Living Latino in Carbondale Colorado

July 11th-22nd, 2005

Media artist Kristine Sorensen will work with twenty latino youth from the Roaring Fork Valley in the heart of the Rocky Mountains.  Sponsored by the Aspen Film Fest, this year marks the 3rd year of an ongoing partnership between In Progress and the Aspen Film Fest, and the begining of our work to begin developing local instructors and leaders within the program.

Mentorship at Anishinabe Academy

Artist Mina Blyly-Strauss provided mentorship to six youth attending the Anishinabe Academy this summer in the area of digital photography.  Mina began this mentorship in 2004 as part of The Critical Eye and continued to foster a strong relationship with youth that attend the school.  Her hope is to provide residency work later this fall as part of the Partnerships Program.

Summer Video Workshop at Four Directions

This summer artist Kristine Sorensen worked in partnership with educator Niibin Headbird to provide 15 youth an opportunity to create their own videos.  This summer marked some of the best video created yet by the students of this school.  The workshop took place June 13th - July 7th.  Funded by Four Directions Charter School.

Living Latino at El Colegio Charter School

A weekend digital photography workshop was held in May for youth living in South Minneapolis.  Artists Renato Lombardi and Jose Antonio Maquin taught the workshop to an excited group of young makers.  Artwork was later exhibited at the school.  Renato would like to continue this initiative and we may support further workshops later this fall.  Funded by the National Endowment for the Arts and teh MN State Arts Board.

In Progress Tests a New Website

Artist Kristine Sorensen is testing her talents today by working with a new “p machine” website application.  Her hope is to make our new site an exciting energetic communication network for everyone connected to In Progress. 

In Progress at the MN Internship Center

Artist Jenny Hanson worked with ten teens from the MN Internship Center a unique work place charter school located in north Minneapolis.  Students worked together to produce a documentary video.  The residency took place January - February of this year.

In Progress at Kelliher School

Another long-standing partnership, Kelliher School continues to raise monies to bring in artist Kristine Sorensen to work with approximately 100 elementary and high school students in a community of 347.  Here students work with teachers in a traditional residency model that presents video and photography activities as part of the core curriculum.

Fifteen Year Video Collection

In Progress owns an amazing collection of videos and photography works that go back more than fifteen years.  Kris Sorensen has been transferring old VHS tapes to DV Stream files that are now being housed in a Terayte External Drive.  Another drive needs to be purchased in order to complete these transfers but once complete, the works will represent one of the most comprehensive catalogs of youth media works in the country.  Our hope is to then package these works for future screenings.  Archiving is being completed by Kris Sorensen as an in-kind donation to In Progress.