Co:Laboratory!
Greetings from the future and welcome to Northwest Film Center… without walls. That's right, you've found the NWFC's Co:Laboratory!
Expansive in genre, mediums, and ideas, the NWFC's Co:Laboratory is one grand experiment. Continuously offering online and IRL connection to people, ideas, and innovations in the media arts that help artists and art lovers sustain their curiosity and what is creatively possible, the Co:Laboratory exists to uniquely inspire new projects, new skills, and new ways of seeing. In the spirit of all creative endeavors, it will be designed to be an ever-evolving, community-driven, ongoing work-in-progress.
From the beginning, the expansive talks, workshops, and offerings will require from its participant's imagination, innovation, and open-mindedness — and above all, a willingness to try new things a bit differently. Ranging from open and free classes to programming directed at professionals at all levels hoping to expand their personal projects and possibilities, many of the programs will be team-taught or presented, allowing for a multiplicity of points of view on any one topic.
NWFC will be learning and listening for the next six months, working with our Advisory Board and both our local and global community to help shape a future where for whom, by whom, and how cinematic stories are told is more open and inclusive. Together, we will test, experiment, study, and practice. We will question things. We will take risks and create what's next.
So whether you're a lover of a good story well told, a working media artist in the NW (or beyond!), or are working to change the status quo, we can't wait to have you with us.
Upcoming Classes & Workshops

The Art of Poster Design
May 24, 2021
How do you distill a feature-length film into a single compelling image? Join Akiko Stehrenberger, visual artist and prolific film …

From Concept to Object: The Zine as a Creative Conduit
May 26, 2021
Self-published, limited distribution, one-of-a-kind works of text and images, zines have been a subculture mainstay for decades and continue to …

Capturing an Oneiric State: Dreams and Film with Jane Schoenbrun
Jun 5, 2021
You sit in a dark room, focus in on the glowing light of the movie screen in front of you, …

Working with the Composer
Jun 12, 2021
How to find, hire and work with a film composer, from the demo process to finished picture. The instructor's musical …
View the Calendar to find current classes.