Vancouver Design Forum

POSTPONED
Maintaining Respectful Workplaces

Facilitated by the Canadian Human Resources Council. Presented by the Forum and ADC.
March 15th, 4:00-7:00pm. The Post @ 750 Hamilton (East Studio).

This 3 hour workshop has been adapted for freelance designers in Vancouver. The event is free to attend with space for 12-24 participants from any sector of the theatre community. The workshop will cover workplace conduct issues and strategies for navigating issues of harassment as a freelance artist.

If you’d like to attend please RSVP below. If there is anything specific you’d like addressed by the presenter, please include that in your RSVP form and we will forward it along to the facilitator.

POSTPONED
Designing for the Space: Theatrical Sound Design @ The Cultch Historic Theatre

Monday, March 23, 2020, 7-9:15pm. The Cultch Historic Theatre
Produced by the GVPTA. Free for GVPTA Members | $15+gst for Non-Members

This workshop will be an opportunity for emerging and established sound designers to learn practical skills around speaker placement and implementing your design into a specific space, with a focus on The Cultch Historic Theatre.

Led by Kris Boyd - the Cultch’s Digital Storytelling Project Lead and former technical director of the space - this will be a unique chance to discuss and experiment with system design, and to learn what other designers have done in this important local venue.

The workshop is made possible with the support from The Cultch.

Questions can be directed to kenji@gvpta.ca.

ABOUT KRIS BOYD

Kris is an audio technician, technical director, sound designer and sound consultant working in theatre and live music. He enjoyed many years mixing performances for Randy Bachman, the Vancouver New Music Festival, and specializing in working with acoustic instruments from around the world.  He is a regular sound consultant at Studio 58, where he also teaches an intro to audio workshop.   Occasionally working as a sound designer, some favorite credits include: Hedwig and The Angry Inch (Hoarse Raven), A Wrinkle in Time (Pacific Theatre), Capo (MovEnt), and Children of God (Urban Ink).  Kris holds a diploma in mandolin performance from Vancouver Community College. He has worked at The Cultch since 2011, first as head of audio, then as technical director, and now exploring a new career direction as Project Lead for Digital Storytelling.

POSTPONED
Introduction to Projection Design with Wlad Woyno

April 4, 2020, 10am-6:30pm. SFU Woodwards.
Produced by the GVPTA.

Join us for a full-day hands on workshop covering single and multi-channel set-ups, requirements, software, hardware and process. Primarily engaging with Isadora, Adobe photoshop, after effects and adobe media encoder.

Level: Introductory/Beginners.

Forum Organizing MeetingS

Every month
Next meeting: March 9, 2020, 7-8pm. **TO BE HELD DIGITALLY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

As opposed to the actual Forum itself, these are more traditional planning/organizing meetings that we typically hold about once a month to make future plans for what the Forum will do and discuss any issues that have come up. These meetings are open to the entire community. All are warmly invited to attend as we hope for as much participation and input from the community as possible. If you are interested in what the Forum has been doing, interested in becoming more involved, or just interested to see what these meetings look like, please come join us. 

If you are unable to attend our next meeting but there is an issue that you think is important to discuss, please let us know. We always distribute notes from the meeting afterwards, as well as posting them here.

Drinks with Designers - Vancouver

The Last Monday of Every Month, 8pm **TO BE HELD DIGITALLY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

Photo credits: “Cabaret” Studio 58 Ensemble. Director: Josh Epstein, Set Design: Drew Facey, Costume Design: Amy McDougall, Lighting Design: Itai Erdal, Mask Design: Jenn Stewart. Photo by Itai Erdal.