CALENDAR: EVENTS - SCREENINGS

Teen Summer Video
Workshops

Saturday, July 26 - Teen Video Workshop: Low - Budget Special Effects & Makeup
Time: Noon - 2:00 PM
Cost: $40.

Movie making is all about creating illusions.  Learn to make your next fight scene, zombie attack, or gore film that much more intense using low cost special effects and makeup.  Instructor: Hank and Sara Weintraub, 531 Productions. Cost: $40.

This workshop is offered as part of six workshop series designed for young filmmakers. Each workshop is $40. Or, select five for $150. Limited scholarship support is available. For more information or to register call: . Visit the Youth Visions Project at DIVA web site for all summer class information.

 

ON-GOING
Saturdays, August 2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 - Screenwriting Workshop
Instructor: Thomas Blank, Retired Hollywood Film and TV Director
Time: 9:00-Noon
Cost: $20 per class session, with a minimum registration for 4 Sessions required
Registration: Visit class or call
~~~ Class sessions are devoted to review of student work and issues related to premise development, outline, draft, and revision of a script. Along the way structure, character, and form are emphasized.
    Registration is on going with new participants encouraged to join at the beginning of the month. Class size is limited to ensure adequate feedback from the instructor and fellow writers. As additional students join, new sections may be created.

On-Going Tuesdays August 5 - 26th - Figure Drawing
Time: 6:00 PM
Cost: $25 for 4 sessions. Drop-in visits: $10.
~~~ Come on Down to DIVA on Tuesdays and draw!  A live model is provided and a volunteer artist supervises the sessions.  Drop-ins are welcome but class size minimum must be met.  Phone for information.

Teen Summer Video
Workshops

Wednesdays August 6 and 13th - Teen Video Workshop: Intro to Title Sequence Design
Time: 1:00-2:30 PM
Cost: $40
~~~ The title sequence contemplates the theme of a movie by setting a tone of expectation for the audience. Explore techniques of creating title sequences. We'll see examples of the creative use of still-frames, live-action, animation, typography, and graphic design all rolled together into short title sequences.  Students will learn how to produce a dynamic title sequence. Instructor: Brian Walker. For more information or to register call: .

Friday, August 8 - Art Talk Features installation artist Michael Boonstra
Time:12:00 PM
Admission: Free
~~~ Patrons are encouraged to bring their brown bag lunch and enjoy installation artist Michael Boonstra's discussion about his current DIVA exhibit, "In Light Of".
    The focal point of Boonstra's exhibit is two giant camera obscura structures installed on the north end of the gallery. Hundreds of pinholes drilled in these large structures project the scenery outside the (normally shuttered) windows into the gallery, bringing the colors and the movement of the exterior inside. In addition, Boonstra displays two-dimensional translucent backlit drawings that reference landscapes and natural phenomena. "Much of my work is about topographies, or the study of place," explains Boonstra.
    Originally from Michigan, Boonstra received his MFA from the University of Oregon in 2002. Since then, he has had solo exhibitions and commissions throughout the northwest, and participated in numerous group exhibitions nationally. More about Michael Boonstra is available at his web site.

On-Going: Friday-Saturday August 8, 9, and 15, 16 The TAC Festival 2008 Winning Films
Time: 7:30PM Doors Open at 7PM
~~~ As last year, we will be screening the top seven or eight winning films from The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival (held May 20-24 at the Hult Center for the Performing Arts).

 

Tuesday, August 12 - Papercraft Coloring
Time: 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Instructor: Marianne Walker
Cost: $35 Materials provided.  Registration DEADLINE August 5 - Late registration subject to available space.
~~~ Scrapbook enuthusiast? Rubber stamp collector? Explore the world of Copic markers and your papercraft. This special workshop covers choosing papers, inking, marker color theory, blending, techniques & special effects, as well as using mixed media.  You will learn to maximize your creative technique with these pens. The choice of professionals worldwide, the Copic marker offers outstanding performance in all areas of design and illustration.

Teen Summer Video
Workshops

Tuesday, August 12 - Jump-In Video Intermediate
Time: 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Instructor: Jon Labrousse
Cost: $40
~~~ You've already got a handle on some of the basic steps to putting a movie together. You're looking for a supported challenge to take your filmmaking to the next level. This workshop gives you a prepared, more complex, screenplay to edit in camera with a team of collaborators. We'll share and workshop your results. For more information or to register call: .

Wednesdays August 13th and 20th - Workshop: Manga For Teens
Time: 6:30 PM, - 8:30 PM
Instructor Marianne Walker
Cost: $40
~~~ If you're a fan of anime and have always wanted to learn to draw your own Manga characters DIVA's Manga For Teen workshops are for you.
    On Wednesday, August 13 you will learn how to design a character from start to finish – pencil to ink.  
   On August 20th participants willexplore the next level of Manga and the telling of sequential stories. You will learn about creating settings, situations, accessories, and making a one-page comic ready to be copied for your friends.
    The workshops meet from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM. Cost: $25 each class, or 2 for $45.  Materials provided. Classes designed for young artists age 13-19.

Saturday, August 16 - Workshop: Acrylic Collage Landscapes
Time 12 Noon - 4:00 PM
Instructor Susan Lehman
Cost: $50 plus $5 material fee. Special registration of $40 plus $5 materials fee is available for teens.
~~~ DIVA instructor and mixed media artist Susan Lehman explores the exciting world of mixed media paintings. Participants will discover how to use of exotic paper, fluid acrylics and bits and pieces of ephemera in their work. Some experimentation will be done on Yupo (a plastic painting surface). Printing with rubber stamps or artist-made foam stamps will create unusual textures.
    This class is for all levels—a different approach for those experienced in collage—as well as a great place to begin in mixed media painting! All materials will be provided! To register call: .

Sunday, August 17- Artist Salon: Capturing, Preparing and Presenting Your Art In A Digital World wtih Anna Hults
Time: 4 pm
Cost: $5 public/Free for DIVA members
~~~ Long time DIVA Member and Photographer, Anna Hults will present information pertinent to digitizing your artwork for online presentation. Topics will include: Getting work photographed and doing it yourself; Digitizing slides, transparencies and prints; image preparation including understanding image size, resolution differences for print & web, and cropping; and website options such as social networking sites, photosharing sites, and sales sites.
    The Artist Salon is a gathering of artists and art supporters, providing opportunities to learn about different aspects of the art world and marketplace in a friendly, informal setting. Current DIVA members may also bring two or three examples of their artwork for the Members' Gallery selection. Members may propose exhibits as individuals, pairs, or groups, as long as everyone is a current member.

Monday-Friday, August 18-22 - The Teen Animation Club
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Cost: $80 - Registration deadline: August 12
~~~ Come learn about the history of the art that moves. We'll briefly discuss the wide spectrum of animation from Oskar Fischinger (of Fantasia) to Chuck Jones (of Looney Tunes) and the many animators in-between. In addition we will create zoetropes, flip-books, thumatropes and other short animations complete with sound effects and music.
    The Teen Animation Club is a guided independent studio where teens are open to any animation technique.
    Club size is limited, pre-registration required.  A second session may be offered if needed. For more information, or to register, call: .

Wednesday, August 20th - Art Talk: The Hungry Soul: Saints and Servers
Time: Noon - Bring Your Brown Bag Lunch
Cost: Free
~~~ Mixed media artist Alison McNair and photographer Denise Wendt discuss the soul of narrative in their exhibit The Hungry Soul: Saints and Servers. Join them for a passionate discussion of the content of their work, and the challenge of reinterpretting their community involvement with hunger in Lane County for a gallery setting.

Friday August 22 - Art Talk "Cyber Collisions and Digital Art"
Time: 12 Noon- Bring your lunch!
Admission: Free
~~~Digital artist Melissa "Mimi" Nolledo, whose works are on exhibit at DIVA through August, will give a presentation on the creative process, specifically how artists can interact, collaborate, and create, via the internet.  Nolledo is part of a group of cyberartists known as "Bangaan" (Tagalog for collision) comprised of Filipino expatriates in China, Australia, United States, and the Philippines, and will demonstrate their process via powerpoint. Learn more about the artist online at her web site: <http://www.miminolledo.com/>.

Friday-Sunday, September 12,13, and 14. The Eugene Celebration Film Festival
Time: 12 Noon-7pm Saturday, and Noon-5:30pm Sunday

This year's film festival program will be held at the DIVA Center. More information to come. Check the Eugene Celebration web site for updates.

Sunday-Monday November 2 and 3. Eugene Noise Fest .

More information to come - check back soon.