Home Made Visible & Documentary Futurism

Presented by Regent Park Film Festival, Cinema Politica and Atlantic Filmmakers Coop
Venue: Halifax Central Library – Paul O’Regan Hall
Saturday, February 2nd
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9:30am – 12:30pm – HOME MADE VISIBLE – WORKSHOP

‘Oral Storytelling as Archive’ facilitated by Brett Hannam
Spots are limited! Register here: https://goo.gl/forms/qMlQJNemDMFNO1Lv2

This workshop explores the history and use of oral storytelling as archive within a personal and family setting. One of the oldest ways to preserve and pass on our own histories, storytelling traditions stretch back millennia. Participants are asked to bring with them a short, oral story, either personal or familial, that they are comfortable sharing in an open circle. If the story is centered around an object such as a photograph or a letter, etc. participants are encouraged to bring the object.

This workshop will be held in an open, respectful circle and participants are asked to keep that spirit in mind as they chose a story to share with others.

We’re currently seeking Workshop Facilitators for Community Archiving Project

As part of the Regent Park Film Festival (RPFF) commitment to fostering diversity and meaningful inclusion in the Canadian media industry and arts community, this position prioritizes applications by applicants who identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color, person with disabilities, woman, queer, trans or non-binary person or any combination of these intersections. We encourage you to self identify in your application.

We are also prioritizing applicants local to the region of each workshop.

Project Description

Discourses on archives and historical documents are often led by brick and mortar institutions; libraries, museums and archives. Archival materials and historical documents often feel exclusive to researchers and educators. The nationwide archival project, Home Made Visible, asks how can we share the value in telling and preserving our own stories with our families and our larger communities? The Project aims to make archiving as well as storytelling accessible to the broader public.

We are looking for workshop facilitators to design and run workshops in public libraries across Canada that speak to storytelling, documentation and/or preservation.

Facilitators would provide programming services. Facilitators will be compensated (see appendix) for artist and materials fees. Marketing support and access to workshop space are included.

Workshop Length: 2 – 3 hours

Workshop Dates: see appendix

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in workshop design and facilitation in a community setting
• Experience working in a culturally diverse environment
• Knowledge of Anti-racist and Anti-Oppression frameworks
• Strong verbal, communication and writing skills
• Good interpersonal and time management skills

Application Deadline: Sunday, February 17th at 12:00am

About the Project

Home Made Visible is a nationwide archival project by The Regent Park Film Festival made in partnership with Charles Street Video and York University Libraries. 

Regent Park Film Festival is Toronto’s longest running free community film festival. In addition to the annual film festival and Under the Stars: Movies in the Park, we host year-round film screenings, school programs and workshops, all at no cost.

How to Apply

Tell Us About Yourself

Please tell us a bit about yourself as an artist and a facilitator. What is your artistic practice? And how do you engage people with your practice?

Workshop Proposal

In a Proposal of no more than 2 pages (12 pt.) include answers to the following questions:

1. What kind of workshop do you propose? How does it relate to Home Made Visible? Describe the nature of the exploration, how you might design it? Include some examples of some activities you might lead.
2. What would you want participants to take away from the workshop, in terms of both ideas and creations?
3. Identify which location(s) and demographics you would like to engage?

Links to 2 samples of work. These can include documentation of final works created by participants in your workshop, photos of workshops you have facilitated and/or past workshop plans
Provide 2 references. Reference that can speak to the projects you have provided as samples are preferred.
Please list any materials you would need. Please note they must fit within a $200 budget.
Please use the subject line ‘HMV Workshop Facilitator application’ and email all of the items on the below checklists to homemade@regentparkfilmfestival.com

Questions? Reach us at  homemade@regentparkfilmfestival.com  or 416 599 7733

‘What Is Home?’
Facilitator: Alejandra Higuera
Number of participants: 10-15 (Space is limited!)

Date: Monday, Jan 7, 2019
Toronto Reference Library – 789 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M4W 2G8
Time: 5 – 8pm

FREE to participate. Sign up here today!

Please submit your completed application online by End of Day Sunday, January 6th*.

Description:
In this three hour workshop participants will explore the meaning of home through free writing exercises and games. Participants are asked to bring an object that, to them, represents home.

We will then create a zine with scanned photos of the objects and also tell a story about what the object and how it connects to our meaning of home. The idea is to guide participants on not only telling their own stories but also making a piece, in this case a zine. The zine will be used at homes as a conversation started and also a way to tell stories. We highlight the importance of telling our own stories and making content outside the digital realm and creating our own archival material.

This is a hands-on workshop and every participant will come out with a zine that they can take home.

This workshop is a part of Home Made Visible, a project that digitizes old home movies for Indigenous people and people of colour. Check us out at HomeMadeVisible.ca

*Depending on the workshop capacity, walk-ins may be welcome. Please check our facebook event page for updates.