Memories and the Land (Online) JUN 1–29 | Elizabeth Greenberg | $695 | 12 students Symbols and metaphors found in the landscape serve as bridges between the past and the present, the ordinary and the remarkable. With our cameras, our hearts and our minds, we will search like archeologists, to seek what is no longer there physically, allowing light and the land to reveal. 2-Day Introduction to Adobe Illustrator and Vector Graphics (Online) JUN 1 & 3 | David Allen | $155 | 15 students Adobe Illustrator is a mainstay for designers specializing in logo creation, brand development, and more. Students will learn the essentials of working with vector-based graphics in this introduction to Adobe Illustrator. 4-Week Experimental Film Intensive (Online) JUN 1–24 | Gregory Zinman | $1095 | 12 students Our 4-Week Experimental Film Intensive is an immersive program that exposes you to the history, meaning, and methods of avant-garde film and video, and provides you with the knowledge to begin making your own experimental media. Peek Behind the Curtain with Allen Frame & Tom Gitterman (Online) JUN 2 | Alice Sachs Zimet | $195 | 15 students This ongoing 90-minute series is geared toward photographers and the curious collector, where we go behind-the-scenes to have a flexible, honest and open conversation between a dealer and one of their artists. 1-Day Digital Workflow for Video (Online) JUN 5 | Instructor TBD | $150 | 12 students This 1 day course is for filmmakers, video professionals, photographers, and anyone else looking to gain a strong foundation in the necessary knowledge to start editing video captured in today’s digital formats. platform
2-Day Advanced Color Grading with DaVinci Resolve (Online) JUN 5–6 | David Martinez | $350 | 14 students The class will be an introduction to advanced digital workflows using DaVinci Resolve. Students will work with footage from different projects including a wide variety of formats, codecs, and picture profiles. Finding the Words: Writing About Your Work (Online) JUN 5–13 | Kat Kiernan | $325 | 8 students In this fun and informative workshop, students will use creative writing techniques to enhance their professional practice and explore their photographic vision. This is not your typical “how to” writing workshop. Seasonal Observations: A Summer Wunderkammer (Online) JUN 5–26 | Eíreann Lorsung | $645 | 12 students In the tradition of Renaissance cabinets of curiosities or “Wunderkammer,” we will collect specimens, make drawings, record weather, do observational writing and drawing, and record walks to document this season. 2-Day Adobe Premiere & After Effects (Online) JUN 5–6 | Alex Burnett | $350 | 12 students Adobe Premiere has a dynamic and intuitive interface and is the preferred choice of many professional editors in the film industry. After Effects is a must for anyone working with motion graphics and animation. A filmmaker who can be equipped with both tools will see tremendous benefits. The Craft and Art of the Fine Digital Print (Online) JUN –11 | Jim Nickelson | $795 | 12 students Learn a workflow for creating fine digital prints that includes digital capture, establishing an artistic intent, digital processing in Adobe Photoshop and/or Lightroom, printing on an inkjet printer, and handling the finished print. Click your class to learn more.
Student Work Submissions March, 2020 —March, 2021 “Times that are difficult inevitably lead to really interesting art.” - Wayne Beach, Maine Media Film Chair Since March of 2020, our ways of conceiving, creating, and convening around art have shifted dramatically. At Maine Media, all workshops and programming have been conducted online, over Zoom, and often from the smothering comfort of our own homes. Yet in the face of these limitations, beautiful and important art has been created. And we want to share it. We are seeking submissions of work from Maine Media students who have taken a workshop between March of 2020 and March of 2021. We ask that any work submitted was created during or as a direct result of a Maine Media workshop you attended in this period. Submissions will be compiled into an online feature of student work hosted on our website, www.mainemedia.edu. We will accept submissions from March 1st to March 31st, 2021. Submissions: Guidelines: 1. First name • Name your file as follows: LastName-FirstName_Title of Work_year.jpg. 2. Last name (Eisenstaedt-Alfred _V-J Day in Times Square_1945.jpg.) 3. City/Town, Country • If you are submitting an image as your primary work, please upload as a .jpg file, 72 dpi, 4. Website or Instagram Address (Optional) 1000px on the long side. A live link to where more of your work as an artist can be seen. • If you are submitting a video as your primary work, please upload a film still or other image as a 5. Upload image file to Email representation of the work, using the formatting guidelines above. Then, include a Upload one file to represent your work. Please follow the guidelines. link to the full video. 6. Link to video or written piece • If you are submitting a 3-dimensional piece as your primary work, such as a book, please upload Include one link to your video or written piece. Please follow 1-2 image as a representation of the work, the guidelines. using the formatting guidelines above. 7. Maine Media workshop attended • If you are submitting a written piece as your primary work, please upload as a .doc file OR submit as a Include workshop title and dates where possible. Google Doc by including a link to the piece. 8. Email to: Please note that due to space limitations, long written pieces [email protected] may not be featured in full. Should this be the case, we will contact you directly. Maine Media reserves the right to refrain from posting work that is excessively violent or sexual in nature, or would be offensive or disrespectful platformto our community. Work submitted will not be used for marketing or promotional purposes without express consent from the artist.
Adobe Premiere (Online) JUN 7–11 | Alex Burnett | $795 | 12 students Understanding the editor’s job of combining images, words, and audio into a cohesive and engaging body of work is essential for all filmmakers. Adobe’s Premiere has become the preferred software choice for many professional editors. Exploring Storytelling with Video (Online) JUN 7–16 | Tom Ryan | $650-950 | 12 students In this foundational course, we will explore the essential fundamentals of film and video as a craft and practice. Starting from the ground up, we’ll move through each key facet of the process of telling a story with moving images and sound. 2-Day Cutting Suspense & Thrillers (Online) JUN 10 | Luis Zerón | $75 | 40 students What, when and how to give information is one of the most important aspects of storytelling in the Suspense/Thriller genre. Learn how to build tension and emotion using visual and sound elements to create powerful moments. 2-Day Nonfiction Cinematography & Editing (Online) JUN 12–13 | David Martinez, Tom Ryan | $325 | 12 students This course is for emerging documentary filmmakers and video professionals who want to explore the growing possibilities of shooting non-fiction stories with today’s most accessible, and capable digital cinema cameras and learn the best practices for editing non-fiction projects. Adobe After Effects (Online) JUN 14–18 | Instructor TBD | $895 | 12 students Adobe After Effects continues to be the industry standard for creating motion graphics. Students create dynamic content for logo treatments and commercials and understand visual effects features such as keying and compositing for film, video or multimedia. Click your class to learn more.
Production Sound Mixing (Online) JUN 14–18 | Mark Ulano, CAS | $895 | 12 students Quite often sound is the most under-appreciated aspect of filmmaking. Guided by an Oscar-winner, examine the skills and real-world protocols involved in designing, recording, mixing and editing sound for film and video. Writing for Corporate Video & New Media (Online) JUN 14–18 | Bob Rosswaag | $695 | 14 students Many people were told at some point in their lives that they aren’t “creative.” Our workshop challenges this notion – a nd emphasizes that fresh, original concepts and engaging stories are welcome everywhere. Self Publishing Photo Books with Blurb in Lightroom (Online) JUN 15–24 | David Allen | $295 | 15 students There are a lot of online platforms for self-publishing, but the Blurb plug-in for Lightroom stands out as a great option, especially for photographers. Participants in this workshop will use the Book Module to design an image-driven book. 1-Day GoPro Cinematography & Color Grading (Online) JUN 20 | David Martinez | $175 | 20 students This 1-day class is ideal for anyone interested in working with the dynamic and capable GoPro Hero to capture high quality video, and to take that footage to the next level through color grading workflow. The Art of Travel and Street Photography (Online) JUL 6–20 | David Julian | $850 | 12 students Our learning begins with a constructive review of student’s images to help set goals for the week. With daily goals and serendipitous light, students explore their home locations or afar to practice skills with themed shooting assignments. platform
Meet Join us in welcoming our two newest staff members, Amy Morley and Devin Fletcher! Amy Morley has been hired to lead the Office of Advancement at Maine Media Workshops + College. She is a philanthropy professional and artist/writer originally from the Chicago area who grew up on Mount Desert Island. Amy earned her BA from Hampshire College where she studied visual arts with a concentration in photography. She interned with animator Emily Hubley before landing a job in publicity at Cartoon Network. After living in NYC and Atlanta, Amy moved back to Maine in 2006 and has been dedicated to the non-profit sector, working in philanthropy, operations and educational programming in support of the arts, biomedical research, social justice and economic development. Most recently, she served as a development data specialist with the MDI Biological Laboratory helping to shape giving and communication strategies and coordinate fundraising operations. Amy is also a playwright and actor. She studied playwriting for two years with John Cariani at Opera House Arts and her short plays have been performed in small theaters in Maine and Seattle. Amy is a graduate of Leadership Hancock County and has volunteered as an elected official with the Lamoine Conservation Commission, with the Camden International Film Festival and as a vice president and development committee chair for The Grand Theater in Ellsworth, Maine, where she was instrumental in governance and development efforts. “My heart is in creative pursuits, whether art or sci- ence, but also philanthropy because where we de- cide to allocate our charitable, discretionary funds is more than a poignant expression of what we wish to see nurtured in the world. It creates that world.“ “I have loved Maine Media from afar for more t passion for film, photography and writing, but experience in higher education, I believe what and its educational model is astoundingly crea Click your class to learn more.
“That campus in Rockport is a special place, where students and faculty become a family, and where learning isn’t merely a destination but a lifelong adventure. I’m excited to become a part of that, and to be joining the community of brilliant people who make it all happen.” Devin Fletcher has been hired as the new Program Coordinator at Maine Media. An administrator, producer, and artist proudly from Warren, Maine, Devin Fletcher is excited to return to the Midcoast after almost a decade spent based in New York City and Boston. In theater, she has developed productions and programs at Lincoln Center, Joe’s Pub at The Public, Ars Nova, La MaMa ETC, Two River Theater, American Repertory Theater, and served as Executive Artistic Director for the award-winning Bluelaces Theater Company. She is a graduate of Emerson College, with additional studies at Harvard University, Beverly Hills Playhouse, and IUGTE Austria. In Maine, she has worked on projects with Bay Chamber Concerts and spent three seasons with the Camden International Film Festival, including much of last year as producer of The Shotwell Drive-In. “Most of my earliest memories are of growing up at the Workshops - eating an apple as a little witch in a student film, sitting for pictures in photography classes, watching the student slideshows on warm summer Friday nights - and getting to learn so much about storytelling from the very best.” than a decade. As a storyteller with a Interested in learning more about our work also as someone informed by work or joining the Maine Media family? Visit Maine Media offers in programming ative, unique and relevant.” mainemedia.edu/employment-opportunities for more information. platform
Judy O’Dell with Elizabeth Greenberg Judy O’Dell, Elizabeth Greenberg and Michael Mansfield Click your class to learn more.
CONGRATULATIONS!! Judy O’Dell receives her MFA Diploma on Campus Judy Describes her Maine Media College Experience There is a thread I follow. Why did I want to enroll in a program to earn a degree I don’t need for any practical purpose in my late 60s? The thread came attached to the camera I received for my eighth birthday, and I have had a camera in my hands ever since. I retired from my CPA firm in 2001 and began spending more time at our home in Rockport. I took advantage of my proximity to Maine Media and enrolled in over twenty workshops since my first one in 2000. I enjoyed the workshops, respected the instructors, but my work looked like theirs at the end of each week. I knew I needed to find my own voice. After a project workshop with Arlene Collins, she and Elizabeth Greenberg encouraged me to apply to the MFA program. I knew that once I started, I would not be making the journey alone. My faculty mentors pushed and inspired me to produce work that surprised me. My academic projects led me into worlds I didn’t know existed. I learned to speak and write about my work. Maine Media College offered me the freedom to purse my interests within the rigor of the MFA curriculum. Best of all, my fellow students/artists, whose work ranges over all aspects of visual storytelling, offered support and friendships that will last a lifetime. Judy’s thesis project, Goose River Field Notes, is a hardcover nine-inch by twelve-inch book combining her photographs and field notes. Summer, 2019 River Treasures, 2019 Find out more about Maine Media’s MFA Program platform
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