Summer of creativity for Trafford

A masterclass from Grammy-nominated American digital artist Aaron Koblin is one of the highlights of the summer programme just announced by Creative Industries Trafford. Aaron, who worked on the video for House of Cards by Radiohead, is an an artist specializing in data visualization. He says his work “takes social and infrastructural data and uses it to examine cultural trends and emergent patterns”. There’s examples of his work here and he will be discussing his work and career to date during the session in Sale next month. Creative Industries Trafford is also building on the work it carried out with TV scriptwriters in the last 12 months by bringing back Writing For TV workshops. These are delivered by freelance producer Ric Michael (formerly of Baby Cow TV) alongside Jayne Brierley a producer who has developed many shows for BBC, Granada, Channel 4 and Sky. There’s also events for visual artists, photographers, anyone who wants to learn about Web 2.0 and video podcasting and a talk from Joe Simpson, whose exhibition Almost There is currently running at Waterside Arts Centre in Sale. The scheme run by Trafford Council is now in its fourth year of delivering events and training for artists and creative workers. Full details of the programme can be found online at www.creativeindustriestrafford.org. The site also features downloadable MP3s and PDFs featuring information from key events and interviews with Trafford-based artists such as the musician & DJ Mike Joyce and the comedian John Warburton. Events are held at Waterside Arts Centre in Sale and Let’s Go Global in Old Trafford. To book, ring 0161 912 5616. Summer 2009 Programme
May 12th – Aaron Koblin Masterclass
May 13th – Do You Really Want To Do This? #1 (photographers’ event)
May 18th – Writing & Pitching For TV
May 20th – Trafford Artists Network Meeting with talk by Joe Simpson
June 3rd – Do You Really Want To Do This? #2 (photographers’ event)
June 10th – How To Approach Galleries
June 17th – Introduction To Video Podcasting
July 7th – Writing & Pitching For TV (re-run)
July 9th – Introduction To Social Media Software