Events. (California-Worldwide Misc.).

[C]ALIFORNIA

Open studios: Open Studios 2002 celebrates the excitement and originality of fine arts in San Francisco. More than 750 artists open their studios to the public every weekend in Oct. For more information call [phone] or email [e-mail].

Workshops: Film Arts Foundation offers various film aid video workshops. For information call [phone] or visit www.filmarts.org.

Workshops: John Sexton Photography Workshops are offered in California, as well as other locations. For information call [phone] or visit www.johnsexton.com.

Workshops: The Ray McSavaney Photographic Workshops, given around the state. Topics include: The Southwest Landscape, A Sense of Place, The Portrait, and Content and Context. For information call [phone].

Workshops: Bay Area Video Coalition offers workshops in all areas of production. For information call [phone] or email [e-mail].

Workshops: Robert Fields Photographic Workshops are offered around California. For information call [phone]; email [e-mail]; or visit www.4fields.com/photo.html.

[C]OLORADO

Workshops: The Ah Haa School for the Arts offers workshops on arts and crafts topics throughout the year. For information write: The Ah Haa School for the Arts, P.O. Box 1590, Telluride 81435 or call [phone].

Workshops: Anderson Ranch Center in Snowmass Village alters workshops in photography and digital imaging throughout the year. For information call [phone].

[C]ONNECTICUT

Workshops: Connecticut Graphic Arts Center offers ongoing workshops in various media, including alternative photographic processes and monotype. For Scheduling information write Connecticut Graphic Arts Center, Mathews Park, 299 West Ave., Norwalk, 06850 or call [phone].

Events: Real Art Ways offers many programs in music, the arts and performance, including lecture series and video screenings. For more information contact Real Art Ways, 56 Arbor St., Hartford 06106; call [phone] ext. 115; or visit www.realartways.org.

Workshops: Connecticut Photographic Workshops offers a variety of classes in classical, alternative and digital photography. For a catalog write CPW, 55 West St., P.O. Box 1509, New Milford 06776; call [phone]; email [e-mail]; or visit www.shawguides.com.

[M]AINE 

Workshops: The Maine Photographic Workshops offers a variety of one-week workshops and master classes. For information call [phone] or visit www.theworkshops.com.

[M]ASSACHUSETTS

Workshops: Horizons, The New England Craft Program, offers an array of photography workshops in such locales as Massachusetts, Utah, Italy, France and Ireland. For a catalog contact Horizons, 108-P N. Main St., Sunderland 01375; [phone]; fax [phone]; email [e-mail]; or visit www.horizons-art.org.

Workshops: Cape Cod Photo Workshops offers basic through advanced photo workshops, Jun. through Sep. For information writ Linda E. McCausland, Workshop Director, Cape Cod Photo Workshops, P.O. Box 1619/135 Oak Leaf Rd., N. Eastham 02651, call [phone]; or visit www.capecod.net/ccpw/.

Workshops: The Boston Photo Collaborative offers workshops for youths and adults throughout the year. For information call [phone] or visit www.channel1.com/users/bosphoto.

Workshops: The Boston Film/Video Foundation offers an array of workshops including Basic Video, Cinematography for Producers and Directors, Screen writing, Animation and Creating a Resume Reel. For information call [phone].

[M]INNESOTA

Workshops: Barbara Harman otters a variety of bookmaking workshops in Minneapolis. For information call [phone].

Workshops: Institute for Public Art and Design is a new program launched by the Minneapolis College of Art and Design "dedicated to teaching public art as the creation and discovery of shared experience." Courses are taught in a one-or three-week intensive program. For more information call [phone] or email ipad(c)mn.mcad.edu.

[M]ONTANA

Workshops: The Photographers' Formulary offers workshops on a broad range of alternative processes. For information call [phone]; email [e-mail]; or visit www.photoformulary.com.

[N]EW JERSEY

Workshops: The Photography Workshops of New Jersey offers numerous workshops around the country. For information call [phone].

[N]EW MEXICO

Workshops: New Mexico Photography Field School offers workshops in New Mexico and Wyoming. For information call [phone].

Workshops: Santa Fe Photography and Digital Workshops are offered throughout the year. For information call [phone] or visit www.sfworkshop.com.

Workshops: Workshops in Santa Fe are offered throughout the year. For information call [phone] or email [e-mail].

[N]EW YORK CITY

Benefit event: In celebration of the one year anniversary of its new Midtown campus, and to honor the work of its alumni, the International Center of Photography (ICP) is hosting a Buck-to-School Benefit on Thursday, Sep. 19 from 7 to 10:30 p.m. The event will encompass the entire ICP campus--the School and the Museum--as well as the Grace Plaza. Proceeds from the event will launch a scholarship fund for ICP's Certificate Programs as well as support a wide range of its other educational activities. For more information or to purchase tickets call [phone] or visit the ICP web site at www.icp.org/membership/benefit.

Workshops: Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center offers ongoing classes in Sound technology, Video, Multimedia and Web Development and offers an Interdisciplinary Certificate Program in Digital Media Arts. For information write Harvestworks, 596 Broadway Suite 602, New York, NY, 10012; call [phone]; or visit http://www.harvestworks.org.

Workshops: Squeaky Wheel in Buffalo offers workshops for adults as well as children in video, 16mm film, animation and digital imaging. For information contact Kelly Spivey (for children's programs) or Ghen Dennis at [phone] or email [e-mail].

Workshops: The George Eastman House in Rochester offers Historic Process Workshops throughout the gear, including Wet-Plate Collodion, Daguerreotype and Advanced Albumen. For information call [phone].

Workshops: The Center for Photography at Woodstock offers workshops in a variety of photographic areas. For information call [phone]; email [e-mail]; or visit www.cpw.org.

Workshops: Light Work/Community Darkrooms in Syracuse offers classes and workshops in photography and digital imaging. For information call Vernon Burnett at [phone].

Workshops: The Millennium Film Workshop Inc. offers their Personal Cinema Program as well as a variety of other filmmaking classes. For more information contact the Millennium Film Workshop Inc., 66 E. 4th St., New York 10003 or call [phone].

Workshops: The New School offers a wide range of photographic courses as part of their Toscana Photographic Workshop. For more information write The New School, 66 W. 12th St., New York 10011; call [phone]; or email [e-mail].

Workshops: Film and video production workshops are offered at Third World Newsreel. For information send SASE to Third World Newsreel, 545 8th Ave., New York 10018; call [phone]; or visit www.twn.org.

Workshops: The international Center of Photography offers a variety of workshops and classes. For information visit www.icp.org.

Workshops: Film/Video Arts offers courses on AVID, digital effects, writing proposals and other aspects of film production. Register by phone at [phone] or fax [phone].

Workshops: The Kitchen in association with Sarah Lawrence College offers a variety of workshops. For information call [phone]; fax [phone]; or visit www.thekitchen. org.

Workshops: Women Make Movies offers workshops in fundraising for independent media, distribution, promotion and other aspects of independent filmmaking. For more information call [phone] or email [e-mail].

[N]ORTH CAROLINA

Workshops: The Light Factory in Charlotte offers workshops in photographic techniques. For information call [phone]; email [e-mail]; or visit www.fightfactory.org.

Workshops: The Penland School of Crafts offers workshops in books and paper as well as photography, metals and various other media. For information call [phone] or visit www.penland.org.

[O]REGON

Workshops: The NW Film Center School of Film at the Portland Art Museum offers fall classes and workshops in various aspects of film and video production. For information call [phone] or visit www.nwfilm.org.

[W]ASHINGTON

Conference: The National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture hosts its 2002 conference under the theme of "Media Arts: Connecting Culture and Community." The event will take place at the 911 Media Arts Center in Seattle Oct. 2-5. For more information and/or registration, please visit www.pullfocus.org.

Workshops: The Coupeville Arts Center offers workshops on Whidbey Island, on a New Mexican Navajo Reservation, and on a San Juan orca whale safari, as well as in Seattle, on the Oregon coast and on the Olympic peninsula. For information contact the Coupeville Arts Center, P.O. Box 171, Coupeville 98239; call [phone]; email [e-mail] or visit www.coupevillearts.org.

[W]ORLDWIDE MISC.

CANADA Workshops: The Banff Center's Multimedia Institute offers a variety of workshops throughout the year. For information call [phone]. Accepting applications year-round for work study positions in Computer, Photography and Video Editing.

CHINA Workshops: Art Research Tours and International Studios, a non-profit organization run by artists, offers low-cost, high-quality photography workshops and tours in China, France, Italy and the UK. Complete study tour packages include airfare, housing, excursions and MFA instructors/guides for on-site photography. For information call [phone].

FRANCE Workshops: Pont-Aven School of Art offers workshops in photography, painting and sculpture. Course credit is given through the Rhode Island School of Design. For information or a registration form call [phone]; email [e-mail]; or visit www.pontavensa.org.

ITALY Workshops: Small personal workshops in travel reportage in and around Florence, including black and white printing techniques. For information email [e-mail] or visit www.fotokorth.de.

ITALY Workshops: Click Up offers workshops in fashion photography and photographing the arts in Florence. For information call (011) 55-229-8548; email [e-mail]; or visit www.clickup.net.

ITALY Workshops: Cortona Center for Photography offers workshops with guest instructors such as Ralph Gibson, Pete Turner, Douglas Kirkland, Robert Farber, Stephen Johnson, Laurence Gartel, Alan Ross, Jay Maisel and John Paul Caponigro. For information email [e-mail].

NETHERLANDS Festival: The ninth edition of the Noorderlicht Photofestival will be devoted to Central and South American photography. The event will take place in Leeuwarden Sep. 7-Oct. 13. For information contact: Stichting Fotografie Noorderlicht, Munnekeholm 10, 9711 JA Groninen, The Netherlands; call +31[0]50 318 22 27; email [e-mail]; or visit www.noorderlicht.com,

SPAIN Event: Fotoshow Madrid, the Photography and Image Fair, is born with the clear vocation of becoming a reference-point event for the industry, in principle of national scope. The event will take place in Hall 9 at the Juan Carlos I Exhibition Centre, Madrid, between Nov. 21 and 24, 2002. Call (34)91 722 50 90; email [e-mail]; or visit www.prensa.ifema.es.

UK Workshops: Duckspool Photography Workshops offer photography and residential workshops. For information call 01823 451304; fax 451325; email [e-mail]; or visit www.duckspool.com.