Callout: Initiative for Electronic Arts at PAVED

*Initiative for Electronic and Digital Arts*
PAVED Arts (Saskatoon)

This is a note to the membership, interested artists, people with both
arts and technical backgrounds about PAVED Arts interest in creating
more activity around the topics of new media arts (specifically the
Electronic and Digital disciplines). We are beginning a three phase
project in that will hopefully increase the awareness and interest among
our membership and Saskatchewan based artists.

"/You don't have to be a Techie!/"

We would like to create an environment where artists in other
disciplines who have an interest in using new technologies can come and
discuss their ideas with our staff and determine what they need to learn
in order to carry them out.

*Trajectory*

1. *feb-march* 1 day Digital/Electronic arts workshops for members and
others
"PAVED Arts technical director will be providing technical support and
hands on workshops for topics such as Beginners Linux, Electronics for
Artists, Digital Imaging and Web based technologies (HTML/Flash). See
website for details http://www.pavedarts.ca."

/Additional Related Events:/
EXHIBITION: Daniel Dugas - MAX/MSP based installation FIB/BID - Opening
Exhibition feb 23rd
ARTIST TALK: Ed Pas - Art and Vectors - Adobe Illustrator in a fine Arts
Practice – Sat Mar 3

2. *may-june*
RESIDENCY: "_Electronic Arts Scholarship Program_"
"Providing support for 3-5 artists to learn how to program in the
puredata environment for creation of projects involving realtime
audio/video processing. Taught by highly regarded puredata experts
Mathieu Bouchard and Darsha Hewitt (Montreal) they will take beginners
through a 2 month series of workshops to create projects and cover
topics such as live video mixing, interfacing robotics, interactive
sound design, and sensor interfacing. Artists will receive access to
PAVED Arts equipment and technical support. A collaboration between
Artengine (Ottawa) & PAVED Arts (Saskatoon)."
WORKSHOPS: Mathieu Bouchard and Darsha Hewitt - Beginners Guide:
Puredata may 5,19,26 jun 2,9,16.

/Additional Related Events:/
ARTIST TALK: Erika Lincoln - Beyond the Skin Effect: Responsive Systems
- may 9
WORKSHOP: Erika Lincoln - DATAin DATAout - "Understanding how you can
manipulate sound and video with MAX/MSP" - may 12
WORKSHOP: Mfanway Ashmore - Hack and Snack - "Creative appliance
hacking" - june 8,9

3. *july-aug-sept *
RESIDENCY(Projected): _Throughput: Digital Electronic Arts Residency_
"Providing support for one regionally based artist to learn about
electronic/digital arts to create an concept that we can bring in to
reality. The artist will receive a artist fee, technical support, use of
paved equipment and travel expenses to go to the 2007 puredata
convention in Montreal, QC."