REVERB & REWIND is an Ontario Arts Council supported project featuring structured programming through workshops and drop-in studio access. This media club in the Sault Ste. Marie Museum's digital studio and archive space. encourages everyone, artist and non-artists, to come explore, create new things, and immerse themselves in our archive of captured moments of local history. All workshops and drop-in sessions are free and open to the public.
OPEN HOUSE Feb 17th, 1 - 4 pm, at the SAULT STE. MARIE MUSEUM
Come and see what the Sault Museum’s Reverb & Rewind Media Club is all about! Try out the equipment, watch and listen to archival recordings, and meet the museum Director and project lead. This event is to share this new project with our community, while showing off the incredible archives and analog and digital media equipment the museum has recently added to their collection! Explore local history in moving image and sound! Connect with others in our community who have an interest in analog media & media art!
SCHEDULE
FEB 24th - ROTOSCOPING 101
Sault Ste. Marie Museum February 14th, 1- 2:30pm 90-minute workshop
- Using an iPad or tablet with Apple Pencil or other stylus, Isabelle Michaud will demonstrate how a rotoscope animation can be animated using the Procreate Application. - Discussion of how old objects/Artefacts inform storytelling in digital creations.
Having an iPad or tablet with an Apple Pencil or stylus is not mandatory, but please bring your own equipment if you have one.
Reserve a spot bellow, as seating is limited Free and open to the public
MArch 23rd - Analog video splicing & Mixing
March 23rd, 1pm at the Sault Museum in our digitization studio and media lab No supplies needed
Explore the museum’s media lab with a special focus on analog video, mixing, and splicing video recordings from our archives. Learn from our museum director about how to handle, cut, and connect video reels. Digitize your analog creations to share your projects with others!
Reserve a spot below, as seating is limited Free and open to the public
APRIL 20th - Experimental Video Editing
This intro to video editing invites participants to try remixing footage full of Sault Ste Marie & Algoma history. In this workshop we will have access to digitized audio and video contentfrom the Sault Museum’s archives to explore and incorporate into new media artworks. The focus is on experimentation, play, and learning new editing techniques, taking inspiration from local history. 
MAY 4th - Museum Month - Scanning Slides
Use the museum’s vast archive of photographic slides or bring in your own from home! Our media club space has a high-quality scanner. Learn good media management practices while digitizing your treasured memories to share and enjoy for years to come!
MAY 18th - Museum Month - Documenting Artifacts
Museum Director and Chief Curator will lead this Museum-Month themed workshop instructing participants on how artifacts are professionally documented for collection purposes. These documentation tips can also be valuable for artists learning how to document their own 2-D and 3-D works! 
DROP IN'S The drop-ins are open to learn new and old technology and try out what we have to offer, with optional guidance from the media club facilitators. We have an enormous archive of local audio and video tapes and reels, digitization hardware and software, and analog technology you can try out.