Video Institute Presents Guitar Documentary
Tuesday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Buffalo, NY - The Canisius College Video Institute will premiere their video documenting the Guitars for Hope public art project on Tuesday, April 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Montante Cultural Center. The project benefits Hunter’s Hope, Kelly for Kids and WNED-TV.
The event will include a screening of the 30-minute video, Heartstrings: The Guitars for Hope Story, which features the artists and celebrities involved in the project. The evening will also include a discussion with the video production team, live music from the local band, Off the Cuff, and speakers from each of the organizations involved in the project.
The evening will also include a discussion with the video production team, which includes the following Canisius College seniors: Nicholas Barone and Mike Woeppel, digital media arts majors, and Nina Cimino and Ignayra Ramos, communication studies majors.
The event is free and open to the public. Reception to follow.
The Canisius College Video Institute provides students with the opportunity to put their classroom lessons to work on projects that will benefit the college and the community at large. Students produce documentaries and promotional videos for local and international not-for-profit and service agencies that otherwise would not have the resources to tell their stories in this way.
The Canisius College Video Institute is funded in part by the John R. Oishei Foundation and directed by Barbara Irwin, PhD, chair of the Communication Studies Department.
Canisius College is one of 28 Jesuit colleges in the nation and the premier private college in Western New York. Canisius prepares leaders - intelligent, caring, faithful individuals able to pursue and promote excellence in their professions, their communities and their service to humanity.
The event will include a screening of the 30-minute video, Heartstrings: The Guitars for Hope Story, which features the artists and celebrities involved in the project. The evening will also include a discussion with the video production team, live music from the local band, Off the Cuff, and speakers from each of the organizations involved in the project.
The evening will also include a discussion with the video production team, which includes the following Canisius College seniors: Nicholas Barone and Mike Woeppel, digital media arts majors, and Nina Cimino and Ignayra Ramos, communication studies majors.
The event is free and open to the public. Reception to follow.
The Canisius College Video Institute provides students with the opportunity to put their classroom lessons to work on projects that will benefit the college and the community at large. Students produce documentaries and promotional videos for local and international not-for-profit and service agencies that otherwise would not have the resources to tell their stories in this way.
The Canisius College Video Institute is funded in part by the John R. Oishei Foundation and directed by Barbara Irwin, PhD, chair of the Communication Studies Department.
Canisius College is one of 28 Jesuit colleges in the nation and the premier private college in Western New York. Canisius prepares leaders - intelligent, caring, faithful individuals able to pursue and promote excellence in their professions, their communities and their service to humanity.
Date released: 4/5/2006
