with EMPAC & iEar Presents! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEdward George- writer\, broadcaster\, and founder of Black Audio Film Collective (1982-1998)\, the multimedia duo Flow Motion (1996-present)\, and the electronic music group Hallucinator (1998-present). Geo rge wrote and presented the ground-breaking science fiction documentary Last Angel of History (1996)\, and he hosts Sound of Music (Threads Radio)\, Kuduro – Electronic Music of Angola (Counterflows). George’s series The Strangeness of Dub (Morley Radio) dives into reggae\, dub\, versions and versioning\, drawing on critical theory\, social history\, and a deep\, wide cross-genre musical selection. \n\n\n\n\n\n7pm: “Black Atlas” Screening with Edward George & Fred Moten
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/be-the-media-edward-george/
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SUMMARY:Be The Media! Workshop: the Process Behind Choreographing Grief
DESCRIPTION:Get a look behind the performance WAKE\, a celebratory ritual for grief that centers queer\, Filipino life and processes both personal and community loss through a combination of sound\, dance\, and video projection. This workshop is a collaboration with EMPAC with support from iEar Presents! \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJoin composer Micaela Tobin\, choreographer Jay Carlon\, and their team to learn how they draw on personal experience and shared culture to generate interdisciplinary media in performance. Their collaborative project\, WAKE\, is a celebratory ritual for grief that centers queer\, Filipino life and processes both personal and community loss through a combination of sound\, dance\, and video projection. Tobin uses electronics to dissect her vocals\, creating dense sonic worlds that blur opera\, drone\, and noise; Carlon’s visual language stages bodily movement and video projection to mediate between performers\, audience\, and memory. Joining together\, screen video material from the work\, and lead attendees through aspects of their process. \n\n\n\nJust after the hour-long workshop\, hang out with the artists over a bite to eat. The following day\, September 24\, 7PM\, visit EMPAC to experience a live excerpt of the work in progress.  \n\n\n\nThis screening of WAKE footage is presented in partnership with iEAR Presents\, with support from RPI’s Department of Arts and the School of Humanities\, Arts\, and Social Sciences. iEAR Presents and EMPAC programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/btm-choreographing-grief/
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Know Your Rights: CPS in NY State
DESCRIPTION:Know Your Rights in the case that Child Protective Services (CPS) is at our door. Community Rising Project presents a peer-led parent defense training\, a guide for parents and caregivers to be prepared in the case of a visit from CPS.  \n\n\n\nPlease email thecommunityrisingproject@gmail.com if you plan to join
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/kyr-cps-in-ny-state/
LOCATION:The Sanctuary\, 3361 6th Ave\, Troy\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260927T120000
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SUMMARY:Broken Plastics Open Studio & Mosaic Making
DESCRIPTION:Learn about microplastics pollution and create a mosaic tile from community-gathered plastic waste with artist Nicole Chochrek and Water Justice Lab.  \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\nVisit the pop-up outdoor studio of Broken Plastics artist Nicole Chrochrek for some hands-on art-making and education about plastic pollution. For more than a year\, NATURE Lab has hosted one of Nicole’s microplastics recycling bins. This fall Nicole and Water Justice Lab are hosting a series of pop-up workshops so community members can use the collected plastic pieces to make mosaic tiles to be exhibited at Context Collective gallery and The Sanctuary main space gallery in October and November 2026.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNicole Chochrek utilizes visual and performative frameworks to explore contemporary issues and environmental disparities. Her work focuses on the accessibility and digestibility of information\, deep listening\, shared responsibilities\, and the construction of new ways of being together. As an interdisciplinary artist\, Nicole’s work transverses themes such as air quality\, land use\, waste\, and the navigations of a neurodivergent mind. Her process examines our ideas of “correctness” and holds space for possibility.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/mosaic-making/
LOCATION:NATURE Lab\, 3319 6th Ave\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
CATEGORIES:Workshop
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SUMMARY:Mulchamania!
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the benefits of mulching and composting as we ready the garden for winter. Facilitated by arborist Christian Grigoraskos\, this event will take place during our weekly CCG open garden hours. \n\n\n\n\nClick Here to Register\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMaintaining a blanket of organic matter to keep the micro-life in your soil happy is paramount to a successful garden with plants that thrive. Participants will have the chance to turn a compost pile and take home a starter of biologically active living soil for their home garden. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFacilitator bio: \n\n\n\nChristian Grigoraskos has been a Sanctuary volunteer since the early days of Collard City Growers circa 2014. He is a land steward\, father\, and arborist in the temperate jungle of North Troy.
URL:https://www.mediasanctuary.org/event/mulchamania/
LOCATION:Collard City Growers\, 3337 6th Avenue\, Troy\, New York\, 12180\, United States
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