Now that you’ve made your New Year’s resolution to take a workshop, you can start browsing the 2010 course listings at www.mainemedia.edu. You’ll find many new classes and instructors, alongside returning master faculty teaching the core curriculum for which the Workshops is world-renowned.
Multimedia Program Director, Tim McLaughlin, has expanded the program’s curriculum and is bringing many of the industry’s pioneering leaders to Rockport as instructors. Audio Narrative with Rob Rosenthal, Peter Breslow, and Sarah Kramer, From Storytelling to Distribution with Tom Kennedy, and Multimedia Masterclass with Bob Sacha, are just a few of our new offerings. Tim’s also designed a course for high school students: Young Multimedia Journalists with David Flores.
photo by Keith CarterThe photography program welcomes Keith Carter, Sylvia Plachy, and Sam Abell back to Rockport this year, and introduces more industry greats to the schedule including Judy Hermann teaching Jumpstart Your Career, Charles Harbutt leading Finding Depth, and Jonathan Torgovnik teaching Documentary Photography and Social Change.
The film program has also added a number of new workshops including Environmental Documentaries for the Web, Funding & Marketing the Documentary with Alessandra Pavone, and Still to Motion, with Chris Stanford!
The 2010 printed catalog will mail in early February. If you’d like to receive a copy by mail, be sure to sign up for our mailing list online, or by calling toll free 1-877-577-7700.