Nov 17th 10
Posted by SMarts London in Announcements
The Canadian National Film Board movie RIP: A remix Manifesto will be screened at the Research Park Convergence Centre on Friday Nov. 26th, 2010 at 7PM.
Join us as we pull up some chairs and watch a truly “Made In Canada” documentary by Brett Gaylor that deals with the fuzzy areas around copyright and remix culture in our modern, digital age. Snacks and beverages will be available to purchase throughout the film.
When: Friday, Nov. 26 2010 7PM – 9PM
Where: The Convergence Centre at the UWO Research Park
999 Collip Circle
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How much: Free! (snacks and beverages extra)
Nov 4th 10
Posted by SMarts London in News
The SMArts 2010 wiki is now ready for your submissions at http://smartslondon.pbworks.com/w/page/Sessions-2010!
You’ll find everything you need to list your session (or even to request one!)
The main wiki is at http://smartslondon.pbworks.com and there’s tons more info and tools to get you started.
Also, please be sure to register, and tell your friends!
Finally, we’re working on a few exciting perks this year – keep watching this blog for more details as we firm them up!
Oct 27th 10
Posted by SMarts London in Announcements
Due to popular demand, a team of community members – including many of SMArts 2009 contributors and organizers – have gathered together to stage SMArts2010.
Date: Saturday November 27, 2010
Place: Museum London – 21 Ridout Street North, London, Ontario
For 2010, SMArts has organized three ‘streams’ of content. These streams are not meant to be restrictive for presenters nor attendees, but rather to help focus and shape the discussions for the day. The three streams are:
Social Media for the Arts (SMArts) – Content designed to introduce artists and arts administrators to social and digital media practitioners and concepts.
CultureCamp – Bringing the city’s cultural institutions together with their audiences in order to facilitate a dialog about what sort of programming and interpretation would best benefit both parties.
Contemporary Media London – similar to SMArts, but focused on media professionals, providing content creators with demystifying exposure to tools and best practices for interactive digital media as a way to help content producers and creators to embrace and explore innovation.
To kick things off, we’ve set up some familiar tools for registration and planning:
Eventbrite (register for the free conference here): http://smartsldn.eventbrite.com/
PBWorks (our wiki for scheduling and conference info: http://smartslondon.pbworks.com/
And of course, keep checking back here for more info.
Want to get involved? Post a comment on the PBWorks wiki and we’ll be in touch!
Looking forward to making 2010 a bigger and more collaborative year!
Nov 11th 09
Posted by SMarts London in Announcements
We are pleased to announce that the Research Park at the University of Western Ontario will be hosting the official SMArts London launch party on Friday November 13th
The event will begin at 6:30 at the Windermere Manor in their Great Hall. Everyone is encouraged to come out and meet many of the attendees and prepare for the next day of informative and entertaining sessions.
For directions and more information about Windermere and the Research Park.
Nov 9th 09
Posted by SMarts London in Announcements
SMArts London is pleased to announce that Brad Frenette, online arts editor for the National Post, will be delivering the keynote address at this years SMArts Conference. The title of Brad’s address is “Beyond 140: The Benefits Of Being Social”
Brad Frenette has been working in the spaces between online and print media since 2003, when he established a web presence for the Canadian arm of the international daily, Metro News. After a move to the UK, and a stint at The Guardian newspaper, he returned to Toronto, where he is currently Online Features Editor at National Post. In the role, he either runs or manage all web projects and initiatives for the Arts and Life desk, including one of the nation’s most popular arts and culture blog, theampersand.ca and books blog, The Afterword. He also hosts a variety of podcasts, produces several video projects and runs a slate of Twitter accounts. In addition, he writes about books, music and travel, and has been published in a variety of major newspapers and magazines.
For more information on Brad Frenette check out his blog at bradfrenette.wordpress.com or on Twitter at www.twitter.com/BradFrenette
Be sure to check out the sessions page for more information about the topics and the schedule page for times!
Nov 9th 09
Posted by SMarts London in News
The final schedule has been posted for the 2009 SMArts Conference this Saturday, November 14th. If you are just attending then please check out the schedule page on the website (www.smartslondon.com/schedule).
If you are speaking on Saturday, then please make sure you fill in a time slot for your presentation on the wiki. We will be finalizing the schedule on Friday afternoon.
There are still lots of spaces available to speak, so if you would like to present, please check the sessions page!
Oct 19th 09
Posted by SMarts London in News
SMArts London is now less then a month away! We are busy preparing the session topics and speakers, but we are always welcome to more presentors and suggestions.
If you haven’t already I suggest you check out the wiki page. There you’ll find a complete list of the topics and who is planning on speaking. There are a number of very informative topics already booked, and we are confident that many more will be scheduled in the days and weeks ahead.
Some of the sesssion you will hear on November 14th:
- BeeCause, You can too! A Case Study in maximizing community engagement for the arts through new media – Liisa Sheldrick – www.beecause.ca
- Social Capital: The Economy of Attention Leveraging your whuffie in a world of social media - nik harron – www.rtraction.com
- The ÜberCreative Web - Looking at the past & future of creativity; the web enables us to explore whole new modes of being creative. -Brian Frank
Be sure to register, because spaces will fill soon! See you in November
Sep 11th 09
Posted by SMarts London in Announcements
After a conversation between Andrea Halwa, Executive Director at The London Arts Council, Carol Kehoe, Partnerships Manager at Museum London, and Adam Caplan of web.isod.es the idea for an Un-Conference on Social Media for the Arts was born.
Titus Ferguson and Bill Deys from TJ & F Consulting, organizers of the very succesful PodCamp London, are on board as the event’s key organizers.
SMArts London will be a free “unconference” that will feature a full-day of sessions and discussions that seeks to connect artists (performing arts (theatre, dance, performance), visual (fine arts, photography, painting, etc.), multimedia (film & video, computer) and academic/curatorial artistic communities), art administrators and art dealers with the social media practitioners and enthusiasts who can help them understand the value, potential and benefits of new media.
Blogging about SMArts London? Tag us with smartsldn09 for hashtag, use #smartsldn09
Date: November 14th, 2009
Place: Museum London
421 Ridout Street North
London ON N6A 5H4
(see map)
