• Buffalo Film: Sound in the Margins — Drawing audio on 16mm film

    Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Arts Center 2495 Main Street, Suite 310, Buffalo, NY, United States

    Join artist resident Ajunie Virk for a workshop that teaches participants how to create experimental audio by drawing directly onto the optical soundtrack of 16mm film, a technique the artists uses herself to personalize sound and generate abstract audio layers within her own video works. This hands-on workshop methods in mark-making, sound reading, and editing […]

    $10
  • Buffalo Literature: Autotheory and the Poetics of the Self — Storying the Personal

    Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Arts Center 2495 Main Street, Suite 310, Buffalo, NY, United States

    Join Squeaky Wheel and visiting artist resident Arielle Knight for a short form writing workshop! This skill share invites participants to experiment with autobiographical storytelling and the practice of autotheory—the blending of lived experience and critical thought—to create new forms of narrative that collapse the boundaries between personal and intellectual inquiry. Drawing from practices in […]

    Free
  • Buffalo Film: Building Trust On and Off Camera — Ethical Practices with Film Participants

    Squeaky Wheel Film and Media Arts Center 2495 Main Street, Suite 310, Buffalo, NY, United States

    Trust is the foundation of ethical and effective documentary, participatory, and community-based filmmaking. This workshop by visiting filmmaker Jason Rhee equips filmmakers, media artists, and researchers with practical strategies to build, negotiate, and sustain trust with participants—especially those from marginalized or vulnerable communities. Drawing on the themes of informed consent, accessibility, privacy, and reciprocity, participants […]

    Free