Children's Film Festival - Tonight - April 30th 7:00 PM

DIVA hosts the The Best of the Fest! Children's Film Festival - Seattle 2010 at 7:00 PM on April 30th in the UO Baker Center Auditorium at 325 E. 10th. Admission: $4.00

A gutsy mouse who learns to fly, a sweet kitty who adopts an egg and a girl who soars away on a paper airplane — these are just a few of the memorable characters you'll meet in this big-screen presentation of "The Best of Children's Film Festival Seattle 2010." The program features award-winning animated, live action and documentary films that will make you laugh, tug at your heartstrings, and take you on a sweet ride through a wide world of moving images. 

Download complete film listing.

Summer Film & Video Classes in Portland

INTRO TO VIDEO ART ARTD 379

June 20 – July 14

Mondays – Thursdays, 1:00 – 4:50 P.M.

White Stag Building

This course is an introduction to video and audio production using current video technologies and to video and sound art as a time-based art medium. Traditional camera, sound, and lighting techniques in production are taught, non-linear editing is introduced, and key theoretical, historical and aesthetic approaches to video art are surveyed. 

Students learn to conceptualize, plan and execute projects and to engage with a variety of video art genres, including experimental, narrative and documentary forms . 

Open to all students by permission of the instructor or with prerequisites. C

ontact: Kartz Ucci, ucci@uoregon.edu

VIDEO ART & experimental film ARTD 415/515

July 18 – August 11

Mondays – Thursdays, 1:00 – 4:50 P.M.

White Stag Building

This upper level Video Art course is designed to encourage independent work in keeping with one’s own creative practice. Projects include video installation, short format and experimental film. Students are encouraged to push beyond personal boundaries, take risks and to experiment. Video/sound art practices including installation, performance, experimental and new genres will be examined including the development of video art and its relation to broadcast media, the gallery space, visual culture and contemporary art practice. Class discussions include an exploration of contemporary themes in video art, such as re-authoring, appropriation, storytelling and spectacle. The course begins with an introduction to 60s & 70s video artists, whose works ranged from purely conceptual deconstructions of the filmic/video apparatus, including durational, rule based and still camera work to more political and social concerns that critique cultural assumptions toward issues of race, representation, gender, the body, queer identity, culture and nation.

Open to all students by permission of the instructor or by prerequisite.

contact: Kartz Ucci, ucci@uoregon.edu 

UO Summer Film Class

DisOrient Asian American Film Festival - 4/29 - 5/1 2011

The DisOrient Asian American Film Festival of Oregon returns this April 29th to May 1st, 2011 to the Bijou Art Cinemas in Eugene, Oregon. DisOrient is a social justice film festival dedicated to deconstructing the media stereotypes of Asians and Asian Americans as "Orientals". We believe in the power of film-as-art to educate, heal and improve the lives of people by giving voice to our experiences.  Web site: http://disorientfilm.wordpress.com/

Veneta Wings and Wine Festival - Opportunity for Artists

Are you interested in becoming a vendor at the 2011 Fern Ridge Wings & Wine Festival?  The Festival is looking for vendors that will complement the day's activities.  We are looking for food or merchant vendors that sell handcrafted products that are bird or wine related.  We also encourage local non-profit groups with ties to Fern Ridge area to be part of the event and take the opportunity to showcase what your organization does in the area. 

Website: wingsandwinefestival.com

Gresham 14th Annual Juried Art Show

Deadline: May 6, 2011

The City of Gresham Art Committee (GAC) invites local and regional artists to enter its 14th Annual Juried Art Show to be exhibited at the beautiful City of Gresham Visual Arts Gallery. All works must be original, and all media will be considered. The GAC is proud to announce this year’s Juror will be Rip Caswell, nationally acclaimed sculptor and owner of Caswell Gallery in Historic Downtown Troutdale. For more information about Rip and his work, visit caswellsculptures.com.

Four independent groups will evaluate the exhibited artwork and award 4 First Place Ribbons, each presented with a $100 cash prize: Mayor's Choice, Gresham Art Committee's Choice, People's Choice, and Juror's Choice. Additionally, 4 Second Place and 4 Third Places Ribbons and Certificates will be awarded. There is a $15 fee for Entry 01. Each additional entry fee is $5. (The total Entry Fee for 3 entries is $25.)

Exhibit Dates: June 7, 2011, to July 21, 2011

Artists’ Reception: Tuesday, June 21, 2011, from 5:30 PM to 7:00 PM, Gallery Location: City of Gresham Visual Arts Gallery, 1333 NW Eastman Parkway, Gresham, OR 97030


Click here for submission form.

OMSI Film Festival 3 May - 26 June

http://www.omsi.edu/filmfestival

Videographer Needed - Eugene's Very Little Theater Production

Chris McVay is the director of a play, The Ruby Sunrise, at the Very Little Theatre. The play opens May 27. 

The Ruby Sunrise is a play partly about the early days of the development of television. The play is written in three parts. The third part portrays a short section of a teleplay that, in the play, is supposedly being broadcast live in 1952.

I would like to pre-record this 3-page section in black and white as if it were a live broadcast from the ‘50s. This part of the play would then be projected on a screen for the audience to view.

I need video production of this 3-page section. I have a limited budget but can offer a small stipend. The video would be shown to the public during the run of the play and there would be recognition in the program. The video will need to be shot on the set of the production at the Very Little Theatre.

There is a short turn-around for this project so I’d like to begin as soon as possible.

Please contact Cjros McVay via email: cmcvay52@gmail.com 

Or by phone/text: 541-913 2839

DisOrient Asian American Film Festival Begins April 29th

The Chinese American Benevolent Association is pleased to announce the sixth anniversary of the DisOrient Asian American Film Festival with a selection of highly provocative and unique quality films.  DisOrient has grown from a grass roots film festival started in 2005 by Eugene native Jason Mak to an all-volunteer run community event that features films that support social justice themes and that break the Asian, Asian American and Pacific Islander stereotypes so often portrayed in mainstream media.  DisOrient has garnered the attention and respect of many Asian American filmmakers and is the only Asian American Film Festival in the northwest. Out of the nearly 80 submissions, the programmers had a most difficult time narrowing selections to the 18 that were selected, as this is probably one of the best offerings the festival has yet had.

A Special Free Screening of Red Sun in the Sunset is scheduled at 2 pm on Friday, April 29 in the Ford Lecture Hall of the University of Oregon's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. The film shares captivating oral histories of Cuban Nikkei by their descendants. The Opening Night Feature film is Jeff Chiba Stearns' One Big Hapa Family.  From the Canadian-Japanese internment camps, Chiba Stearns navigates his family's history through several generations of multiracial marriages in a humorous and profound way. All ages will enjoy this story of a Hapa (mixed Asian or Pacific Islander heritage) family, with contributions from some of Canada's most innovative animators. The film showing will be followed by a reception for VIP guests, volunteers and filmmakers at the UO Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, featuring entertainment by DisOrient Festival favorite, singer/songwriter, Dawen. Saturday's film offerings start at noon with Finding Face, an emotional documentary that depicts the horrific acid-burning attacks on women in Cambodia and many other countries. Directors Patti Duncan and Skye Fitzgerald, and Tat Marina, the brave victim whose face was disfigured due to acid, are scheduled to attend the screening and answer questions after the film.

Festival attendees will also have an opportunity to see "family friendly" short films that cover the gamut of comedy, a bit of fantasy, music, and offbeat humor. Digital Antiquities, by J.P. Chan, one of DisOrient's repeat filmmakers, brings his storytelling ability to another level. Other featured films are Tora, a Canadian-Japanese internment story with a twist, and Mother, a story about a hearing-disabled child.Voices in the Clouds is an enlightening film with breathtaking scenery on the indigenous tribes of

Taiwan. The film chronicles the filmmaker's search for his ancestral roots only to discover an undeniable spiritual connection that changes his life forever. Closing the Saturday's film line-up is the thought-provoking The House of Suh, the centerpiece film about an unresolved murder case. Explore the cultural layer of circumstances that led to the tragic outcome.  Sunday starts off with Oregon's homegrown filmmakers. Creative family-friendly shorts from local teen students from Lane Community College's Asian Pacific Islander Rites of Passage program followed by director Curtis Choy's, You! Young People. This is showcase time for aspiring directors and veterans alike.  Also featured is Left By the Ship, by directors Emma Rossi-Landi and Alberto Vendemmiati, Italian filmmakers who chronicle the lives of four Filipino Amerasians who were left behind by their GI fathers during the naval occupation of the bases in Olongapo City in the Philippines. Insightful and heartwrenching, the movie opens the viewer's eyes to the situation that arises with countless innocent children born and abandoned near the U.S. Military bases overseas.  DisOrient is proud to host the premiere of Left By the Ship in the United States.

Closing night movie features indie filmmaker David Boyle's fresh new film, Surrogate Valentine. A romantic comedy about a character played by Goh Nakamura, a real life musician, and how he misses the beat in some of his misadventures with love.  The DisOrient filmfest afterparty will be at Sabai Café' and Bar, the new Thai restaurant at the Oakway Center. Many of the filmmakers will be in attendance to discuss their films after they are screened.

Expand your horizons! Support your community. Join us and meet directors, actors, filmmakers, the staff and volunteers and avid film fans. A VIP ticket for $50 on-line/$60 at the door will entitle you to all 3 days' screenings, meeting the filmmakers, food to snack on, and an invitation to attend opening and closing night receptions. Individual tickets are also available online. For schedule and information, check out www.disorientfilm.wordpress.com.

Call for Entries: One World, Many Faces - Deadline May 7th, 2011

Call For Artists

CALL FOR ENTRIES: One World, Many Faces is the theme of a Copic Marker Art Contest that closes May 7th, 2011. The winner will have their artwork displayed on a public building in Eugene, Oregon (headquarters of Copic USA); receive a set of Copic markers and some cash. The theme for the artwork is One World, Many Faces. There is no age limit, the contest is open internationally and works do not have to be completed solo. They do however; have to include the use of Copic markers in some way. Submissions are due by May 7th, 2011. Details online at: http://eugeneartcontest.wordpress.com/