FREEWAVES Multicultural Undergraduate Summer Internships 2012 are for 2 positions, Web Intern and Marketing Intern, both for 10-weeks, full-time, $3,500 gross salary in Hollywood.

In accordance with The Getty Grant Program, candidates must be:

• Members of underrepresented groups, particularly individuals of African American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, or Pacific Islander descent.
• Currently enrolled as undergraduates, who will have completed at least one semester of college by June 2012, and will not graduate before September 2012.
• Residents of or attending college in Los Angeles County. Students who have previously served as interns for this program more than twice are not eligible for this internship.

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Overview:  From early June through August 2012, The Getty Multicultural Undergraduate Interns will undertake a variety of tasks, all entailing a high degree of computer literacy and communications competency.  All of the tasks will be part of Freewaves long time initiative to disseminate the new media arts.

Location: Both internships are located at Freewaves’ office at LACE (6522 Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood CA)

Marketing Intern

Marketing Intern Responsibilities: Provides promotional support for bus video project, Out the Window; book and DVD sales; DIY Video Fest initiative; and website.

• Out the Window – assist with marketing implementation
• Book/DVD – assist with sales activities
• DIY Video Fest initiative – outreach to student demographic
• Online marketing and optimization of Freewaves’ new web site, including blog (in conjunction with web intern).

Requirements for Marketing Intern:

• Good writing skills
• Detail oriented, accurate, and thorough.
• Knowledge of media arts preferable.
• Good computer skills (will need to use/learn Word, FileMaker, Photoshop and the internet, including social media).
• Ability to work in a small, busy office with concentration.
• Ability to work independently.

Web Intern

Web Intern Responsibilities:  Projects related to both to the Freewaves organizational website and Out the Window project-specific website.  This includes enhancements planned for the future:

• Assist adding new content (videos to the back-end database), including compressing artist videos and preparing screen shots
• Work with Freewaves staff, technical advisors, programmer and designer to develop enhanced site pages and perform technical troubleshooting.
• Assist with site optimization.
• Produce written and visual materials for web site and related marketing efforts.
• General database maintenance.

Requirements for Web Intern:

• Knowledge of html/css, Dreamweaver and WordPress preferred.
• Ability to code highly desirable though not required.  (Javascript, MySQL and/or PHP).
• Good writing and communication skills.
• Ability to work diplomatically in a team environment (in meetings, via email and on the phone).
• Detail oriented, accurate, and thorough including ability to troubleshoot own work for errors and functionality.
• Knowledge of media arts preferable.
• Knowledge of both Mac and PC environments required.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Freewaves strives to offer summer interns practical work experience and a range of assignments. Interns will be trained by and work under the supervision of Freewaves Director Anne Bray.

In past years, Freewaves interns have developed skills in numerous software programs including:

• Filemaker
• Dreamweaver/HTML
• Excel and Word (advanced features)
• Photoshop
• Illustrator
• Video compression programs

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How to Apply for this Internship:

First familiarize yourself with Freewaves’ programs through its web site (www.freewaves.org and www.out-the-window.org). If the sites and Freewaves interest you, forward a resumé and a cover letter explaining reasons for interest and addressing how you meet the eligibility guidelines for the internship set by the Getty. If you are applying for the web internship, please send us URLs of your work (sites you’ve designed or worked on). We will be interviewing in late April/early May, and will contact you for an appointment if we are interested.

Email your application materials to:

Jason Lipshin, Program Assistant, at jason@freewaves.org

By Thursday, April 26, 2012.

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Freewaves

6522 Hollywood Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA  90028

323.871.1950

www.freewaves.org

Freewaves is dedicated to the creative exhibition of innovative and culturally relevant independent new media from around the world.  Freewaves facilitates cross-cultural dialogues by inventing dynamic new media exhibition forms at experimental and established venues.

The 60 artists’ videos reflect a range of subjects and styles including performances in urban public spaces, background information about LA neighborhoods, animated scenarios, ruminations about nature and investigations of other art forms.  The programming tells stories, shares creative impressions and offers critical insights about Los Angeles.

Jesse Fleming, Apart/Together

Artists

Isabel Avila, Katie Bachler of Bodycity, Zanny Begg, Raul Paulino Baltazar, Laurel Beckman, Peter Bill, Carolina Caycedo, The Center for Land Use Interpretation, Jeff Chabot, Allen Colombo, Megan May Daalder, Paolo Davanzo, Victoria Delgadillo, Jeremy Eichenbaum, Alyse Emdur, Jesse Fleming, Joe Forney, Zig Gron, Micol Hebron, Nadia Hironaka & Matthew Suib, Roman Jaster, Ann Kaneko, Annetta Kapon, Regina Kimbell, Ivan Limas, Elana Mann, Poli Marichal, Lisa Marr, Willie Middlebrook, Patrick Miller, Yoshua Okón, Suzanne Oshinsky, Will Oloughlen, Camilo Ontiveros, Oscar Muñoz, Tucker Neel of 323 Projects, Michael Parker, Gala Porras-Kim, Reyes Rodriguez, Arturo Romo, Michael Rippens, Khari Scott, Pascual Sisto, Marie Sullivan, Teatro Jornalero Sin Fronteras, Nancy Jean Tucker, Stephen Van Dyck, Jovanna Tosello & Cecelia de Jesus, Arnoldo Vargas and Jody Zellen.

The videos will be shown on buses in October and November 2011 and will be archived on the project website, www.out-the-window.org and on Freewaves’ Vimeo channel, http://vimeo.com/outthewindow. Additionally, the website will provide a map of Los Angeles County, geocoded according to the subjects and themes of the videos.  Other resources may also be accessed via the website, including a list of area media art centers where anyone can learn how to create digital media.

Micol Hebron, Make Out Session

Interactivity

The project is conceived with Transit TV’s interactivity in mind, both for bus riders and web users. Bus riders can text responses to questions posed at the end of each video by artists and community curators. Questions will be presented in English and Spanish. Web users may comment on the videos after viewing them on www.out-the-window.org or on the Vimeo channel. The website also provides instructions for submitting videos for future screenings on the buses.

“Out the Window is creating a new social fabric in LA County. Networked Transit TVs, buses, riders’ cell phones and artists’ videos are all strands in the weave pulling LA closer together. Riders’ answers to evocative questions at the end of each video will shift who gets to define what’s out the window,” says Anne Bray, Executive Director of Freewaves, LA’s public media arts organization. Sample bilingual questions:  “Who is invisible in L.A.?” “What’s the difference between L.A. and Hollywood?” “Can you imagine L.A. in 1492?” “What’s your soundtrack for L.A.?”

Michael Parker, Relay

Bus riders and access to technology

Greater Los Angeles has a wonderfully diverse population widely dispersed across its basin.  The buses with Transit TV broadcasting inside of them 24/7 crisscross its neighborhoods and social boundaries, passing unique, local cultural resources.  Out the Window targets where even the web doesn’t always reach and Transit TV allows for this logical weave.  Bus riders represent a population less reached by the Internet and new media, but our research revealed that four out of five riders have cell phones. Of those, four out of five text. We aim to bridge older and newer technologies for these riders, bringing them into a citywide public dialogue.  The videos produced for Out the Window are created by L.A. artists with this complex audience in mind and technology of Transit TV.

A one-minute Youtube video provides an overview of the project: http://youtu.be/W-ekiTrnYW0

Video screenings on the bus will take place in October and November. A different 2-minute video will play each day, appearing once per hour, every hour. For more information or to watch the videos online, visit www.out-the-window.org.

Out the Window is supported by grants from the HASTAC Digital Media and Learning Competition, The James Irvine Foundation, the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, California Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, the Getty Grant Program, and the Pasadena Art Alliance.

BUS TOUR 6/18: East LA meet up and ride

Out The Window Bus Ride + Video Watching Meet Up
Saturday, June 18 at 9:30am

with Public Matters and East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy students

MEET UP and take an LA Metro bus ride tour of the East L.A. food
(desert) landscape with East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy students!

Tips for bus riding:

There are usually two Transit TV screens in each bus — one towards
the front door, and one near the back. You’ll be riding between two
and four buses for this meet up (not counting your return trip). There
are no bus transfers available. Buses cost $1.50 per ride, so be sure
to bring some change with you! Alternately, you can purchase a Metro
Day Pass for $6.00 aboard most buses or at a Metro ticket vending
machine (such as at Union Stations or other train stations).

Meet up OPTION #1:

9:30 AM at UNION STATION – Cesar E Chavez & Vignes.
Meet up on the SW corner of Cesar E Chavez & Vignes (back side of
Union Station) at the eastbound bus stop. Get on the 770 or 84/68 bus
no later than 10AM to make the next destination in time. There are
buses scheduled to depart at 9:35am, 9:48am and 9:55am. The bus will
go down Cesar E Chavez Ave into East L.A., and will give you time to
watch Out The Window videos on board. Don’t forget to look out the
window! Get off the bus at the corner of Cesar E Chavez & Eastern.

Meet up OPTION #2:

10:15 AM at Cesar E Chavez & Eastern in front of Jack In The Box.
Arrive by bus from Union Station (see Meet up OPTION #1) or
independently.
Meet up with East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy Students & Public
Matters here. Students will speak about their work in and about the
East L.A. food landscape, which they’ve captured in the videos that
are screening on the buses. We will then take the 251 bus headed south
on Eastern and transfer to the 720/18 bus headed east on Whittier to
see more of East L.A. and its lack of healthy food options. The tour
will end around 11:30am at Arctic Hotspot Bakery & Cafe (2509 E 4th
Street) in Boyle Heights, where all are welcome to continue the
conversation over healthy snacks.

For your return trip, you can catch the bus (770 or 84/68) at Cesar E
Chavez & Soto or take the Gold Line at 1st & Soto.

BUS TOUR 6/19: Echo Park meet up and ride to the beach

Out the Window Bus Ride + Video Watching + Picnic on the Pier
Sunday, June 19
Meetup at 12pm
Ride at 1pm

with Echo Park Film Center and students

Meet at EPFC at noon for snacks, then catch the 704 Metro Rapid Bus at Sunset & Alvarado at 1 pm. We’ll ride all the way to the beach (about an 80 minute journey)… spend an hour having a picnic and making a Super 8 film (the Santa Monica Pier is featured in one of the films being shown as part of OUT THE WINDOW), hop on the 704 and ride back home to Echo Park by about 5:30 pm.

Tips for bus riding:

There are usually two Transit TV screens in each bus — one towards
the front door, and one near the back.  Buses cost $1.50 per ride, so be sure
to bring some change with you! If you plan to take more than one bus line that day, you can purchase a Metro Day Pass for $6.00 aboard most buses or at a Metro ticket vending machine (such as at Union Stations or other train stations).

“Culture is the most democratic human tool able to create other possible worlds.”

The use of video as a means of aesthetic expression by Brazilian artists has been growing exponentially since the 1970’s, during the era of military dictatorship and cultural censorship.

The introduction of video-art in that oppressive scenario, often disguised by conceptual and subliminal messages, brought new elements for the political and cultural debate. Video art remains a strong and powerful staple in the rich and active Brazilian artistic universe.

Kinoforum is amongst the most influential national new media institutions around. Created in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1995, Kinoforum, is a cultural and non-profit organization, developing activities and supporting projects for education, awareness and development of audiovisual language and cinema production with emphasis in Brazilian works.

Working along associations as well as national and international events, it promotes Brazilian and Latin American films, specially in short formats.

The organization is also responsible for several activities and projects such as: the São Paulo International Short Film Festival, the Digital Screen Video Festival, the Kinoforum Workshops of Audiovisual Production, the Kinoforum Guide for Film and Video Festivals (in Portuguese only), amongst others.

Submissions for the São Paulo International Short Film Festival and for the  Digital Screen Video Festival (Brazilian videos only), are now open!

–Andre Blas, Freewaves Board Member writing from São Paulo, Brazil

WHAT 40 short videos by LA youth will be shown on all 2200 L.A. Metro buses

WHERE all routes of LA Metro buses over 4000 sq miles of LA County

WHO 75 high school students recently made the videos with artist teachers at Echo Park Film Center and with Public Matters at East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy and Pilipino Workers Center; coordinated by Freewaves with the conceptual and technical direction of UCLA REMAP

WHEN 5 minutes of every half hour from 6 am until midnight, every weekday June 13-17, and  45 minutes of every hour over Saturday June 18 and Sunday June 19, 2011

HOW Transit TV is donating use of their interactive TV system for the youth to screen their videos and question 1.2 million daily riders via text messages.

WHY The newest innovation on the public media spectrum brings meaningful art and relevant topics to and from LA Metro’s underserved ridership while public media declines.

The project links physical and virtual worlds through digital media portraits of places, offering views from different neighborhoods up to the city and region at large. Out the Window aims to create a mosaic of the many social, cultural, economic and creative layers of this complex American city. In reply, bus riders can text responses instantly or eventually to location-specific and thematic questions posed on the screens by youths, artists or community curators.

Since Fall 2010, youth in Echo Park, Historic Filipinotown and East Los Angeles have been participating in a collaborative learning community, specifically designed to build digital media communication skills, including storytelling, technical media skills, social networking and critical thinking. Specifically, they are writing and producing one to three minute videos exploring aspects of community and place, to be seen on over 2,200 buses traversing Los Angeles County.

The videos will be shown hourly on Metro buses over a week in June (6/13-6/19, 2011) and will be archived on the project website, www.out-the-window.org. Additionally, the website will provide resources, like media art centers where anyone can learn how to create digital media and ways to comment and submit videos for future screenings on the buses.

“Place is the new identity politics.  The youth in Out the Window examine this subject anew hopefully in dialogue with fellow commuters, 91% of who say they like art,” says Anne Bray, Executive Director of Freewaves, LA’s public media arts organization.

The bus context

The Metro buses crisscross Los Angeles’ diverse neighborhoods and social boundaries, passing unique, local cultural resources.  Out the Window targets people and places where even the web doesn’t always reach.  Sixty-nine percent of Metro riders live in households making $26,000 or less a year.  Thirty-three percent of riders have no or rare access to the Internet, yet most riders have cell phones, which they use to text as well as call. Out the Window’s partners believe the riders represent a population who should be no less served by the telecommunication innovations that have emerged in the last decade.  The videos and questions produced for Out the Window are created with this complex audience in mind.

The videos

The videos produced by youth working with Echo Park Film Center are called The Sound We See: A Los Angeles City Symphony. Participating teacher Angelo J. Pompano says, “City Symphonies are motion pictures that capture the spirit and uniqueness of a city by assembling images of everyday life in that city. These abstract images of the city capture its heartbeat and expose its soul.”  Over twelve weeks, teens and their artist-teachers explore the origins of the City Symphony and its contemporary relevance as students create their own 24-hour cinematic celebration of the dynamic metropolis that is Los Angeles.

Public Matters is working with two groups of high school aged students. Students from the East Los Angeles Renaissance Academy are creating videos around healthy food access issues in their community including a series Have You Noticed? /Té Has Fijado? Students from Pdub Productions, a project in conjunction with Pilipino Workers Center, are creating pieces that explore Los Angeles’ Historic Filipinotown including a series entitled Hidden Hi Fi about the unknown, unexplored and unexpected facets of life in Historic Filipinotown. An additional series will explore the students’ own personal stories of immigration and migration.

When people contribute socially and economically to a society, are they not citizens?

Is there a way for the politically disenfranchised to feasibly gain American citizenship?

On April 30 at 7:30pm, Freewaves, Self Help Graphics & Art, La Causa and TELA SOFA (The East LA Society for Film and Arts) will present DREAM + ACT, a selection of visual art and activism focused on immigration as it relates to communities in Los Angeles and beyond. Through film and video, DREAM + ACT will express multiple visions and viewpoints on the realities of immigration and how it affects us.  We aim to build a community of dialogue and bridge the cultural communities in Los Angeles and countries around the globe.

In addition to providing encouragement for film and video makers and activists, this event seeks to promote deeper understanding of our diverse city by presenting a wide array of perspectives on the complex issue of immigration. The community will be able to interact with the filmmakers to further explore the issues addressed.

Program
7:30pm            Panel discussion on the status of immigration and Dream Act organizing
8:30pm            Screening of curated short films and videos
9:30pm            Q & A with film and videomakers

Plus a mini exhibition on graphic art related to recent immigration legislation.

AND

Mobile silkscreening by Joel Garcia

The Videos

THE SCIENCE OF DREAM, Dreamers Adrift  (5:23)
DREAM TO UNITE, Adriana Silva  (3:27)
JULIO’S DRAWING FRENZY, Dreamers Adrift  (2:09)
YO SOY EL ARMY, Marco Amador  (6:21)
TEATRO JORNALERO SIN FRONTERAS, Lorena Moran  (18:42)
UNA MIRADA A LOS INVISIBLES, Marina Wood  (5:25)
INDEX ME, Luis Zavala  (5:13)
LA FRONTERA, Nicole Antebi  (6:25)
HOUSE PROYECTO, Catherine Forster  (9:24)
DREAM WALKING, Dreamers Adrift (2:22)

The Panelists
Arely Zimmerman is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at USC in the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism (Moderator)
Erick Huerta is an organizer with Dream Team LA and a journalist at East Los Angeles College
Pedro Joel is a community organizer working with VozMob at IDEPSCA (Instituto de Educacion Popular del Sur de California)
Julio Salgado is a member of Dreamers Adrift and a freelance journalist
Nancy Guarneros a PhD student at Claremont Graduate University in the School of Educational Studies
Marco Amador is the producer and investigative reporter of Yo Soy El Army and director of Centro de Comunicacion Comunitario.

Q&A with Videomakers
Nicole Antebi
Marina Wood & Jose Garcia
Luis Zavala

Exhibition of graphic art organized by Ernesto Yerena. This selection, from the Alto Arizona Art campaign, called on artists opposed to SB 1070 to take action and create an image. The act originated in Arizona and aims to identify, prosecute and deport undocumented immigrants.

America Love Me poster by Grupo Bijari. Grupo Bijari, a collective of artists, urban planners, architects and designers from Säo Paulo, Brazil, created a map tracing the multi-layered network behind the issues of immigration and education in California. The artists conducted extensive research in Los Angeles as part of their project, America Love Me, for Outpost for Contemporary Art’s international residency program.

Location Self Help Graphics & Art  1300 East 1st Street Los Angeles, CA 90033, across from the Metro Gold Line Pico/Aliso Station.

Parking is limited in the area. We encourage people to take Metro (www.metro.net) and exit at the Gold Line Pico/Aliso Station.

DREAM :: We believe art has the power to inspire, create new possibilities and broaden our perspectives so we can see our community through a different lens.

ACT :: Not content to dream only, together we aim to provoke thought and inspire solutions to the challenge of immigration in this country—a challenge shared by people throughout the world.

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DREAM + ACT is a collaboration of TELA SOFA, Freewaves, Self Help Graphics & Art and La Causa.

TELA SOFA’s mission is to offer a venue for all interested filmmakers, first-time through professional, to explore issues affecting our world today while connecting them with the Hollywood film industry.

Self Help Graphics & Art (SHG) is a nationally recognized center for Latino arts that develops and nurtures artists in printmaking. SHG advances Latino art broadly through programming, exhibitions and outreach to diverse audiences in East Los Angeles and beyond and engages young and emerging artists from the community in all aspects of its activities.

Freewaves is dedicated to the creative exhibition of the most innovative and culturally relevant independent new media from around the world. Freewaves facilitates cross-cultural dialogues by inventing dynamic new media exhibition forms at experimental and established venues throughout Los Angeles.

LA CAUSA (Los Angeles Communities Advocating for Unity, Social Justice, and Action) engages historically disenfranchised young people and their families from East Los Angeles to take action against the injustices that impact low-income communities of color.

More info:
Juan Escobedo or Jose Yenque, TELA SOFA
info@telasofa.org

FREEWAVES Multicultural Undergraduate Summer Internships 2011 are for 2
positions, Web Intern and Marketing Intern, both for 10-weeks, full-time,
$3,500 gross salary in Hollywood.

In accordance with The Getty Grant Program, candidates must be:

*  Members of underrepresented groups, particularly individuals of African
American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander
descent

*  Currently enrolled as undergraduates, who will have completed at least
one semester of college by June 2011, and will not graduate before
September
2011;

*  Residents of or attending college in Los Angeles County. Students who
have previously served as Interns for this program more than twice are not
eligible for this internship.

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Overview:  From early June through August 2010, The Getty Multicultural
Undergraduate Interns will undertake a variety of tasks, all entailing a
high degree of computer literacy and communications competency.  All of the
tasks will be part of Freewaves long time initiative to disseminate the new
media arts.

Location: Both internships are located at Freewaves’ office at LACE (6522
Hollywood Blvd in Hollywood CA)

Marketing Intern

Marketing Intern Responsibilities: Provides promotional support for bus
video project, Out the Window; book and DVD sales; workshops; DIY Video
Fest initiative; and website.
- Out the Window – assist with marketing implementation
- Book/dvd – assist with sales activities
- DIY Video Fest initiative – outreach to student demographic
- Online marketing and optimization of Freewaves’ new web site, including
blog (in conjunction with web intern).

Requirements for Marketing Intern:
- Good writing skills
- Detail oriented, accurate, and thorough.
- Knowledge of media arts preferable.
- Good computer skills (will need to use/learn Word, FileMaker, Photoshop
and the internet, including social media).
- Ability to work in a small, busy office with concentration.
- Ability to work independently.

Web Intern

Web Intern Responsibilities:  Projects related to both to the Freewaves
organizational website and Out the Window project-specific website.  This
includes enhancements planned for the future:
-  Assist adding new content (videos to the back-end database), including
compressing artist videos and preparing screen shots
-  Work with Freewaves staff, technical advisors, programmer and designer
to develop enhanced site pages and perform technical troubleshooting.
-  Assist with site optimization.
-  Produce written and visual materials for web site and related marketing
efforts.
-  General database maintenance.

Requirements for Web Intern:
- Knowledge of html, Dreamweaver and WordPress preferred.
- Ability to code highly desirable though not required.  (Java,
Javascript, My SQL and/or PHP).
- Good writing and communication skills.
- Ability to work diplomatically in a team environment (in meetings, via
email and on the phone).
- Detail oriented, accurate, and thorough including ability to
troubleshoot own work for errors and functionality.
- Knowledge of media arts preferable.
- Knowledge of both Mac and PC environments required.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Freewaves strives to offer summer interns practical work experience and a
range of assignments. Interns will be trained by and work under the
supervision of Freewaves Director Anne Bray and Assistant Director Heidi
Zeller.

In past years, Freewaves interns have developed skills in numerous
software programs including:
- Filemaker
- Dreamweaver/HTML
- Excel and Word (advanced features)
- Photoshop
- Illustrator
- Video compression programs

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How to Apply for this Internship:

First familiarize yourself with Freewaves’ programs through its web site
(www.freewaves.org and www.out-the-window.org). If the sites and Freewaves
interest you, forward a resumé and a cover letter explaining reasons for
interest and addressing how you meet the eligibility guidelines for the
internship set by the Getty. If you are applying for the web internship,
please send us URLs of your work (sites you’ve designed or worked on). We
will be interviewing in late April/early May, and will contact you for an
appointment if we are interested.

Email your application materials to:
Sam Woolley, Program Assistant, at sam@freewaves.org
By Sunday, April 24, 2011.

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Freewaves
6522 Hollywood Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA  90028
323.871.1950
www.freewaves.org

Freewaves is dedicated to the creative exhibition of innovative and
culturally relevant independent new media from around the world.  Freewaves
facilitates cross-cultural dialogues by inventing dynamic new media
exhibition forms at experimental and established venues.

Open Call by Freewaves, Self Help Graphics & Art, The East LA Society of Film and Arts (TELA SOFA) and La Causa

DREAM + ACT

Film, videos, activism and information on immigration

On April 30 and May 1, Freewaves, Self Help Graphics & Art, TELA SOFA and La Causa are collaborating to present Dream + Act, a selection of visual art and activism focused on immigration as it relates to communities in Los Angeles and beyond. Through film, video and video installations, Dream + Act is an opportunity to express your vision and viewpoint on the realities of immigration and how it affects you. We aim to build a community of dialogue and bridge the cultural communities in Los Angeles and countries around the globe.

Submission Deadline:  April 1, 2011

In addition to providing encouragement for film and video makers and activists, this event seeks to promote deeper understanding of our diverse city by presenting a wide array of perspectives on the complex issue of immigration. The community will be able to interact with the filmmakers to further explore the issues addressed.

DREAM :: We believe art has the power to inspire, create new possibilities and broaden our perspectives so we can see our community through a different lens.

ACT :: Not content to dream only, together we aim to provoke thought and inspire solutions to the challenge of immigration in this country—a challenge shared by people throughout the world.

Share with us your experiences, perspectives and opinions through the media arts by submitting your videos and films.

Work by all ages and genres considered.

Send a URL to info@telasofa.org

OR a DVD to:

TELA SOFA
PO Box 226738
East Los Angeles, CA 90022

OR submit your film at the following link:

https://www.withoutabox.com/03film/03t_fin/03t_fin_fest_01over.php?festival_id=7471

(Using withoutabox qualifies you for IMDB.com)

Application materials will not be returned.

IMPORTANT DATES:

Due date:  4/1/11

Notice of Acceptance:  4/15/11

Screening dates: Saturday, April 30 and Sunday, May 1, 2011 (May Day!)

For Dream + Act, TELA SOFA is collaborating with Freewaves, Self Help Graphics & Art and LA CAUSA.

TELA SOFA’s mission is to offer a venue for all interested filmmakers, first-time through professional, to explore issues affecting our world today while connecting them with the Hollywood film industry.

Self Help Graphics & Art (SHG) is a nationally recognized center for Latino arts that develops and nurtures artists in printmaking. SHG advances Latino art broadly through programming, exhibitions and outreach to diverse audiences in East Los Angeles and beyond and engages young and emerging artists from the community in all aspects of its activities.

LA CAUSA (Los Angeles Communities Advocating for Unity, Social Justice, and Action) engages historically disenfranchised young people and their families from East Los Angeles to take action against the injustices that impact low-income communities of color.

Freewaves is dedicated to the creative exhibition of the most innovative and culturally relevant independent new media from around the world. Freewaves facilitates cross-cultural dialogues by inventing dynamic new media exhibition forms at experimental and established venues throughout Los Angeles.

About/By/In Los Angeles

What do you know about Los Angeles? Want to share your knowledge on TV?

Submission deadline for ROUND 2 is May 9, 2011

Freewaves is seeking two-minute artists-activists-storytellers’ videos about places in Los Angeles (home, street, ‘hood) to show to I million riders per day on all 2,200 Metro buses in L.A. County in June and September-October, 2011. On Transit TV we will show animations, documentaries, narratives and experimental videos about, by and in Los Angeles.

Riders include more women, more people of color, and more low income Angelenos. Demographics are linked at transitv.

• In a mobile environment with competing sounds, visuals are more important.
• Accepted videos will be included in a one-hour program of news, ads, cooking and quizzes.
• Videos will be shown for approximately 2 days as part of the Summer or Fall screening periods.
• Freewaves will post accepted videos on our web site (if you agree) for at least two years with a GPS location tag on our L.A. map.
• Freewaves will pay $100 – $300 per video. ($100 for pre-existing, $200 for custom editing, $300 for newly commissioned works).
• Freewaves will ask bus riders to text us in response to geo-tagged messages appearing on Transit TV about places in L.A.
  

*For more information, and to submit your video, Visit the Open Call.