highlighted projects:
Software: Premiere, After Effects, Audition, Photoshop, Photoscape, GarageBand, OBS.
Equipment: Cannon DSLR, iPhone, Macbook Air, Shure Mic, Steinberg Audio.
art & media director since 2011
An Interdisciplinary Art & Literature Presentation Group
Creating a Virtual Show, Out of Neccessity
During Covid, we took our monthly gatherings online which meant that the 5 or more invited presenters sent their work digitally so we could meet virtually.
Design the Look & Sound of the Show
Edit Raw Footage into Program Timeline
Caption, Title & Subtitle
Line up & Process Audio
Source & Mix Visuals for Audio Narratives,
Biographies & Music
Host & Live Stream
Software: Premiere, CapCut, Audition, Photoshop, GarageBand
Equipment: Cannon DSLR, Macbook Air, Shure Mic, Wireless Mic, Steinberg Audio.
video producer & project assistant since 2015
First Nation Deaths in Police Custody
Investigative Journalism Meets
Video Storytelling
Rose Marie Roper - William’s Lake, BC - 1967
Shoot & Edit Video
Record Audio
Design Intro’s & Outro’s
Line Up Audio
Caption, Title & Subtitle
Select & Manage Soundtracks
Research Source Documents & Imagery
Ida Jean Elkins - William’s Lake, BC - 1982
Software: Premiere, After Effects, Audition, Photoshop, Photoscape, GarageBand.
Equipment: Cannon DSLR, Macbook Air, Shure Mic, Steinberg Audio.
video producer & co-host in 2019
Pakistani & Local Women Heroes
Showcasing Our Heroes
A tribute to 15 women for their contributions to our communities, Pakistani & Local.
Turn Script Into Visual Story
Record Audio Narrations
Animate Image & Text Elements
Narrate & Host
Caption, Title & Subtitle
Line up Audio to Video
Source Original Documents & Imagery
galleries:
Surrey Muse Arts Society
Not In The Public Interest
taRka Music Videos
Activism, Reality & Existence
Product Tutorial
More to come....
Book Design
E-book
Journal
Magazine
Web Design
Metal Stand
Banner
Poster
Bookmark
Booklet
Awards in Slate, Metal & Cardboard
Logo
Business Cards
Digital Banner
Letterhead
More to come....
Photos
Video Stills
Original Drawings with colouring pencil, pastel
gel pen, charcoal, boil point pen.
Layered & Manipulated Imageries
Water Color & Acrylic Paintings
taRka: a process, a place, a collaborative project
Dreamspeak
love
timeless
abstract
experi
mental
unearthnoise
deep
hand drum
Strings
melodies
chants
soulful
tribal ancient ritualistic
World Music
other worldy
MAAT
Outta
space
avante
garde
bass
psychedellic
sick drumbeat
sick drumbeat
Myrh & The Magnetic
Dog Sisters
The Consolers
Electric
rock
blues
neo soul
garage
reverse tape
organgrunge
LIMITED TIME ONLY
mississippi marching band
Creative
Energy
I have felt the importance of creative energy as a tool for self-awareness and as a way to connect people. Feeling a natural flow in the crafts of poetry, multimedia arts, songwriting & singing, I use the arts to skilfully produce meaningful experiences for myself & the communities
I belong to.
I have learned so much by combining mediums & my output is deepened when I collaborate with artists across the disciplines.
A collective force is perpetuated when we use our talents and skills toward a vision of a better tomorrow keeping in mind all the species who will be here after us.
Core Values & Motivations
Strive toward Social Justice
Challenge Settler Consciousness
Go Gently Beyond the Mainstream
Respect the Environment
Grow Awareness of Indigenous Philosophies
Welcome New forms of Economy, of Sharing Wealth,
of Cooperation & Collaboration
Background
In `1993, I learned desktop publishing through an apprenticeship awarded by Diva: Art & Literary Journal of Women of South Asian Origin. Two years later Diva published my collection of poetry, Not to Understand. In 2001 I taught myself how to code & design websites and co-released ul-zahra.com Environment Friendly Choices. I co-founded Surrey Muse in 2011, a project to gather talents, each month, across the arts. In 2012, I began to sharpen my video & photography skills in turn producing video shows, music videos and video adverts. I self-published These Tales are True in 2016. The same year, I launched a collaborative music project, taRka, where I sang my poetry to instrumentals by musicians across genre & geography. The year before, in 2015, I joined Not in the Public Interest, an investigative project on first nation deaths in police custody where we bring attention to each death through various mediums like videos, illustrations & source documents.
Experience
Art & Media Director
2011 to Present, Surrey Muse Arts Society
Video Producer & Project Assistant
2015 to Present, Not In The Public Interest
education
Associate Arts Degree
2004-2006, Douglas College
Weaving the Web Level I & II
2001, BCIT
Desktop Publishing Apprenticeship
1993, Anna Melnikoff
