Columbia Access Television

"People go to church to get fed, and not...because you have not eaten food, but in a metaphorical sense of food being the sustenance in life for what you need to keep going, have hope, and feel empowered...I want you to come to Soul Sessions and get fed. It's church."

We feel the same way about community media. Vidwest Studios and CAT proudly supports artistic groups like Soul Sessions COMO with equipment and rehearsal space because everyone should have a creative church to call their own.

Soul Sessions Video by Katie Kriz, Associate Produced by Maya Bell and Kate Trabalka.

If you'd like to learn more about the Missouri filmmaking community and efforts to bring major motion pictures to our state...

RSVP link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfnUdlpfyR1kdO25UGtgTYuQONsJvL1e9eW0SSy_BAHTQdNWw/viewform

Don't have a cable subscription? No worries. We got your back. Watch Columbia Public Access TV streaming at:

https://www.twitch.tv/vidwest_studios

vidwest_studios - Twitch CAT Public Access Television by Vidwest

Community media update: City staff will decide whether to fund Vidwest for another year. See post below for details.

is live tomorrow! Vidwest Studios is taking part in CoMoGives. Preview our donor giveaways like memberships, music, matches, photography sessions, gift cards, and more. Starting tomorrow, you can give through December at https://comogives.com/product/vidwest-studios/

Updates from your second generation community media center!
If you haven't signed up for our mailing list, follow the yellow brick road and find out how...

A filmmaking funding opportunity if you identify as BIPOC. Application process open until Oct 29th.

https://firelightmedia.submittable.com/submit/ad5f5db1-f7b4-4096-a2e5-718f79414cab/homegrown-future-visions-rfp-2021

Firelight Media is seeking Midwestern filmmakers who identify as Black, Indigenous or a Person of Color to apply for a paid short film mentoring opportunity. See link for additional info.

https://firelightmedia.submittable.com/submit/ad5f5db1-f7b4-4096-a2e5-718f79414cab/homegrown-future-visions-rfp-2021

Community Media Centers across the nation are adapting to new a communications landscape. While cable channel viewership declines, the internet is quickly becoming the platform of choice for news and community updates for every demographic.

Why invest in community media 2.0? What value does positive, unifying narratives bring to a neighborhood and a City?

Across the country Cities and local partnerships are serving as small incubators for innovation. Public media is entering a renaissance.

Dana Healey Executive Director of Nine North, which is a public media center that serves 9 cities and 1 county in Minnesota, and Don Ness former mayer of Deluth Minnesota who left office with a 91% approval rating, share their wisdom for the future of community media.

LINK TO VIDEO: https://ninenorth.org/videos/ninenorth-30th-anniversary-celebration/

Did you know that the film technique of rotoscoping was invented by two Missourians?

Learn more at this free seminar by the State Historical Society of Missouri Sept 21 at 1pm:

https://umsystem.zoom.us/webinar/register/6516299874076/WN_tbwYMr2lT2CsHeT5lpWUQg?mc_cid=e23ba5c59e&mc_eid=c2cc6bd667

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Rotoscope: 180 Degree View. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Join SHSMO–Rolla Senior Archivist Katie Seale as she looks at the history of the cinematic invention of the Rotoscope. Developed by two native Missourians, Rowe Carney and Tom Smith, Rotoscope was a single camera, single projection system capable of filming and projecting a 180-degree view on one ...

Content creators, if you want to make films, this showcase is for you. Celebrate local cinema and meet other Columbia-based filmmakers. The open-air screenings run Sept 23-25 outside of Fretboard Coffee.

www.comoshorts.com

We are a proud sponsor of the 2021 Como Shorts Showcase because local films rock!

Three evenings of short films and local music in the open air patio of the North Village Arts District. Brought to you by Vidwest Studios.

For more information visit: www.comoshorts.com

Vote with your voice Sept 7th, 7pm at City Hall.

Next Tuesday the Columbia City Council votes on whether to approve funding for Vidwest Studios for another year.

If you believe that public media enriches our community. If you believe that access to mentors and professional A/V equipment spreads equity and opportunity in Columbia. Then this is your chance to make your voice heard.

Note: there will be an open time for public comment. Just show up to City Hall for the council meeting Sept 7th @ 7pm if you wish to speak.

Link to template letter (for writing council members): https://bit.ly/2Y2nlZI

Link to general call to action (with all of the above info) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k1lkAreyYyjwcLL9TISjxPzCQCwT3rSAmRRZ_Wm61sY/edit?usp=sharing

Broadcasting live from our beautiful studio on the business loop. Featuring guest musicians from The Missouri Symphony.

Open house hours Saturday August 28th, 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Location: 1600 Business Loop East
Food, drinks, raffle and equipment demos.

fun party This is "fun party" by Vidwest Studios on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Vidwest Studios is the space for you to jam .

Have you checked out Vidwest Studios yet? They're our new parents. While you're reading about some of their recent projects, give them a little like-a-roo and get in the loop (pun intended...).

My Life This is "My Life" by Vidwest Studios on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.

Are you curious where we've been and what we've been up to? Head over to our new sponsor's page, Vidwest Studios to learn more.

WHAT IS VIDWEST, EXACTLY?

Since opening, we’ve gotten some smiles and some scrunched up eyebrows and we’re here to set the story straight. Simply put, we are Columbia’s community media center! Vidwest was incorporated in March 2019 by veterans of the True False Film Festival and Citizen Jane Film Festival to serve Columbia’s growing grassroots media community.

DID YOU KNOW? Vidwest Studios is a mixed-use media center located on the Business Loop that includes a photography studio, a black box film studio, a sound-proofed audio recording studio, a modular meeting area for groups, classes, and events, and camera, audio, and lighting equipment available for checkout to members (and anyone can be a member!). Vidwest is also the umbrella organization to projects such as Como Shorts, a local film festival, the Digital Storytelling Workshop, a youth film camp serving high-school students, and Columbia Access Television.

WHAT IS CAT (Columbia Access Television) AND WHAT DOES VIDWEST HAVE TO DO WITH IT?

The nonprofit formerly known as CAT was a community media center and public access cable channel. CAT will live on in name as the public access cable channel relaunched through Vidwest. Pandemic-related infrastructure delays have been one of many challenges in establishing Vidwest Studios, but good things come to those who wait! The channel is set to re-launch within the calendar year.

We have big plans on the horizon and over the next month, you’re gonna hear a lot from us. We’re here to serve the media needs of Columbia, and can’t wait to share our vision for helping our community!

If you're curious about who we are and what we do, you can find out more on our website, www.vidwest.org.