Gateway to the Arts
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Pittsburgh, PA 15206

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Media as a Thought-Provoking Tool

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Artist: Billy Jackson

9 Billy JacksonThe creative processes involved in filmmaking engage students in visualization and storytelling while honing skills of problem-solving, troubleshooting , meeting deadlines and consensus-building. The end result is a preserved point of view, once-only event or collectively created program that can be a priceless resource for many years to come. The experience that Billy brings to media arts projects is drawn from more than thirty years as an independent filmmaker, five years as an associate professor and over fifteen years as an educator in community, educational and cultural settings.

Maximum # of students:

25

Requirements:

Access to a videocamera. If editing equipment is not available, students must be able to leave the school to do offsite editing.

Minimum sequential workshops:

4

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Latest Updates

  • November 10, 2011 
    On the Road & On the Air

    Taking the ‘stage’ at the historic Pump House, managed by the Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area this past June, Tom Breiding recorded the PHC’s Humanities on the Road episode Steeltowns, Coalfield and the Unbroken Circle, which airs this weekend.


  • December 21, 2011 
    A Whirlwind of Collaboration

    Two densely-scheduled days this November marked the fruition of a collaborative project two years in the making, designed by Gateway to the Arts and the School of Music at Carnegie Mellon University. The goal was to assist the graduate chamber music ensembles at CMU in developing dynamic outreach programs for public school students grades K-12. Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, project coordinators Lisa Hoitsma of Gateway and Dr. Natalie Ozeas of CMU enlisted the expertise of the Grammy-nominated African-American woodwind quintet, Imani Winds, known world-wide for their high-quality outreach programming that focuses on excellent musicianship, audience participation and repertoire.