BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//LA Skins Fest - ECPv5.16.4.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:LA Skins Fest X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://laskinsfest.com X-WR-CALDESC:Events for LA Skins Fest BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20090308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20091101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20100314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20101107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20110313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20111106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20120311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20121104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20130310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20131103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20140309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20141102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20150308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20151101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20160313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20161106T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20170312T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20171105T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20180311T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20181104T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20190310T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20191103T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20200308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20201101T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20210314T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20211107T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20220313T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20221106T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090608T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20221120T170000 DTSTAMP:20260503T050357 CREATED:20220808T235323Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T195015Z UID:10783-1244448000-1668963600@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:Youth Media and Tech Workshop Overview DESCRIPTION: \n     Since 2009\, the Native American Youth Media and Tech Workshop has travelled to reservations and urban centers across the world to provide an expansive and comprehensive program that provides new access for our community. Every year\, we expand the workshop to include new curriculum\, new technology and new equipment. \nOur multimedia curriculum includes short film production that reflect the community and current issues effecting the youth participants. This entails the development and creation of documentaries\, scripted narratives and PSA’s produced entirely by the young filmmakers. Curriculum includes learning proper camera operation\, on-set sound recording\, directing actors\, lighting scenes\, editing and music composition. The youth present their final pieces to their community at the conclusion of the workshop. \n\n    In 2019\, we launched the Native Youth Animation Workshop. This program offers hands on instruction in 3-D animation software\, 2-D animation drawn by hand and stop-motion animation. The workshop also provides tours of animation and visual effects studios. This initiative is meant to provide Native youth with the inspiration to explore animation as a viable opportunity and career path. This program has partnered with numerous studios and networks to offer genuine access. \n\nIn 2021\, we created the Native Youth Virtual Reality Workshop. This program introduces cutting edge virtual reality applications and video production to Native youth. The workshop teaches new technology to Native youth so they can have every opportunity available in new technology. This program provides an in-depth look into the possibilities virtual reality provides our community. Our organization has partnered with the most high profile tech companies to provide this program. Check out some stills and vids here! \n\nThe entire program culminates with the Native Youth Multimedia Weekend in November. This has youth from all of our programs attend our annual film festival at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. This initiative has youth participants from several reservations and communities attend studio tours\, production workshops\, film screenings and attendance to the Native American Media Awards. \nCheck Out Our Past and Current Workshops! \n2023\n2022\n2021\n2020\n2019\n2018\n2017\n2016\n2015\n2014\n2013\n2012\n2011\n2010\n2009 \n  \nSponsors: \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Meta\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n National Endowment for the Arts\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Los Angeles County Arts & Culture\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n San Manuel Band of Mission Indians\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n United Talent Agency\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Comcast NBCUniversal\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Sony Pictures Entertainment\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Sony Electronics\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Verizon\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n California Humanities\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Union Bank\n \n \n \n\n\n  URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/youth-media-and-tech-workshop-overview/ CATEGORIES:Youth Workshop END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20090628T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220510T170000 DTSTAMP:20260503T050357 CREATED:20220510T030927Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220529T013900Z UID:10826-1246176000-1652202000@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:2009 Native Youth Media and Tech Workshops DESCRIPTION:Since 2009\, we have taught film workshops to youth at reservations and Native American urban centers throughout the United States and Canada. The participating youth learn about writing\, directing\, shooting and editing their own movies.  Equally important\, the youth present these films to their tribal communities and speak before an audience. Check out images from our first Native youth cohort: \n \nIn 2009\, we collaborated with Central High\, a federally funded Native American High School located in downtown Los Angeles.  We worked with over a dozen Native American youth who reside in Los Angeles.  For the entire eight-day workshop\, we brought the participating youth to the University of Southern California’s George Lucas School of Cinematic Arts. This was one of our sponsoring organizations that provided classrooms\, computer labs\, and production equipment.  The youth produced  narrative films and presented them at the Pechanga Indian Reservation in Riverside\, California. Check out one of the films they produced during the week: URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/2009-native-youth-media-and-tech-workshops/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20201118T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20211118T170000 DTSTAMP:20260503T050357 CREATED:20200409T225754Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250412T180702Z UID:7778-1605686400-1637254800@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:Showrunner Program DESCRIPTION:   The Native American Showrunner program is a multi-month intensive designed to address the lack of Native American executive producers in television. The overall goal is to provide experienced Native American writers an opportunity to gain new skills and elevate their opportunities in the television writing industry. \n     This program will have selected Native American writers receive mentorship from a television executive producer throughout the year. The goal is to have each participant learn the path to producing a television series. The schedule will have each participant meet with their mentor several times a month to gain experience and receive creative feedback\, career advice and potential referrals. \n     In addition\, participants will author a new pilot and series bible with the artistic support of their respective mentors. Participants will also have group meetings with their fellows participants and showrunners from other television series. These components offer additional creative and business oriented opportunities. \nParticipants will also receive a small stipend\, writing software and additional resources to help bolster their career. \nCheck out our inaugural and current fellows: \n2020 Native American Showrunner Program Fellows \n2021 Native American Showrunner Program Fellows \n2022 Native American Showrunner Program Fellows \n2023 Native American Showrunner Program Fellows \n2024 Native American Showrunner Program Fellows \nThe inaugural Native American Showrunner Program was sponsored by Bad Robot\, Comcast NBCUniversal\, Topple Productions\, Google American Indian Network\, and Walt Disney Television. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Bad Robot\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Comcast NBCUniversal\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Topple Productions\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Google American Indian Network\n \n \n \n \n \n View Image\n \n Walt Disney Television\n \n \n \n\n\n  URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/native-american-showrunner-program/ CATEGORIES:Writer's Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laskinsfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Showrunner-Slider-patty-final.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210322T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20210322T210000 DTSTAMP:20260503T050357 CREATED:20210309T184908Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210331T045605Z UID:9351-1616439600-1616446800@laskinsfest.com SUMMARY:Native American Actors Virtual Panel - Recap DESCRIPTION:A Panel Discussion about the Native American Actor Experience\nThis Event Took Place March 22\, 2021\, 7:00 P.M. PST \n\nOutside the Box [Office]\, Our Voices\, USC Visions & Voices\,\nand LA SKINS FEST Present\nA Panel Discussion about the\nNative American Actor Experience\nFeaturing MorningStar Angeline\, Sheri Foster Blake\, Kiowa Gordon\, Martin Sensmeier and CARA JADE MYERS\nModerated by Founder of the LA SKINS FEST\, Ian Skorodin \nRECAP\nThe Native American Actors Experience was a blunt\, honest and hilarious panel thanks to our fun panelists and dedicated partners! Panelists shared their genuine feelings on acting\, working in the industry and maintaining their inspiration. They also discussed their personal experiences on set and auditioning and the new interest in Native American productions. \nRecording Available Here: \n \n\n  \n\nAbout the Panel Discussion\nThe Native American Actor Experience Panel will focus on Native American identity and representation in media. This panel will feature Native American actors and filmmakers who will discuss the meaning of proper representation and the damage caused by misrepresentation. Native American actors will also provide insight into breaking into the acting industry\, maintaining an acting a career and building on success within the industry. \nAbout the Guests\nMORNINGSTAR ANGELINE (Diné\, Blackfoot\, Chippewa and Latinx)\nMorningStar Angeline is a queer Navajo\, Chippewa Cree\, Blackfoot\, and Latinx New Mexico-based actress\, director\, producer\, writer\, and performer. She made her feature debut in Sundance 2014’s Drunktown’s Finest and has since acted in features such as Keyhole Garden (2021)\, The Incredible 25th Year of Mitzi Bearclaw (2019)\, and television such as Yellowstone\, Chambers\, and Longmire. In 2020\, she was selected as a Vision Maker Media Short Film Fellow for her co-written and co-directed short Seeds and a Native American Feature Film Fellow for her script Rowdy by Nature. Morningstar is a 2018 Sundance Indigenous Lab Fellow for her short Yá’át’ééh Abiní and was honored by the New Mexico Film\, and TV Hall of Fame the same year. Most recently she was cast as Martha Hawk in Amazon’s series Outer Range\, assisted director Zack Snyder on his 2021 film Army of the Dead\, and is currently in pre-production for Seeds. \nSHERI FOSTER BLAKE (Cherokee Nation)\nOriginally from Texas\, Sheri Foster has long been active in Los Angeles’s entertainment community.  Her theater experiences include the world premiere of Bill Yellow Robe’s The Independence of Eddie Rose\, Death of a Miner\, God of Vengeance\, Meacham in Uniform and touring with the Native American Theater Group’s Mystic Voices. Most recently she performed in Urban Rez with the Cornerstone Theater Company\, directed by Michael Garces\, written by Larissa Fasthorse. Her film work includes Oliver Stone’s U-Turn (for which she was honored with a Best Supporting Actress Award from First Americans in the Arts)\, Naturally Native\, Secondhand Heart and most recently the action feature\, Mohawk. Her television performances include House\, TNT’s Crazy Horse\, PBS’s Coyote Waits and NBC’s comedy “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” directed by Beth McCarthy-Miller; produced by Tina Fey\, Robert Carlock\, David Miner and Jeff Richmond. Sheri is the first native American to be considered for The EMMY for her role as Fern White. She provided narration for the Emmy-nominated Great Performances PBS special featuring the American Indian Dance Theater.  Wild Indian\, written and directed by  Lyle Mitchell Corbine Jr.\, cast Sheri as Lisa Wolf in his drama.  Sheri is most honored to have worked on Rutherford Falls with native writer and producer\, Sierra Teller Ornelas. Mrs. Foster Blake just finished shooting a Duplass Brothers Production\, Allies\, directed by Barrett O’Brien. She voiced several characters on The Adventures of Super Indian\, by Arigon Star She served on the board directors of the American Indian Registry founded by Will Sampson and was a founding Trustee of The First American in the Arts. Mrs. Foster Blake’s directing debut was The Dawes Commission by the late Bob Hicks. Sheri lives in Los Angeles with her husband\, Academy nominated make-up artist\, John Blake. \n\nCARA JADE MYERS (Kiowa/Wichita)\nCara Jade Myers is a Native American actress/writer living in Los Angeles\, CA. It was just announced that Cara has been cast in Martin Scorsese’s newest film ‘Killer of the Flower Moon’. In 2019 she was a fellow in the 4th Annual Native American TV Writers Program where she developed a TV pilot from pitch to 3rd draft. That same year\, she was a semi-finalist in the ABC/Disney writers’ program. In early 2020 Cara was among 12 selected as part of A3 Artists Agency’s program The Colony\, creating a TV pilot that is now in the pre-production phase. For the last part of 2020 Cara was selected to be a fellow of the Native American Feature Film Writers Lab. \n\nKIOWA GORDON (Hualapai Tribe)\nBorn in Berlin\, Germany\, his early life was spent on the Hualapai Reservation\, learning his mother’s culture\, with his 7 siblings. Everything changed in late 2008. While living in Cave Creek\, AZ and attending Sunday school\, he was approached by Stephenie Meyer to audition for the second film in the adaptation of her book series\, The Twilight Saga. He got the role. While he wanted to pursue playing music\, he was plucked from obscurity and thrust into a phenomenal film franchise that jump-started his career in the entertainment industry. Kiowa has gone on to work on numerous film and television projects for the past 12 years. He won the best supporting actor award at the 2013 American Indian Film Festival for his work in The Lesser Blessed. In 2013 he started work on the Sundance TV series\, The Red Road\, with Jason Momoa and Tom Sizemore. In April of 2020\, his horror film\, Blood Quantum\, was released exclusively on Shudder due to the movie theaters being shuttered. He now resides in Studio City\, CA gearing up for the next adventure. \nMARTIN SENSMEIER (Koyukon-Athabascan)\nMartin Sensmeier is an American Actor and Producer from the Alaskan Native Tribes\, Tlingit as well as Koyukon-Athabascan. He was raised in the village of Yakutat\, Alaska. He is best known for his roles in The Magnificent Seven\, Wind River\, Yellowstone and Westworld. \n\n\n\n\n\nCara Jade Myers\nCara Jade Myers (Kiowa/Wichita) is a Native American actress/ writer living in Los Angeles\, CA. It was just announced that Cara has been cast in Martin Scorsese’s newest film ‘Killer of the Flower Moon’.  In 2019 she was a fellow in the 4th Annual Native American TV Writers Program where she developed a TV pilot from pitch to 3rd draft. That same year\, she was a semi-finalist in the ABC/Disney writers’ program. In early 2020 Cara was among 12 selected as part of A3 Artists Agency’s program The Colony\, creating a TV pilot that is now in the pre-production phase.  For the last part of 2020 Cara was selected to be a fellow of the Native American Feature Film Writers Lab.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIAN SKORODIN (Moderator)\n  \nAbout LA SKINS FEST\nThe Festival is an initiative of the Native American non-profit the Barcid Foundation and aims to showcase the rising talent in Native American filmmaking. This year the LA SKINS FEST is expanding the screening series to accommodate the growing talent in Indian Country. \nThe prestigious LA SKINS FEST ranks among the country’s best film festivals and is an annual gathering for film industry insiders\, cinema enthusiasts\, filmmakers\, and critics. The LA Skins Fest is considered a major launching ground for Indian Country’s most talked about films. Founded in 2007\, the Los Angeles Skins Fest\, presented in the historic TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood\, is a 6-day multicultural event celebrating the art of film\, TV and new media. The Los Angeles Skins Fest’s long-standing commitment is to join filmmakers and film connoisseurs together to experience great cinema. The exciting schedule consists of dozens of filmmakers presenting their newest works\, special artist development programs\, tributes to community leaders\, special events\, and remarkable films. Festival headquarters are in Los Angeles\, CA. \nAbout the SCA Council on Diversity & Inclusion\nDiversity\, inclusion and respect of differences\, including race and ethnicity\, gender and gender identities\, sexual orientation\, and disability\, are foundational tenets of the USC School of Cinematic Arts (SCA). SCA is an internationally recognized institution and a leader in the fields of cinematic arts\, games\, emergent media forms and media scholarship. While entertainment industries including film\, television and interactive media have deep histories in progressive social politics\, current cultural discussions about the state of mainstream media industries indicate that much work needs to be done to challenge and change existing paradigms around power\, privilege and inclusion. Recognized as a pipeline to the media industries and graduate media programs\, SCA is uniquely positioned to play a leadership role in preparing the next generation of media producers and scholars to critically engage with issues of diversity and build inclusive creative and scholarly communities within media industries and academia. SCA embraces this opportunity to influence the wider community of media creators and scholars. In 2016 SCA formed the Council for Diversity & Inclusion to address how our community can foster a more inclusive environment. \nUSC is located in one of our nation’s most vibrant and diverse cities\, and we recognize the need for our institution to reflect the complex and multifaceted richness of our surrounding communities in terms of students\, staff\, faculty and community partners. SCA is committed to cultivating a diverse and inclusive learning environment at all institutional levels. We promote diversity and inclusion in the recruitment and training of all faculty members and believe that celebrating diversity within our student population will open critical and constructive dialogues about difference that enhance our creative and scholarly work. We also understand that support staff play a vital role in the SCA community and\, therefore\, the same attention needs to be paid to diversity among staff members. We define diversity to include age\, race\, ethnicity\, physical ability\, gender identity\, gender expression\, sexual orientation\, socioeconomic status\, country of origin\, veteran status\, religious practice\, and political ideology. SCA seeks to weave a philosophy of inclusion and respect for difference into the fabric of our community; take a leadership role in areas of diversity and inclusion across the university; and establish a model for media industries to empower different voices and perspectives. \nLearn more at: http://cinema.usc.edu/Diversity\n\nThis program is generously sponsored by\n\n\n\nFor more information about upcoming programming and events offered by USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative\, please visit their website. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  URL:https://laskinsfest.com/event/native-american-actors-virtual-panel/ CATEGORIES:Actor's Workshop ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://laskinsfest.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/USC-Slider1200x384-actors-panel-1.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR