SCHEDULE
CONFERENCE VENUES
Red Deer Polytechnic
100 Donald Blvd
Carnival Cinemas
5402 47 St
Scott Block
4816 50 Ave (Back Entrance)
Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery
4525 47a Ave
This schedule is subject to change. Please check back for most up to date information.
In the Forum
Margaret Parsons Theatre
Margaret Parsons Theatre
Meet your fellow conference attendees
In the Forum
Panelists Tyler McKinney (Voices of Resilience), Shivani Saini (Creatives Empowered), Shawn Tse (FascinAsian Film Festival), TBA
Instructor: Diane Din Ebongue
Instructors: Rachel Broussaud & nazanin oghanian
With Jason Frizzell
Panelists: Levi Holwell (Magic Hours), Heather Noel (Metro Cinema), Spencer Estabrooks (Calgary Cinematheque), TBD
A collaborative project facilitated by Ryan Von Hagen and featuring animators from Quickdraw Animation Society, Pixel Blue College and Red Deer Polytechnic. An AMAAS conference is also not complete without karaoke!
In the Forum
Margaret Parsons Theatre
Funders in attendance: Felipe Diaz (Canada Council for the Arts, Director, Granting Program Operations) Nick Haywood (Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Arts Development Consultant - Film and Video) Kari McQueen (Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Arts Development Consultant - Visual Art and New Media) Allan Rosales (Calgary Arts Development, Community Investment Manager) Areum Kim (Calgary Arts Development, Grant Program Specialist) TBA (Edmonton Arts Council)
Includes: President's message, Executive Director's report, presentation of the 2024 Financial Statements, election of the Board of Directors
In the Forum
Instructor: Katelyn Barraza
Instructor: Kathryn Blair
Instructor: Shannon Lyons
Artists TBA
Faciliated by Katie Wackett with Sachi Morishita and Paul Brain.
DETAILS OF EVENTS COMING SOON
MISSION
AMAAS exists to advocate, educate, and celebrate the media arts in Alberta.
VISION
The media arts in Alberta is advanced through the generation of awareness, strengthening of connections, and continuous advocacy. AMAAS builds a sustainable and vibrant future for media arts in Alberta.
DEFINITION OF MEDIA ART
AMAAS defines media art as independent artist initiated and controlled use of film, video, new media, audio/sound art and related media.
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