Workshops
and Events
Interview Workshop for Podcasters and Content Creators with CBC Reporter Ainslie MacLellan
CDAH is pleased to offer an informative workshop on conducting interviews for audio and video content creation with CBC reporter Ainslie MacLellan. Ainslie’s podcast series This is Montreal is but one example from her career as a journalist in Quebec. The workshop will offer examples, tricks of the trade, tips on preparing for interviews, and going off script.
The Community Digital Arts Hub encourages participants to come into our studio space for this workshop. We will open 30 minutes before the start of the presentation to network. A Q & A period will follow.
This is a free workshop. Sign-up is required. Register Here.
A 30-minute presentation on interviewing for podcasters and content creators will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A—a maximum of 30 people in studio. Video conference will be live-streamed. A link will be provided to those who sign up.
Welcome and in-person networking - 5:30 PM
Presentation - 6 PM - 6:30 PM
Q & A - 6:30 PM - 7 PM
About the facilitator
Ainslie MacLellan is a CBC Montreal reporter and podcast host. She started her career as a researcher with the Quebec City morning radio show Quebec AM and has travelled the province as a current affairs and news reporter, from the Abitibi to the Magdalen Islands and the Eastern Townships to Nunavik.
How To Tell Your Story - CBC virtual event
CBC + CDAH bring you a free virtual lunch workshop that includes tips on pitching your project to the newsroom with CBC Quebec's Marketing and communications team.
Join CBC Montreal for this virtual workshop to learn about what newsrooms look for in a good story and get tips and insight on how to pitch yours. You will also get an insider look at how CBC creates audio, video, and written stories.
Register here: https://forms.gle/m6rHHqFGdfQRT2zSA
The Cloud by Et tu, Machine
A queer anti-capitalist performance, The Cloud grapples with environmental catastrophe related to the eponymous digital storage space. Interrogating our actions and the responsibilities we have as citizens, The Cloud tells a science fiction-fueled story with a satirical touch. It's a mind-blowing journey infused with a DIY punk spirit!
There are 3 exhibit times: 2:00 pm, 4:00 pm and 6:00 pm
Interpreter Atom Cianfarani, Alexis O'Hara
Open to all CINARS Biennial participants
Number of seats available for each showing : 12
https://cinars.org/en/biennale/events/the-cloud-3829
RSVP needed, CDAH must contact us for a spot
Creator Club
The Creator Club is a space for emerging creators from CBC Quebec’s Creator Network to mingle in person, build relationships, and lead to future collaborations.
Meetups are held at the Community Digital Arts Hub (CDAH) studio, 511-460 St. Ctherine West. During our 5 à 7, we view a new piece of content, and then have a post-screening Q&A.
The Creator Club is a partnership between the CBC and CDAH, which aims to develop new voices and give top emerging video talent direction and a platform to share ideas and new work.
The CDAH studios are wheelchair accessible.
Regions Training Activities: Social Media Strategies
Facilitator Kevin Bottaro will walk participants through a three day training outlining the basics of social media strategies, and expand on how to get creative and decisive with your usage. The workshops will be presented online and will fall on August 6th, 13th, and 27th.
About the facilitator:
Kevin Bottaro
Age: 39
Residence: Quebec City, QC
Hometown: Oshawa, ON
Favourite network: YouTube
Having spent more than a decade handling social media and online content, previously as a radio announcer/promotions director and currently as a freelance social/website manager, Kevin has long seen the evolution of the medium. From best practices to being real and using what works best for you/your audience, Kevin helps provide an online strategy that fits the moment and the network(s), carried out with integrity.
Points Cobra provides website and social media assistance for creative artists and other indies. Strike everywhere you're online. (pointscobra.com)
Regions Training Activities - Content Creation Practicals
Join facilitator Julian Stamboulieh for a three day training on Cameras, Lighting and Sound. Julian will lead participants through understanding cameras and camera settings, framing and composition, lighting types and set-ups, lighting terminology, and sound recording for content creation.
You’ll walk away with a better understanding of the technical elements of content creation, as well as a deeper knowledge on using what you already have and how to implement your new skills.
The workshops will be presented online and will fall on July 30th, 31st, and August 1st.
About the facilitator:
Julian Stamboulieh, born and raised in Montreal, began his media career as an actor and a freelance video editor in 2004. After receiving his BFA in Photography from Concordia University, and starting his company Beanduck Productions, he soon found himself in his directorial debut. In 2013, Julian created and directed LARPs, with both seasons acquiring 10+ international awards and 4+ million views. He has gone on to direct several award-winning short films. As an actor, Julian finds himself most often in the voice studio. Ranging from animation to video games to being a staple in Montreal's booming dubbing industry, he is always thrilled anytime he finds himself behind the microphone. Over the past several years, Julian has developed and taught several courses on filmmaking and acting, is currently sitting his third term on ACTRA Montreal Branch Council, and continues to create educational content on his YouTube channel "The Nerdy Filmmaker".
Digital Promotion for Musicians
CDAH in the Regions and Cardinal Brewery present
A free workshop for Hudson Musicians - With Indie MTL
Digital promotion workshop – building a successful social media strategy
The basics of digital marketing
Building content strategy
Paid advertising strategy (Meta)
Branding / artistic identity - Key questions
Structure of an editorial calendar
Structure of a media plan
AI tools for content creation
Memory aid
Workshop facilitator:
Kenza Zemmama, Head of marketing strategy and digital promotion, Indie Montreal
Combining knowledge gathered during 5 years of digital marketing experience, a dual master's degree and using the right hemisphere of the brain to help artists achieve their goals is extremely satisfying for Kenza. She will help you explore your universe as an artist, discover what makes you unique and adeptly use the appropriate tools, and find creative strategies to help you show it to the world - in your own way.
Photography Workshop
Community Digital Arts Hub's “Photography Workshop/Exhibition” is a unique opportunity for all women, non-binary/queer people of color, with lived experience as immigrants, newcomers and refugees in Montreal interested in photography.
The goal of the workshops is to explore self-identity through photography. Led by DémART recipient Pantea Pezeshkan, these interactive workshops focus on technical photography aspects as well as how to tell a story – exploring our cultures, passions, and Montreal experiences through photography. The workshops will end with an exhibition vernissage featuring participant photographs.
This workshop will happen multiple locations around the city. For March 23rd, the workshop will take place at The Community Digital Arts Hub
Address:
460 Saint-Catherine St W
Suite 511
Montreal, QC
H3B 1A7
The creation of this workshop series was made possible thanks to funding from the Conseils des arts de Montréal.
Headshot Clinic
Interested in seeing what it takes to have a professional headshot done? We have you covered. Take advantage of our Professional Headshot Clinic at the CDAH, and walk away with training in photography and lighting as well as a new headshot.
What to Expect: Guidance on perfecting your pose and expression for that killer headshot; Learn lighting techniques that will make you look stunning; Gain invaluable insights into what makes a headshot truly stand out for your website or portfolio
Participants will get the option to choose one pose from the sitting, which will be edited by CDAH resident photographer Pantea Pezeshkan
Don't forget to bring two changes of outfits that represent your professional style!
Location: CDAH, 460 Sainte-Catherine West, Suite #511
Price: $20.00/Register here!
Digital Launch
Community members, Regional partner organizations, interested partners, or digital media makers are welcome to join the Community Digital Hub team in a live broadcast from its Montreal space for a studio tour and brief introduction to the resources offered through the new CDAH in the Regions project.
What to expect: a 30-minute presentation and Q & A that includes a 360 video tour of CDAH's Montreal studio, and an overview of the project including, training, workshops, internships, and mentorships offered through partnerships. Join us to find out how you or your organization can benefit from our resources!
CDAH in the Regions supports the production of digital projects, increasing local content in Quebec’s regional communities. Together, these activities will increase the capacity to produce high-quality content for creation, promotion, artistic expression, and digital archiving. The Community Digital Arts Hub production team is committed to the content development of Quebec artists and the promotion of Quebec-produced digital media offerings. CDAH in the Regions is funded by the Government of Canada.