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Building community in the Upper Valley of NH and VT through the media arts.

Weekly Highlights // January 2, 2025

GATHER

Media events @ JAM & Briggs Opera House

Interactive performance

"Anonyms" with

Inua Ellams

Mon Jan 6 5:30-7:30PM

ALL ARE WELCOME

FREE @JAM

Do our names shape who we are? Join cross-disciplinary Nigerian-born artist Inua Ellams for "Anonyms," a thought-provoking journey into the stories, meanings, and impacts of our names. Audience members are invited to share the stories behind their own names.

Presented in partnership with the Hop at Dartmouth

Author Talk

Family Historians: Dena Rueb Romero & Richard Neugass

Thurs Jan 16 6:30-8PM

FREE @JAM

Two local authors share family histories touched by the Holocaust, exploring the role of family historians in keeping the archive alive.

This event is part of JAM’s “Mediated Lives” series which aims to explore the roll of our current media landscape in shaping American culture, free speech, and democracy.

Film Festival & Comedy

White River Indie Film Festival 2025

Feb 13-16

& Benefit Comedy Feb 12

ALL ARE WELCOME

SAVE THE DATES for our annual festival of the best new global and local cinema, with film & media maker events and a special WRIF benefit stand-up comedy show – all at JAM and Briggs Opera House in downtown White River Junction. Get a sneak peek at the lineup, with more films and events still coming!

JAM events are made possible in part by grants from VT Humanities, VT Arts Council, and NH Charitable Foundation and by charitable contributions from community members like you!

CREATE

Media education @ JAM

Adult media learning

NEW! JAM Film & Media Courses

Winter/Spring 2025

Registration now open

We are often asked, "When are you going to have JAM Club for adults?" The answer is... now! This Winter/Spring JAM is offering courses in screenwriting, editing, animation, cinematography, and drone videography designed for adults (16+).

After-school youth media

JAM Club & NEW Video Gaming Club

Spring sessions start March 17 – Register now!

Come to JAM Mondays for JAM Video Gaming Club (new!) or Wednesdays for JAM Club (multimedia) and and connect with other young media-makers to make movies, podcasts, animations, video games and e-sports! Grades 5-8

Summer youth camps

JAM Summer Camps

Sessions run June 23- August 1 – Register now!

What’s your media jam? Whether movies, animation, podcasting, drones or yet to be discovered, JAM summer camps give you the media tools and the crew to help you create. Options for grades 5-12, including high school intensives.

JAM media education programs and scholarships are made possible in part by grants from Jane B. Cook 1992 Charitable Trust, Jack & Dorothy Byrne Foundation, NH Charitable Foundation and charitable contributions from community members like you!

Relive some of the countless moments YOU created and JAM captured!

JAM 2024 "Sizzle Reel"

Edited by Ana Liu for JAM

SUPPORT JAM

How does my gift help JAM?

When you make a gift to JAM – Junction Arts & Media, your donation enables JAM to empower all Upper Valley residents to have a creative voice, actively participate in local democracy, and find joy and belonging in the Upper Valley community. JAM is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Your gift may be tax-deductible.

JAM Drip

Winter's here... Stay warm and look cool for a worthy cause! Check out the selection of mugs, hoodies, t-shirts, crop-tops and more available at Strong Rabbit Design. A portion of all proceeds supports JAM's nonprofit work to build community in the Upper Valley through media arts.

JAM – Junction Arts & Media

Contact us at info@uvjam.org