IMAC PEI

My name is Jim Bruce and I have recently been hired to be the new Executive Director at IMAC. Stepping into Lennie MacPherson’s boots will be a challenge but I’m looking forward to working side-by-side with Dave Ward and Louise Lalonde, both of whom represent a wealth of experience that amazes me as much as their commitment to sharing it with so much passion through the IMAF and Screenwriter’s Bootcamp.

My career has been in advertising. I studied Fine Arts at Concordia in Montreal,worked as an art director in Toronto and then went on to manage creative departments for McCann Erickson and Ogilvy & Mather in Mexico, the Caribbean and in Europe. Oddly enough, I ended up living and working on a lot of islands – Dominican Republic,Trinidad & Tobago, Barbados and Malta before deciding to move to this island, one that I cycled across in my early twenties and never forgot.

Read more HERE.

IMAC is hosting a series of workshops in locations across PEI for beginner and intermediate media artists in the areas of:

• Editing
• Motion Graphics
• Digital Photography
• After Effects

Workshops are taking place in Montague, Summerside, and Charlottetown starting January 14th until February 18th. Check out a full schedule HERE and sign up today by emailing Susan Rodgers at fatcat@pei.sympatico.ca

Workshops are $15/IMAC Members and $25/non-members.

Workshops are each one day long (9am-4pm)

After a very fulfilling year as Executive Director at IMAC,  I will be moving on to other projects.  This means that we at the IMAC are looking for a replacement.  This is an excellent opportunity to work with a well-established, vibrant arts organization.  There is a great board, with plenty of experience, and many enthusiastic volunteers to help the new director along.  Wishing the IMAC and the new director all the best.

- Leonard MacPherson - Island Media Arts Co-op Executive Director

Go Here for full job description.

Application Deadline is January 13th, 2012.

The Cultural Capital Media Arts Legacy Series saw the production of 5 new films (all by IMAC members!) These films screened on Nov. 25th at the Confederation Centre. What a great night it was.

Three of the five films are up online for all to see… check out:

A Brief History of Charlottetown – by JoDee Samuelson

In Between Spaces – by Millefiore Clarkes

Exhibition Drive – by Jason Arsenault

More info. on all the films here.

IMAF 2012 is now open for submissions. Please go here for more info. The festival will be held at venues across PEI from May 8-13th 2012.

Wishing all the best to IMAC members Harmony Wagner (Vast) and Jason Rogerson (Lucky 7) whose films are showing at the Atlantic Film Festival in Halifax this coming week.

Congratulations to the organizers of Art in the Open.  It was an amazing cultural festival.  “The defining night of the summer.” With a selection of IMAC member works projected in the night air for all to see.

Art in the Open from the blog of ‘this town is small.’

’twas a great week of workshopping and networking.  read on:

Screenwriters’ Bootcamp 2011

The 5th annual edition of the PEI Screenwriter’s Bootcamp is underway (June 13-17th). Emerging and mid-career writers from across the 4 Atlantic Provinces are being mentored by industry professionals in the areas of Writing Features, Writing Adaptations, and Writing for the Small Screen.

Mentors this year are: Ken Chubb, Jenifer Podemski, Jill Gollick, and Tom Shoebridge.

PEI Screenwriter’s Bootcamp.