Digital Creator Kenora - 18075472145

Come check out the Digital Creator space at the Keewatin library, a space for youth (age 12-19) to interact with digital media! We have computers, cameras, editing software, video games and more! Also, stay tuned for workshops hosted at the Kenora branch.

Digital Creator North spaces encourage youth and emerging artists to explore digital technologies at six partnering locations with a focus on creating positive change through technology and creativity. These spaces are designed to be located in easy to access public spaces — libraries, galleries and museums.

The Digital Creator Program will operate as drop-in, out-of-school learning environments for youth to develop skills in digital media using a participatory culture model and be staffed by full time mentors. This project is aimed to have a positive cultural impact on Northern Ontario by increasing participation in the media arts sector in six small to mid-sized communities. The Digital Creator sites will be located in the following partnering communities — New Liskeard, Timmins, Elliot Lake, Sault Ste. Marie, Kenora and Sioux Lookout.

These spaces inspire creative experimentation, peer networking/collaboration, civic engagement, and hands-on learning using various media arts disciplines. Participants can practice video production, audio recording, graphic design, and coding/programming among other periphery disciplines. These teen to young adult learning spaces or “hubs” provide a variety of programming and content to engage program-led projects, after-school drop-ins, peer-to-peer learning and encouraging participants to become active producers of digital culture. These hang-out spaces are for collaboration with friends, exploring technology, sharing ideas and finding one-on-one mentorship. Digital Creator North not only connects young people to technology, media, creative arts, mentors and institutions, but encourages civic engagement through the digital arts.

Tags: Library,Arts & Entertainment