Amplify!
Friday June 7 2:30 pm – 3:45 pm
Chicken House, Coutts Centre
Information Session with Kari McQueen (Alberta Foundation for the Arts); Julie C. Paradis (Avatar Quebec); Jean Macpherson (Banff Centre for the Arts); Oliver Johnson (Bedtracks Music Library, via skype); Line Dezainde (Canada Council for the Arts); Andrew Scholotiuk (Film Reel FAVA).
Line Dezainde is a Program Officer at the Canada Council for the Arts in the programs Arts Across Canada and Arts Abroad. The Canada Council for the Arts is Canada’s public arts funder, with a mandate to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. canadacouncil.ca/
Oliver Johnson is Founder and Creative Director of Bedtracks Inc. a cloud-based searchable Production Music Library and original music house under one roof – and started Bedtracks Inc. Bedtracks have recently created Canada’s first exclusively Indigenous music licensing catalogue. bedtracks.com/storytellers
As the Director of FAVATV, Andrew Scholotiuk manages the online delivery of Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta (FAVA) member works and external productions, including live multi-camera productions, budgeting, web app development and online advertising.
Arts Management System (AMS) is a cloud based app that automates standardized processes for member based organizations, providing a centralized source of information relevant to the organization including membership, equipment and facility rentals, library and media management, reporting, program registration and soon grant management. https://
Julie C. Paradis is the General Manager of Avatar, a centre dedicated to audio and electronic art based in Quebec City. www.avatarquebec.org/en/
Kari McQueen is the Visual Arts and New Media Arts Consultant at the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA).
The Alberta Foundation for the Arts is a public agency and a provincial corporation of the Government of Alberta with a mandate to support and contribute to the development of the arts in Alberta. We provide grant funding to artists and art organizations to encourage the growth and development of the arts sector. We also promote the arts, and manage an extensive provincial art collection featuring work from artists all over the province. www.affta.ab.ca/
Jean Macpherson is the Program Manager, Digital and Media Art, Banff Centre. Jean has developed over 80 artist residencies at Banff Centre, including international digital arts and research programming.
Founded in 1933, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity is a learning organization built upon an extraordinary legacy of excellence in artistic and creative development. What started as a single course in drama has grown to become the global organization leading in arts, culture, and creativity across dozens of disciplines. From our home in the stunning Canadian Rocky Mountains, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity aims to inspire everyone who attends our campus – artists, leaders, and thinkers – to unleash their creative potential. www.banffcentre.ca/
MISSION
AMAAS exists to advocate, educate, and celebrate the media arts in Alberta.
VISION
The media arts in Alberta is advanced through the generation of awareness, strengthening of connections, and continuous advocacy. AMAAS builds a sustainable and vibrant future for media arts in Alberta.
DEFINITION OF MEDIA ART
AMAAS defines media art as independent artist initiated and controlled use of film, video, new media, audio/sound art and related media.
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