Chicago Youth Media Scholarships

Posted by Gale Petersen  May 28, 2008

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Fair Use Remix Institute (FURI) is a two week digital media workshop for socially-conscious Chicago teens in which youth create several video remixes and mashups that are critical or satirical works of art focusing on political, social, and cultural issues, from a youth perspective. In the process, participants will learn about how political remix is a cultural right protected by the Fair Use Provision and First Amendment and Free Speech.

Up to 15 Scholarships are available to Socially-Active Youth worth $1,000. (Scholarships cover entire costs of tuition, travel, equipment fees, free copies of publications and yearly access to equipment and editing facilities)

WHEN: July 7th-July 18th 2008 (Monday-Friday 11:00-4:00) WHERE: CHICAGO FILMMAKERS – 5243 N. Clark, Chicago TO APPLY: Submit SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION by June 1, 2008

Note from Gale: The FURI media samples contain a map of Little Village in Chicago, the site of our own Salud! project, with videos related to specific locations flagged and embedded in the map.

Tags: fair use, mashup
Topics: Community Media, Funding, Media distribution, Media production, Technology, Training, Youth