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January 3, 2024

Channeling the Upper Valley

5 S. Main Street, 1st floor, White River Junction, VT 05001

GIVE TO JAM

THANK YOU 2023 donors, members, sponsors, community partners and volunteers for ensuring JAM's media arts programs and services

are sustainable and accessible for all!

WATCH

Broadcasting now @ JAM Upper Valley Channel on Comcast 1075/VTel 169 & 1169

Broadcasting now @ JAM Government Channel on Comcast 1085/VTel 170 & 1170

Streaming @ uvjam.org, JAM On-Demand, YouTube

It was a sizzling year!

JAM 2023 Highlights Reel

Creativity exploded in the Upper Valley in 2023, and JAM was there to capture it. From poetry and live local bands to protests against war, health care activism, and local government, JAM gave voice to the community and empowered a plethora of new film, podcast, and multimedia creators. Rewind and remember a year in the life of the Upper Valley – more than 1,800 hours of original content distilled to 3 minutes for your viewing pleasure. What will your story be in 2024? We can't wait to find out. Happy new year from all of us at JAM!

GATHER

@ the JAM space

Live music at JAM

Anonymous on Location

Sunday, Jan. 7 3-5PM

Free@JAM

Celebrate community music producers, Chad Finer and Barbara Krinitz in JAM at 3PM with a projected installation of the local live performance archive these two dedicated videographers have created for JAM over the years. Then head up to the Briggs Opera House at 4PM for live music by Still Hill, The Halley Neal Trio, & Patrick Ross!

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Animation workshop

Animation Domination

Saturday, Jan. 13 11AM-1PM

Free@JAM

"Animation Domination" is an inclusive workshop led by Alex Roberts for people of all ages interested in hand-drawn animation including rotoscoping, tracing real video footage onto notecards, and digitizing drawings to craft shareable animations suitable for social media. Participants are encouraged to bring video clips, book passages, or songs to animate.

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White River Indie Film Festival 2024 is coming!

White River Junction, VT – From February 15 to 18, 2024, WRIF (White River Indie Films) will return to JAM – Junction Arts & Media and the Briggs Opera House with an invigorating and diverse curation of 2023's best global indie cinema, including unreleased features from Cannes, New York, and Berlin Film Festivals, and top-tier work by local filmmakers. There will be late-night parties and brunches for mingling with filmmakers and film lovers alike. WRIF aims to bring the Upper Valley movies that hit close to home – literally...

Read Jan. 3, 2024 press release here

CREATE

@the JAM space

Media Education & Equipment

JAM Equipment Orientation

Friday Jan 5 12:00-12:45 PM FREE

More at: uvjam.org/events

Learn how to use our circulating A/V equipment available FREE for local residents to achieve your production goals. Orientations cover proper handling. Start the new year off with a creative leap. JAM is here to help get you started!

RSVP

Community Arts Venue

Reserve Briggs Opera House for your next event or show

The Briggs Opera House welcomes community arts groups to the historic theater in White River Junction, VT. JAM partners with Shaker Bridge Theater to manage rental reservations for available dates, with optional technical/media production services when available.

Learn more!

From around the region...

JAM (CATV) partners with the Vermont Access Network (VAN) for HD (high def) community-produced content on Comcast 1070 (VT) and streaming everywhere.

JAM – Junction Arts & Media supports lifelong learning to engage the tools of media for individual and community expression in the Upper Valley.

See past JAM highlights

JAM – Junction Arts & Media

5 S. Main Street, 1st Floor (in the Newberry Market)

White River Junction, VT 05001