Finishing Fund for Documentary Films

Derek Freese Documentary Fund (DFDF) provides production support for feature-length documentary films that have both a strong narrative and a connection to Greater Philadelphia. This award is given biennially to an independent filmmaker and provides up to $35,000 in finishing funds. DFDF helps support documentary filmmakers who are in various stages of the production and […]

Sonia Sanchez: Where Writing Comes From

Sonia Sanchez (LTA ’05) will conduct a writing workshop this summer at Scribe Video Center (4212 Chestnut Street, 3rd Floor). Over three sessions, Sanchez will help participants find their voice through the process of creating a performance monologue. A soliloquy told simply and directly is what thrills us about radio, theater and often film. The […]

New Film by tiona.m. Exclusively at Dodge Gallery

tiona.m. (ATR ’12, LTA ’09, ACG ’07)  exhibits new film with sculpture Lorna Williams. “roots.& rigor.” is experimental film portrait broken into three chapters FEEDING|DIGESTION|DEFECATION and follows the artist Lorna Williams as she gathers and creates work for her upcoming 2013 solo exhibition APPOSITIONS: STILL / BIRTH / SHIT : LORNA WILLIAMS. The film also explores […]

AMC2013: Media Strategies for a More Just & Creative World

The Allied Media Conference is a laboratory for creativity and media-based solutions. Held every summer in Detroit, the AMC unites the worlds of media and communications, technology, education and social justice. From this unique intersection, some of the most innovative community organizing models emerge each year. Each conference builds off the previous one and plants […]

Media Fellowship Opportunity

Aspiring radio producers, journalists and storytellers without journalism degrees can apply for a $20,000 fellowship. Chicago Public Media presents the Pritzker Fellowships, a ten-month program that offers rigorous training in public radio journalism and the opportunity to work alongside some of the nation’s most respected reporters, producers and editors. Fellows will receive training in basic story […]

Brick & Mortar: A Sci-Fi’ed Imagining of Education

Brick & Mortar: A Sci-Fi’ed Imagining of Education is a multimedia sci-fi art exhibit imagining the future of education in Philadelphia. This exhibit is responding to the Philly School District’s announcement to close 23 schools this year and chop many more into achievement networks to be managed by public and private groups. We asked artists and visionaries: […]

Leeway Grantees at Trans-Health Conference

Chaska Sophia (ACG ’11), Charlene Arcila (ACG ’09), Joe Ippolito (LTA ’12, ACG 11), Leo T. Watts (ACG ’09, ’08), Morgan Rich (ACG ’09), Ovid Amorson (ACG ’12) and Qian Li (ACG ’10) will be presenting at the Trans-Health Conference taking place June 13 through 15 at the Philadlephia Convention Center. To find out more about conference and the workshop schedule click here.  The […]

Call for Artists: Alexandria Museum of Art

Artworks selected in a national juried competition by artist-juror Stewart Nachmias will be featured in a full-color catalogue and exhibition at Alexandria Museum of Art, along the Red River in the heart of central Louisiana, September 6-November 23, 2013. Visual artists over age 18 working in all media, including but not limited to painting, drawing, photography, sculpture, digital art, video, […]

Forum Theatre Summer Intensive in June

This exciting workshop will immerse you in the techniques of Forum Theatre, a core technique of Theatre of the Oppressed which is a revolutionary form of participatory theatre designed primarily for non-actors by Brazilian theatre visionary and Nobel Peace Prize finalist Augusto Boal. Through lively, fun and surprisingly revelatory improvisational games-ercises, Forum Theatre transforms real-life […]

DANCE/USA Conference Volunteer Opportunity

Dance/USA conference 2013 is around the corner, June 12-15, 2013, 500 individuals are expected to join us from the dance field in the “city of brotherly love”. We are currently looking for reliable and dedicated individuals who are interested in volunteering their time. We are ramping up on planning and this is an excellent way […]