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  • Be The Media! Two Day Workshop with Paul Vanouse: North Troy Subject Inversion – PCR by Campfire, 10/19/13 – 10/20/13

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Join the Sanctuary for a two-day Be The Media! workshop with Bio-Artist Paul Vanouse. Polymerase Chain Reaction is a technology of “self-discovery,” or less optimistically, authoritarian identification. CR has replaced the original DNA fingerprinting methods in many cases, including massive government DNA databases such as the US FBI’s CODIS project. With a DIY Laboratory created […]

  • “The Body in a Criminal Age” with Paul Vanouse

    Remember the OJ Simpson case? This talk is designed to creatively counter mass-media dramatizations that typically misinform the public, and provide audiences with the conceptual tools to understand current issues surrounding use of DNA imaging and databasing. Just as the term DNA fingerprinting has led to misinformation regarding its efficacy, DNA evidence is also hyperbolized […]

  • Vieux Farka Touré

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    With his 2010 World Cup performance before a billion people in Johannesburg, South Africa, Vieux Farka Touré has become one of the most celebrated African guitarists in history. Dubbed the "Hendrix of the Sahara" by critics, Vieux Farka Touré is a guitar master--but he also plays the African kora, a combination drum and string instrument, […]

  • Be The Media! Workshop with Eleanor Goldsmith: The Art of Color Correcting for Video

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    "Bring me your tired shots, your underexposed poorly lit scenes, your muddled green fluorescent faces yearning to have saturation..." Editor and videographer Eleanor Goldsmith covers the tools and techniques for perfecting video images, enhancing aesthetic and technical qualities in the creative filmmaking process.

  • “After Tiller” with Filmmaker Lana Wilson

    After Tiller (2013) by Lana Wilson and Martha Shane, is an intimate exploration of the highly controversial subject of third-trimester abortions in the wake of the 2009 assassination of Dr. George Tiller. A moving and unique exploration of one of the most incendiary topics of our time.

  • Flyer Design for Beginners workshop with Andrew Lynn

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Do you feel like a clipart captive? Do you experience an irrational fear of fonts? Let's work through your design dilemmas and learn to make interesting and attractive event materials using a mixture of media and whatever tools you have. Bring a current project and your laptop and get ready to make good graphics. We […]

  • “Let the Fire Burn” with Filmmaker Jason Osder

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Presented by filmmaker Jason Osder, Let the Fire Burn is the chilling saga of Philadelphia's 1985 decision to drop a bomb on black liberation group MOVE, told using only archival news coverage and interviews. Eleven were killed and 61 buildings burned in one of the most tumultuous clashes between government and citizens. In the astonishingly […]

  • “Call Me Kuchu” with Filmmaker Malika Zouhali-Worrall

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    In Uganda, a new bill threatens to make homosexuality punishable by death. Malika Zohali-Worrall’s Call Me Kuchu (2012) documents David Kato, Uganda’s first openly gay man, and retired Anglican Bishop Christopher Senyonjo work against the clock to defeat state-sanctioned homophobia while combatting vicious persecution in their daily lives. But no one is prepared for the […]

  • 2nd Annual North Troy Peace and Justice Holiday Celebration

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    Join our neighborhood’s 2nd Annual North Troy Peace and Justice Holiday Celebration, which will take place from 1 to 5pm on December 14th at The Sanctuary for Independent Media, and The Missing Link Street Ministry in collaboration with members of Troy Bike Rescue, Troy Community Police, Uptown Initiative, and Troy Central Little League. In addition […]

  • The Matthew Shipp Trio

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    The Matthew Shipp Trio launches the Spring 2014 season at The Sanctuary for Independent Media while celebrating the release of their new recording, Root of Things (Relative Pitch Records), and the Sanctuary's newly donated 9 foot Baldwin concert grand. With Matthew Shipp, piano; Michael Bisio, bass; Whit Dickey, drums.

  • NATURE Lab Workshop with Oron Catts: In the Lab

    The Sanctuary 3361 6th Ave, Troy, United States

    NATURE Lab, in collaboration with the Arts Department at RPI, is offering the following workshop the day before his speaking event on 3/19/14. Catts will lead this workshop which will cover some of the main techniques of regenerative biology that are used for in vitro meat and will explore the broader cultural and artistic implication […]

  • 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 […]