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Cultural
Energy is
a nonprofit organization formed in 2003 to create
radio and other media productions for Northern New
Mexico. Monique
Sandoval & Emileah Lujan of the Taos Pueblo Day
School Radio Club recording narration to their
interview to edit in Protools on the
Macintosh Cultural
Energy offered a week long media camp for high
school age students from Taos County on June 6-11,
2005. Three different workshops taught production
skills for video, radio and print media. A total of
33 students were accepted. The
camp was free to participating students, thanks to
our generous funders. The sessions also emphasized
media literacy, understanding the influences of
commercial interests on the media, and alternative
ways of distributing youth media creations.
Instead
of a Teen Media Camp for June 2006, we are planning
a year long radio ongoing youth collective &
workshops for Taos Middle and High School Students.
We have received funding from the New Mexico
Community Foundation, and and soon will be
receiving funding from the University of New Mexico
through the Surdna Foundation. We invite business
sponsorships and membership support for this
project. We are planning for a Teen Multi-Media
Camp in June 2007. If
you are interested in participating in our ongoing
workshop for teen radio, as a student, teacher,
speaker or donor, please contact Robin Collier by
email at at Our
plan is to start working with a core group of youth
this summer and then begin recruiting for a more
youth in fall 06. Begining in Dec 06 we will offer
6 monthly Saturday workshops for youth with
experienced radio producers and media literacy
teachers. We plan to build a team of youth producers to regular segments for distribution to KRZA, KTAO, KVOT, KLDK, KUNM and on-line. We have begun discussions with teachers at the Taos Charter School, Taos High School, Chamisa Mesa, Xache Learning Center, Taos Home Schoolers, Taos Pueblo Day Schools and others to build our producing team. Please call Robin at 575-758-9791 if you are interested in being involved. Taos
Teen Media Showcase & Party Here
is the poster for the Showcase
& Party. Saturday,
June 11 at the Taos AG Center Party
& Exhibit staff: Omar Rane, Silvana Piga,
Heather and Alex Anderson, Sarah McCollum and the
Teen Media Youth. Each
hands on workshop produced at least 5 finished
pieces in each medium, which were presented in a
public showcase on the closing day of the camp.
Communication skills learned in the workshops will
be valuable in whatever field of study of work
students pursue. Congratulations
to the more 30 Taos youth choosen to participate in
the Teen Media Camp! PRINT AUDIO VIDEO Accepted
but unable to attend: Angelo Mitchell, Trevor
Martin, Aspen Meleski, Deelavon Espinoza, Andrew
Atencio, Ryan Allais & Christie Marie
Medina. Melanie
Baca interviews Council candidate Melitón
Struck You
can download an Information
Sheet
in
Adobe PDF format.
Here
are more
details on the
Camp.
Call 758-9791 if you have any question about
applying to participate in the workshops. You can
also pick up an application at Cultural Energy
offices. Our Color
Poster
is in jpg format Musical
Tastes in Taos Happy
Pills The
System The
Pursuit of Acceptance by my Passion Faith
in the Eyes of Taoseños The
Protection of the Valle Vidal - Why, Government,
Why? A
Glitch in the System Alternative
Energy Video
Segments Extreme
Arts Read
Teen Media Camp Writing
Online Donald
Rumsfeld Interview Jimmy
Santiago Baca,
award winning Poet, Author and Film/Script writer
provided inspiration for all the tracks on the
first day. Other media producers and educators made
guest appearances during the week, including
Scott
Randolph, Ruben Martinez, Shawana Williams, John
Nichols, Whitney Allen, Marcus Saunders, Marie Rose
Mayer and
Blaze
Basara. Assitants
included Robin Collier, Thos Meyers and Mike
Tilley Kay
Matthews,
editor and publisher of La
Jicarita News,
a monthly magazine of environmental and social
justice issues for the last 10 years, was chosen as
teacher for the Print
Track.
Kay has also had articles published in New Mexico
Magazine, American Forests, Santa Fe Reporter,
Mother Earth News, High Country News, and the
Christian Science Monitor. She has also has
published 5 books on hiking in New Mexico and was
Peñasco coordinator of the Taos Literacy
Program. Kay
is a graduate of Antioch College in Ohio with
further studies at University of New
Mexico. Deborah
Begel,
independent radio producer,was chosen for teaching
the Radio
Track.
Deborah's experience includes 3 years from reporter
to news anchor for Pacifica's WBAI-FM in NY, News
and Sports Director for WXPN-FM, in Philadelphia,
and independent producer of stories for NPR,
National Native News, Latino USA, Living on Earth.
She has served for many years as senior producer
for the National
Writer Project's
Rural Voices Radio. Deborah
has a degree in Journalism from the University of
Oregon and is currently completing her Masters in
Writing at Spaulding University. Peter
Aran Walker,
a digital film maker and web video producer, will
lead the Video
Track.
He is currently teaching writing and video
production in the Discovery program at the Taos
Middle School. He is also a humanities teacher at
Yaxache Learning Center. He has successfully
produced short films in Mexico, China, Vietnam and
in the US, focussing on cross-cultural
themes. Peter
has also taught ESL/ESOL to international students.
Peter has a Master's Degree in K-8 multiple
subjects from the University of Oregon. Pamela
Pereyra,
a past programmer with Taos Talking Pictures Teen
Media Conference, was hired by Cultural Energy as
Director of Teen Media Programming and Outreach.
Rita
McElmury
was hired as Assistant Director of Teen Media
Programming and Outreach. Pamela
Pereyra
is bilingual in Spanish and English with a degree
in mass communication and media studies from
University of South Florida. She now teaches a
media literacy class as part of administering a
tobacco prevention program at Taos High School. She
was key person, working with Dan Marano, in
organizing TTPIX's work with teens from 1998 to
2002. She has created media curriculum for TTPIX,
Casa de Corazon and Chamisa Mesa High
School. New
Mexico Community Foundation Grant to Cultural
Energy The
New Mexico Community Foundation has awarded
Cultural Energy a $5,000 grant to support the Teen
Media Camp. This is part of NMCF's Youth Initiative
funded by the Kellogg Foundation under the
direction of Stephen Patrick and Maria
Joy. Taos
County and Town of Taos Grants for Teen Media
Camp The
Town of Taos awarded Cultural Energy a $5,000
contract on March 22 to help fund the Teen Media
Camp. Taos County awarded Cultural Energy a $2,000
grant on February 7th for the camp. Cultural Energy
greatly appreciates this support from both the town
and the county. Rita
McElmury
has a degree on communications from Emerson College
in Boston, with a major in audio and minor in
photography and creative writing. She is a mentor
for the SOMOS youth writing program and her
photography has been exhibited in Taos, Santa Fe
& Boston. |
Listen
On-Line Thanks
to our The
New Mexico Community Foundation The
Surdna Foundation through KUNM Radio The
New Mexico Community Foundation Arabian
Nights Contact
Robin Collier at 758-9791 you want to donate to be
a sponsor or wish to be a cosponsoring organization
in presenting the Teen Media Conference next
year. Thanks
to our Volunteers & Staff Cultural
Energy thanks all the volunteers & staff who
worked over the last two years to make this
possible. John
Acker |
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