QWOCMAP TRAINING PROGRAM

Each year, QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR MEDIA ARTS PROJECT offers 4 free video Training Workshops for queer women of color. Our workshops serve queer women of color - from teenagers to elders.

Every year, one workshop is offered to queer women of a specific race/ethnicity. In 2005, we conducted a workshop specifically for Queer Latinas. In 2006, we conducted a workshop specifically for Queer Women of African Descent. In 2007, we will conduct a workshop specifically for Queer Asian Women.

In 2005, we also conducted a workshop specifically for Butches & FTM Spectrum/Trans folks of Color. We do this to deepen the dialogue and address issues specific to each community's needs.

Most of our workshops are offered to queer women of color of all ages. Once every 2 years, a workshop is offered specifically to queer women of color 18 to 25 years old. This happens when we receive funding from foundations specifically to support and nurture the next generation of younger women.

2008 WORKSHOPS

QUEER WOMEN OF COLOR MEDIA ARTS PROJECT
presents

A FREE Introductory Video Workshop focused on IMMIGRATION (includes refugee & asylum)

This workshop is offered to:

Lesbians, Bisexual, Genderqueer, Transgender, Queer & Questioning women

who are People of Color: African American/Black, Chicana/Latina, Asian/Pacific Islander/Arab/Middle Eastern, Native/Indigenous/Aboriginal

DAY: Thursdays, 6:30pm to 9:30pm
BEGINS: August 21, 2008
ENDS: December 11, 2008
DURATION: 17 weeks

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: 5pm, Friday August 1, 2008

IMPORTANT

Registration is first-come first-served.
If accepted, you must be able to attend ALL 17 classes.
Confirmation of your registration will be EMAILED to you on Monday, August 4, 2008.
Class size is limited to 15 participants.
There are no age restrictions for this workshop.

I M M I G R A T I O N W O R K S H O P
REGISTRATION FORM

Email to: TRAINING@qwocmap.org

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

Name
Age
Race/Ethnicity
Nationality
Gender
Sexual Orientation
Full Mailing Address
Email Address
Day & Evening Phone
Access to a Mac computer with iMovie or Final Cut Pro will be extremely useful. Do you have access to a Mac computer with either software?
List any previous film/video production experience.
Have you attended past QWOCMAP screenings? When?
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 17-week introductory workshop is intensive, transformative and lots of fun!

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

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

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 funded by:

QWOCMAP is supported by:

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Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) promotes the creation, exhibition and distribution of new films and videos that increase the visibility of queer women of color, authentically reflect our life stories, and address the vital social justice issues that concern our communities.