Please join us in celebrating the launch of Winnipeg’s newest venue, and Video Pool’s first annual Art’s Pool Party, featuring the first ever INTER-ARTS CHAMPIONSHIP!
Category: News (page 7)
Upcoming Screenings – Spring 2018
Video Pool Media Arts Centre’s Distribution department is dedicated to securing exhibition for our members in distribution. Find a list of the upcoming screenings of work in out catalogue:
VUCAVU launches #EyesOnVU
Streaming the best in Canadian film and video, VUCAVU is a new online platform featuring over 1000 titles, including over 150 titles from the Video Pool Media Arts Centre’s catalogue, with more being added every week. On Wednesday, February 15 VUCAVU launched its #EyesOnVU campaign which features themed programs guest-curated by a diverse group of Canadian artists and curators.
Update on Archive Meeting
On August 27th, 2017 Jennifer Smith (Distribution Director), Bev Pike (Archive Consultant), and Madeline Bogoch (Archive Intern) hosted an evening of consultation with the membership on the future caregiving of the Video Pool Media Arts Centre tape archive.
Poolside Gallery Launch Party
FINALLY, after nearly 35 years of supporting the development, exploration and dissemination of Winnipeg’s creative artistic practice, Video Pool Media Arts Centreannounces the opening of our very own POOLSIDE GALLERY, an intimate presentation venue for the creative exploration of media arts practices.
Video Pool Plant Sale Fundraiser
Along with the sale you can join us in Video Pool Media Arts Centre’s new PoolSide Gallery, on the 2nd floor of the Artspace building, for a vegetation and growth based exhibit called Seeded. With work by Terry Billings (SK), Kelsey Braun (MB), Julie Gendron + Emma Hendrix (MB), Ken Gregory (MB), Joel Penner (MB), Colby Richardson (MB), curated by Jennifer Smith.
VUCAVU Info Session
Video Pool Media Arts Centre is excited to share with our members and supporters information about our partnership with seven other Canadian Independent Media Art Distributors, resulting in VUCAVU.com. VUCAVU is a bilingual online platform used for the dissemination of independent Canadian video and film. After over three years of planning and working on the project, we look forward to launching the platform in Spring 2016! Video Pool Media Arts Centre will have over 100 titles on the platform to begin and will constantly be adding new titles.
2016 Member Screening Call for Submissions
If you are interested in taking part in Video Pool Media Arts Centre’s 2016 Member Screening on March 3, 2016, please email Jen with an online link at vpdist@videopool.org
Digital Distribution Platform Announced
Video Pool is excited to share the Canada Council for the Arts’ announcement of a 1.5 million dollar investment into a new digital distribution platform.
We are thrilled to be part of this amazing group of distributors who have been working so hard to get the platform off the ground to benefit Video Pool Members and the Media Arts Community at large.
We are thrilled to be part of this amazing group of distributors who have been working so hard to get the platform off the ground to benefit Video Pool Members and the Media Arts Community at large.