This hands-on workshop invites youth ages 14–25 to dive into the world of filmmaking through a creative, collaborative experience.

Participants will experiment with different film genres and team up to produce a commercial, using the Gallery as a dynamic backdrop for this genre-focused exploration. 

The session is led by artist and filmmaker Ty Tekatch (AGH Media Producer) and writer and filmmaker Aaron Lam (AGH Communications Coordinator). Ty will demonstrate techniques for bringing cinematic style to projects, while both facilitators guide participants in visual storytelling, narrative experimentation, and imaginative approaches to filmmaking. 

All materials are included. No experience necessary. 
This event is suitable for youth ages 14-25.  

Instructor: Ty Tekatch is the Art Gallery of Hamilton Lead of Media Production, where he produces audio, video and extended reality projects. He’s produced numerous documentaries that have accompanied exhibitions nation wide. He’s also an artist who works in film, video and installation whose held solo shows at the Art Gallery of Hamilton, and the Ottawa Art Gallery, as well as having screened at film festivals internationally.

Instructor: Aaron Lam is a writer and filmmaker from Oakville who currently serves as the Coordinator of Communications for the Art Gallery of Hamilton.

Lam has written for numerous newspapers and magazines, and he is the author of the books The Fake-Chicken Kung Fu Fighting Blues, Believing a Man Can Fly: Memories of a Life in Special Effects and Film, and Composing Adventure: Conversations with Composers about Great Adventure Scores.

His filmmaking credits include The Shaw Festival: Behind the Curtain, which he co-directed with Jeremy Major for PBS, and An Artist of the Grand: Journey Through Festival Country, which he directed for TVOntario.