Explore flight pattern methods for gathering visuals using a drone. Artist Laura Millard will help you identify ways to get the types of shots you need for your projects. 

In this workshop, participants will review the aesthetics of flight-based drone art, learn basic drone flight safety, and learn a number of drone flight techniques in both indoor and outdoor settings. Advanced techniques will be demonstrated by the instructors. The workshop includes both discussion and hands-on drone flight in small groups. 

This workshop is hosted in conjunction with Once is Nothing: A Drone Art Exhibition, Canada’s first exhibition dedicated to the investigation of drones as a subject, material, and tool for artistic production. 

Date: Saturday March 26

Time: 11am - 4:30pm

Drone Flight & Safety 101 will be held between 11am-12pm. If you want hands-on flying time during the afternoon you must attend this session. 

Location: Artscape Youngplace, Studio 108. Map: https://goo.gl/maps/JsUhtsT6iS12

Registration Fee: $100 With Annual Studio/Workshop Pass (see below); $120 Regular Price

Material Fee: None

What, if any, prerequisite knowledge should students have? None. 

What to Bring: If you own a drone and would like to bring it, please let us know. Note that due to the number of people in this workshop, all drones used inside Studio 108 will be tethered for safety reasons. 

About the Instructor: Laura Millard has been exhibited in artist-run, commercial and public galleries across Canada and internationally, including Where Where Exhibition Space (Beijing), Doris McCarthy Gallery (Toronto), Glenbow Museum (Calgary), Sookmyung Women’s University (Korea) and St. Lawrence University Art Gallery (New York). She has been a visiting artist and panelist in various university and gallery settings including the Banff Centre, the University of Waterloo, the University of Victoria, the University of Western Ontario, the Mendel Art Gallery and the Art Gallery of Ontario. She received a BFA from NSCAD University Art in 1983 and an MFA from Concordia University in 1992. In addition, Millard has held several artist residencies including at the Banff Centre, NSCAD University, Brucebo Studio in Sweden and Red Gate in Beijing, China. An artist, writer and educator, Laura Millard is currently an Associate Professor at the OCAD University where she served as Department Chair of Drawing and Painting for 10 years.

New video work by Laura created using drone flight techniques will be visible from the street in the window galleries at InterAccess every evening throughout the duration of Once is Nothing: A Drone Art Exhibition, February 17 – April 2, 2016.