Disposable Detroit
DAFT instructors Chris Weagel and Theresa (Ace) Bailey present a photo show.
opening reception:
Thursday, February 4 at the Woodbridge
5169 Trumbull in Detroit, just north of Warren Avenue.
7:00pm to 10:00 p.m. with entertainment.
The show is called and consists of photos taken on the streets of Detroit with disposable cameras. The show will be up for one month.
CLICK HERE to view photos from this show!
Digital Arts, Film & Television presents:
The 42nd Annual Michigan Student Film & Video Festival
The 42nd Michigan Student Film
& Video Festival entry form is now available to download from this
site. Please encourage students and teachers grades K-12 to
create entries to submit to this year's Festival which is being held on
Saturday,
April 24th at the Detroit Film Theatre
located at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Download
and print the entry form
page 1 -- click here
If you have any questions regarding the
Festival please e-mail us at areyoudaft@hotmail.com
Heartfelt thanks go to Sehi Computer Products, Inc. for sponsoring
this year's Festival entry form.
Click here for
directions to the DIA Film Theatre.
MEMBERSHIP FOR DAFT'S
2009-2010 SEASON
NOW AVAILABLE!
Dear Friend,
If you are DAFT it means that you support our mission to promote the creative use of film and video. Digital Arts, Film & Television (DAFT) is a non-profit educational organization that has been providing services to its members and the state of Michigan for 40 years.
If you are DAFT you will be supporting new installments of our highly successful workshop programs like the Focal Point video workshop, Art in Motion animation workshop and the Student Animation Workshop. DAFT will continue the tradition of presenting the Michigan Student Film & Video Festival, America's longest-running film festival devoted to showcasing work by students in kindergarten through high school.
If you are DAFT it means that you can attend our monthly meetings that are being reinstated after a year's hiatus. The format will be new and we hope more responsive to the educational and artistic needs of DAFT members and guests. Each month the meeting location will change and will take place in a studio, classroom, theatre or gallery space to allow members to see a wide variety of media locations and programs. A short informational session will be followed by perhaps a tour of the facility, a discussion on a particular topic, sharing of ideas or a film to watch.
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DAFT member
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Student/Senior Membership:
When paying through PayPal, please e-mail your home address and phone number to DAFT at areyoudaft@hotmail.com
ArtsEdNews: WatchKnow.org Hosts Educational Videos for Students Ages 3 to 18
Larry Sanger,
co-founder of Wikipedia,
has launched a new web site designed to gather and organize educational
videos for students ages 3 to 18. The site, WatchKnow.org, currently
features more than 11,000 videos across 2,000 categories on subjects
such as math, science, and history. The nonprofit site features new
software, developed specifically for the site by Sanger, that allows
wiki-style collaboration among users. “Think of it as YouTube meets
Wikipedia,
filtering out everything but quality educational videos,” Sanger said.
“WatchKnow.org links together content from traditional sites, and also
allows users of the site to improve the organization of the video
categories, which makes finding the video you need much easier.” The
site, which features videos from National Geographic, YouTube, and Google
Videos, among other sources, is intended to complement and enhance the
learning experience for students as they study concepts that are
traditionally hard to learn. “Many of our country’s educators are
unaware of the enormous amount of good video content available for free
online,” said Chareen Snelson, an advisory committee member and
professor at Boise State
specializing in online educational videos. “Having a central repository
of organized, quality videos is a blessing for busy teachers and
students.” WatchKnow.org is funded by the Community Foundation of
Northwest Mississippi, which has set the goal of offering more than
50,000 videos on the site by the end of 2010. The site offers tips for
video searching, separate pages for students, parents, and teachers,
and a guide for contributors. http://www.watchknow.org
2009 Traverse City Film Festival Film School
By
DAFT board member,
Andrea M. Beaudoin
click here to read the article
Over $20,000 in cash prizes available for Michigan
High School A/V Students and Film Makers from
The Meijer Great Choices Film Festival
Submission deadline is February 15, 2010
BYRON CENTER, MI (September 18, 2009): Meijer, Inc., The Meijer Family Foundation, M.E. Davenport Foundation, The Van Singel Fine Arts Center and Celebration Cinema, are excited to announce the kick off of the second annual Meijer Great Choices Student Film Festival, offered exclusively for Michigan high school students.
The
competition is
designed for Michigan high school student filmmakers and A/V students
to showcase their creative talent in audio/visual communications.
Participants must submit a :30 Public Service Announcement promoting
positive choices in the areas of Character Education, Healthy
Lifestyles, and/or Celebrating Diversity. There are two different
audiences that the A/V students target in their PSA’s: Kindergarten
through 6th or 7th
through 12th
grades. Deadline for submission is February 15, 2010. Students and
their teachers can download registration materials and guidelines at
meijergreatchoices.com.
click here to
download a .doc with more information
click
here to download the .pdf version
Featured web link: Retrevo
Retrevo is a product
review search service focused solely on
electronics. The site aggregates product information, reviews and
articles from blogs, forums, websites and manufacturers. Retrevo does
their best to provide unadulterated product reviews by filtering out
ads, eBay pages and online electronic stores like Best Buy and Amazon.
And,
you can find almost any manual for any electronic product there! Great
for when you lose the manual to your camcorder!
John Prusak has been DAFT for 40 years!
John began as a student at Focal Point and then returned as an instructor the next year, a role he has filled every since. John has also been DAFT Board president (and now is an emeritus member of the Board), chairperson of the Michigan Student Film & Video Festival and instructor in many other workshops, notably 19 years with the Student Animation Workshop and 5 years with Art in Motion.
At a surprise gathering of DAFT friends and family last spring John was presented with a quilt created from the panels of DAFT t-shirts from over the years. The party was planned as a surprise - and it really was. But John noted that it did explain all the t-shirts with huge rectangles cut from the fronts. Here are some photos taken by Nancy Rae Gilliland.
DAFT instructors lead
workshops with artsJam! Detroit WAY (Work Alternatives For Youth)
click
here to read the full
Detroit Free Press news article
Michigan Youth Arts is thrilled to announce the award of six $250 professional development scholarships for arts educators! Made possible through a generous gift from MEEMIC Insurance Company, two educators were chosen by lottery to attend each of three summer professional workshops hosted by Digital Arts, Film & Television, the Michigan Art Education Association, and the Michigan School Vocal Music Association.
Over 100 teachers from across Michigan entered the scholarship drawing. The six recipients teach in Greenville, Hamtramck, Kentwood, Chelsea, Ferndale and Livonia.
The Michigan Youth Arts Association (MYAA) is a statewide arts education association that serves as a collaborative of discipline-specific arts education organizations. The programming of MYAA consists of the Michigan Youth Arts Festival, statewide arts education awards, arts education advocacy, leadership roundtables and funding programs for youth, schools and arts education professionals throughout Michigan.
MEEMIC Insurance Company provides personal auto, homeowners, boat, and umbrella coverages to teachers and other educational employees in the state of Michigan. MEEMIC is also the sponsor of the Michigan Youth Arts Educator of the Year awards, which honored 14 distinguished arts educators at this year's Michigan Youth Arts Festival.
DAFT volunteers at
Detroit Public TV's
2009 Pledge Drive
We enjoyed renewing our ongoing
friendship and cooperation with Detroit Public TV, assisting in their
pledge drive by answering telephones.
DAFT members pictured above, left to right:
John Prusak, Len Radjewski, Annette Frank,
Andrea Beaudoin, Jere Stormer, Tom Mansell
Steve Julin
recognized as "Film & Video
Educator of the Year" at
2009 Michigan Youth Arts Festival
DAFT Board Member Emeritus, John Prusak, with
his former student, Steve Julin, who graciously receives
his recognition as DAFT's Film & Video Educator of the Year.
Doug Blush, former
DAFT student,
edits new
documentary "OUTRAGE"
PLEASE help us spread the word to friends, family and neighbors across the country to help get this controversial, entertaining and very important film seen and discussed! Even if the film is not yet showing in your city, please forward the email to those who might be interested, and see below for ideas on using Facebook, MySpace and other web sites.
Below are links to everything about the film, provided by Amy Ziering, our producer.
THANKS! Get OUTRAGED!
Doug
Outrage URL http://www.outragethemovie.com/
YouTube Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgESXQccWi8
Magnolia Pictures Site http://www.magpictures.com/mailer/outragethemovie/index.html
Buy Tickets http://www.movietickets.com/movie_detail.asp?movie_id=72692
Below is a list of things people can do to promote this film
- Send out an email or Facebook update to all of your contacts, recommending the film and linking to the trailers and how to buy tickets.
- Change your status to "I am OUTRAGED" and link to trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgESXQccWi8
- Post links, recommendations, and the trailer itself on the walls of popular film, gay issue or political groups, indivduals or organizations
- Invite friends to group showing of the film.
Chris Houghton, former DAFT
student,
featured in the news!
Detroit Free Press 05/10/2009
ARTISTS +THEIR ART
CHRIS HOUGHTON
Houghton is a junior at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, an illustrator and cartoonist who has earned national attention for his playful animation style. “Gunther and the Steak Snacking Snake!” — a kid-friendly comic that combines Western and fantasy elements and features that bear-tripping wrangler — is an example of the kind of work that recently won him a $5,000 scholarship from the National Cartoonists Society.
“Gunther,” which he drew and his older brother wrote, will be available along with a few other of his pieces, plus thousands from other CCS students, at the college’s annual Student Exhibition, which opens Friday. The exhibition is a highlight of the year for CCS students and area art fans, providing a great way to scout up-and-coming talent.
Houghton, who is freelancing professionally while attending school, certainly fits that bill. He says he’s driven by “a mix of passion and the desperation to constantly improve” and that he will do “anything I can” to make a career via his cartooning skills once he graduates.
“It’s been an incredible amount of work,” Houghton says of his time at CCS. “The three years has been packed full of learning, experience and picking up new tools.”
-- BY STEVE BYRNE, FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER
This illustration from Houghton’s
portfolio was drawn with pen and ink and colored
on a computer.
Houghton hopes to make a living using his cartooning skills after
he graduates.
TOMMY SCOTT/College for
Creative Studies
Poetry Foundation Prize
The Poetry Prize recognizes excellence in the arts of poetry and film through the presentation of a cash award for the best film based on a poem. The Prize will be awarded to a filmmaker whose use of verse in film opens new artistic vistas and inspires children to a deeper appreciation of poetry. This unique competition was created to encourage filmmakers around the world to incorporate poetry into their films in new and compelling ways.
Both animated and live action films will be eligible to compete for the Poetry Foundation prize and a special jury will be convened during the summer of 2009 to determine the award winner. The prize will be awarded to the film that truly captures, reflects and expresses the spirit of poetry in film for young audiences. In order to compete for the Poetry Foundation prize, films submitted must be based on poems that are written by a poet other than the filmmaker.
For more information, please visit www.cicff.org
DAFT Announces 2009 Film/Video
Educator of the Year:
Steve Julin
Steve
Julin has been editing, directing and producing video for over 24
years. He was a principal partner in developing Media Power and is an Apple
Certified Instructor as well as Michigan's first Avid Certified
Instructor. He has edited and provided training for such companies as Ford Motor Company, Kmart, Comcast, The Discovery
Channel, CBS, PBS and NBC.
In 2000,
Steve received a Golden Eagle Award
for documentary editing and was nominated for an Emmy in 2001. He also
served as Senior Avid Editor at Grace & Wild HD Studios. Steve is a
graduate of Eastern Michigan University where he received a
B.S. in Television Journalism.
In March
of 2004 Steve’s first book, “Avid Xpress Pro: Power”, was released and
published by Muska and Lipman.
In
2008 Steve create Postapalooza, a retreat and conference for anyone
interested in post production. The two-day conference is held every
fall in Mt. Pleasant Michigan. Currently Steve serves as the Director
of Curriculum Development at the Specs Howard School of
Broadcast Arts and teaches at Media
Power.
Steve
Julin's high school film / video production class photo.
Steve is on the far right. His mentor, John Prusak is the fellow in the
top row with the moustache.
Student Animation Workshop
Featured in Traverse City Newspaper!
"Students' art comes to life"
By CAROL SOUTH
Special to the Record-Eagle
TRAVERSE CITY -- Fade in.
Interior, The Art Place, Saturday afternoon.
Sixteen high schoolers engaged in a vibrant hum of creativity: generating animation cels ... shooting sketches for an animation morph ... meticulously moving fruit characters around for a stop-action scene ... placing cut outs just so for the camera.
http://www.gtherald.com/local/local_story_055192333.html
2008 Michigan Student Film & Video Festival
CLICK HERE
to view the 2008 Best of Show winners!
NEW!
American
Film Institute Launches "Screen Nation" An Online
Video Posting and Sharing Community for Middle and High School
Students and Teachers
CLICK HERE TO READ MORE
DAFT featured on PBS
Detroit Public
Television produced a mini-documentary
about DAFT in conjunction with our group's recognition at the 2006
Governor's Awards for Arts & Culture.
You can view this video by clicking the link below.
The video is hosted by YouTube, a great online source for
independent video content.
Click
here to watch the video.
Exciting News:
DAFT wins in
the Small Cultural Organization Category at the
2006
ArtServe Michigan's Governor's Awards for Arts & Culture
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