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Salt Screens Question One Documentary >>
10.21.11 >> Question One -- Documentary Film Screening Panel Discussion
November 3rd // 7pm, doors open at 6pm // Tickets are $6, all proceeds benefit Salt
Join us in screening the new documentary film about the politically charged battle over same sex marriage at the polls last year in Maine. After the film, we will host a panel discussion and Q&A with the filmmakers and Darlene Huntress, a community member who worked for No on 1 and was featured in the film.
WHERE? Cinemagic Grand in Clark's Pond : 333 Clarks Pond Parkway, South Portland, ME
All concessions available, including wine and beer. You must have ID to purchase alcohol. Doors open at 6pm.
Tickets MUST be purchased in advance. BUY THEM HERE TODAY!
For more info, visit: http://www.q1-themovie.com/ OR find them on FACEBOOK
Meet Caitlin Shetterly: Our writing instructor for fall 2011 >>
06.28.11 >> We are so excited to introduce to you to the fourth and final member of our faculty team for the fall 2011 semester. Our new writing instructor Caitlin Shetterly is an author, regular contributor to National Public Radio and artistic director for a local theater company, and she joins Christine Heinz, Andres Gonzalez and Michael May to form our new team.
"I am thrilled and honored to come on as part of the new Salt team. I'm sure it will be one of the most exciting and gratifying years of my life," says Shetterly.
And we're equally as excited as well. Salt Board Trustee and Documentary Filmmaker Gary Robinov says it best, "Caitlin is not only an accomplished author, but she also brings her skills as a frequent contributor to NPR and as the Artistic Director of the Winter Harbor Theatre -- thus providing the students at Salt a unique opportunity and understanding of real world experience across a multitude of media."
Welcome Caitlin! We're so happy to have you. READ CAITLIN'S FULL BIO HERE.
As our curriculum evolves and grows, we want to share with you are exciting progress. So check back here and on our Facebook page for future updates. Or if you'd like to join our mailing list to always be in the loop, please email Caitlin Allen at callen@salt.edu.
meet michael may: our radio instructor for fall 2011 >>
06.21.11 >> We are absolutely thrilled to announce the appointment of another faculty member for the fall 2011 semester. Michael May is a radio producer, freelance journalist and former managing editor at the Texas Observer, who joins both Christine Heinz and Andres Gonzalez as a part of the new Salt faculty team as our instructor for radio.
"I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to teach at Salt. Although I wasn't a student myself, Salt's reputation speaks for itself. The graduates working in radio are passionate, creative professionals, and many of them have told me that Salt was a transformative experience in their career," Michael says. I'm particularly looking forward to working in such a collaborative environment, sharing my own philosophy on producing intimate and surprising radio documentaries, and learning from the exceptional students that Salt attracts."
All of these wonderful new additions bring a variety of experience and unique skills to the table and are passionate about educating the next generation of Salt storytellers. After recently losing our four-person faculty team for a variety of personal reasons, we could not be more optimistic about the way this new team of enthusiastic and seasoned storytellers is coming together.
One member of the Salt family, NPR Northeast Bureau Chief and Salt Board Trustee Andrea de Leon is particularly encouraged by the news. "You can already find Salt graduates at NPR, Marketplace, Story Corps, RadioLab, This American Life and working for most of the other top producers of stories for the public radio audience," says DeLeon. "Adding an instructor of Michael's caliber and national reputation will make a Salt education even more valuable for students who want to break into the field."
Welcome to Salt, Michael! We're so happy to have you here. READ MICHAEL'S FULL BIO HERE.
So, could it get any better than this? Yes, yes it could... when we hire the rest of the team! Stay tuned for details here, on our Facebook page OR if you'd like to join our mailing list to always be in the loop, please email Caitlin Allen at callen@salt.edu.
Meet the fall 2011 faculty members for multimedia and photography>>
06.14.11 >> We are extremely proud and excited to announce the addition of two new faculty member for the fall 2011 semester. We welcome back two of our kindest and most talented alums Andres Gonzalez and Christine Heinz into Salt's classrooms as educators for our photography track [Gonzalez] and the yet-to-be-named all track course focusing on the future of many-mediaed journalism [Heinz].
Both alums bring a variety of experience and unique skills to the table and are particularly passionate about taking the time to give back by focusing their attention on the next generation of media makers. Interestly enough, Andres and Christine met in Portland ten years ago, attending Salt in back to back semesters as photography students, randomly meeting as roomates. They continued to follow parallel paths as classmates in graduate school at Ohio University's School of Visual Communication. From there, their paths diverged and each has had several years of diverse experiences and wonderful influence on the documentary world in a variety of ways. Reunited in a true 360-degree moment, the two are excited to return to Salt, bringing their love of the work and potential growth of up and coming artists with them.
Here's what our Executive Director Donna Galluzzo has to say about our new additions: "As an educational institution, it's our greatest hope that we would graduate students who would be able to come back to Salt and give back to the program in the most creative and impactful way possible, by teaching here. Christine and Andres both bring a host of ideas and more than ten years of professional experiences, worldwide, that will infuse the curriculum in ways that we couldn't have imagined. Our fall students undoubtedly will have one of the most exciting educational experiences of their lives."
Lots of excitement in the air at 561 Congress, but this opportunity means more than just a new job to these two. "My Salt experience opened me up to the world in a way I didn't know was possible," says Andres "and I'm unbelievably excited to gift that forward after ten years. Salt students are a unique breed, and I really look forward to reconnecting with them as a teacher, to inspire, and be inspired by the process of grinding through documentary work."
After being involved with Salt for many years now, Christine is looking forward to being on the teaching side of things. "I'm thrilled to play a key role in the development of Salt's ever-evolving curriculum," says Christine "to explore with my students all the options and opportunities this multimedia world of has to offer, all the while keeping the tenents of documentary work that I learned as a Salt student ten years ago close to the chest, compromising nothing in the realm of ethical storytelling. For me, the foundation of teaching rests in nurturing students' talents and motivating them to put forth their best work possible, regardless of the medium. I am just excited by the endless possibilities. This is such a unique time for journalists of all kinds and I am happy to see Salt begin to truly navigate these 21st century waters."
READ FULL BIOS FOR ANDRES AND CHRISTINE HERE.
So, could it get any better than this? Yes, yes it could... when we hire the rest of the team! Stay tuned for details here, on our Facebook page OR if you'd like to join our mailing list to always be in the loop, please email Caitlin Allen at callen@salt.edu.
Alum plays large role in upcoming documentary film >> 04.22.11 >> We are excited to hear that Beth Leonard one of our alums has played a large role in the upcoming documentary film A Second Knock at the Door as Line Producer and Assistant Director. This powerful film explores the truth behind military deaths due to friendly fire and what is reported to the soldier's family. The film is a follow up to a graduate thesis by Chris Grimes while at Northwestern University's school of Public Policy & Administration. According to the film's website, "this documentary will not only explore each incident, but more importantly tell the unique stories of these courageous men from across America's vast landscape."
CONGRATULATIONS BETH! Wonderful work.
Alum exhibits in Dorchester, Massachussetts >>
01.28.11 >> Our very own photography alum Kelly Creedon will soon open a photography & multimedia exhibit that you won't want to miss! We Shall Not Be Moved combines compelling photography and moving audio testimonies to tell the story of families fighting to protect their homes and communities against the devastating impact of foreclosure. For more about the project, read below & in the Dorchester Reporter.
WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED:
Stories from the grassroots struggle against foreclosure
by Kelly Creedon
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, February 19, 4-7 pm
Program begins at 5 pm
ON VIEW: February 19-25; call or email to schedule a visit.
WHERE:
The Great Hall in Codman Square, 6 Norfolk Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
For more info >> Email Kelly | www.weshallnotbemoved.net | www.kellycreedon.com
Photography and writing alums publish their Salt work >> 01.22.11 >> This just in... Once again we're excited to see the work of our students making into real world publications. Congratulations to writer Anne Hoffman and photographer Aria Curtis for publishing their collaborative project on immigrations rights in two of our favorite local publications. Please check them out for yourself: The Forecaster & The Portland Phoenix
Radio alums report on Afghanistan >> 01.21.11 >> Please take some time and soak up the audio work two Salt alums, Jesse Dukes and Shea Shackelford, contributed to the collaborative multimedia experience Assignment Afghanistan --- the project of writer/photographer Elliot Woods. What a wonderful website and certainly worth your time.
Transom.org features Salt alums >>
01.05.11 >> "What's life like after Salt?" is a question that our alums hear all to often. Being a student here is a comfy, little cocoon of like-minded individuals that are just as obsessed with the intricacies of storytelling and the documentary process as you are. It's tough, mind you. Loads of hard work and perhaps even more mental break downs. But it's the work you love! And you're doing it, for real. Hmm, but then what happens when you're shoved out that nice, warm nest? Well, Transom.org and our own Rob Rosenthal catch up with seven radio alums [ Jamie York, Amy O'Leary, Heather Radke, Josh Gleason, Bradley Campbell, Grant Fuller and Zoe Chace ] to find out the answer to just that. READ ON...
Salt student publishes work in the Forecaster >> 12.07.10 >> We're so happy to see more and more student work making its way out of the classroom and into a variety of publications. Check out the latest piece The day the music died: Business as usual on Portland's Munjoy Hill by Salt writing student David Bersell. David wrote about the closing of North Star Cafe in Portland while at Salt and it was published this week by The Forecaster.
Writing Instructor publishes in hip Mama >>
11.24.10 >> Our very own Salt writing instructor and new mom Melissa Falcon Field publishes a piece about her pregnancy. My Humps: Ten Weeks Pregnant appears in issue #47 of the parenting zine hip Mama. Buy a copy for yourself to check it out. Congrats Melissa for this great piece and for new baby Noah! We can't wait to see you back next semester.
Salt alum founds Write Your Principal >>
11.12.10 >> We are so very proud of Jacqui Shine, Salt alum and founder of Write Your Principal, a writing campaign encouraging all of us to do just that, write your high school principal to ask what they are doing to make their school a safer place to be. "Inspired by my friend Jennifer Walters, I'm encouraging people disheartened and distressed by the deaths of five young men who took their own lives in part because of anti-GLBTQ bullying in September to write letters to their high school principals. Will you join us?"
If you want learn more about Jacqui and the project, check out this interview in The Stranger where she tells us that she doesn't even consider herself an activist. See there, we can all do something. First things first: write your principal. And then spread the word. Nice work, Jacqui!
Salt alum on NPR's All Things Considered >>
11.11.10 >> Once again, we're so pleased to share that you can hear one of our very own on NPR. Salt alum Whit Richardson's piece A Veteran's Journey From Hitler Youth To U.S. Army was featured on NPR's All Things Considered for Veterans' Day. What a powerful piece. Congrats Whit!
Radio alum produces video for the NEA >> 11.10.10 >> While working for the National Endowment for the Arts, Adam Kampe, a Salt radio alum who says he's "still in love with audio", tries his hand at video. Really nice work, first time or not! Congrats. Watch this video portrait of mixed-media artist Mike Weber by Adam: Dipped in Glass: Breathing Life Back into Vintage Photographs
Salt Alum on NPR's Weekend Edition >>
11.09.10 >> We are so excited to share that our very own Bradley Campbell aired a piece on NPR's Weekend Edition, with a full version to come this Thursday on Boston's WBUR. Great work, Bradley! LISTEN HERE.
Portland Press Herald Reviews Impressions >> 11.08.10 >> We are so excited to get the attention Bob Keyes and the Portland Press Herald for our current exhibit Impressions by Bruce Strong. If you haven't checked out the beautiful show yet, read Keye's article. And then stop by and see us anytime Tuesday-Friday // 12-4:30 and on December 5th at 5pm for Portland's First Friday Art Walk.
Maine Higher Ed Council reviews Salt >> 11.05.10 >> We were recently featured by the Maine Higher Education Council on their blog College In Maine. Check it out for yourself! (And you might just learn a little bit more about us in the process.)
Salt hires new Director of Educational Programs >>
11.01.10 >> We're excited to welcome a new addition to the Salt family as our new Director of Educational Programs. Melanie Nichols was chosen out of a field of more than 300 applicants. A graduate of Eastern Connecticut State University,
she also holds a M.A. in counseling from St. Joseph College. Over the past 19 years, she has custom designed and facilitated over 200 workshops focusing on leadership, applying adventure concepts in the classroom, behavioral styles, emotional intelligence and interpersonal skill building.
Applying her masters in counseling to coaching, counseling, training and developing staff, Melanie believes in "collaborating with co-workers to find creative ways to solve problems and bring out their strengths [in helping to build] relationships based on trust and respect, which leads to greater productivity and satisfaction." We couldn't be happier to invite such a positive approach into the Salt fold. Melanie's first day is November 15th. Feel free to come by and say hello!
Susan Orlean to judge Salt/Creative Nonfiction Writing Contest >>
10.26.10 >> We are excited to announce that the great nonfiction writer Susan Orlean will be our guest judge for the THE NIGHT writing contest [read more below] we are putting on with Creative Nonfiction.
Susan is known for her many articles published in The New Yorker as well as her novel The Orchid Thief which was adapted for the big screen as Adaptation, the oscar nominated film starring Nicholas Cage and Meryl Streep.
So, if you'd like to have your work read by one of the best (and possibly win a big chunk of cash), check out THE NIGHT writing contest and start writing today! Entries due January 11, 2011. Read the full description below.
Alum's work featured by PBS Newshour >>
10.22.10 >> The multimedia work of our very own [ photographer and multimedia producer ] Kelly Creedon has garnered some attention by PBS Newshour, when producer Diane Lincoln Estes ran into her at a recent protest by advocacy group City Life/Vida Urbana in Boston.
"We thought her audio sound slides were really powerful" and so they've posted a selection of her project online, along with her thoughts about the issue. The project, called We Shall Not Be Moved, tells the story of a growing grassroots movement that is using the power of bringing people together to help keep families in their homes after foreclosure. The work is and on-going multimedia mix of audio and still images produced by Kelly in conjunction with the City Life/Vida Urbana and the Bank Tenant Association.
"I had started hearing about City Life eviction blockades from other folks who were attending and was just overwhelmed with the human side of the story," Kelly says. And so tell that story is just what she did. We're glad to see those Salt storytelling instincts in full force! Congrats on the great work, Kelly! Check out the project in it's entirety here, and find out what else Kelly's been up to at www.kellycreedon.com
Salt and Creative Nonfiction announce a writing contest >>
10.12.10 >> For the first time ever, we're collaborating with Creative Nonfiction and co-sponsoring a writing contest with a $5,000 1st prize! We are seeking essays inspired by the theme The Night.
Essays must be vivid and dramatic; they should combine a strong and compelling narrative with a significant element of research or information, and reach for some universal or deeper meaning in personal experiences. We're looking for well-written prose, rich with detail and a distinctive voice.
Best Essay will be awarded $5,000 plus publication in the Summer 2011 issue of Creative Nonfiction magazine. One runner-up will receive $2,500 plus publication online at creativenonfiction.org. For accepted applicants, contest awards can also be used directly towards Salt tuition.
GUIDELINES: Essays must be unpublished, 4,000 words maximum, postmarked by January 10, 2011, and clearly marked "The Night" on both the essay and the outside of the envelope. Author's name and contact information should appear in a cover letter, but not on the manuscript itself. There is a $20 reading fee (or send a reading fee of $25 to include a 4-issue CNF subscription); multiple entries are welcome ($20/essay) as are entries from outside the U.S. (though subscription shipping costs do apply). Please send manuscript, accompanied by a cover letter with complete contact information including the title of the essay, SASE and payment to:
Creative Nonfiction
Attn: The Night
5501 Walnut Street, Suite 202
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
We can't wait to see what you come up with!
Salt Alum wins at Third Coast >>
10.08.10 >> We're excited to announce that Salt alum Shea Shackelford won one of nine Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition awards at this year's Third Coast Audio Festival for his collaborative piece This Can Go On Forever produced with Virginia Millington. Hear an excerpt from of this winning piece here. Wonderful, wonderful work. Congrats Shea!
ABOUT THE PIECE: Eighteen years after Carol gave up her son for adoption, she still believed they would meet again. She never changed her name and she never moved away. She wanted to be right where he could find her. It was produced in 2009 for the DC Listening Lounge. [ total running time: 10:25 ]
An alum talks about what it's like to build Visura Magazine >> 10.06.10 >> Few of us know what it would be like to work with a spouse on a day to day basis, especially on something as personal and creative as their baby, Visura Magazine and fotovisura. A Salt photography alum Graham Letourney and his wife Adriana Teresa talk with blogger Miss Rosen about their experiences building such a unique and compelling online space for photography. Thanks guys for sharing! READ THE CONVERSATION WITH GRAHAM AND ADRIANA HERE.
Alum Keith Lane publishes work from Haiti >>
10.04.10 >> Recently back from a productive trip to Haiti, documentary photographer (and Salt alum) Keith Lane publishes his work in the Christian Science Monitor online. His photoessay, Haiti: Art after the earthquake shares a hopeful glimpse of Haiti today by following students at FOSAJ, a tuition-free art school in Jacmel. Congrats, Keith!
To see lots more of Keith's work, go to his WEBSITE www.keithlanephotography.com to see his portfolio & to his PHOTOBLOG www.keithlanephotoblog.com to see his day to day "field notes", as he calls them.
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Keith Lane is a freelance photographer and multimedia producer currently based in Washington, DC. He began his photography career in Southeast Asia working on a variety of health, education, and public policy projects for local and international NGOs.
Writing alum Maura Ewing featured in Downeast Magazine >>
09.23.10 >> We are excited to share that one of recent alum Maura Ewing's Salt projects, as well as her photographs, appear in the October edition of Downeast Magazine. Wonderful work, Maura! So, settle in and read The Tooth Angels for yourself here.
Salt is NOW HIRING! >>
08.20.10 >> This just in... We are currently looking to hire our first Director of Educational Programming to join the Salt family. If you are have experience in and are enthusiastic about education and are a positive team player with a relentless work effort, then READ THE JOB POSTING HERE.
The job is also listed at Jobs in ME, Craigslist, Boston Globe online, Monster.com (Boston), Boston.com, and Maine Association for NonProfits. If you have any questions (after reading the postings), you may email jobs@salt.edu, attn: Donna Galluzzo.
Exhibit at Maine State Museum shows work by Salt alums >>
07.31.10 >> On April 15, 2010, long-time Stinson Seafood employees (from left to right) Nancy Harrington, Lela Anderson, and Mytress Harrington, packed the last three sardine cans processed in America. These three cans, other objects and photographs, and documentary videos related to Stinson's and the herring fishery are featured in the Maine State Museum's newest exhibit, End of the Line: America's Last Sardine Cannery, will be on view through September 4, 2010.
The exhibit, located in the museum's lobby, also features two videos showing excerpts from The Sardine Show, produced by the University of Maine Television Services for the Maine Sardine Council in the 1980s, and Canned, a documentary of the last days at Stinson Seafood by Salt radio alum J Holt and Salt writing alum Madeleine Pryor. Congrats, Salties!
Student work finds a home in The Bollard >>
07.10.10 >> We're proud to share that our very own Salt writing alum Emma Deans has published her Salt piece about Libbytown, entitled Welcome to Nowhere:
Reconnecting an amputated neighborhood in a local paper, The Bollard. To read Emma's piece, Click HERE! Nice Work, Emma!
Salt alum publishes his first book >>
06.04.10 >> This is the best kind of news. We're truly excited to announce the release of White Horses by Doug Milliken, the first book by our very own Salt writing alum, published by NaDa Publishing.
In Doug's own words, the book "is a (for lack of a better, more succinct term) collection of interconnected short stories (or, alternately, a piece-meal collage novella) about a man who can't tell his dreams and memories from his present-tense reality, countered by the shattered, lonesome life his wife leads in his semi-absence. A real wellspring of good-times and cheer! C'mon, what'd you expect me to write? This might be the closest thing to a beach book anyone's likely to get out of me." Ha! Thanks Doug. We'll definitely excited to give it a read for ourselves. BIG Congratulations!
Alum wins 1st place for Social Issues reporting in Oregon >>
05.28.10 >> Last Saturday, the Oregon chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists held their annual award banquet ceremony, and alum Amanda Waldroupe was awarded 1st Place in Social Issues reporting (in the circulation under 8,000 category) for the story she wrote about the resurgence of heroin in Portland, Oregon.
To read Amanda's award-winning piece, Click HERE!
In reflecting on writing this acclaimed piece, Amanda tells us that "the skills I learned at Salt to gain access, observe a subject, and then tell his story ethically and with compassion and creativity were at the fore of the entire reporting process for this story. And what [the award] proves to me that I'm well on my way to becoming a good journalist, and a good storyteller."
From where we sit, Amanda, looks like you're already there! Well done.
Alum Bryan Thomas wins 1st Place in PDN.edu
03.26.10 >> A big congratulations to our very own Bryan Thomas for a 1st place win in the Photojournalism/Documentary category for the PDN.edu student contest. Winning images posted by PDN any minute now. Check it now!
CLICK HERE to check out Bryan's portfolio and HERE to keep tabs via his photoblog.
Salt on Vimeo! >>
03.26.10 >> Check out our new channel on Vimeo. Stay tuned! Lots more student multimedia projects and interviews to come! And, pass it along, wouldya?
Photo Workshops with Thatcher Cook >>
02.16.10 >> Documentary Photographer and Salt board member Thatcher Cook has traveled around the world doing beautiful work for countless NGOs. If you're looking to learn what he knows, check out one of his workshops. There are still a few spots left! For more information, visit: www.winterground.org
Darjeeling Tea Plantation Workshop Location: Darjeeling, India
March 26 - April 6, 2010 & August 7-17, 2010
Andalucia, Spain and Morocco Location: Spain and Morocco
May 7, 2010 - May 20, 2010
Poetic Storytelling Location: Maine Media Workshops - Rockport, Maine
July 11-17, 2010
Field Techniques for Documentary Photographers Location: Maine Media Workshops - Rockport, Maine
September 12-18, 2010
Our own Patty Wight on NPR! >>
02.14.10 >> LISTEN UP! Salt radio instructor Patty Wight shows her skills on NPR's Sunday Edition with a Valentine's piece about the holiday's new and improved? hearts.
Here it HERE.
Salties named Portland's Most Influential...
02.12.10 >> Portland Phoenix names Portland's most influential people. Our own fearless leader Donna Galluzzo made the list, as well as board member Bill Nemitz, former writing instructor Colin Woodard, and alum Tavia Gilbert! hollah. Salt in the house.
LOOKIE HERE.
ELYSSA EAST, AUTHOR OF DOGTOWN, TO VISIT SALT
02.04.10 >> FEBRUARY 12 // 7pm: We're proud and excited to welcome one of our very own, alum Elyssa East, for an evening of storytelling. Her first book, Dogtown: Death and Enchantment in a New England Ghost Town , East weaves the story of a grisly murder with the mysterious history of a 3,000-acre woodland ghost town in Glouster, Massachussetts, investigating the possibility that certain landscapes wield their own unique power.
Chosen as the Editors' Choice Selection for The New York Times Sunday Book Review , Lisa Scottoline says Dogtown is "a true crime story, and art appreciate course, and an American history lesson stitched together, and it succeeds at all three."
Please join us for what's sure to be a night of mystery and intrigue, replete with a reading and book signing by the author. LEARN MORE >>
Alum Cheryl Rau is featured on SocialDocumentary.net >>
02.01.10 >> Check out her piece illustrating the life of a Hospice worker in Still Listening. Congrats Cheryl!
Photography alum Graham Letorney curates a new column on NPR.org >>
02.01.10 >> When Salt alum Graham Letorney landed an internship gig in multimedia at NPR, we couldn't wait to see what would happen. Check out The Picture Show, a new column curated by Graham that shares 100 words on photography. Nice work!
Maine Jewish Film Festival at Salt! >>
01.26.10 >> We're excited to announce the inaugural collaboration between Salt and the Maine Jewish Film Festival for 2010. CLICK HERE for dates and times.
$5,000 Tuition Scholarship Competition due March 15th >> 01.25.10 >> Open to all Salt Early Decision applicants! If you're the kind of storyteller who never quite fits competition guidelines, then this is the contest for you. The rules are few and the possibilities are endless. What we're looking for is the best story you know, told the most interesting way possible. No idea is too extreme or format too unique.
Come on, get creative, and you could win $5000 toward the fall 2010 Salt semester. Learn More.
Upcoming Exhibit: Noah Addis >>
01.24.10 >> OPENING: March 5th // 5-8 Award Winning photojournalist, documentary photographer, and Salt alum Noah Addis returns to Salt for the opening of a solo exhibition entitled Sempre Jardim Edite: The Story of a Lost Neighborhood in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
His 15-year career has taken him around the world and his work has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, US News & World Report, among others on everything from Christianity in Africa to the war in Iraq. His work is represented by Corbis in New York.
We're proud to welcome Noah and his beautiful work. Join us during Portland's First Friday Art Walk March for an opening reception on March 5th from 5-8 pm to celebrate both.
Learn More about Sempre Jardim Edite.
Salt alum Maisie Crow takes Runner-Up at College Photographer of the Year >>
12.15.09 >> Winning with a stunning portfolio of both color and black and white images from some of the most powerful stories we have seen, Maisie takes Runner-Up in the College Photographer of the Year competition and a Silver in the Portfolio competition. We always knew our very own Maisie was talented and now the rest of the world does too. Congratulations Maisie! We couldn't be more proud.
To see more of Maisie's work, check out her website: www.maisiecrow.com We're also big fans of her multimedia work that you can check out there too.
Salt Radio Alumn To Recieve Third Coast Award >> 10.07.09 >> Gregory Warner's "Fidele Musafiri, Miner," the story of a coltan miner in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is one of nine winning audio documentaries selected from over 200 entries. Warner's piece, part of Homelands Production's Working series, first aired on Marketplace in November, 2008. The 2009 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition awards ceremony will be held October 23, in Chicago. Listen to Fidele Musaifiri, Miner
Salt Alumnus on NPR's Morning Edition >> 10.05.09 >> Salt's own Zoe Chace (Fall '07) attended the premiere of Drew Barrymore's roller derby film "Whip It" with real-life derby girls, the Mason-Dixon Vixens. Listen Here
Join us September 17th @ 7pm for Do1Thing: An evening with the creators
09.10.09 >> Here from co-creator Najlah Feanny Hicks, view some powerful Do1Thing.org multimedia work, buy a print or two, donate some much-needed items to Preble Street Teen Center, AND be among the first to premiere LULU'S STORY, multimedia collaboration between Salt radio alum Suzi Piker and photographer and Director of Photography for Do1Thing Alexandra Daley-Clark. Learn More >>
UPcoming Exhibit >>Do1Thing.org
07.28.09 >> do1thing.org is a collaborative effort by award-winning photographers, journalists, editors, designers, writers, and who have come to together for one mission: To use the power of storytelling to shine an "ongoing" light into the many dark places that affect our most vulnerable children and teens.This exhibit showcases the powerful photographs and stories of young around the country battling homelessness.
Join us August 7th for the opening night of this exhibit and Portland's 1st Friday Art Walk!
LEARN MORE >> do1thing.org
Darjeeling Tea and Dumping Party
07.02.09 >> Please join Human Rights photographer Thatcher Cook and students of his Darjeeling India workshop on July 11th from 6-9 PM for the first ever Darjeeling Tea and Dumping Party. The event is hosted by the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies in Portland, Maine and will include a silent auction of both color and black and white prints shot on assignment in the tea plantations of North East India.
For a small donation of five dollars, you can browse and bid on fine art prints while sampling authentic Darjeeling tea and momos (Indian dumplings). All proceeds from this event will go towards expanding educational opportunities for the children of Kalej Valley, a remote tea plantation community near Darjeeling, India. This event will be the first of several school fundraisers around the country. For further details on this event please contact Thatcher Cook at thatcher@thatchercook.com.
spring '09 radio salties on the air >>
05.21.09 >> Two Salt Radio students Erin Calabria and Willa Kammerer were broadcast this week. Calabria's "Fifty-four Years" follows a mother and son finding each other after Maine opened birth records for adoptees this past January.
Kammerer's "A Fresh Catch" follows the community of Port Clyde and their approach to sustainable groundfishing.
Salt Alum to run weekend workshop 05.11.09 >> Alum Danielle Connor from last semester, is teaching a weekend workshop on Chebeague Island entitled "Create the Life You Want: Holistic Goal Toolbox Workshop". "Holistic decision-making offers us the tools we need to make decisions that move us toward that which we truly desire..." To learn more go to Holistic Goal Workshop
Salt hosts Creative Conversations >>
05.04.09 >> Salt hosts a meeting focusing on resources available to artists who are interested in using technology to market and promote their work. Join us for a discussion about these options moderated by MECA's Jessica Tomlinson.
Creative Conversations is a way to connect creative individuals: to each other, to organizations, to information, to opportunities. The May 11th Creative Conversations is a networking event for artists and other members of the creative community.
Doors open at 6:30 & conversation starts at 7 pm.
This event is sponsored by Portland Arts & Cultural Alliance
overlap: multimedia collaboration >>
05.04.09 >> Drummers. Rollerskaters. An Air Guitar Champion. Salt Life.
Salties do a lot of extra work! Much of this is done in collaboration with students from other tracks, and in mediums they've never used before. Come see what happens when radio, photography, and writing worlds collide. Come see the overlap!
May 12 from 5 to 8 at Salt
Salt hosts the 2009 unbuilt architecture awards >> 05.04.09 >> This award ceremony is for unbuilt architectural designs of any project type including purely theoretical projects and unbuilt client-sponsored projects. There are no geographical or other restrictions on the individuals, teams, firms or institutions and there are no restrictions on the presumed or imagined location of projects. The intent is to invite unbuilt work by practicing design professionals, design educators and design students throughout the world.
Join us May 14th from 6 to 9 at Salt.
This event is sponsored by Portland Society of Architects.
inside out there >>
05.04.09 >> Join us May 21st from 5 to 8 for Salt's Salt's Spring 2009 Graduate Exhibit, inside out there. Maine stories in radio, writing, and photography, featuring...
<< Alex Malmude :: Alix Blair :: Amanda Waldroupe :: Anna Schechter :: Autumn Caviness :: Briget Ganske :: Bryan Thomas :: Caitlin McDonnell :: Casey Atkins :: Catherine Spangler :: Caty Enders :: Cheryl Rau :: Claire Harbage :: Dan Gordon :: Denise Sears :: Erin Calabria :: Jess Sheldon :: Julia King :: Karin Brown :: Katie Fuller :: Keith Lane :: Mimi Schiffman :: Molly Graham :: Natalie Jablonski :: Rebeca Beeman :: Rob Korobkin :: Samuel Allison :: Sarah Danson :: Shane Perry :: Willa Kammerer >>
radio Alum josie holtzman debuts first national broadcast >>
05.02.09 >> Josie Holtzman, Salt Radio grad of Fall 2008, debuts with her first nationally broadcast radio piece on Studio 360. Her piece is about a traveling art exhibit regarding the Iraq War called It is What It Is.
Name and image chosen for the May 21 Salt opening 04.21.09 >> Students and faculty gathered in Salt's Red Room last Tuesday, April 21 and chose the name and image for their gallery showing on Thursday, May 21 (be there!) Students voted overnight for the show's image, and an image from photo student Briget Ganske's essay on bee keeping was chosen. After some heated discussion, talking over each other, debating what best captured the documentary spirit of our semester-long pursuits, trying to raise hands and be polite, and voting, the show title was determined: inside out there. There you have it. inside out there. Thursday, May 21. Bee keeping, stand up comedy, roller skating, alien abductions, and more--and all Maine stories. We hope you will join us!
Salt Alum Jamie Yuenger on WNYC! >>
04.20.09 >> Salt alum Jamie Yuenger excitedly listens to her radio piece on WNYC about Beekeepers in Brooklyn.
Unless you were up at 9:30am in New York with Jamie, you'll want to LISTEN HERE to "Clandestine Beekeeping in NYC".
Local newspaper and magazine editors visit Salt's writing class>> 04.17.09 >> For the last ten weeks, local newspaper and magazine editors have been dropping by in Salt's writing class to share their knowledge and tips for the writing students. Friday, April 17 marked the final visit with the Portland Phoenix's managing editor Jeff Inglis. Other visitors included Chris Busby, the editor of the Bollard; Paul Doiron, the editor of Down East Magazine, Nancy Heiser, managing editor of Port City Life and David Tyler, the editor of the The Working Waterfront and the The Island Journal While some stuck to their lecture outline and talking points, some editors had some interesting stories to tell about the lengths they are willing to go to for the story. During his visit, Busby regailed the class with an entertaining story about digging through people's trash while reporting "Chasing Chellie". It also got students thinking about the ethical implications of doing similar stuff for their own stories. While all editors answered questions about the particulars of their publication, they also fielded any and all questions students had about the fate of journalism, freelancing, how to find and report stories, and rank gossip about Portland's journalism scene. Students also had the opportunity to pitch for publication the 1,000 and 3,000-word stories they have been working on all semester. "It was great to meeting these people face to face outside of their offices, and actually hash out our stories with people who do this for a living in the real world," says Katie Fuller, a current writing student.
Salt enjoys a visit from the Bureau for International Reporting >> 04.17.09 >> During an all class "Brown Bag Lunch", students spent time with Kira Kay and Jason Maloney from The Bureau of International Reporting talking about social documentary video work for television in far away and underrepresented places. Thanks BIR! It was great to have you here.
The BIR says "We are a non profit 501(c)(3) video news production company dedicated to offering affordable coverage of overlooked international news stories to American news providers - and hence the underserved American public."
Learn More >> www.thebir.org
Salt Instructor Colin Woodard wins Best Author in Portland >> 04.16.09 >> Congrats Colin! Check it out! >>
Salt Alums teach workshop at the Telling Room >> 04.16.09 >> Radio veterans Jones Franzel and Erin Mishkin warm up the Portland's Telling Room with a workshop called "Sounds Like... Using Noise, Sound Effects, and Music to Write Stories". LEARN MORE >>
Salt writing instructor Colin Woodard reports on Turks and Caicos 04.06.09 >> You never know where your going to find a story. Or how drunk you might be when you find it. While on a fancy resort somewhere on the Caribbean's Turks and Caicos giving a lecture on his book The Republic of Pirates and sipping rum, Salt writing instructor Colin Woodard dug into the recent resignation of Turks and Caicos Prime Minister Michael Misick. Misick resigned amidst a corruption investigation. The British government has suspended the constitution and imposed direct rule over the island. Woodard's story was published today for The Christian Science Monitor Christian Science Monitor. You can also read more of Woodard's stories at http://colinwoodard.blogspot.com
Opening Night for futurepast >>
04.01.09 >> Salt host photography exhibit, "futurepast". Opening night is Friday April 3rd from 5 till 8pm. Featuring current photographs and works from the archives by Salt alums Alex Cohn, Andres Gonzalez, Kiersten Hanna, David Y. Lee, and Holly Wilmeth. The exhibit is on display till May 15th.
Malaga Island exhibit's February 27 opening>>
03.26.09 >> "Malaga Island: A Story Best Left Untold," a collaborative radio documentary and photo essay by Salt teachers Rob Rosenthal and Kate Philbrick opened at Salt on February 27, and drew well over 60 people, including descendants of Malaga residents, to the Salt gallery.
Rosenthal's hour-long documentary and Philbrick's present-day photographs and constructed imagery of historical documents tell the story of how the residents of Malaga Island, a small island near Phippsburg, Maine, were evicted from their homes in 1912.
After a presentation of Rosenthal's documentary, a guest panel of descendants, Portland Press Herald columnist and Salt board member Bill Nemitz, and members of Maine's African-American community led a discussion of Malaga Island and the effects the eviction has today.
For more information about Malaga Island and the exhibit, please visit www.malagaislandmaine.org.
Congrats to Kate and Rob for their hard work over the course of two years to tell this story.
Salt Radio at Union Docs is Success >>
03.15.09 >> NYC --- UnionDocs host... Once Upon a Time in Maine: Radio Stories from the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. The event was a "tremendous success" exclaims Josh Gleason, the show's curator and Salt Radio Alum. Over 60 people filled the seats, floor, and hallway to listen to selected Salt radio pieces. Following the presentation the crowd engaged in a Q/A session and open discussion of the Salt radio pieces. According to Operations Manager, Amber Cortes, the show was UnionDocs "best ever attendance" for an audio event. This is the first of hopefully many future collaborations between Salt and UnionDocs.
pics of the event can be seen here
Photo Students Do 1 Thing >>
03.01.09 >> In the Salt photo track I require my students to write about their field experiences during the semester. Feb 14, 2009 was their first required blog entry >>>
Here are a few excerpts from student field notes about the Do1Thing project...
Read the rest of the article at:
DO 1 THING.ORG
Salt alum walks across America >> 01.09.09 >> What first started as a trek across Massachussetts to collect messages for incoming governor Deval Patrick, turned into something much bigger. Where in the world is BJ Hill? Find out here... And tune in when he's feature on Radio Boston.
Radio alum Jessica Alpert airs new work on Day to Day >> 01.01.09 >> NPR's Day to Day showcased new work on January 1st, 2009 by our very own Jessica Alpert. "Preaching the Gospel of Good Sex" is a story about Pastor Carnell Borden. Borden is changing the minds of conservative Christians about a topic usually kept behind closed doors. He says sex is good and God said so. Carnell and his wife don't just praise the act, they help other loving and devout Christians spice up their bedrooms through ThePureBed.com. This is Jessica's second piece to run on Day to Day [ the first being one a Salt piece: listen here ].
Salt Alums Unite...on Facebook >> 12.31.08 >> If you want to find a long lost Salt friend, or meet a kindred spirit in a new city...look for "Salt Alums Unite" on Facebook or, if you're have an account, go straight there from this link. Soon you'll also be able to become a hard core groupie and Salt fan on our very own Facebook page, so stay tuned. We're getting so high tech. Even better? Post your work, website, and info soon the alumni section of this very website. seriously. too cool.
Salt radio and photo work featured on NPR! >>
12.26.08 >> Salt alum Erin Davis wrote to us with good news! "I hope you are having a warm and cozy holiday. I'm so happy to write that Except Me, the autism piece, is scheduled to air on All Things Considered on Monday December 29th. I'd love for you to keep your ears open for it."
Photographsby fellow Salt alum and collaborator Erica Burkhart are also featured on NPR's website along with Erin's audio piece. Nice work, you two.
Spring 2009 Scholarship Winners Announced! >> 11.12.08 >> Each semester, we offer Salt applicants the opportunity to apply to win scholarship towards their Salt tuition by submitting their portfolios for competition review. Every year, we have a bevy of deserved winners. This year's group takes home a $3000 prize applied to their spring tuition. Congratulations to our spring 2009 winners: Autumn Caviness, Katie Fuller, and Emily Anderson!
Radio// Autumn Caviness >> Autumn teaches her students "to pay attention to their intrapersonal communication - the communication within that speaks to their passion - [and to explore] life's avenues and pathways, which make them feel as if they have come home." We hope to welcome you home, Autumn, and cannot wait to hear that urban beat, that passion that keeps you up at night.
Writing// Katie Fuller >> Katie's innate curiosity drives her to wonder about the homeless man she passes on her way to work, the Methodist pastor and his parishioners down the street from her apartment, and the man selling hot dogs day after day at his landmark hot dog stand. It has driven her as far as South Africa and Russia and as close as her own front porch and family's history. Now it drives her to Salt where she hopes to continue to "scratch the gritty surface of the world around her."
Photography// Emily Anderson >> Growing up in France in an American family meant that freelance photographer, Emily had to navigate between two cultures. As a result, she developed a keen sense of observation and a desire "to experience the diversity of our world." She has since traveled extensively, camera in hand, and comes to Salt to join "a photography community" where she "can give [her] undivided attention to developing a more deliberate photographic practice and to listening more carefully to [her] life and the lives of the people around [her]."
Salt Alums win at THIRD COAST! >>
10.17.08 >> Chicago Public Radio created The Third Coast International Audio Festival in 2000 to highlight the great audio documentary work of all styles. This year two of our alums took home awards! Spring 2008 alum Erin Davis won BEST NEW ARTIST for a piece called Except Me that she produced as part of her Salt work while a radio student last spring. Alum Melissa Robbins who spent fall 2003 at Salt took home the SILVER AWARD for BEST DOCUMENTARY for her piece entitled Growing Up in the System. Meet Erin and Melissa and hear their work here. Congratulations Erin and Melissa! We're so proud!
Greendrinks at Salt was a jolly good green time.
10.16.08 >> Thanks to Elliot May of Portland Greendrinks and all the happy staff of Switch/Maine Today, our first Salt house warming was a good time. With lots of fabulous donations from local purveyors, music by our very own Salty, and great, green conversation -- we deem this first of many Salt open house endeavors a success. Want more?
Portland Greendrinks at Salt! >> 10.11.08 >> TUESDAY // OCTOBER 14th // 5:30-8 >> We're finally warming up our new space by opening our doors Portland Greendrinks for their monthly gathering! Cohosted by MaineToday and Switch, all environmentally minded folks are invited to come check out our new home and gather for some yummy fall treats and great conversation. If you haven't heard of Greendrinks before, check out their website or just come check out the event! All are welcome. A special thanks to student Jud Esty-Kendall for djaying the music, Hansel's Orchard in North Yarmouth for the apples, Thompson's Orchard for the cider, Coffee By Design, the Green Elephant, and Peak Organic for the tasty organic beer.
We've Moved >>
08.18.08 >> In case you haven't heard, Salt has a new place to call home: 561 Congress Street. In the heart of Portland's Downtown Arts District, our new 7,000 square foot, first floor space is being redesigned from the floor up. Both Zachau Construction of Freeport and architects and designers at SMRT of Portland have created a space crafted especially for the unique needs of both our students and our supportive community of artists and documentary lovers. In addition to creative classrooms and beautiful staff offices, we will soon complete construction on a 50-seat auditorium/movie theater/lecture hall with a spacious adjoining gallery space. Beyond all the fabulous functional aspects that we've considered, architectural details, green design, and handicap accessibility have been essential guiding factors in the creation of our new spot. Our hope is that the new Salt home is not only a great place to learn, but also an exciting place for community events that center around Salt's driving force: great documentary work. Once we're up and running in September, stop by and see us!
See photos learn more!
New Look // Same Salt >>
08.16.08 >> Welcome to our new website! The masterminds at Slickfish Studios and Yellahoose are responsible for the complete overhaul of our website and a brand spanking new database. They've been essential in helping us find new ways to showcase the great work of our students and to better communicate what we're all about to the rest of the world. This site also launches a new look for Salt - one that we hope compliments the kind of gritty, in-depth, and relevant stories our students tackle every semester, documents our current metamorphosis, and represents the essence of who we are and have always been. While our home, our tools (yeah for digital photography!), and our look have changed - our mission remains the same: to educate promote documentary storytellers.
www.slickfishstudios.com
www.yellahoose.com
Meet our Tuition Scholarship Competition Winners! >> 08.16.08 >> Each semester, we offer Salt applicants the opportunity to apply to win $3000 towards their Salt tuition by submitting their portfolios for competition review. Every year, we have a bevy of deserved winners. Congratulations to our fall 2008 winners: Sarah Jessee, Isaac Kestenbaum, and Heather Noonan!
Radio// Sarah Jessee "Having been lonely in my own radio endeavors for so long, I'm ready to come to Salt, to find my community," Sarah told us. As co-anchor of the Saturday Evening News at Pacifica radio's KPFA, Sarah Jessee knows a thing or two about breaking news and deadlines. Now she's ready to slow down, make connections, and build confidence and has chosen Salt as the place to do this because she feels our program "is not about making yourself heard-it's about listening." We're so excited to welcome Sarah into our Salt family.
Writing// Isaac Kestenbaum Issac had been writing for the Portland Press Herald for almost a year when he applied to Salt. After many months focused on daily reporting, he looks forward to immersing himself entirely in a story, and believes that Salt can "show him the difference between reporting and writing, between filing a story and telling a story." You betcha.
Photography// Heather Noonan While earning a BA in Photography from the University of the Arts, Heather Noonan's studio work received praise for being "creative and surprising with excellent composition and a strong point of view." But Heather is also drawn to telling stories visually and chose Salt because it offers "an environment where everyone is working in the documentary style." Just wait until you get here Heather!
Salt receives $25,000 grant! > 08.15.08 >> Thank you to the Quimby Family Foundation for the generous support of our general operating budget. This wonderful foundation is committed to "increasing access to the arts throughout Maine" and "fosters an active, vibrant, and successful art community". We will most certainly put this money to great use in helping the Quimby Foundation reach their goals.
Announcing Salt's new Mildred H. McEvoy Memorial Archive > 08.15.08 >> Our new space at 561 Congress is now home to the Mildred H. McEvoy Memorial Archive, generously funded by the Mildred H. McEvoy Foundation. Full of thousands of negatives, countless hours of interviews, as well as the final products of over 700 students' hard work, this archive holds dearly the stories of countless Mainers over the last 35 years. We are honored to continue to preserve these stories in Mildred's name and will do so for many years to come with the kind support of her foundation. Learn more.
See what some of our ALUMS are up to > 08.01.08 >> See Jodie Goodnough's work on Vewd
Anna Hamilton lands an internship with AIR AMERICA
Gretta Cohn interns at Studio 360 this fall
View multimedia piece "25 Years of Mark's Hot Dogs"by alums Kelly Creedon+Annie Larmon
Congrats to Salt alums Zoe Chace (Executive Producer) and Ariel Kitch (Associate Producer/Designer) who helped create NPR's Intern Edition radio show
November 3rd // 7pm, doors open at 6pm // Tickets are $6, all proceeds benefit Salt
Join us in screening the new documentary film about the politically charged battle over same sex marriage at the polls last year in Maine. After the film, we will host a panel discussion and Q&A with the filmmakers and Darlene Huntress, a community member who worked for No on 1 and was featured in the film.
WHERE? Cinemagic Grand in Clark's Pond : 333 Clarks Pond Parkway, South Portland, ME
All concessions available, including wine and beer. You must have ID to purchase alcohol. Doors open at 6pm.
Tickets MUST be purchased in advance. BUY THEM HERE TODAY!
For more info, visit: http://www.q1-themovie.com/ OR find them on FACEBOOK
"I am thrilled and honored to come on as part of the new Salt team. I'm sure it will be one of the most exciting and gratifying years of my life," says Shetterly.
And we're equally as excited as well. Salt Board Trustee and Documentary Filmmaker Gary Robinov says it best, "Caitlin is not only an accomplished author, but she also brings her skills as a frequent contributor to NPR and as the Artistic Director of the Winter Harbor Theatre -- thus providing the students at Salt a unique opportunity and understanding of real world experience across a multitude of media."
Welcome Caitlin! We're so happy to have you. READ CAITLIN'S FULL BIO HERE.
As our curriculum evolves and grows, we want to share with you are exciting progress. So check back here and on our Facebook page for future updates. Or if you'd like to join our mailing list to always be in the loop, please email Caitlin Allen at callen@salt.edu.
"I'm thrilled to have the opportunity to teach at Salt. Although I wasn't a student myself, Salt's reputation speaks for itself. The graduates working in radio are passionate, creative professionals, and many of them have told me that Salt was a transformative experience in their career," Michael says. I'm particularly looking forward to working in such a collaborative environment, sharing my own philosophy on producing intimate and surprising radio documentaries, and learning from the exceptional students that Salt attracts."
All of these wonderful new additions bring a variety of experience and unique skills to the table and are passionate about educating the next generation of Salt storytellers. After recently losing our four-person faculty team for a variety of personal reasons, we could not be more optimistic about the way this new team of enthusiastic and seasoned storytellers is coming together.
One member of the Salt family, NPR Northeast Bureau Chief and Salt Board Trustee Andrea de Leon is particularly encouraged by the news. "You can already find Salt graduates at NPR, Marketplace, Story Corps, RadioLab, This American Life and working for most of the other top producers of stories for the public radio audience," says DeLeon. "Adding an instructor of Michael's caliber and national reputation will make a Salt education even more valuable for students who want to break into the field."
Welcome to Salt, Michael! We're so happy to have you here. READ MICHAEL'S FULL BIO HERE.
So, could it get any better than this? Yes, yes it could... when we hire the rest of the team! Stay tuned for details here, on our Facebook page OR if you'd like to join our mailing list to always be in the loop, please email Caitlin Allen at callen@salt.edu.
Both alums bring a variety of experience and unique skills to the table and are particularly passionate about taking the time to give back by focusing their attention on the next generation of media makers. Interestly enough, Andres and Christine met in Portland ten years ago, attending Salt in back to back semesters as photography students, randomly meeting as roomates. They continued to follow parallel paths as classmates in graduate school at Ohio University's School of Visual Communication. From there, their paths diverged and each has had several years of diverse experiences and wonderful influence on the documentary world in a variety of ways. Reunited in a true 360-degree moment, the two are excited to return to Salt, bringing their love of the work and potential growth of up and coming artists with them.
Here's what our Executive Director Donna Galluzzo has to say about our new additions: "As an educational institution, it's our greatest hope that we would graduate students who would be able to come back to Salt and give back to the program in the most creative and impactful way possible, by teaching here. Christine and Andres both bring a host of ideas and more than ten years of professional experiences, worldwide, that will infuse the curriculum in ways that we couldn't have imagined. Our fall students undoubtedly will have one of the most exciting educational experiences of their lives."
Lots of excitement in the air at 561 Congress, but this opportunity means more than just a new job to these two. "My Salt experience opened me up to the world in a way I didn't know was possible," says Andres "and I'm unbelievably excited to gift that forward after ten years. Salt students are a unique breed, and I really look forward to reconnecting with them as a teacher, to inspire, and be inspired by the process of grinding through documentary work."
After being involved with Salt for many years now, Christine is looking forward to being on the teaching side of things. "I'm thrilled to play a key role in the development of Salt's ever-evolving curriculum," says Christine "to explore with my students all the options and opportunities this multimedia world of has to offer, all the while keeping the tenents of documentary work that I learned as a Salt student ten years ago close to the chest, compromising nothing in the realm of ethical storytelling. For me, the foundation of teaching rests in nurturing students' talents and motivating them to put forth their best work possible, regardless of the medium. I am just excited by the endless possibilities. This is such a unique time for journalists of all kinds and I am happy to see Salt begin to truly navigate these 21st century waters."
READ FULL BIOS FOR ANDRES AND CHRISTINE HERE.
So, could it get any better than this? Yes, yes it could... when we hire the rest of the team! Stay tuned for details here, on our Facebook page OR if you'd like to join our mailing list to always be in the loop, please email Caitlin Allen at callen@salt.edu.
Alum plays large role in upcoming documentary film >> 04.22.11 >> We are excited to hear that Beth Leonard one of our alums has played a large role in the upcoming documentary film A Second Knock at the Door as Line Producer and Assistant Director. This powerful film explores the truth behind military deaths due to friendly fire and what is reported to the soldier's family. The film is a follow up to a graduate thesis by Chris Grimes while at Northwestern University's school of Public Policy & Administration. According to the film's website, "this documentary will not only explore each incident, but more importantly tell the unique stories of these courageous men from across America's vast landscape."
CONGRATULATIONS BETH! Wonderful work.
To learn more about this film and how you can support it, visit:
www.asecondknockatthedoor.com
WE SHALL NOT BE MOVED:
Stories from the grassroots struggle against foreclosure
by Kelly Creedon
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, February 19, 4-7 pm
Program begins at 5 pm
ON VIEW: February 19-25; call or email to schedule a visit.
WHERE:
The Great Hall in Codman Square, 6 Norfolk Street, Dorchester, MA 02124
For more info >> Email Kelly | www.weshallnotbemoved.net | www.kellycreedon.com
Photography and writing alums publish their Salt work >> 01.22.11 >> This just in... Once again we're excited to see the work of our students making into real world publications. Congratulations to writer Anne Hoffman and photographer Aria Curtis for publishing their collaborative project on immigrations rights in two of our favorite local publications. Please check them out for yourself: The Forecaster & The Portland Phoenix
Radio alums report on Afghanistan >> 01.21.11 >> Please take some time and soak up the audio work two Salt alums, Jesse Dukes and Shea Shackelford, contributed to the collaborative multimedia experience Assignment Afghanistan --- the project of writer/photographer Elliot Woods. What a wonderful website and certainly worth your time.
Salt student publishes work in the Forecaster >> 12.07.10 >> We're so happy to see more and more student work making its way out of the classroom and into a variety of publications. Check out the latest piece The day the music died: Business as usual on Portland's Munjoy Hill by Salt writing student David Bersell. David wrote about the closing of North Star Cafe in Portland while at Salt and it was published this week by The Forecaster.
If you want learn more about Jacqui and the project, check out this interview in The Stranger where she tells us that she doesn't even consider herself an activist. See there, we can all do something. First things first: write your principal. And then spread the word. Nice work, Jacqui!
Radio alum produces video for the NEA >> 11.10.10 >> While working for the National Endowment for the Arts, Adam Kampe, a Salt radio alum who says he's "still in love with audio", tries his hand at video. Really nice work, first time or not! Congrats. Watch this video portrait of mixed-media artist Mike Weber by Adam: Dipped in Glass: Breathing Life Back into Vintage Photographs
Portland Press Herald Reviews Impressions >> 11.08.10 >> We are so excited to get the attention Bob Keyes and the Portland Press Herald for our current exhibit Impressions by Bruce Strong. If you haven't checked out the beautiful show yet, read Keye's article. And then stop by and see us anytime Tuesday-Friday // 12-4:30 and on December 5th at 5pm for Portland's First Friday Art Walk.
Maine Higher Ed Council reviews Salt >> 11.05.10 >> We were recently featured by the Maine Higher Education Council on their blog College In Maine. Check it out for yourself! (And you might just learn a little bit more about us in the process.)
Applying her masters in counseling to coaching, counseling, training and developing staff, Melanie believes in "collaborating with co-workers to find creative ways to solve problems and bring out their strengths [in helping to build] relationships based on trust and respect, which leads to greater productivity and satisfaction." We couldn't be happier to invite such a positive approach into the Salt fold. Melanie's first day is November 15th. Feel free to come by and say hello!
Susan is known for her many articles published in The New Yorker as well as her novel The Orchid Thief which was adapted for the big screen as Adaptation, the oscar nominated film starring Nicholas Cage and Meryl Streep.
So, if you'd like to have your work read by one of the best (and possibly win a big chunk of cash), check out THE NIGHT writing contest and start writing today! Entries due January 11, 2011. Read the full description below.
"We thought her audio sound slides were really powerful" and so they've posted a selection of her project online, along with her thoughts about the issue. The project, called We Shall Not Be Moved, tells the story of a growing grassroots movement that is using the power of bringing people together to help keep families in their homes after foreclosure. The work is and on-going multimedia mix of audio and still images produced by Kelly in conjunction with the City Life/Vida Urbana and the Bank Tenant Association.
"I had started hearing about City Life eviction blockades from other folks who were attending and was just overwhelmed with the human side of the story," Kelly says. And so tell that story is just what she did. We're glad to see those Salt storytelling instincts in full force! Congrats on the great work, Kelly! Check out the project in it's entirety here, and find out what else Kelly's been up to at www.kellycreedon.com
Essays must be vivid and dramatic; they should combine a strong and compelling narrative with a significant element of research or information, and reach for some universal or deeper meaning in personal experiences. We're looking for well-written prose, rich with detail and a distinctive voice.
Best Essay will be awarded $5,000 plus publication in the Summer 2011 issue of Creative Nonfiction magazine. One runner-up will receive $2,500 plus publication online at creativenonfiction.org. For accepted applicants, contest awards can also be used directly towards Salt tuition.
GUIDELINES: Essays must be unpublished, 4,000 words maximum, postmarked by January 10, 2011, and clearly marked "The Night" on both the essay and the outside of the envelope. Author's name and contact information should appear in a cover letter, but not on the manuscript itself. There is a $20 reading fee (or send a reading fee of $25 to include a 4-issue CNF subscription); multiple entries are welcome ($20/essay) as are entries from outside the U.S. (though subscription shipping costs do apply). Please send manuscript, accompanied by a cover letter with complete contact information including the title of the essay, SASE and payment to:
Creative Nonfiction
Attn: The Night
5501 Walnut Street, Suite 202
Pittsburgh, PA 15232
We can't wait to see what you come up with!
ABOUT THE PIECE: Eighteen years after Carol gave up her son for adoption, she still believed they would meet again. She never changed her name and she never moved away. She wanted to be right where he could find her. It was produced in 2009 for the DC Listening Lounge. [ total running time: 10:25 ]
An alum talks about what it's like to build Visura Magazine >> 10.06.10 >> Few of us know what it would be like to work with a spouse on a day to day basis, especially on something as personal and creative as their baby, Visura Magazine and fotovisura. A Salt photography alum Graham Letourney and his wife Adriana Teresa talk with blogger Miss Rosen about their experiences building such a unique and compelling online space for photography. Thanks guys for sharing! READ THE CONVERSATION WITH GRAHAM AND ADRIANA HERE.
To see lots more of Keith's work, go to his WEBSITE www.keithlanephotography.com to see his portfolio & to his PHOTOBLOG www.keithlanephotoblog.com to see his day to day "field notes", as he calls them.
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Keith Lane is a freelance photographer and multimedia producer currently based in Washington, DC. He began his photography career in Southeast Asia working on a variety of health, education, and public policy projects for local and international NGOs.
The job is also listed at Jobs in ME, Craigslist, Boston Globe online, Monster.com (Boston), Boston.com, and Maine Association for NonProfits. If you have any questions (after reading the postings), you may email jobs@salt.edu, attn: Donna Galluzzo.
The exhibit, located in the museum's lobby, also features two videos showing excerpts from The Sardine Show, produced by the University of Maine Television Services for the Maine Sardine Council in the 1980s, and Canned, a documentary of the last days at Stinson Seafood by Salt radio alum J Holt and Salt writing alum Madeleine Pryor. Congrats, Salties!
In Doug's own words, the book "is a (for lack of a better, more succinct term) collection of interconnected short stories (or, alternately, a piece-meal collage novella) about a man who can't tell his dreams and memories from his present-tense reality, countered by the shattered, lonesome life his wife leads in his semi-absence. A real wellspring of good-times and cheer! C'mon, what'd you expect me to write? This might be the closest thing to a beach book anyone's likely to get out of me." Ha! Thanks Doug. We'll definitely excited to give it a read for ourselves. BIG Congratulations!
To read Amanda's award-winning piece, Click HERE!
In reflecting on writing this acclaimed piece, Amanda tells us that "the skills I learned at Salt to gain access, observe a subject, and then tell his story ethically and with compassion and creativity were at the fore of the entire reporting process for this story. And what [the award] proves to me that I'm well on my way to becoming a good journalist, and a good storyteller."
From where we sit, Amanda, looks like you're already there! Well done.
CLICK HERE to check out Bryan's portfolio and HERE to keep tabs via his photoblog.
Darjeeling Tea Plantation Workshop Location: Darjeeling, India
March 26 - April 6, 2010 & August 7-17, 2010
Andalucia, Spain and Morocco Location: Spain and Morocco
May 7, 2010 - May 20, 2010
Poetic Storytelling Location: Maine Media Workshops - Rockport, Maine
July 11-17, 2010
Field Techniques for Documentary Photographers Location: Maine Media Workshops - Rockport, Maine
September 12-18, 2010
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Chosen as the Editors' Choice Selection for The New York Times Sunday Book Review , Lisa Scottoline says Dogtown is "a true crime story, and art appreciate course, and an American history lesson stitched together, and it succeeds at all three."
Please join us for what's sure to be a night of mystery and intrigue, replete with a reading and book signing by the author. LEARN MORE >>
$5,000 Tuition Scholarship Competition due March 15th >> 01.25.10 >> Open to all Salt Early Decision applicants! If you're the kind of storyteller who never quite fits competition guidelines, then this is the contest for you. The rules are few and the possibilities are endless. What we're looking for is the best story you know, told the most interesting way possible. No idea is too extreme or format too unique.
Come on, get creative, and you could win $5000 toward the fall 2010 Salt semester. Learn More.
His 15-year career has taken him around the world and his work has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Newsweek, Time, US News & World Report, among others on everything from Christianity in Africa to the war in Iraq. His work is represented by Corbis in New York.
We're proud to welcome Noah and his beautiful work. Join us during Portland's First Friday Art Walk March for an opening reception on March 5th from 5-8 pm to celebrate both.
Learn More about Sempre Jardim Edite.
To see more of Maisie's work, check out her website: www.maisiecrow.com We're also big fans of her multimedia work that you can check out there too.
Salt Radio Alumn To Recieve Third Coast Award >> 10.07.09 >> Gregory Warner's "Fidele Musafiri, Miner," the story of a coltan miner in the Democratic Republic of Congo, is one of nine winning audio documentaries selected from over 200 entries. Warner's piece, part of Homelands Production's Working series, first aired on Marketplace in November, 2008. The 2009 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition awards ceremony will be held October 23, in Chicago. Listen to Fidele Musaifiri, Miner
Salt Alumnus on NPR's Morning Edition >> 10.05.09 >> Salt's own Zoe Chace (Fall '07) attended the premiere of Drew Barrymore's roller derby film "Whip It" with real-life derby girls, the Mason-Dixon Vixens. Listen Here
Join us August 7th for the opening night of this exhibit and Portland's 1st Friday Art Walk!
LEARN MORE >> do1thing.org
Salt Alum to run weekend workshop 05.11.09 >> Alum Danielle Connor from last semester, is teaching a weekend workshop on Chebeague Island entitled "Create the Life You Want: Holistic Goal Toolbox Workshop". "Holistic decision-making offers us the tools we need to make decisions that move us toward that which we truly desire..." To learn more go to Holistic Goal Workshop
Creative Conversations is a way to connect creative individuals: to each other, to organizations, to information, to opportunities. The May 11th Creative Conversations is a networking event for artists and other members of the creative community.
Doors open at 6:30 & conversation starts at 7 pm.
This event is sponsored by Portland Arts & Cultural Alliance
Salties do a lot of extra work! Much of this is done in collaboration with students from other tracks, and in mediums they've never used before. Come see what happens when radio, photography, and writing worlds collide. Come see the overlap!
May 12 from 5 to 8 at Salt
Salt hosts the 2009 unbuilt architecture awards >> 05.04.09 >> This award ceremony is for unbuilt architectural designs of any project type including purely theoretical projects and unbuilt client-sponsored projects. There are no geographical or other restrictions on the individuals, teams, firms or institutions and there are no restrictions on the presumed or imagined location of projects. The intent is to invite unbuilt work by practicing design professionals, design educators and design students throughout the world.
Join us May 14th from 6 to 9 at Salt.
This event is sponsored by Portland Society of Architects.
<< Alex Malmude :: Alix Blair :: Amanda Waldroupe :: Anna Schechter :: Autumn Caviness :: Briget Ganske :: Bryan Thomas :: Caitlin McDonnell :: Casey Atkins :: Catherine Spangler :: Caty Enders :: Cheryl Rau :: Claire Harbage :: Dan Gordon :: Denise Sears :: Erin Calabria :: Jess Sheldon :: Julia King :: Karin Brown :: Katie Fuller :: Keith Lane :: Mimi Schiffman :: Molly Graham :: Natalie Jablonski :: Rebeca Beeman :: Rob Korobkin :: Samuel Allison :: Sarah Danson :: Shane Perry :: Willa Kammerer >>
Name and image chosen for the May 21 Salt opening 04.21.09 >> Students and faculty gathered in Salt's Red Room last Tuesday, April 21 and chose the name and image for their gallery showing on Thursday, May 21 (be there!) Students voted overnight for the show's image, and an image from photo student Briget Ganske's essay on bee keeping was chosen. After some heated discussion, talking over each other, debating what best captured the documentary spirit of our semester-long pursuits, trying to raise hands and be polite, and voting, the show title was determined: inside out there. There you have it. inside out there. Thursday, May 21. Bee keeping, stand up comedy, roller skating, alien abductions, and more--and all Maine stories. We hope you will join us!
Local newspaper and magazine editors visit Salt's writing class>> 04.17.09 >> For the last ten weeks, local newspaper and magazine editors have been dropping by in Salt's writing class to share their knowledge and tips for the writing students. Friday, April 17 marked the final visit with the Portland Phoenix's managing editor Jeff Inglis. Other visitors included Chris Busby, the editor of the Bollard; Paul Doiron, the editor of Down East Magazine, Nancy Heiser, managing editor of Port City Life and David Tyler, the editor of the The Working Waterfront and the The Island Journal While some stuck to their lecture outline and talking points, some editors had some interesting stories to tell about the lengths they are willing to go to for the story. During his visit, Busby regailed the class with an entertaining story about digging through people's trash while reporting "Chasing Chellie". It also got students thinking about the ethical implications of doing similar stuff for their own stories. While all editors answered questions about the particulars of their publication, they also fielded any and all questions students had about the fate of journalism, freelancing, how to find and report stories, and rank gossip about Portland's journalism scene. Students also had the opportunity to pitch for publication the 1,000 and 3,000-word stories they have been working on all semester. "It was great to meeting these people face to face outside of their offices, and actually hash out our stories with people who do this for a living in the real world," says Katie Fuller, a current writing student.
Salt enjoys a visit from the Bureau for International Reporting >> 04.17.09 >> During an all class "Brown Bag Lunch", students spent time with Kira Kay and Jason Maloney from The Bureau of International Reporting talking about social documentary video work for television in far away and underrepresented places. Thanks BIR! It was great to have you here.
The BIR says "We are a non profit 501(c)(3) video news production company dedicated to offering affordable coverage of overlooked international news stories to American news providers - and hence the underserved American public."
Learn More >> www.thebir.org
Salt Instructor Colin Woodard wins Best Author in Portland >> 04.16.09 >> Congrats Colin! Check it out! >>
Salt Alums teach workshop at the Telling Room >> 04.16.09 >> Radio veterans Jones Franzel and Erin Mishkin warm up the Portland's Telling Room with a workshop called "Sounds Like... Using Noise, Sound Effects, and Music to Write Stories". LEARN MORE >>
Salt writing instructor Colin Woodard reports on Turks and Caicos 04.06.09 >> You never know where your going to find a story. Or how drunk you might be when you find it. While on a fancy resort somewhere on the Caribbean's Turks and Caicos giving a lecture on his book The Republic of Pirates and sipping rum, Salt writing instructor Colin Woodard dug into the recent resignation of Turks and Caicos Prime Minister Michael Misick. Misick resigned amidst a corruption investigation. The British government has suspended the constitution and imposed direct rule over the island. Woodard's story was published today for The Christian Science Monitor Christian Science Monitor. You can also read more of Woodard's stories at http://colinwoodard.blogspot.com
pics of the event can be seen here
Here are a few excerpts from student field notes about the Do1Thing project...
Read the rest of the article at:
DO 1 THING.ORG
Salt alum walks across America >> 01.09.09 >> What first started as a trek across Massachussetts to collect messages for incoming governor Deval Patrick, turned into something much bigger. Where in the world is BJ Hill? Find out here... And tune in when he's feature on Radio Boston.
Radio alum Jessica Alpert airs new work on Day to Day >> 01.01.09 >> NPR's Day to Day showcased new work on January 1st, 2009 by our very own Jessica Alpert. "Preaching the Gospel of Good Sex" is a story about Pastor Carnell Borden. Borden is changing the minds of conservative Christians about a topic usually kept behind closed doors. He says sex is good and God said so. Carnell and his wife don't just praise the act, they help other loving and devout Christians spice up their bedrooms through ThePureBed.com. This is Jessica's second piece to run on Day to Day [ the first being one a Salt piece: listen here ].
Salt Alums Unite...on Facebook >> 12.31.08 >> If you want to find a long lost Salt friend, or meet a kindred spirit in a new city...look for "Salt Alums Unite" on Facebook or, if you're have an account, go straight there from this link. Soon you'll also be able to become a hard core groupie and Salt fan on our very own Facebook page, so stay tuned. We're getting so high tech. Even better? Post your work, website, and info soon the alumni section of this very website. seriously. too cool.
Spring 2009 Scholarship Winners Announced! >> 11.12.08 >> Each semester, we offer Salt applicants the opportunity to apply to win scholarship towards their Salt tuition by submitting their portfolios for competition review. Every year, we have a bevy of deserved winners. This year's group takes home a $3000 prize applied to their spring tuition. Congratulations to our spring 2009 winners: Autumn Caviness, Katie Fuller, and Emily Anderson!
Radio// Autumn Caviness >> Autumn teaches her students "to pay attention to their intrapersonal communication - the communication within that speaks to their passion - [and to explore] life's avenues and pathways, which make them feel as if they have come home." We hope to welcome you home, Autumn, and cannot wait to hear that urban beat, that passion that keeps you up at night.
Writing// Katie Fuller >> Katie's innate curiosity drives her to wonder about the homeless man she passes on her way to work, the Methodist pastor and his parishioners down the street from her apartment, and the man selling hot dogs day after day at his landmark hot dog stand. It has driven her as far as South Africa and Russia and as close as her own front porch and family's history. Now it drives her to Salt where she hopes to continue to "scratch the gritty surface of the world around her."
Photography// Emily Anderson >> Growing up in France in an American family meant that freelance photographer, Emily had to navigate between two cultures. As a result, she developed a keen sense of observation and a desire "to experience the diversity of our world." She has since traveled extensively, camera in hand, and comes to Salt to join "a photography community" where she "can give [her] undivided attention to developing a more deliberate photographic practice and to listening more carefully to [her] life and the lives of the people around [her]."
Portland Greendrinks at Salt! >> 10.11.08 >> TUESDAY // OCTOBER 14th // 5:30-8 >> We're finally warming up our new space by opening our doors Portland Greendrinks for their monthly gathering! Cohosted by MaineToday and Switch, all environmentally minded folks are invited to come check out our new home and gather for some yummy fall treats and great conversation. If you haven't heard of Greendrinks before, check out their website or just come check out the event! All are welcome. A special thanks to student Jud Esty-Kendall for djaying the music, Hansel's Orchard in North Yarmouth for the apples, Thompson's Orchard for the cider, Coffee By Design, the Green Elephant, and Peak Organic for the tasty organic beer.
Meet our Tuition Scholarship Competition Winners! >> 08.16.08 >> Each semester, we offer Salt applicants the opportunity to apply to win $3000 towards their Salt tuition by submitting their portfolios for competition review. Every year, we have a bevy of deserved winners. Congratulations to our fall 2008 winners: Sarah Jessee, Isaac Kestenbaum, and Heather Noonan!
Radio// Sarah Jessee "Having been lonely in my own radio endeavors for so long, I'm ready to come to Salt, to find my community," Sarah told us. As co-anchor of the Saturday Evening News at Pacifica radio's KPFA, Sarah Jessee knows a thing or two about breaking news and deadlines. Now she's ready to slow down, make connections, and build confidence and has chosen Salt as the place to do this because she feels our program "is not about making yourself heard-it's about listening." We're so excited to welcome Sarah into our Salt family.
Writing// Isaac Kestenbaum Issac had been writing for the Portland Press Herald for almost a year when he applied to Salt. After many months focused on daily reporting, he looks forward to immersing himself entirely in a story, and believes that Salt can "show him the difference between reporting and writing, between filing a story and telling a story." You betcha.
Photography// Heather Noonan While earning a BA in Photography from the University of the Arts, Heather Noonan's studio work received praise for being "creative and surprising with excellent composition and a strong point of view." But Heather is also drawn to telling stories visually and chose Salt because it offers "an environment where everyone is working in the documentary style." Just wait until you get here Heather!
Salt receives $25,000 grant! > 08.15.08 >> Thank you to the Quimby Family Foundation for the generous support of our general operating budget. This wonderful foundation is committed to "increasing access to the arts throughout Maine" and "fosters an active, vibrant, and successful art community". We will most certainly put this money to great use in helping the Quimby Foundation reach their goals.
Announcing Salt's new Mildred H. McEvoy Memorial Archive > 08.15.08 >> Our new space at 561 Congress is now home to the Mildred H. McEvoy Memorial Archive, generously funded by the Mildred H. McEvoy Foundation. Full of thousands of negatives, countless hours of interviews, as well as the final products of over 700 students' hard work, this archive holds dearly the stories of countless Mainers over the last 35 years. We are honored to continue to preserve these stories in Mildred's name and will do so for many years to come with the kind support of her foundation. Learn more.
See what some of our ALUMS are up to > 08.01.08 >> See Jodie Goodnough's work on Vewd
Anna Hamilton lands an internship with AIR AMERICA
Gretta Cohn interns at Studio 360 this fall
View multimedia piece "25 Years of Mark's Hot Dogs"by alums Kelly Creedon+Annie Larmon
Congrats to Salt alums Zoe Chace (Executive Producer) and Ariel Kitch (Associate Producer/Designer) who helped create NPR's Intern Edition radio show