Motivational Speaker / Artist / Ventriloquist

Val Hilliker

Virtues Project Master Facilitator and Certified World Laughter Leader

Val Hilliker offers;

Workshops - Shows - Artist in Residence

Call Val Hilliker now: (403) 874--5713 www.valhilliker.com

Celebrate your community of caring! For Grades Preschool -12.
Now a family show too!
Peace Education that’s Fun For everyone!

17th Annual $100 Film Festival Flashback II - FOR MORE INFO AND APPLICATION FORMS GO TO WWW.CSIF.ORG OR CALL 205 4747

The Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers is giving ten new filmmakers the opportunity to make their first film and to submit it to the 17th Annual $100 Film Festival (a juried festival).

We are looking for 10 first-time filmmakers with a great idea for a film. If your project is chosen you will receive 200’ of Super 8 film (processing included), a $150 dollar CSIF equipment rental credit, free access to CSIF post facilities, and free enrollment in a seven-day workshop (weekends and evenings).

THE PROCESS

REGISTER NOW FOR THE 17TH ANNUAL SUMMER MEDIA ARTS CAMP FOR TEENS
 The Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers is proud to present the 17th annual Summer Media Arts Camp to be held July 21 to August 1, 2008.  This unique opportunity allows teenagers aged 14 to 17 to write, direct, shoot, and edit a film under the guidance of professional filmmakers.

The small class size allows each participant to get experience working in all aspects of the film production process.   The camp will culminate with a public screening of the final film and each participant will receive a DVD of the production for their portfolio. Many past participants have gone on to careers in film and video so this is a great opportunity to explore filmmaking as a career option.

The artist works with kids either over a few sessions, or a few hours, to create miniature illustrated booklets, fondly known as book dummies. Val discusses the illustration process from start to finish using examples from her own books, and places special emphasis on the critical aspect of maintaining character consistency throughout the book.

This workshop also highlights the collaborative nature of text and pictures, the basic concepts of layout vis-a-vis maintaining a readers' interest, and story-flow and pacing.

Students are asked to come to this workshop with a pre-written story (original or borrowed), allowing them to jump right into the book-dummy creation process.

Clay for Kids has created over 30 Clay Tile Murals in Alberta. They can be as small as 40 tiles or more than 600 tiles. This is a project for the entire school including staff. It is a legacy left to the school.  Schools may apply for a grant from the Alberta Foundations for the Arts.

Imagine! Investigate! Create!

Family Saturdays at The Art Gallery of Calgary 
 Included with Gallery Admission, Donations Welcome

Celebrating Creativity 2008 is over for another year. Check out the U- tube footage (links at www.creativekidsmuseum.com) for both visual art and the performance art summaries.
Thanks to all the particpants!

Hands on Workshops for grade k- 6 - exploring art of all kinds! see www.creativekidsmuseum.com for details

Grade 4

Shadow Puppet Production

This workshop provides students with an opportunity to make shadow puppets, script write and produce a play . While working as a team students will explore some of the intriguing principles of light and shadow. Making the puppets encourages design skills and technical ‘know-how’. Combining the question “Where in the world does our waste go?” and with inspiration from the story of “Ed the Duck’s dramatic rescue” this grade four workshop promises lots of fun and learning

Workshop Duration: 1.5 hours

Grade 5

Future Imagining with Masks

This workshop challenges students to think like Leonardo da Vinci by blending scientific reason with creative expression. Four hundred years beyond our time, what creatures will exist? How will technology advance? What obstacles will human beings overcome? Exploration, investigation and questioning are keys to designing a creature of the future. Students will compose a brief encyclopedia entry before building a 3-D paper sculpture mask. They will learn the basics of wearing a mask in drama and bring their creatures to life with a movement performance onstage in the Creative Kids Museum.

Workshop Duration: 2 hours

ECS

My Many Coloured Days
This workshop examines how feelings are expressed and some of the challenges in recognizing their expression. Students will explore ways to metaphorically represent feelings through music, imagery, movement, colour and literature. Our inspirational take off is Dr. Seuss’s book “My Many Coloured Days”. After exploring, they will create a painting full of feeling!

Workshop Duration: 1 hour

Grade 1

Celebrating RED!

Students will be invited to observe the colour red in their lives. They will explore the colour red and learn how to create shades and tints with black and white paint. Then they will take up the challenge of creating a piece of work that tells a story using only the colour red; painting with a variety of painting tools as well as using collage techniques.
Workshop Duration: 1 hour

Grade 2

Faces in Canada

Students will begin by looking at the many ways artists have represented ‘the human face’. They will then analyze a human face, take measurements and discover some basic rules for positioning of features. We’ll compare these to accepted drawing rules. Students will then create a transparent mask of a face using found objects. They’ll finish up by saying hello in one of the many languages of Canada.
Workshop Duration: 1 hour

Grade 3

India - Haven for Puppets

Students will go on a virtual whirl wind tour of India and learn that because of India’s many cultures there are many types of puppets. They will explore links between puppetry and four different regions of India. They will then create a Rajastani puppet* and learn about the traditions associated with it. Time permiting, they will learn a popular story from the Ramayana that they could tell with their puppets. Finally they can dance their puppet to some lively Indian music.
* A simple two string marionette with multiple skirts – traditional from NW India Workshop Duration: 1.5 hours

Grade 6

Greek Theatre on Stage
Students will have fun with costumes and props, bringing the highlights of Greek legends - Persephone, Icarus and Midas and as requested Plato's Cave, to life in this theatre based program. Throughout the program, Greek culture, government and influence on Western civilization is discussed. The students develop confidence in acting and practice teamwork as they stage their scenes in CKM's fully equipped theatre. In addition to acting and chorus, there is mention of the technical elements in theatre such as lighting, sound effects, costumers and the role of the director.

Workshop Duration: 2 hours

The CSIF is proud to present the 16th Annual $100 Film Festival. It runs from March 13-15 @ the Plaza Theatre and is one of the few remaining film festivals in North America that still screens all its movies with film prints in Super 8 and 16mm formats. The films exhibit the spirit of low-budget, independent film making and promote film as a medium. Each evening screens a collection of short films from local, national and international filmmakers and include a live performance of the Film Music Explosion. Each evening showcases a different band, which will play live along with the screening of a musical film created in collaboration between the band and a local film maker. For more info, call 205 4747 or visit www.csif.org/festival.

Tickets: CSIF Members/ Students/ Seniors: $10 3-day passes: $25

GENERAL ADMISSION: $12 3-day passes: $30

Please join the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers (CSIF) and Quickdraw Animation Society (QAS) for the Calgary premiere of Prairie Tales 9: Film and Video on Tour.  Metro Cinema has been organizing and circulating Prairie Tales to audiences across the country since 1998.  Prairie Tales 9 is the latest collection of short works by Alberta media artists, so come join us on January 24 at the Plaza Theatre for a great evening of short works by local media artists.  

Prairie Tales 9: Alberta Film and Video on Tour
Thursday January 24, 2008 @ 7pm.