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6.10.26 Gregory Paul
Gregory Paul is an award-winning playwright and screenwriter and the brain child behind the Workbench New Play Workshop and Filmmaker Intensive in Park Rapids. Greg lives in New York City and spends time in Park Rapids in the summer and at Christmas.
The Workbench New Play Workshop is a playwriting workshop designed to guide writers though the process of writing an original 10 page play. It’s a quick intensive format of writing a play over the course of a week that ends with the play being read in reader's theater style.
The filmmaker intensive requires participants come with an already-written script. Participants will be led through the process by award winning LA filmmaker David Leidy and Gregory Paul, culminating in a public showing of the new films.
Greg spoke about the playwriting process, the role of a director, working with the Northern Light Opera Company, and the creativity, openness, and generosity of the community.
The Workbench New Play Workshop takes place from June 14 - 19 with the public performance on June 20th at 7 PM.
The Workbench Filmmaker Intensive takes place from August 11 - 14 with the public screening on August 15 at 7:30 PM.
Free to the public thanks to the support of The Northern Light Opera Company & Minnesota's Region 2 Arts Council.
Learn more at northernlightopera.org. Listen for more details!
2.28.23 Eric Mueller
McKnight Fellowships in Media Arts Administrator Eric Mueller is featured on this podcast. Eric is at FilmNorth in St. Paul. FilmNorth administers the McKnight Fellowships for Media Artists. This includes filmmakers, screenwriters, and other media artists. The application deadline is March 20. Eric spoke about FilmNorth and the fellowships.
ABOUT THE MCKNIGHT MEDIA ARTIST FELLOWSHIPS
The intent of this program is to recognize and support mid-career media artists living and working in Minnesota who demonstrate a sustained level of accomplishment, commitment, and artistic excellence. This is not a project-specific grant.
The McKnight Fellowships for Media Artists provide recognition and financial support for mid-career media artists. The program is designed to reward media artists who have created a substantial body of work over a period of time, and who are at a career stage that is beyond emerging. The specific criteria that the jurors use to select the fellows are consistent artistic excellence and merit, clarity and uniqueness of vision, professional accomplishment, and commitment.
Four fellowships of $25,000 will be awarded to Minnesota media artists. The awards are unrestricted and can help an artist set aside periods of time for study, reflection, experimentation, and exploration; take advantage of an opportunity; or work on a new project.
One of these four fellowships will be awarded to a screenwriter, and three will be awarded to other types of media artists, including directors in film, television, and streaming; radio producers; and creative artists in web, computer/video games, and other emerging forms of media. Awards are subject to state and federal income tax guidelines.
Eligible applicants include directors and writers in film, television, and streaming; radio producers; and creative artists in web, computer/video games, and other emerging forms of media. The fellowship is designed to support Minnesota media artists whose work is of exceptional artistic merit and who are at a career stage beyond emerging.
Listen to the podcast to learn more and visit their website with questions or to apply at https://filmnorth.org/mcknight-fellowships-media-artists/.