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DGTL Creator Online: Resilient Media Arts Makerspaces in Northern Ontario.
We’re very excited to announce that our work will be featured at the 2022 Connected Learning Summit, happening virtually July 27-29th. Our Showcase is titled “DGTL Creator Online: Resilient Media Arts Makerspaces and Programming in Northern Ontario” and will be featured as part of the pre-conference day meetup, [Connected Approaches to STEAM Learning and Inclusion/Inclusive and Community-Driven Research and Design/Centering Learners in Game-Based and Online Learning]. We hope you’ll be able to join us!
Apply Now: Digital Creator North Programming Research Facilitator in North Bay, Ontario!
Under the supervision of the Program Coordinator, the Programming Research Facilitators will be responsible for working together to coordinate and execute the Digital Creator North project in North Bay, Ontario. This includes offering structured and unstructured learning opportunities in digital and media arts for youth and emerging artists. Programming Research Facilitators will be required to create a welcoming space, offer creative mentorship and develop responsive media arts programming for their community.
We’re Hiring a Community Liaison!
DGTL Creator North has recently launched a virtual creativity space, DGTL Creator Online, supported by programming facilitators and guest artists. Offering a range of virtual opportunities such as hang-out and study spaces, art showings and making sessions, DGTL Creator Online responds to the creative interests of youth participants through one-on-one artistic mentoring and workshops, as well as by fostering peer-to-peer collaboration and support.
Join our team as a Youth Researcher!
Our team at DGTL Creator North has recently launched an online hangout space focused on digital/media art and music! We connect with youth using Gather.town and Discord for collaborative creativity and playing around with all things digital. We invite you to build and run a workshop in your field of interest!
New Opportunity for a Virtual Resident Artist/Intern for DGTL Creator North. Apply now!
We are looking for emerging artists working in the field of digital art, with a focus on AR , VR, interactive technologies, 3D modelling or game design (including Roblox). Artists should also have an interest in web-based learning, and an affinity for working with youth. This is a 20-week virtual hybrid residency/internship, designed around a 20-hour week. The Resident Artist/Intern can expect to spend 10 hours a week developing their own skills and artistic practice and will receive a total of 20 hours of mentorship with artists skilled in the candidate’s area of interest. The Artist/Intern will be asked to spend 5 hours a week developing workshops to be offered within DGTL Creator. They will deliver a 2-hour workshop every other week in one of the platforms DGTL Creator uses, as well as offer 2 hours each week of open working/mentoring sessions for youth who are creating in, or exploring the candidate’s area of expertise. They can also expect 2-3 hours of meetings a week.