Building upon the success of our highly successful youth-at-risk training program, SAW Video will take video to the people of Ottawa and beyond. From rural communities to women from immigrant and refugee communities to at-risk urban youth, this project offers community organizers and organizations the expertise and equipment to implement video workshops to activate and empower their communities. Through this program, three video workshop models have been designed to accommodate different needs and approaches. After an initial training and content development phase, instructors will work with diverse communities on video projects tailored to their needs.
Projects
Morrison Gardens Community House “Community Stories” Video project
February / April 2009
Presented in collaboration with Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre
This 10 week video workshop for both adult and youth residents of the Morrison Gardens community resulted in the creation of 5 short videos.
Instructors: Pixie Cram, Ben Walker
Assistance by: Matthew Teghtmeyer
View the videos by clicking on their links below:
West-end Community House Summer Video Workshop Project
July - Aug. 2009
Community Partners: Ontario Arts Council, Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre
3 summer video workshops with youth between 12-16 were held at 3 community houses in Ottawa's West-end: Morrison Gardens, Winthrop Court, and Pinecrest Terrace.
View the videos by clicking on their links below:
Winthrop Court Community House Youth Video Project
October / November 2008
Presented in collaboration with Pinecrest-Queensway Community Health Centre and the City of Ottawa Community Arts Program
This 10 week video workshop for youth between 12-17 resulted in the creation of 3 short videos. Youth worked in teams to learn scripting, production and editing.
Instructor/Mentors: Pixie Cram and Ben Walker
View the videos by clicking on their links below:
Minwaashin Lodge March Break Media Arts Program for Inuit, Metis, and First Nation Youth
Presented in collaboration with Minwaashin Lodge - March 2008
The Youth Leaders Project was an initiative of Minwaashin Lodge to engage Inuit,
Metis, and First Nation youth in creating their own innovative peer educational
products to promote healthy equal relationships. SAW Video provided a workshop
in story-telling and video production for Aboriginal youth leaders, and worked
with them to create a video and photographic montage.
Instructor/Mentors: Chris Ikonomopoulos, Tara Arnatsiaq-Barnes,
Ariel Smith and Mosha Folger
View the videos by clicking on their links below:
Bellevue Community Centre (Ottawa)
Presented in collaboration with the City of Ottawa Community Arts program Nov. 2007 - Feb. 2008
A video workshop for youth between 10-14, resulting in the creation of 4 short videos.
Youth worked in teams on learning video production as well as creating music tracks for video.
Instructor/Mentors: Jacob Hannah, Michael Caffrey, Bear Thomas
View the videos by clicking on their links below:
Women's Documentary project
Presented in collaboration with the Women and War
program, Sexual Assault Support Centre (SASC)
May 23 to August 8, 2007
A 3 month documentary video workshop with New
Canadian women.8 women from diverse backgrounds
received training in documentary story-telling and
video production, resulting in the creation of 3
short documentaries.
Instructor/Mentors: Izabel Barsive, Nena Toth,
Maliha Hamidi, Ariel Smith and Tasha Waldron
View the Women's videos by clicking on their links below:
Urban Youth project
Presented in collaboration with the Kanata Youth Centre and TYPS (Town
Youth Participation Strategies)
August 2-16 2007
For this video initiative, the Kanata Youth Centre invited a group of
youth between the ages of 14-23 to participate in a workshop aimed at
increasing their technological and creative skills in video.
Instructor/mentors: Kerry Campbell, Chris Ikonomopoulos, and Bear Thomas
View the video by clicking on their links below:
Street Theory: Attitude
Rural Youth video initiative
Presented in collaboration with MERA (McDonald Corners Elphin Recreation
and Arts)and the Lanark Highlands Youth Centre
August 13-21, 2007
This rural arts education project focused on a group of 8 rural youth
between the ages of 12-17, and was aimed at introducing them to video
technology.An intensive 4 day workshop was held at the Lanark Highlands
Youth Centre in the Village of Lanark.
Instructors: Miles Finlayson, Jacob Hanna, Ashleigh Horricks
View the videos by clicking on their links below:
Thanks to: OCISO (Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization) and TYPS (Town-Youth Participation Strategies) for their advice and consultation.
Far Out Locations is made possible through the valuable financial support of (Canada Council, City of Ottawa, OAC, Community Foundation of Ottawa) and the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture through the Ontario Arts Foundation Arts Education Partnership Initiative
Contact:
Penny McCann, Director
SAW Video Association
(613) 238-7648
penny@sawvideo.com
www.sawvideo.com
Far Out Locations is made possible through the valuable financial support of :
and the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Culture through the
Ontario Arts Foundation Arts Education Partnership Initiative
