story: type

I took this photo while Jenny was working on her post with lisa g. It's a good picture to me even though it's not one person posing. I don't care that it's blurry. It reminds me that it is art, it's just a normal day and not a special occasion. People wouldn't normally take this photo. It expresses my feelings.

Lisa is in a good pose thinking of something. I don't know what she is thinking of but I bet it's really good. Maybe she is thinking about Jenny's story, taking pictures or Sports Plus. I wonder if she is thinking about something bad or good or in the past.

By Vivian

studio: video in progress

Matt works on his video on a rainy afternoon in the story studio with lisa g making edit notes...

Tailored Memories is a video story about honouring the building's Tailor Shop past where Matt's current coffee shop business resides.

photo by Lisa Walker

studio: swimming story

Rose and Lisa g work on Rose's story called FULL CIRCLE.

studio: Vivian works on her story

Editing photos in the Riley Park Community Centre foyer for a blog posting about the Seniors Diving Club.

studio: the bulletin board!

Introducing the Riley Park Community Centre bulletin board!
Dare we call it an ANALOG Blog Board? This is our answer for folks in the neighbourhood who don't have a computer.
The Bulletin Board will be updated as new stories come in...

Please notice the story box at the bottom left, it is an easy place to slip a secret handwritten story.
Also, all the stories will be archived in a book so anyone visiting Riley Park Community Centre can flip through them.

Here is the BEFORE picture:

studio: Jay works on his digital story

We met with Jay to record his audio for his digital story with the working title The Columbia House. We worked in the preschool room on the little chairs and tables. We laughed a lot! Jay learned the fundamentals of Final Cut Express and created a rough edit of his voice. Jay has homework to figure out what pictures he wants to use over his voice over as well as if he wants music in his piece.

studio: introducing...

To the left Artist Intern Lisa Walker and to the right Artist in Residence Lisa g ...

Look for us - we will be hanging around Riley Park Community Center from March until June, sipping tea and coffee hoping to learn more about Riley Park and you!

Here is a little info about us:

Lisa g Nielsen...(image from a workshop in Hazelton, BC)

Lisa g is a multidisciplinary artist who has enjoyed expression through photography, performance and the written word. As graduate from Vancouver Film School Lisa g has been focused for the last 10 years in the digital media realm. Her short videos (live action and animations) have traveled the globe and collected awards along the way. Obsessed by real stories by real people, Lisa g currently finds herself exploring the history of Riverview Mental Hospital through a trilogy of tales combining Super 8 film and interviews - Asylum is part one. Lisa g has been teaching digital story workshops with the National Film Board of Canada all over BC and the Yukon for the past 5 years. Check them out: Our World, Playing it Safe, Tales from Bridgeview and Life Stories.

Lisa Walker...
Lisa W is a photo-based artist born in the small town of Kitimat in Northern BC, Canada; she is currently living in Vancouver. She holds her BFA in Photography from Emily Carr University. Walker examines identity, self-representation, history and race through her artwork. She displays her inner thoughts and personal struggles through a visual language, which often results in images from her daily life, images of herself, and of her family. As a half Haisla First Nations and half British female, Lisa attempts to comment on binaries, barriers, and explore duality in identity. Often her work is a very personal comment on how it feels to learn about the histories of her family, the history of Canada. Photography offers Lisa the chance to record each moment, and to archive her own history and tell her own story. She attempts to bridge unspoken gaps, to reach out through imagery in order to encourage others to relate, to remember and to create dialogue.
Please check out her online portfolio here.