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Register NOW for tomorrow’s workshop: QLab (Intermediate) for Sound Designers Register now at designers.ca/workshops October 16, 3:30pm (EST)/12:30pm (PST) This is a 90 minute workshop led by Richard Feren, accomplished sound designer. This workshop is free and open to members and non-members of ADC.... Please join Richard Feren in a workshop directed to sound designers or anyone who already has some basic experience programming for sound in QLab. (QLab is a standard playback program for many theatres.) Please download QLab 4 and have it updated as you will work along with Richard to create a show file. https://qlab.app/ It’s also recommended to have some audio files on hand (AIFF or WAV formats recommended), including some that can be looped, as content for you to program in your own QLab workspace. This workshop will cover the basics of setting up a workspace, programming audio cues and fade cues, looping and devamping, MIDI command cues, and other details, up to an intermediate/advanced user level.

ADC Professional Development from Home presents the upcoming workshop: "How Light Interacts with Pigments of Skin Hue, Costumes and Scenery." with Sholem Dolgoy November 7, 7pm(EST)/4pm (PST) Register now at designers.ca/workshops ... Are you a lighting designer who has colour anxiety and needs to brush up on your colour theory? Or have you never really understood the science behind the colours you choose? Are you a costume or set designer that would like to dispel the mystery of wavelengths? Or why the primary colours of light are not the same as paint? Please join Sholem Dolgoy (Accomplished Lighting Designer and former professor at Ryerson University) for a workshop on how light interacts with pigments of skin hue, costumes and scenery. This workshop is directed to lighting designers but all are welcome to join us and learn about the craft of lighting design. Free for ADC members and non-members. It is recommended that you have a Rosco and Lee swatch book on hand for this workshop. Please contact Michelle at [email protected] for any questions.

ADC Professional Development at Home Presents: QLab (Intermediate) for Sound Designers Register now at designers.ca/workshops October 16, 3:30pm (EST)/12:30pm (PST) This is a 90 minute workshop led by Richard Feren, accomplished sound designer. This workshop is free and open to members and non-members of ADC.... Please join Richard Feren in a workshop directed to sound designers or anyone who already has some basic experience programming for sound in QLab. (QLab is a standard playback program for many theatres.) Please download QLab 4 and have it updated as you will work along with Richard to create a show file. https://qlab.app/ It’s also recommended to have some audio files on hand (AIFF or WAV formats recommended), including some that can be looped, as content for you to program in your own QLab workspace. This workshop will cover the basics of setting up a workspace, programming audio cues and fade cues, looping and devamping, MIDI command cues, and other details, up to an intermediate/advanced user level.

"The ADC will form its own IATSE Local Union, called IATSE Local ADC 659, which will become active on January 1, 2021. The new Local, consisting of the ADC’s 250 designers, has been granted a national charter a first for the IATSE in Canada. "

CONGRATULATIONS! MEMBERSHIP VOTES OVERWHELMINGLY TO AFFILIATE WITH IATSE Canada The Board of Directors, along with the IATSE/ADC Negotiation Committee, are pleased to announce that the ADC membership has voted overwhelmingly in favour of ratifying the Memorandum of Agreement to affiliate with IATSE. The voting closed at 5pm ET on Thursday, October 1. A total of 220 members participated in the vote, representing 84% of the eligible membership. Of the votes cast, 95.3% voted... in favour of adopting the Memorandum of Agreement. The Directors of the Board would like to express their gratitude to all who voted, and for the confidence the membership has shown in the Board’s work over the past 6 months.

ADC Professional Development from Home- OCTOBER WORKSHOPS are now LIVE! Register at designers.ca/workshops QLab (Intermediate) For Sound Designers @ October 16, 3:30pm (EST)/12:30pm (PST)... After Effects for Theatre Designers II @ October 30, 3:30pm (EST)/12:30pm (PST)

#iMissLiveTheatre: Designers Edition A celebration of the making of live theatre September 26, 2020 at 7pm (EST), 4pm (PST) Register now at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/imisslivetheatre-designers-edit... Designers, theatre artists, audience members and theatre lovers of all types are are warmly invited to join! There's still time to register, so please help us to spread the word widely. A casual ‘behind the scenes look' to connect audiences and theatre artists in their love of live performance. Design and creative teams include: The Stratford Festival's Rocky Horror Show & Alice Through The Looking Glass, plus the world renowned production of The Overcoat. Frequent collaborators Camie Koo, Michelle Ramsay, and Nina Lee Aquino will also speak about their unique process that they have used to create multiple shows together. Interspersed with these discussions, we will share some images from ADC designers' favourite past productions and also showcase a demonstration of live drawing.

ADC Member Beth Kates shares for #LightUpLive #EclaironsLesScenes

#LightUpLive #EclaironsLesScenes In YYC!

Board Member Richard Feren participating tonight in #LightUpLive #EclaironsLesScenes #IMissLiveTheatreTO

Today is the Day of Visibility for the Live Event Community. We all miss live events, but there are a million Canadians who work in this industry, most of whom cannot return to work yet. https://lightuplive.ca... #LightUpLive #EclaironsLesScenes

Hello Designers! The ADC is hosting an event in support of TAPAs #IMissLiveTheatreTO campaign on Saturday evening (watch for forthcoming details on how to attend!). We are collecting stories, pictures, audio, videos etc. about designers FAVOURITE THEATRE EXPERIENCES!! What show did you work on that you absolutely loved? What's the most hilarious backstage anecdote (that you're willing to share publicly...:P) What's a project that changed you and made you love theatre even m...ore than you did before! If you're willing to take a trip down memory lane and have a think about your favourite career OR audience experiences, please share it with us by emailing [email protected] We will put together a short 'favourite memories' video to share as part of this event on Saturday! I hope you are all as well as we can be in these current times. <3 See more

We are dark today but tomorrow we will light up the night. https://lightuplive.ca #LightUpLive #EclaironsLesScenes

#iMissLiveTheatreTO has officially launched! At this time of year, the theatre, dance and opera sector would typically be celebrating the launch of the 2020-21 season. Instead the industry continues to feel the devastating impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. While many parts of our economy cautiously begin to reopen, the performing arts remain largely dark - amongst the first to close and will be the last to re-open... The impact to date in Toronto is 25,000 cancelled or postponed public performances; $500 million lost ticket sales; 20 million lost audience members. To raise awareness of the effect of the pandemic on the theatre, dance and opera community in Toronto we are inviting you, our audiences to join artists in celebrating our vibrant cultural landscape.