Flash Forward 2011 at SALT Portland, Maine, March 2-May 4, 2012

Our first big announcement for 2012 regards the Flash Forward 2011 exhibition that will take place in Portland, Maine March 2-May 4. The opening will be held Friday March 2 at 7pm at The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies, located at 561 Congress Portland, ME 04101. The Magenta team will be in attendance and we hope that some of our Flash Forward artists will join us. For anyone who lives in the area or wants to come out and say hello, please do! We'd like to give special thanks to Donna Galluzzo at Salt for all of her help and guidance. Here's a little info about our new friends at Salt:

The Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

Our Mission » TO EDUCATE + PROMOTE DOCUMENTARY STORYTELLERS

Over 38 years, more than 700 students from all over the country and the world have attended Salt. Graduate and undergraduate students come from all over the US as well as other countries for fifteen weeks of intensive field research coupled with workshops and seminars. Throughout the semester, students gather cultural materials and develop their craft in order to create documentaries of professional caliber. Our goal is to educate + promote documentary storytellers through both our programs and events and, as a result, encourage the production of more substantive, ethical, and compelling documentary work for generations to come.

Through our website, and our publications (new and old), we continue to share the stories of so many truly extraordinary people and the great work of our students. Each semester we are proud to send a group of powerful media makers out into the world hoping that they, in some way, continue to shape our ever-changing media landscape.

Posted by Anna Fox on January 18^th 2012