Education Outreach
'What Happens in 200'
CREATED BY STACEY ABRAMSON’S GRADE 11 CLASS AT MAPLES COLLEGIATE
Exhibition Opening at The Output:
Friday, December 6th, 2019 at 5PM – 730PM
Artist Instructors: Rhayne Vermette, Joel Mireau and Niki Little
'What Happens in 200' is a youth program developed by VP where students engage with technology-based artistic exploration with the support of experts in the field of media art. The students developed communication skills and creative techniques in order to explore their creative voice, resulting in a group exhibition to be held at VP’s newest venue, The Output.
PROJECT FUNDING PROVIDED BY TELUS
FORGOTTEN CHANNELS
CREATED BY DAWN KNIGHT’S GRADE 11 CLASS AT FORT RICHMOND COLLEGIATE
Forgotten Channels is a youth program developed by VP where students engage with technology-based artistic exploration with the support of experts in the field of media art. The students developed communication skills and creative techniques in order to explore their creative voice, resulting in a group exhibition to be held at VP’s newest venue, The Output.
PROJECT FUNDING PROVIDED BY TELUS
Thu. May. 30, 2019
Forgotten Channels Youth Program at FRC
Dawn Knight's Grade 11 Class
Forgotten Channels at FRC
When I first heard Ms. Knight tell us that we were going to be working with multi-media industry professionals, I wasn't overly enthusiastic about participating. I've explored art this year already in my Grade 11 class through paint, sculpture and drawing and couldn't see how this would be much different. Once Ms. Knight started sharing examples of the visiting artists work, however, I really wanted to try it out myself.
I loved the project, particularly working with the electronics and the professional video equipment. All the industry people, Rhayne (experimental film), Joel (sound design and editing), Heidi (projections) and Nikki (installation) each had their role that I could learn from.
They got us to jump right into it by giving us high-end video cameras and audio equipment to start recording. They even set up stations with different materials to stimulate our ideas.
My short video, "Tedious Tasks" was inspired by one of the films that Rhayne showed us. I chose to use a disco ball that I held in front of the camera. Rhayne spun the ball against a brick wall background while I filmed. Looking through the camera lens at the disco ball gave the lighting a really neat effect. Rhayne showed me how to edit it in Final Cut Pro and transform the colours. At first when I made it I thought it looked cool, but I really started to like it once it was edited. Overall, I would do another project like this again. I thought it was a good experience for the entire class to see another way of making art.
Forgotten Channels is a youth program, developed by Video Pool, where students engage with technology-based artistic exploration with the support of experts in the field of media art. The students developed communication skills and creative techniques in order to explore their creative voice. This work culminated with a group exhibition at VP's newest venue, The Output.
Story by Elijah Willan (Gr. 11)
Artist Instructors: Rhayne Vermette, Joel Mireau and Niki Little
Exhibition Opening at The Output:
Thursday, April 18, 2019 at 5PM – 8PM
Inside The Pixels / Outside The Frame
Part of the VP’s Indigenous Media Arts Initiative Youth Mentorship Program
APRIL 11 – MAY 23, 2018
Opening Reception with live spoken word performance by Victoria Inglis
April 11th from 4pm – 8pm.
New works by: Winona Bearshield, Micheal Captain, Kyler Harper and Victoria Inglis.
Project mentors: KC Adams, Luther Alexander, Roger Boyer, Niki Little and Rhayne Vermette.
The Indigenous Media Arts Initiative is a youth mentorship program run by Video Pool Media Arts Centre, in partnership with CEDA/Pathways, that provides focused artistic development opportunities to four Indigenous youth, providing mentorship and learning opportunities in various forms of media arts creation and production. Mentees are paired with established artists from the Indigenous community and provided with 6 months of mentorship and training at Video Pool Media Arts Centre, including one year of free access to our equipment and facilities. The results of their mentorship will be on display at our Poolside Gallery on the 2nd floor of Artspace, and will be distributed internationally through our Video Distribution department. The mentorship program spans six months and provides both structured learning and open creative processes for project development.
Video Pool Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program
The Indigenous Youth Mentorship Program was a collaboration with Community Education Development Association (CEDA/Pathways). Each participant was paired with a mentor from the arts community; Niki Little, Luther Alexander and Jackie Traverse to learn and create a video project. This project was supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Artist and Community Collaboration grant.
Kyler Harper | Simulation | 5 minutes | 2016
Simulation is a short film about a hacker named Neil Spencer who can hack with a phone working alongside by Lindsay Swift a very smart secretary. The two of them try to get an upgrade to get promoted, but an ordinary man stops them with superior hacking skills then Neil.
Curtis Harper | Circle of Confusion | 3 minutes | 2016
Circle of Confusion is a short film about a young man lost in the forest. He’s desperate and looks for a way out. While looking for a place to find home he finds an abandoned house; a vision quest based on longing for a good home.
Jaylene Storm and Winona Bearshield | Going With The Flow | 3 minutes | 2016
This collaborative work was made by Jaylene and Winona along with their mentor Jackie Traverse as an experimentation for their first film. It was inspired by the city of Winnipeg and what surrounds them here, including pizza, indigenous artists, and Video Pool.