PRCAC Creative Jam 2012

February 10-12, 2012

Location:  Lester Center for the Arts, Prince Rupert, BC

 

From the realms of Photography, Music, Visual Art and Creative Writing, four facilitators will guide individuals and groups through a process of learning through active creativity.

CREATIVE JAM is a weekend of interdisciplinary creative activity with participants jamming on a common theme. From the realms of theatre, music, art and creative writing, four facilitators will guide individuals and groups through a process of learning through active creativity. The weekend will close with a Public Presentation of our creations.

Download: Poster, Registration Form & Brochure

Due to its overwhelming popularity, Mike Ambach's Photography workshop is now FULL! 

Q & A about Creative Jam

How much will the Creative Jam cost?

• The PRCAC  has secured funding to subsidize this weekend and make it as affordable as possible for local participants to work with professional facilitators.
• Registration fee: $40 adult / $30 student & seniors (circle one) (plus $5 if registering for visual arts)
• You may apply to have your fee waived if you have financial difficulty.

Who should participate in the Creative Jam?

• Students aspiring to develop creatively, technically and aesthetically.
• Active musicians, writers, artists and thespians looking for a creative spark.
• People who don’t normally consider themselves “artists” but would like to break away from the mundane to delve into their creative side--would like to draw, write a song or poem or deliver a line.

How is a Creative Jam different from an “ordinary” workshop?

• Interdisciplinary—theatrical, written, visual and aural. Participants will have the opportunity of a disciplinary exchange in order to try some aspect of each of the artistic media.
• Creating--artistic creation and improvisation are at the core of all activities. During the Mingles there will be “spot improvisations” just for fun.
• Sharing—participants must be willing to share raw ideas and incomplete lines; show initial sketches and unfinished drawings.
• Learning—technique within separate disciplines as well as general, interdisciplinary concepts: how to get started, how to “wrap it up”, what then?

What are the rules of the Creative Jam?

• All participants must be pre-registered in one of the four disciplines: Photography, Music, Visual Art and Creative Writing. Following the 1st Workshop, a participant would be allowed to change disciplines if space is available.
• Since the experience and facility of participants in each discipline will vary greatly, please show respect for individuals as well as group activities and facilitators.
• Other than the above, there aren’t any rules. The schedule is primarily there to serve as an outline for the facilitators and group work. Individuals are free to break away and work independently as their creativity may demand. 

What should a participant take away from the Creative Jam?

• Inspiration and creative ignition.
• Joy—a sense of “That was fun; when can we do it again?”
• Artistic fellowship--removing the walls of isolation that often affect artists.
• Knowledge—expanded technique and new approaches to one’s art
• And, perhaps, an opus of your own.

 Facilitators

North Coast Musician Sgaalanglaay Gaamdamaay Williams (Vernon Williams Jr.) was born and raised on Haida Gwaii. He is part of the kunnlaanaas raven clan and also wears the hawk and sealion crest. He is a composer of traditional songs and shares the songs he has created with all students he works with. He is a carver, as well as a flute, drum and rattle maker. Vern enjoys working youth in Masset and is happiest when sharing with and learning from children. He is looking forward to working with our community.

North Coast Visual Artist: Nicole Best Rudderham Nicole’s painterly style is created using mediums that include acrylics, oils, watercolors and chalk pastels. Her subject matter ranges from nature to portraits. She shows her passion in creating quality fine artwork that hangs in homes around the world. With her motto “Anyone can learn-!” she hosts classes and workshops in her downtown studio for art students of all ages. "Passion is to paint... So paint with passion!' www.nicolebestrudderham.com

North Coast Photographer: Mike Ambach  ** This workshop is now FULL!
Born and raised in the interior of British Columbia, Mike studied in Fine Arts, Education, and Environmental Studies, and travelled a fair bit. After living in Montreal for several years, Mike moved back west to British Columbia, where he now works and plays in the beautiful Northwest. He especially likes finding something compelling or beautiful in an otherwise ordinary subject. Mike shoots both digital and film, but he admits having “a soft spot for the magic of film”
http://mikeambach.com

Okanagan Writer: Michelle Barker
Writer and mother of four children, Michelle studied English literature at UBC – with a year abroad at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Michelle is a poet, a writer of fiction and non-fiction, a freelance editor, a leader of creative writing workshops, a bookstore haunter, a seeker of stories and beauty and spirit and strange connections and ways to make people laugh and cry. Michelle’s poem, “Black Sheep,” will be included in this year’s anthology of Best Canadian Poetry, to be published by Tightrope Books.
http://michellebarker.ca/