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Launch of NATURE Lab Featuring “Ecological Interventions” with Brandon Ballengée and Oliver Kellhammer, and Presentation by Oron Catts

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join Oron Catts (who will be presenting his BioArt work later in the evening) and Kathy High in an informal walk-through of "Ecological Interventions" and celebrate the launching of NATURE Lab! Internationally-renowned environmental artists Brandon Ballengée (U.S.) and Oliver Kellhammer (Canada) care deeply about our ecology and our future. Their projects explore how we as citizens of […]

Oron Catts of SymbioticA and the Tissue Culture and Art Project

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Oron Catts is an artist, researcher, and curator whose pioneering work with the Tissue Culture and Art Project, which he established in 1996, is considered a leading biological art project. He is the founding director of SymbioticA, which he co-founded in 2000, an artistic research centre housed within the School of Anatomy, Physiology and Human […]

Be The Media! Workshop with Mama Charlotte Hill O’Neal: Hip Hop to Heal the Community

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Hip Hop and tradition equals positive community vibes!  Teens, we want to hear your voice! A hands-on production session to create a short spoken-word piece about hot button issues such as gun and police violence, focusing on positive strategies for moving forward. Join teens from Troy and the surrounding Capital Region, in a poetry and hip hop […]

Mama Charlotte Hill O’Neal

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Former Black Panther, Mama Charlotte Hill O'Neal is an accomplished poet, musician and visual artist, and Founding Director of Tanzania's United African Alliance Community Center (UAACC), a community-based organization which promotes community development in rural Africa. The UAACC has a number of independent media projects as part of its powerful community work including hip hop, […]

Be The Media! Workshop and Master Class with Albert Maysles: Direct Cinema

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Documentary filmmaker Albert Maysles offers an intensive course in the principles, process, production and post-production of “Direct Cinema,” with personal advice on how to survive and thrive as an independent media maker. Albert will screen short clips from the new film The Art of Observing Life, USA/Russia, 2013.  The film features Albert and other pioneers […]

An Evening with Filmmaker Albert Maysles

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

A leading force in the direct cinema style of documentary film making, including Salesman (1968), Gimme Shelter (1970) and Grey Gardens (1976). Co-sponsored by iEAR Presents!

Luísa Maita

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Sultry, seductive, and infused with that inimitable samba swing, the music of Luísa Maita embodies the modern spirit of Brazil. Inspired by the bustling urban life found in her native city of São Paulo, her first album, Lero-Lero, has a contemporary vibe with influences from alternative pop and downtempo electronic music melded with an acoustic […]

“Household” with Filmmaker Craig Saddlemire

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join filmmaker Craig Saddlemire for a screening of his critically acclaimed and thought-provoking documentary film, Household. An extended refugee family from Somalia, an interracial same-sex couple, a single mother in a housing cooperative, and a mother of six who has fostered nearly 50 children in her lifetime... None of these families have ever met each […]

“Brothers of the Black List” with Filmmaker Sean Gallagher

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Filmmaker Sean Gallagher will present Brothers of the Black List, a documentary which tells the story behind the longest litigated civil rights case in U.S. history. It all began in September 1992, when an elderly woman in Oneonta, NY reported that she had been attacked in an attempted rape by a young black male who […]

Be The Media! Workshop with LoVid: QR Code Artworks

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Learn how to generate QR codes and explore creative possibilities of this medium -- bridging design, technology and craft. The final “QR Code Artworks” will be presented as public and collaborative art walks that engage audiences in experimental media as public art, renewing appreciation of our physical surroundings.  LoVid is an interdisciplinary artist duo composed […]

NATURE Lab Workshop with Rebekah Rice: Sunflower Forest Gardening

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Learn how to start and plant seedlings, in this first of a two-session gardening workshop led by Rebekah Rice, with Joan Buzerak and friends. We will plant sunflower seeds, in preparation for a Sunflower Forest in North Troy! Return a month later, Saturday, May 17th, 1-3pm, when we’ll transplant our seedlings all over the neighborhood […]

Protect Our Water Skill Share with Public Herald #fileroom Project

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

A skill share with Public Herald #fileroom project and more. This informal, grassroots gathering will cover issues from scientific to the political, including DIY Urban Hydrology, media strategies, DIY journalism and civil disobedience.  Two sessions, introduced by Professor Yuri Gorby, include presentations by presentations by Chris Sculley, Ethan Seeley, Ben Greene, The Farmery, Yuri Gorby, Melissa […]

“Triple Divide” with Filmmakers Joshua B. Pribanic and Melissa Troutman

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Join filmmakers Joshua B. Pribanic and Melissa Troutman for a screening and discussion of their exciting documentary about shale gas, Triple Divide. The documentary is Public Herald's first investigations into the inevitable, negative impacts from shale gas industrial development and how those impacts are handled by the state, specifically the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection […]

Be The Media! Workshop With Bhawin Suchak: DSLR Crash Course

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Explore creative and technical aspects of DSLR-based digital filmmaking. Bhawin Suchak will be leading a workshop focusing on the creative and technical aspects of DSLR-based digital filmmaking, including shooting techniques, audio solutions, film aesthetics, various lenses, editing workflows and distribution options. Local independent media maker Bhawin is an educator, filmmaker and multimedia producer who works with […]

“The Throwaways” with Filmmakers Bhawin Suchak and Ira McKinley

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

The Throwaways tells the story of ex-felon, homeless filmmaker, activist, and co-director Ira McKinley, who channels his experience of living on the streets through the lens of a video camera.  By using his unique perspective, Ira pulls the curtain back for viewers and exposes how the current economic crisis is having a devastating effect on […]

Troy Bike Rescue’s Fourth Annual BikeFest

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

BikeFest is Troy Bike Rescue's fourth annual fundraising party in partnership with the Sanctuary for Independent Media.  Join the TBR cast of volunteers for a kids bike rodeo, raffle prizes, delicious burrito dinner with live acoustic music with Rosary Beard, and a covetous cake auction.  All to be followed by bicycle cinema, including the capital […]

Be The Media! Workshop with Brandon Ballengée: Love Motel for Insects: Nighttime Insect Watching and Arthropod Monitoring

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

A participatory workshop on biodiversity and “ecosystem activism” designed to train amateurs to assist in art and science research. The Love Motel for Insects was a huge hit with the people that participated as they were able to learn valuable information about bugs and how they interact in nature. Each person got a hand-out with […]

Freedom Festival 2014 with Oobleck & The PitchBlak Brass Band

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

Music, food, and fun. A day filled with workshops and performances by PitchBlak Brass Band, Brooklyn-based players of hip-hop from the 1980s to the present day, and Oobleck, a funk-based instrumental horn band from the Capital Region, performing outdoors on the Freedom Square stage.

Oumar Konate

The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

A rising young star from Gao, Mali, Oumar Konate is blazing the new wave of Malian music onto the contemporary world music stage. Konaté touched the spirit of his classmates with his passion for music and song while still in primary school in his hometown of Gao, Mali. On the strength of his talent with […]

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