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 TRAINING@qwocmap.org with questions or inquiries.

2010 WORKSHOPS

2 FREE VIDEO WORKSHOPS (Spring 2010)

THESE WORKSHOPS ARE OFFERED TO:
Lesbians, Same-Gender-Loving, Genderqueer, Transgender, Bisexual, Queer, and Questioning women
who are
African Descent/Black, Asian/ South Asian/ South West Asian/ Arab, Pacific Islander, Chicana/Latina, Native American, and Mixed-race.

1) MONDAY WORKSHOP
DAY: Mondays, 6:30pm to 9:30pm
BEGINS: January 25, 2010
ENDS: May 10, 2010
DURATION: 16 weeks

2) THURSDAY WORKSHOP
DAY: Thursdays, 6:30pm to 9:30pm
BEGINS: January 28, 2010
ENDS: May 13, 2010
DURATION: 16 weeks

REGISTRATION DEADLINE:
5pm, Monday, JANUARY 11, 2010

PLEASE NOTE

  • 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, January 15th, 2010.
  • Class size is limited to 10 participants.
  • There are no age restrictions for these workshops.

You will be notified of your acceptance to the class by Friday, January 15th, 2010. As many people wish 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 January 11 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.


WORKSHOP REGISTRATION FORM

Email to: TRAINING@qwocmap.org
(clicking on this email link will preload the form questions into your email)

Please fill out this Registration Form COMPLETELY and 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. Have you attended past QWOCMAP screenings? When?
  14. List any previous film/video production experience.
  15. Describe a challenging project that you completed, that required time, dedication and patience. (e.g. training a dog, remodeling/building something, planning a wedding/ conference/family reunion).
  16. 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.

Download announcement & form in Word or PDF or text

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 film festivals and beyond.

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

FOUNDER

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 is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of San Francisco where she teaches Video Production.


MISSION

Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) creates, exhibits and distributes new films that address the vital social justice issues that concern queer women of color and our multiple communities, to create systemic change through art, activism and community building. Since 2003, over 140 films have been created by our QWOCMAP filmmakers.


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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