schedule

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	Monday July 28 10 AM – 12 PM Kids Corner Power Jam: Introduction and silkscreen band shirts Facilitated by Melanie Colosimo Seven Lorne Street What’s a band with out a band name? Kids will dive right into the week, inventing their band name, designing their band logo, and silk-screening their t-shirts. They will also begin to write their own original song. 12 pm – 2 PM Kickoff BBQ at Seven Lorne Street sponsored by the Owens Art Gallery 2 PM – 4 PM Creative Lab: Composing a Honk Symphony Facilitated by Andrew R. Miller Seven Lorne Street Participants will create scores for the Honk Symphony to be performed on Friday, August 1. This annual event calls on volunteers to form an orchestra of car horns and other noisemakers to perform pieces scored by the workshop participants. No musical writing skills necessary—just bring your ears and a sense of timing. 4 PM – 5 PM Round Table Discussion & Rehearsals: Sackville's Ears Facilitated by W.L. Altman, Helen Pridmore, Christopher Clunas, Tanya Bostick Sackville Music Hall A collaborative process involving professional and community musicians will result in a special performance on Friday, August 1. Composer in residence W.L. Altman and participants Christopher Clunas (Sackville Citizens' Band), Tanya Bostick (Bostick Summer Music Camps) and Helen Pridmore (local musician) will discuss their parts in creating "Sackville's Ears". 8 pm Opening Reception/ Cabaret Sackville Music Hall An exciting evening of performance, music and short video by local and visiting artists.

	Tuesday July 29 10 am - 12 pm Kids Corner Power Jam: Songwriting with Snailhouse and Shotgun Jimmie Facilitated by Melanie Colosimo Seven Lorne Street Michael Feuerstack (Snailhouse) and Jim Kilpatrick (Shotgun Jimmie) join us for the rest of the week assisting each participant in writing and recording their songs, with their original, helpful hints and tips. Children are encouraged to bring their own instruments from home for recording. 12 pm - 2 pm BBQ at Seven Lorne Street: Sponsored by the Sackville Music Hall Board of Directors 2 pm - 5 pm Creative Lab: Kite-making workshop Facilitated by Ken Gregory Seven Lorne Street Open Studio Artist-in-Residence Ken Gregory will lead workshop participants through the process of building a simple kite out of everyday materials. Ken will provide an introduction to basic aerodynamics and participants will have the opportunity to craft and fly their own simple kite. This workshop is open to adults and children. 7 pm - 8 pm Artist Talk with W.L. Altman and Ian Crutchley Seven Lorne Street Two local composers discuss their current works and new projects. 8 PM – 8:30 PM CHMA Audio Art Broadcasts: Drawing on Air with Leah Garnett CHMA 106.9 FM Join local artist Leah Garnett her weekly radio show featuring interactive drawing activities. A listening lounge will be set up at Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre with drawing supplies. Click here to listen to CHMA. 8:30 PM – 10 PM CHMA Audio Art Broadcasts: Programmed by Darren Copeland (Toronto) Darren has asked the Faucet Media Arts Centre at Struts Gallery to record a sweep of local radio at the gallery in Sackville during a time of day that will be similar to when the program will be aired. He will use this sweep to influence the content and structure of his radio show. His radio show will contain original and borrowed elements. But the borrowed elements will not necessarily derive from the radio sweeps. Tune in to CHMA 106.9 FM in order to uncover the mystery artists. This broadcast will be simultaneously streamed over the web and will be available for online download on our website. Alternatively, visit Struts Gallery during the time of the broadcast to hear Sackville Sweeps under specially arranged listening conditions.. Click here to listen to CHMA.

	Wednesday July 30 10 am - 12 pm Kids Corner Power Jam: Making instruments Facilitated by Melanie Colosimo Seven Lorne Street Half way through the week, kids will be off in mini groups, recording their songs with Snailhouse and Shotgun Jimmie. Children will also jazz up their recording with homemade instruments. 12 pm - 2 pm BBQ at Seven Lorne Street: Sponsored by CHMA 106.9 FM 2 pm - 5 pm Creative Lab: We have contact! Facilitated by Eleanor King Using a singing greeting card, an RCA cable and a bit of solder, workshop participants will create their own contact microphone. Then using the newly built microphones with readily available materials as instruments, the group will become an improvisational contact band, playing amplified sounds created through friction. All skill levels welcome, participants need no previous training in electronics or music! 2 PM – 3 PM Drawing Sound Workshop Facilitated by Lucy MacDonald Corner of York & Main This workshop is open to everyone: children, Creative Lab participants, and the general public interested in either making art or music. What colour is that sound? What sort of line does that rhythm make? Come and explore art and music in this hands-on morning of drawing sound. 8 pm Screening: Railway Lands Trilogy Video works by Eric Walker Seven Lorne Street These video works were made to accompany Walker’s Railway Lands painted constructions depicting post-industrial landscape through the lens of railroad imagery. “Beacon,” “Bedford Basin,” and “Night Train” are not stylistic expositions or museum pieces, and together they present a possible spectrum: intuitive against didactic, private versus public, literate against post-literate. “Bedford Basin” with its "painterly" focus and real time narrative, reminiscent of the 1" minimalism of the late 1960s, contrasts formally, if not conceptually with the 80s-style distortion and image looping of “Beacon” and “Night Train.” 9 pm Outdoor Video Drive-In Screening I: Sure as the Stars Shine Above Programmed by Penny McCann (Ottawa) Seven Lorne Street An ode to a summer night on the marshes. A program of recent Canadian films and videos that reflect on landscape, time, memory, and on the small (and sometimes big) truths in life. Selected artists include: Jason Britski (Regina), Mary Daniel (Toronto), Nick Fox-Gieg (Toronto), John Marriott (Toronto), Shelley Niro (Barrie), Tom Sherman (Liverpool,NS), Dan Sokolowski (Dawson City/Ottawa), and Eric Walker (Ottawa). Penny is a former Open Studio Artist in Residence (1998). Click here for the full program. The Video Drive-In will be followed by a performance of experimental music, TBA.

	Thursday July 31 10 am - 12 pm Kids Corner Power Jam: Album artwork and band photos Facilitated by Melanie Colosimo Seven Lorne Street No album is complete without a slammin’ cover design. Kids will be inspired by examples of amazing album art and start create their own for the finished recordings. 12 pm - 2 pm BBQ at Seven Lorne Street: Sponsored by the Sackville Community Garden 2 pm - 5 pm Creative Lab: Introductory MAX/MSP demo Facilitated by Ken Gregory Seven Lorne Street Open Studio Artist-in-Residence Ken Gregory will demonstrate the versatile audio/video processing software MAX/MSP. In use for over 20 years by musicians, artists, scientists and students, MAX presents infinite possibilities and variables for affecting analog audio and video signals through the computer based interface. MAX is an ideal tool for artists and musicians looking to explore audio/video possibilities for installation and performance. Ken's demo will focus on his artist practice and the various applications he incorporates into his diverse practice. 7 pm Artist Talk with Ken Gregory Seven Lorne Street Open Studio Artist-in-Residence Ken Gregory (Winnipeg) will present a talk on his artistic practice. Ken has been working with DIY interface design, hardware hacking, audio, video, and computer programming for over 10 years. His creative performance and installation work has been shown in galleries, media and sound arts festivals nationally and internationally. Ken uses cut-and-paste techniques, random juxtapositions, and careful manipulations to craft unique works of art. 9 pm Outdoor Video Drive-In Screening II: Riffing the Light Fantastic Programmed by Alex MacKenzie (Vancouver) Seven Lorne Street Visually sumptuous, up-close-and-personal, handmade and scratched right on film: this collection of works stretches the length of the country and the lengths of creative visual expression to bring you panoptic hallucinations, slo-mo scenery, rapidfire ruminations, and anti-narrative abstractions. Featured: meticulous and monumental scratch animation from Richard Reeves, repurposed collage cowboys from Rick Raxlen, line drawing loop-dee-loops by Amy Lockhart, a mixed media study of remote proximity from Becka Barker, subtle and sensuous slo-mo from the Crompton/Herfst duo, hand sculpted colourfields by Christina Battle, a walk to vertiginous heights with Chris Kennedy and fluid space and time explorations from Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof. Plus: a classic from the late Helen Hill. Click here for the full program. 10 pm - 12 am CHMA Audio Art Broadcast: or something like that hosted by Linda Rae Dornan CHMA 106.9FM A two hour radio broadcast of soundscape, experimental music, spoken word, and ambient music by women artists from around the world. Listen in to discover a short audio history of smart, experimental sound art by Canadian sound artists Hilda Westerkamp, Anna Friz, and Sara Ayers, and international artists, Jacki Apple, Laurie Anderson, and Caroline Bergvall amongst many others. Click here to listen to CHMA.

	Friday August 1 10 am - 12 pm Kids Corner Power Jam: Making a music video Facilitated by Melanie Colosimo Seven Lorne Street To complete the package, with the help of the week’s facilitators and participants, kids will produce a music video to accompany the song and tune they worked so hard to create. 12 pm - 2 pm BBQ at Seven Lorne Street: Sponsored by ACORN 12 pm - 2pm Honk Symphony performance by Andrew R. Miller, Richard Hornsby, Helen Pridmore, and workshop participants 1 pm The Little Beauty Tour 2008 Alexandra Flood and Darren Emenau Parked right next to the Mainstage will be a customized bowler trailer, “Little Beauty”, where Alexandra Flood will be showing new paintings and Darren Emenau will be working on his ceramics. They will be hosting interactive activities for festival-goers of all ages. Stop by any time during the weekend to look around and say hi. 2 pm - 5 pm Creative Lab Workshop: Against the Wind Facilitated by Ken Gregory Seven Lorne Street This demonstration will be a show and tell presentation of Ken's current research and application of techniques associated with kite sound instruments. 4:30 PM - 5:30 pm Sackville's Ears: An original collaborative work by W.L. Altman Sackville Music Hall Professional musicians will collaborate with the Sackville Citizens' Band, children, and other community members to present a concert celebrating Sackville's history. 5:30 pm - 12 AM The Last Chance for Summer Romance Outdoor Concert Bridge Street Mainstage tent BBQ and live musical performances by Shotgun Jimmie (Sackville), the Baird Brothers (Sackville-Toronto), Laura Barrett (Toronto), Wax Mannequin (Hamilton), 100 Dollars (Toronto), Bicycles (Toronto), Jim Bryson (Ottawa), and Bruce Peninsula (Toronto). A beer garden will be on site and the concert will continue on into SappyFest.

	Saturday August 2 10 AM Kids Corner Power Jam: Final Concert Seven Lorne Street After working hard for the week the kids debut their new songs for the crowd. 11 am Craft Fair Bridge Street Mainstage tent Come take a look around at the Craft and Record Fair and Farmers' Market. 1 PM The Little Beauty Tour 2008 Alexandra Flood and Darren Emenau Parked right next to the Mainstage will be a customized bowler trailer, “Little Beauty”, where Alexandra Flood will be showing new paintings and Darren Emenau will be working on his ceramics. They will be hosting interactive activities for festival-goers of all ages. Stop by any time during the weekend to look around and say hi. 5:30 pm - 12 AM The Very Last Chance for Summer Romance Outdoor Concert & Closing Reception Bridge Street Mainstage tent This event will feature a BBQ and musical performances by Hard Drugs (New York), Your New Father (Whitehorse), Colonial Quarrels (Moncton), Calm Down it’s Monday (Sackville-Montreal), Elfin Saddle (Montreal), Burning Hell (Peterborough), Katie Stelmanis (Toronto), Old Man Luedecke (Halifax), Chad Van Gaalen (Calgary), and Attack in Black (Welland). A beer garden will be on site and the concert will continue on into SappyFest.


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