Education

DIVA offers a variety of seasonal classes and workshops in traditional mediums such as drawing and painting as well as newer media including film and video.
 
REGISTRATION

 
Except for the Behind The Lens seminar and the Shaggy Dog Project, you may register for classes and workshops at DIVA, by phone, or through PayPal. The Behind The Lens seminar is to be registered through Lane Community College's Community Education Program, or purchase a $5.00 day pass at the door each class session. The Shaggy Dog Project requires registration at DIVA.

DIVA Registration: 110 W. Broadway, Eugene
Phone Registration: 541.344.3482
 
PayPal Registration:
 
Current Class Schedule - Check Back Often for Updates!
Saturday, January 30 - Seminar: "Making Music Documentaries - The Sound and the Fury"
Time: 9:30 - 12 Noon
Registration: $40 general or $25 for OPL Entrants and students with school identification
Instructor: Beth Harrington
Pre-registration with PayPal for the January 30 and 31st filmmaking
seminars has closed. Please register by phone or in person at DIVA
 

Making films about music in the post-MTV video era seemed a natural enough vocation, particularly for musician turned filmmaker Beth Harrington. But the realities of funding, clearances, record label, management and artist issues presented pitfalls that could not always be sidestepped. Harrington will show excerpts from two works, her Grammy-nominated film Welcome to the Club - The Women of Rockabilly and her work-in-progress The Winding Stream - The Carters, the Cashes and the Course of Country Music and discuss the various challenges involved in bringing these stories to the screen.

Sunday, January 31 - Seminar: "Anatomy of a Personal Documentary"
Time: 9:30 - 12 Noon
Registration: $40 general, or $25 for OPL Entrants and students with school identification
Instructor: Beth Harrington
Pre-registration with PayPal for the January 30 and 31st filmmaking
seminars has closed. Please register by phone or in person at DIVA
 
Many of us have stories from our own lives that seem obviously cinematic. But taking the raw material of personal experience and developing it into a film is harder than it looks. Filmmaker Beth Harrington will show her personal documentary The Blinking Madonna and Other Miracles and describe the content development process, the trials and tribulations of funding the film and the aftermath of its airing on public television.

Saturday, February 27 - Workshop: Success with Your Digital Camera & CREATIVITY

Time: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Fee: $75 (non refundable)

Register: Call: 541-344-3482 or by PayPal at divacenter.org (Education)

Instructor: Sherrlyn Borkgren.

 
Get beyond the basics with your camera. Learn how to use ISO, aperture and speed in unison. Push yourself with honest critiques and work alongside other photographers. Today it is essential to protect your images on the Internet with basic copyright. We will briefly cover copyright basics. Session includes: snacks beverages, teaching materials, hands on learning and fun! Limited Enrolment

 
What to Bring:

  • A digital Camera with f-Stops (meaning you can set your own f-stops and focusing). All camera brands are welcome but because I am a CANON user I am most familiar with Canon SLR.
  • Notebook and pen
  • 5 prints without your name on the front
  • Empty flash drive
  • Laptop if you have one

About Sherrlyn Borkgren

 
With professional photojournalist Sherrlyn Borkgren Sherrlyn’s clients have included Newsweek, National Geographic, Time, World Magazine and she has been featured in Rangefinder and Professional Photographer’s Magazine. Her work has taken her to Iraq, the Congo and Latin America. She is presently creating a photo/tour workshop to Guatemala. See her work at: http://www.Borkgren.com or http://www.BorkgrenPhoto.net

On-Going: Tuesday: LCC-DIVA Film Seminar: Behind The Lens
Time: 7:00 PM
Instructor: Tom Blank Hollywood Director and DIVA screenwriting instructor.
Cost: $11 LCC Community Education Registration covers all sessions. See LCC Catalog - Non Credit Classes for registration information.

Special Day Pass: $3.00 Purchased each Tuesday at the door.

This is an LCC class at DIVA that explores the work of the world's award winning directors. If you love great films, and love learning about them, then this class is for you. The class will look at the trends and highlights in the history of film while relaxing in a casual screening room environment. Participants are invited to make themselves comfortable, chairs are provided, but some will prefer to bring pillows and sit on the floor. Students are welcome to bring snacks. See the DIVA Events Calendar for individual Tuesday film topics.

On-Going: Every Saturday: Shaggy Dog Project
Time: 9:00 AM - Noon
Coordinators: Film Directors Neal Miller and Thomas Blank
Cost: $10 each Saturday - minimum registration 4 sessions. Register at DIVA.
 
DIVA introduces the Shaggy Dog project, a screenwriting and film production class designed to provide aspiring screenwriters and filmmakers with the opportunity to create a series of short creative films. Emphasis will be on humorous stories with surprise or twist endings.

The Shaggy Dog project will select stories from ideas submitted by students and develop them into short screenplays under the guidance of Tom Blank, screenwriting specialist and former television director. From those screenplays that qualify, short (5 to 10 minute) films will be produced under the supervision of professional filmmaker Neal Miller (www.rubicon-films.com). The class will become part of the production team for no additional fee. The goal is to provide the total filmmaking experience, from idea-to-finished-film.

Classes will meet on Saturday mornings from 9:00 am until Noon. Students are required to sign up for a minimum of 4 sessions. The fee is $40 per month.
 
Financial assistance is available on a limited basis and made possible by special arrangement with Neal Miller and Rubicon Films. Financial assistance application forms are available at DIVA.
 
I understand that DIVA retains all rights, in perpetuity, to any work (story idea, script or video) created, developed, or produced as part of the Shaggy Dog Project. There is no guarantee that my work will be produced. If my work is not produced as part of The Shaggy Dog Project, rights to said work can revert back to me upon written approval of The Shaggy Dog Project executive producers, jointly.

Enrollment is subject to Instructor approval and available space.