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AHA MEDIA at W2 Belongs to Me Event in Vancouver DTES
SATURDAY MARCH 24 SCHEDULE
2pm WELCOME
Gather in the second floor Community Lounge, enjoy a cup of complimentary coffee and baked goods from our in-house cafe. Tour through our 3-levels and basement crossmedia studio. Hear a welcome “state of the union” address from W2 Board and staff on what we have accomplished, where we are at, and where we are heading.
2:30-3:30pm FIRST CONCURRENT SESSIONS +++++
Choose a topic or working group that you are currently involved in, are curious about, or waiting to dive deep into!
A) PROGRAMMING
media arts, festivals, music, literary, electronic arts, all ages, long tables, your ideas…
B) COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
crosscultural, redress, digital divide, access, DTES, urban Aboriginal, SFU students, your ideas…
C) CROSSMEDIA BROADCASTING
W2 TV, CJSF, Coop Radio, Shaw Cable, multi-platform broadcasting, interactive, demos, tech services, your ideas…
D) VIDEO HISTORY of W2
area for video presentations/looping with some presenters/informal
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3:30-4pm BREAK / informal open space
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4-5pm SECOND CONCURRENT SESSIONS+++++
A) COMMUNICATIONS
Web, graphic design, social media, computer programming, street teams, your ideas…
B) W2 MEDIA CAFE
Social enterprise food operation, catering opportunities, politics of food production and serving, coffee, local food, urban agriculture, your ideas…
C) W2 RADIO
The W2 Morning Radio Project is W2’s current affairs program broadcast every weekday at 6-8am on 102.7FM. This conversation is designed for current or future contributors to discuss the state of the show and how we can build it.
D) LETTERPRESS
Interactive demonstration on letterpress, programming, fundraising, your ideas….
E) VIDEO HISTORY of W2
area for video presentations/looping with some presenters/informal
5-6pm RECEPTION
Join us at this optional reception for a complimentary beverage and food samplings from the W2 Media Cafe, as we wrap up the day with conversation. This is for individual W2 members like you, plus group members: Simon Fraser Student Society, Open Media, Coop Radio, CJSF, KAYA Songweavers, AHA Media, Vancouver Indigenous Media Arts Festival, W2 Radio, Fearless TV, and you!
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Activate your W2 Belongs to Me member card while you are here today! Earn benefits from your participation with W2’s membership loyalty program. The more contributions you make or coffee or meals you purchase, the more discounts and free access to W2’s resources you receive. Ask a staff member for more information.
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W2 Belongs To Me – Spring 2012
Saturday March 24 2012 from 2-6pm at the W2 Media Cafe
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Deepen your relationship with W2 this coming weekend!
It has been six months since opening the W2 Media Cafe and we are thrilled with the response and impact of our public programs. We have produced more than 100 community events and served tens of thousands of visitors on our 3-levels in the Woodward’s heritage building. While building the centre we are facing serious financial challenges to both operate and complete our 10,000 sq ft space. This year, W2 was more than 85% self-funded so our future is definitely in our own hands. We talk about W2 being people-powered and this is the spirit we hold when creating programs and services, finishing our space, and operating each and every day. We look forward to seeing you at W2 for some of our diverse programs, and having you participate in the way that is most meaningful for you. The W2 Board of Directors is inviting members to this afternoon session and reception to provide an overview of the many programs and service we have up and running. This is your opportunity to learn more about what we are doing, help you connect with people with similar interests, and get more involved with programs and committees that need your help now. While you are here today, activate your “W2 Belongs to Me” member card to start benefiting from your loyalty to W2! SATURDAY MARCH 24 SCHEDULE 2pm WELCOME 2:30-3:30pm FIRST CONCURRENT SESSIONS +++++ A) PROGRAMMING B) COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS C) CROSSMEDIA BROADCASTING D) VIDEO HISTORY of W2 ———————————- 4-5pm SECOND CONCURRENT SESSIONS+++++ A) COMMUNICATIONS B) W2 MEDIA CAFE C) W2 RADIO D) LETTERPRESS E) VIDEO HISTORY of W2 5-6pm RECEPTION —————————– Activate your W2 Belongs to Me member card while you are here today! Earn benefits from your participation with W2’s membership loyalty program. The more contributions you make or coffee or meals you purchase, the more discounts and free access to W2’s resources you receive. Ask a staff member for more information. —– |
April Smith Photo Exhibit at Utopia Festival 2012 in W2 Media Cafe, Vancouver
UTOPIA: 2nd Annual Festival of Women in Digital Culture
The second annual Utopia Festival lands at W2 with film screenings, workshops, a free International Women’s Day community fair, and epic evening performances. The festival showcases women in the Vancouver community ‘making our future through technology
April Smith: Photo exhibit
March 5-30, Woodward’s Atrium, Vancouver
Social media maven April Smith presents some of her favourite digital images of women in our DTES neighbourhood.
April Smith works with AHA Media, a social media project, which has a massive archive of digital stories by and for inner-city residents. The exhibition is supported in part by DTES Neighbourhood Small Arts Grants.
See more of Utopia Festival here
Collective Futures in the Downtown Eastside – Forum & discussion led by the desmedia collective in Vancouver
Nov 26, 2011 | 2pm
FREE
Audain Gallery
The Audain Gallery will be hosting a panel discussion by the desmedia collective. desmedia will host Collective Futures in the Downtown Eastside, a public forum where DTES artists and residents will be invited to discuss the successes and challenges of, and possible futures for, cultural collectives in the community.
About desmedia
desmedia (downtown eastside media), a collective of artists committed to working on engaged collaborative arts projects with other residents and members of the DTES, began running drop-in workshops in May 2000. Describing their project as a “living archive”, desmedia challenged the “dominant media’s over-arching image of the DTES”, and facilitated the production of painting, video, photography, and text. Exploring ways of documenting life, histories, and the vitality and creativity of the area, the workshops provided an opportunity for the possibilities of self expression, reflection and self representation.
Collective Futures in the Downtown Eastside
Panel discussion by the desmedia collective
On the occasion of this exhibition, desmedia will reassemble their complete archive in the Audain Gallery, including a workstation, shelving, videotapes, paintings, and related ephemera, and discuss potential collective models and the dissolution or morphing of desmedia (and their archive) into another form. desmedia will host Collective Futures in the Downtown Eastside, a public forum where DTES artists and residents will be invited to discuss the successes and challenges of, and possible futures for, cultural collectives in the community. Although present in the gallery, the desmedia archive will not be available for public access, only on display.
Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre
Gallery Gachet
Vancouver Moving Theatre/Heart of the City Festival
Lower Mainland Painting Co.
Red Gate
AHA Media
Enterprising Women Making Art
Lifeskills Film & Video
Downtown Eastside Centre for the Arts
W2 Community Media Arts
DTES Artists Space Coalition
Points/questions for Panel participant’s response
How do you work collectively, what methodology/structure/practice and
guidelines?
What is the collaborative practices you do?
How do you engage your art practice as a collective with the DTES and
DTES residents? What support can you offer to participants living with
barriers to their practice; marginalized artists, homelessness, and
health issues?
What are the best practices/strategies that you have found in working
collectively in the DTES?
What are the challenges, difficult issues you have faced in carrying
out your work? What support/services are you accessing in the
community to further your skills in this regard?
If you have developed an ‘archive’ or body of work, how do you deal
with the issues of ownership, copyright, presentation/distribution,
and access? What if the participants change their minds a few years
down the line and want to change the way material is used that they
participated in producing or that includes them/their representation?
How can we work together to build alliances, to overcome fractures in
the community and to build on our strengths? How can long-term
resident’s voices, histories, and practices be included and what
weight do they carry in relationship to new projects and spaces?
What would you propose we do to work on creating a sustainable art
collective that is focused on providing support and opportunities for
DTES residents and members of the community, as well as being open to
people dropping in?
Opening of W2 Media Cafe in Vancouver Downtown Eastside (DTES) on Wed Sept 21, 2011
Sid Tan of W2TV writes:
September 21, 2011 is a memorable day. A diverse gathering celebrated the official opening of W2 Media Cafe and the Concrete Park music and break dance sessions.
Many thanks for entertainment to The Hastings Set who provided the music and the Hip Hop and B-Boys breakdancers. Also many thanks to the W2 volunteers, board and staff.
Mayor Gregor Robertson cut the ribbon. Also in attendance were Councillors Ellen Woodsworth, Heather Deal and Andrea Reimer, developer Ian Gillespie and architect Gregory Henriqez. First Nation welcome by ethnobotanist/media artist Cease Wyss while Magnus Thyvold represented the W2 board while Irwin Oostindie was MC.
Below is a video by Sid Tan
Below are videos and photos from AHA MEDIA
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