QWOCMAP TRAINING PROGRAM

Each year, QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR MEDIA ARTS PROJECT offers 4 free Filmmaking Workshops through our award-winning Training Program. Our workshops serve queer women of color - from teenagers to elders.

To better serve our community, QWOCMAP has conducted Training Program workshops specifically for youth (ages 18 to 25), queer folks of color who are butch/genderqueer/transgender, Asian/Pacific Islander (API), Black/African descent, and Chicanas/Latinas. In Fall 2008, we offered our first workshop focused on the issue of immigration. In Fall 2009, we will offer our first workshop for Native American, Indigenous, First Nations queer women and Two-Spirits. We do this to deepen the dialogue and address issues specific to each community's needs.

Intermediate workshops (and soon, advanced workshops) are available to participants who have completed a film through a QWOCMAP introductory workshop. Information regarding intermediate workshops will be announced through our filmmaker listserve and on this page when available. Please contact email with questions or inquiries.

2009 WORKSHOPS

2 FREE INTRODUCTORY FILMMAKING WORKSHOPS for FALL 2009

NOTE: There are no age restrictions for these workshops.

1) MONDAY Workshop for Native American, Indigenous, First Nations queer women and Two-Spirits
DAY: Mondays, 6:30pm to 9:30pm
BEGINS: August 24, 2009
ENDS: December 7, 2009
DURATION: 16 weeks (no class on Labor Day)

The MONDAY special focus workshop is offered to:
Native American, Indigenous and First Nations Two-Spirits, Lesbians, Same-Gender-Loving, Genderqueer, Transgender, Bisexual, Queer, and Questioning women

This workshop is held with the support of our Community Partners:
BAAITS (Bay Area American Indian Two-Spirits)
Native American AIDS Project
Native American Health Center

2) THURSDAY Workshop
DAY: Thursdays, 6:30pm to 9:30pm
BEGINS: August 27, 2009
ENDS: December 10, 2009
DURATION: 16 weeks (no class on Thanksgiving)

The THURSDAY workshop is offered to:
Lesbians, Same-Gender-Loving, Genderqueer, Transgender, Bisexual, Queer, and Questioning women who are African American/Black, Asian/South Asian/West Asian/Arab, Pacific Islander, Chicana/Latina, Native American, and Mixed-race.

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
5pm, Tuesday, August 11, 2009

You will be notified of your acceptance to the class by Friday, August 14th, 2009

As many people want to attend our Training Program, it is important that you can attend all 16 classes. If your circumstances change between the time of your registration and the August 11th, 2009 deadline, please send us a courtesy email to inform us, so that your place may be offered to someone who can commit to attending every class.

IMPORTANT

  • Registration is first-come first-served.
  • If accepted, you must be able to attend ALL 16 classes.
  • Confirmation of your registration will be EMAILED to you on Friday, August 14, 2009.
  • Class size is limited to 10 participants.
  • There are no age restrictions for these workshops.

WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM

Please fill out this Registration Form COMPLETELY
Email to: TRAINING@qwocmap.org

Please provide ALL of the following information for
your application to be considered:

  1. Name
  2. Age
  3. Race/Ethnicity
  4. Nationality
  5. Gender
  6. Sexual Orientation
  7. Full Mailing Address
  8. Email Address
  9. Day & Evening Phone
  10. Workshop Choice: Monday or Thursday
  11. Access to a mini-DV camera is extremely useful. Do you have access to such a camera?
  12. Access to a Mac computer with iMovie or Final Cut Pro is extremely useful. Do you have access to a Mac computer with either software?
  13. List any previous film/video production experience.
  14. Have you attended past QWOCMAP screenings? When?
  15. IMPORTANT: You must submit an idea for your project. Describe your idea for the 5-MINUTE video project that you will be creating through this workshop.

WORKSHOP VENUE

Sunset Neighborhood Beacon Center
3925 Noriega Street (by 46th Avenue)
Outer Sunset District in SF
San Francisco, CA 94122
Phone: 415.759.3690
Fax: 415.759.0883
www.snbc.org

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

Each participant will create, write, direct and edit a 5-minute video project. This 16-week Introductory workshop is intensive, transformative and lots of fun!

You will develop a story idea, write a script, draw storyboards, create shot lists, operate cameras and compose shots, set-up lights & sound, direct actors and manage crew, edit, send your film to festivals and beyond.

Access to cameras and Mac computers is extremely helpful though it is not a requirement.

KEY INSTRUCTOR

Madeleine Lim is the Executive Director of QWOCMAP. She is an award-winning filmmaker with 20+ years of film and video experience. Her films have been featured at international film festivals around the world, universities, museums and broadcast on PBS. She also teaches Video Production at the University of San Francisco.


AWARDS

  • Award of Excellence, Joey Awards, 1997
    San Jose Film & Video Commission
  • Bronze Apple, Apple Awards, 1998
    National Educational Media Network
  • Artist-in-Residence, 2003-2000
    California Arts Council
  • Best Video Program, 2003
    San Francisco Community Media
  • Certificate of Honor, 2005 & 2004
    San Francisco Board of Supervisors
  • KQED 2005 Local Hero Award, LGBT Pride Month
  • Certificate of Recognition, 2007
    California State Assembly
  • SFAC Individual Artist Commission, 2007 & 2005

QWOCMAP is supported by:



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