NEW TECHNOLOGIES DAY AT BAND ON THE WALL

community art / community media
- the impact of new technology

Morning Session | Afternoon Session | Evening Performance

A day of workshops, demonstrations and presentations exploring the amazing possibilities that new technology can offer community arts practice.

£10/£5/£3 : please book in advance @ com.art.99 direct : tel. (0161) 228 2411 for booking form.

morning session : presentations

10.30am

Walsall Community Arts Team

Representatives from Walsall's newly-formed Disability Arts Technology Group, web designer Linda Ashford and Community Arts Development Officer Maxwell Bailey will present two projects:

X@changes, the WCAT website that highlights the work of community arts within the Borough of Walsall.

The Ramp, a disability-led website that highlights the creative use of the arts and disabilities within the Borough of Walsall.

11am

Simon Jennings (National Library for the Blind): Web Accessibility

Thirty-minute presentation/workshop offering practical advice and useful resources for anybody who has already produced or is considering producing web pages. Attendees will learn key points to enable them to make their web pages accessible to all, with specific reference to the visually impaired. Such measures will enhance the site's general usability and generally not affect artistic presentation.

Contact Simon c/o the National Library for the Blind. Tel. (0161) 355 2000

11.30am

Jubilee Arts

Showcasing excerpts from recent CD-ROM productions and explaining how they engage local people in the production of this work.

12 noon

Coffee Break

12.30pm

IDEA

Presentation of IDEA community projects including website-building workshops and GAME ON! - a video game building summer school in conjunction with the Cornerhouse.

1pm

Women's Electronic Village Hall

Digital media, new technology and the work of the Women's Electronic Village Hall (WEVH).

1.30pm

Lunch

Morning Session | Afternoon Session | Evening Performance