Salt 5-Day Summer Multimedia Workshop!

**The July 8 – 12 session is now full.**

A second session will be offered July 15-19.

Find out more and register HERE.

This July, Salt will offer its first-ever short multimedia workshop – this five-day intensive multimedia storytelling program aims to equip you with the skills necessary to shoot and produce powerful, short-form documentaries through compelling video, photography and audio. You will engage in hands-on training in still photography, DSLR video, audio and editing with Lightroom and Final Cut X. Coursework will be geared toward the beginner to intermediate student and will focus primarily on DSLR video shooting and production, including interviewing, external sound recording, b-roll, basic lighting and editing.

Expect to dive headfirst into multimedia, shooting stories in and around Portland, critiquing your colleagues’ work and exploring trends in the DSLR video world. Whether your goal is to film weddings or to shoot and produce short documentaries, Salt’s summer intensive multimedia storytelling program will give you the skills you need to succeed.

If you have your own DSLR camera with video capabilities, great! If not, we’ll check one out to you to use for the duration of the program (each camera may be shared by up to 2 students). You’ll have your own iMac computer to work on while you’re here.

REGISTER EARLY AND SAVE! 

REGISTER AND PAY IN FULL:

before May 1: $850 tuition

after May 1: $1000 tuition

Housing + some meals available! 

Salt can provide housing for up to 10 students approximately two blocks from Salt. The three-apartment building is fully decorated with furnishings, kitchen tools, dishes and basic linens in addition to wireless internet and common room TVs with basic cable. Apartments include individual bedrooms with full-size beds, common room and shared kitchen and bathroom. Housing is available at a rate of $500 for 7 days (July 14 – 20) and will be allotted on a first come, first served basis.  Salt will provide a simple lunch and some Continental breakfast foods over the course of the five-day program. Students are responsible for their own dinners and for any special dietary needs.

Interested? email admissions@salt.edu for more information! Or REGISTER here!

Salt Website Competes for Top Honors!

PORTLAND – The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies is competing with four other schools for the honor of operating
the best school and university website in the nation.

Officials at the school on Congress Street learned on Tuesday that Salt Institute is one of five finalists nominated for a Webby Award, as
well as a Webby People’s Voice Award.

The nominations and the possibility of grabbing an honor from a much larger school represent an
opportunity to raise the school’s, as well as Portland’s, national exposure.

The city and several of its businesses, including Otto’s Pizza, Coffee by Design and Hot Suppa, are featured prominently
on Salt’s website, which was redesigned by Pulp + Wire, a Portland-based Web and brand design and marketing firm.

The website says that being in Portland is one of the perks of studying at Salt.

“It’s a really big deal,” said Salt’s executive director, Donna Galluzzo. “It’s like the Oscars of the Web design world.”

This year, the 17th annual Webby Awards, which have been described by The New York Times as the Internet’s highest recognition, received more than
11,000 entries from over 65 countries.

From the thousands of entries, only 7 percent, or five nominees in each category, make it to the final round.

Online voting, which began Tuesday, will remain open until midnight on April 25, according to a press release posted on the Webby Awards website (www.webbyawards.com).

“We would be so psyched to get Portlanders and Mainers to vote for us,” Galluzzo said.

The 2013 awards cover a diverse spectrum of websites, videos, brands and stars.

Salt,which has 25 to 30 students enrolled during any given semester, is going up against significantly larger schools, including the University
of Maryland and the University of Chicago, in the best school and university website category.

The other finalists in the category are Goucher College in Baltimore and New School, a university based in New York City.

Taja Dockendorf, the owner and creative director of Pulp + Wire, said the school’s new website tries to tell a story, not just about the school
and its programs but about Portland.

“We tried to encompass all of the elements, including writing and photography, that Salt is known for,” Dockendorf said.

The Webby Award and Webby People’s Voice Award winners will be announced April 30.

All of the winners will be honored at the annual Webby Awards ceremony on May 21 in New York City.

The awards are presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

Salt Institute is a nonprofit school offering semester-long intensive programs in documentary writing, radio, photography and multimedia, with
an emphasis on powerful storytelling.

Salt was founded in Kennebunk in 1973 by Pamela Wood, a high school English teacher.

Since it was founded, more than 800 U.S. and international students have attended Salt.

To visit the school’s website, go to salt.edu.

Staff Writer Dennis Hoey can be contacted at 791-6365 or at:

dhoey@pressherald.com

In the Shadows: A Kickstarter Launch Party

On Thursday, February 7th at 6pm, two Salt Institute alums will host an event to benefit their alma mater and to raise awareness of a growing crisis for refugee children in Africa.
Salt Alum and National Geographic Photographer Amy Toensing is launching a Kickstarter campaign to document the lives of forgotten refugee children. RefugePoint, an international humanitarian organization that finds lasting solutions for the world’s most vulnerable refugees will provide in-country assistance and expertise to make this happen.

Friend and fellow alum Cheryl Hamilton works for RefugePoint as a communication officer and portrays the crisis this way.

“Refugee camps across Africa are increasingly overcrowded and unsafe. This past year, multiple bombs exploded and several aid organizations were forced to scale down their operations. As a result, more and more refugees are fleeing to urban areas like Cairo and Nairobi in search of protection, and the most vulnerable are children.”
Today, more than 50% of Africa’s refugee population can be found in urban areas where humanitarian aid is limited and the danger to a child’s life is even greater. RefugePoint regularly assists girls and boys who have been victims of sexual and gender-based violence, xenophobic attacks and human trafficking.

“The risks and choices these children face are almost indescribable,” Hamilton notes.
With the funds raised through her Kickstarter campaign In the Shadows, Toensing will go to Africa to document this mounting humanitarian crisis and produce print and online exhibits that give a voice to these shadowed individuals. These exhibits will open on June 20 this year in honor of World Refugee Day and travel to multiple cities in print and around the world virtually.
Part of the pair’s motivation for hosting the launch at Salt is their desire to also give back to the institution. As Toensing explains, “Both Cheryl and I consider Salt as instrumental in our careers. Salt opened doors for us and instilled a strong appreciation for the power of storytelling whether through photography or writing. Now, our hope is to harness that power to protect refugee children.”
The Kickstarter launch party is scheduled for Thursday, February 7th from 6pm-7:30pm. Toensing will speak about her work as a photographer and Hamilton, joined by refugees from Maine, will discuss the current crisis for children in Africa. The event is free however donations will be accepted. Among other activities, Toensing will be auctioning off some of her prints.  Proceeds raised with support the campaign and Salt. Please RSVP to  HYPERLINK “https://www.facebook.com/events/464225930311015/” https://www.facebook.com/events/464225930311015/ or  HYPERLINK “http://intheshadowslaunch.eventbrite.com/#” http://intheshadowslaunch.eventbrite.com/#