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| Title | Offering | Standing | Credits | Credits | When | F | W | S | Su | Description | Preparatory | Faculty | Days | Multiple Standings | Start Quarters | Open Quarters |
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Zenaida Vergara and Aaron Kruse
Signature Required:
Fall Winter Spring
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Course | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 4 | 04 | Evening | F 12 Fall | W 13Winter | S 13Spring | This year-long sequence of courses introduces the subject of audio production and its relation to modern media. Fall quarter will focus on analog mixers and magnetic recording with some work in digital editing. Main topics will include field recording, digital audio editing, microphone design and application, analog multi-track recording, and audio console signal flow. Winter continues this work while starting to work with computer-based multitrack production. Additional topics will include acoustics, reverb, and digital effects processing. In spring, additional topics will include sound design for film with sync sound production for dialogue, Foley, sound effects, and music composition. There will also be an interview-style production meant for radio broadcast. In each quarter, students will have weekly reading assignments and weekly lab assignments outside of class time. | Zenaida Vergara Aaron Kruse | Wed | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall Winter Spring | ||
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Anne Fischel and John Baldridge
Signature Required:
Spring
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Program | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 8, 16 | 08 16 | Day and Evening | S 13Spring | How do communities remain resilient in the face of oppression, exploitation, disempowerment, and the shock of what Naomi Klein has termed "disaster capitalism"? How do people come together--and hold together--in challenging times? Conversely, how do people organize to resist and transform their societies' embedded inequities? How do groups create, nurture and develop networks of mutual aid, cooperation and solidarity that uphold principles of justice and sustainability?We will consider a range of communities seeking answers to these questions, in theory and in practice, to create and maintain cultures of solidarity. Key themes include: alternative economic models, such as producer and consumer cooperatives; the role of bottom-up, non-authoritarian education models in building durable, multigenerational lines of communication; challenges faced by indigenous, migrant, working class and other constituencies, including language, cultural and media literacy; and critical analysis of the concepts of sustainability, justice, culture and solidarity. Students will engage with communities in places as nearby as Olympia and Shelton and as far afield as Venezuela, Argentina, and the Basque region of Spain. We aim to learn how answers to theoretical questions can drive constructive practices in the real world.This program offers a full-time and a half-time option. The central program components outlined above will be offered as part of the Evening & Weekend Studies curriculum, for 8 credits, for all students in the program.Students enrolled in the full-time (16-credit option) will participate in additional daytime sessions. They will build on the central curriculum with projects that engage directly with local communities. Though we anticipate that some students will join the program to extend their work in the fall/winter program Local Knowledge, the full-time option is open to all registrants. Opportunities will be available to begin new projects or internships, or to join projects-in-progress from fall and winter quarters.Credits for all students may include: political economy, labor studies, social movement studies, community studies, geography, sociology, ethnic studies, and education. Additional credits for full-time students may include: media production, art as social practice, participatory research, media analysis, or credits tailored to students' community projects. | Anne Fischel John Baldridge | Tue Tue Thu Thu | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Spring | Spring | ||||
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Ruth Hayes and Devon Damonte
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 8 | 08 | Day | Su 13Summer Session I | In direct animation, a century-old camera-less form, artists use painting, scratching and myriad techniques not recommended by manufacturers to animate on motion picture film. It is an analog art that offers experiential escape from increasingly digital visual cultures. In this intensive hands-on class students will practice numerous methods of direct animation, have opportunities to invent their own techniques and create lots of footage in a short time, while studying genre masters like Len Lye, Norman McLaren, and Barbel Neubauer. For final presentations students will explore analog and digital methods for presenting their work in a grand, celebratory projection performance extravaganza. | Ruth Hayes Devon Damonte | Tue Wed | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Summer | Summer | ||||
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Walter Grodzik
Signature Required:
Fall
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Contract | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | F 12 Fall | Individual study offers individual and groups of students the opportunity to develop self-direction, to learn how to manage a personal project, to focus on unique combinations of subjects, and to pursue original interdisciplinary projects without the constraints of an external structure. Individual and groups of students interested in a self-directed project, research or internships in Queer Studies or the Performing and Visual Arts should contact the faculty by email at | Walter Grodzik | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall | |||||
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Ben Kamen
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 8 | 08 | Day | Su 13Summer Session II | In this program students will develop techniques for creating interactive works of sound and video art. Students will explore interactive and generative methods for controlling sound and video in Max/MSP/Jitter, a visual programming environment. In addition, students will use the Arduino micro-controller platform to create interfaces between the digital and real worlds. Creative projects, guided by reading and collaborative activities, will the be primary goal of the technical work. | Ben Kamen | Tue Thu | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Summer | Summer | ||||
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Anne Fischel
Signature Required:
Spring
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SOS | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | S 13Spring | This is an opportunity for students to apply the skills and knowledge learned in the fall/winter program They will conduct or continue projects or internships in local communities. The SOS is organized to support individual project work or internships, but with a core of common readings, screenings and work in progress discussions. Students will meet once a week throughout spring quarter. | Anne Fischel | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Spring | Spring | |||||
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Anne Fischel and Grace Huerta
Signature Required:
Winter
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Program | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | F 12 Fall | W 13Winter | In this program we will work with local communities and develop skills to support collaboration and shared learning with community partners. The community base of knowledge is an important foundation for creating justice and sustainability. How communities view themselves—their sense of place, history and identity—can shape how they assess problems and arrive at solutions. How can we join this process? What dialogues can we construct with our neighbors? What can we learn from them, what can we teach; what resources can we offer through collaboration?We will focus on Mason County and (to a certain extent) Thurston County, and on work that is being done to create justice, sustainability and inclusion. We’ll learn about issues of literacy, immigration, education, youth, economic development, health, homelessness, and poverty, among others. We’ll learn about the organizations, individuals and institutions that are tackling community issues in innovative ways. We’ll consider how safe spaces of sanctuary and inclusion are being carved out in local communities to welcome and protect people who would otherwise be marginalized. Our work will be informed by popular education and community-based research, approaches that represent respectful and effective ways of doing community work. Workshops are offered in research and grant writing, and in media production, with an emphasis on documentary video public art, and innovative ways to involve communities in art and media.In fall we will familiarize ourselves with local people and organizations doing significant work in the region. Some classes will be held off campus in Shelton or Olympia. We will learn how to support community initiatives and implement shared projects for just and sustainable development. We will develop case studies of our region, supplemented by research on similar struggles and projects in other parts of the U.S. or internationally. We will develop skills in video, media literacy, historical research, grant writing, and oral history. Through these studies we will build a base for collaborative community work. In winter quarter we will implement community-based collaborative projects that put into practice the skills, knowledge and relationships we have developed. Students in good standing in this program will have the option to continue their projects in the spring quarter program, , which will focus on media, immigration, literacy and economic development, especially cooperatives. | Anne Fischel Grace Huerta | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall Winter | ||||
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Naima Lowe and Peter Randlette
Signature Required:
Fall
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Contract | JR–SRJunior - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | F 12 Fall | W 13Winter | S 13Spring | The Electronic Media internships provide opportunities for in-depth learning of a variety of media skills and concepts. They require a year-long commitment for fall, winter and spring quarters. Interns enroll for 12-16 credits per quarter with room for a 4-credit part-time class or other academic components. Interns work 30 to 40 hours a week and are paid 15 to 19 hours a week, depending on credit distribution. The intern's primary responsibilities are focused on supporting instruction, maintenance and administration for specific labs, facilities and production needs under the supervision of the staff. The interns meet weekly as a group to share skills, collaborate on projects, and to facilitate working together on productions and cross training between areas. All interns will be working in the Center for Creative and Applied Media, the rebuilt HD video and 5.1 surround audio production studios. For specific descriptions of the internships, please refer to . | Naima Lowe Peter Randlette | Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall | |||
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David Cramton
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 8 | 08 | Day | Su 13Summer Session I | Find out how to make a movie in this highly practical “inverted classroom” style course. The class will form the film crew to produce a short film, produced, shot, and directed by the class in only 5 weeks! Everyone will be a crew member; everyone will learn on set. From from scheduling to lighting, camera and sound, all of the set trades will be covered. The inverted classroom format means that students will view lectures online at their own pace and can pause and rewind as often as needed. Class time will be used for hands-on demonstrations and practice.Students who have a script they wish to be considered for production should contact faculty for further details.Students wishing to continue production and editing work in second session are encouraged to arrange individual or group learning contracts. | David Cramton | Tue Wed Thu | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Summer | Summer | ||||
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Terry Setter
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | Su 13Summer Full | This program provides instruction in the use of digital recording studio equipment, microphone design and placement techniques, mixing console design, signal flow, monitoring techniques, room acoustics, and signal processing. There will be written assignments based upon readings in Huber's , and students will present research on topics related to audio production. Students will do at least 50 hours of recording and familiarization work in teams of two in addition to the in-class activities. We will record local musicians and produce finished mixes of the sessions. | Terry Setter | Tue Wed Thu | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Summer | Summer | ||||
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Peter Randlette
Signature Required:
Fall Winter Spring
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Course | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 4 | 04 | Evening | F 12 Fall | W 13Winter | S 13Spring | Multi-track composition is the study of creating music with modern analog and digital technology. Musicians interested in the collaborative nature of working as a producer, engineer, and composer will learn the technical side of legacy tape-based and current disc-based systems as they create projects using the Music Oasis and the new fully-digital, surround control room and audio lab in the CCAM. Students will engineer, produce, and perform the works of classmates. The artistic aspects of signal processing and instrument manipulation will be primary areas of interest, and students will be expected to explore musical forms as well as in-depth production technologies. | Peter Randlette | Tue | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall Winter Spring | ||
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Laurie Meeker, Anne de Marcken (Forbes) and Marilyn Freeman
Signature Required:
Fall
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Program | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | F 12 Fall | W 13Winter | S 13Spring | This is the foundational program for moving image practices at Evergreen. This program will continue to emphasize the study of media technology and hands-on production practices along with the study of film/video history and theory. This year our work as filmmakers will be placed in the service of both sustainability and justice. A number of academic programs have begun to center their inquiry on important issues facing us and our planet--climate change, environmental justice, the relationship between people and the land, the sustainability of human and natural communities--issues that are vital to our well-being and the health of the planet. How do we engage these issues as filmmakers and artists? Can our work make a difference?Engaging media history and theory will be central to developing strategies of representation in our own work as producers of media. We will examine the history of documentary filmmaking to explore the strategies filmmakers have developed to represent "reality." We will study non-fiction filmmaking practices through screenings, readings, research projects, writing, and seminar discussions. One thread of our inquiry will focus on media addressing sustainability and justice--how have filmmakers placed their work in the service of political struggle, sustainability, justice, and the environment? Another thread of our inquiry will address critical alternatives to mainstream media, including autobiography, the history of experimental film and video art, and essayistic video. We will also address the politics of representation in relation to race, class and gender. Most people agree that media has the power to educate, as well as influence attitudes and behavior. Can media artists contribute to social change? As artists, how do we enter the debates around social and political justice, around energy, the environment and climate change? How does political media function in the discourses surrounding these issues?During fall and winter, students will develop media production skills as they engage a series of design problems thematically related to sustainability and justice, which provides a context for our work. The "sustainability and justice" framework will be broadly defined, and students can expect to create work that uses a variety of representational strategies, from documentary, to essayistic, to personal and autobiographical. We will explore a variety of production techniques, including a focus on audio production, an exploration of the image through cinematography, and the study of digital media production. Collaboration, a skill learned through practice, will be an important aspect of this learning community. Students will be expected to commit to a number of collaborative projects as well as working independently. The spring quarter will be devoted to developing independent media projects through research, proposal writing and media production.This program will link with other academic programs studying sustainability and justice, and we will work to develop collaborative projects addressing issues under the sustainability and justice umbrella. | Laurie Meeker Anne de Marcken (Forbes) Marilyn Freeman | Tue Wed Thu | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall | ||
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Steve Davis
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 4 | 04 | Evening | W 13Winter | This course emphasizes beginning-level skill development in camera use, lighting, exposure, b/w film and print processing. We will also briefly explore basic color printing and digital photography techniques. The essential elements of the class will include assignments, critiques and surveys of images by other photographers. Students of this class will develop a basic understanding of the language of photography, as a communications tool and a means for personal expression. Students must invest ample time outside of class to complete assignments. | Steve Davis | Tue Thu | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Winter | Winter | ||||
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Hugh Lentz
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 4 | 04 | Evening | F 12 Fall | This course emphasizes beginning-level skill development in camera function, exposure, and black-and-white film development and printing as well as an introduction to digital imaging. We will focus on photography's role in issues of the arts, cultural representation, and mass media. Students will have assignments, critiques, collaborations, and viewing of work by other photographers. Each student will complete a final project for the end of the quarter. | Hugh Lentz | Mon Wed | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall | ||||
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Hugh Lentz
Signature Required:
Winter
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 4 | 04 | Evening | W 13Winter | In this course we'll be learning to print from color negatives, work with medium format cameras, photograph with electronic flash, and work in the studio environment. There will be assignments, critiques, and viewing the work of other photographers. All assignments and all work for this class will be in the studio with lighting set-ups. In addition to assignments, each student will be expected to produce a final project of their own choosing and turn in a portfolio at the end of the quarter. | Hugh Lentz | Mon Wed | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Winter | Winter | ||||
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Steve Davis
Signature Required:
Fall
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Course | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 4 | 04 | Evening | F 12 Fall | This course will introduce students to photographic practice through digital means. Building from students' existing photographic skills and vocabulary, we will explore image-making with both digital and film cameras and work with computers, scanners and inkjet printers. Students will create work as exhibition-quality prints, and also create a photographic portfolio for the Web. | Steve Davis | Tue Thu | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall | ||||
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Steve Davis
Signature Required:
Spring
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Course | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 4 | 04 | Evening | S 13Spring | This class will explore how photography can be effectively used as a tool for creative documentation. You may work in any photographic mediums with which you are experienced (conventional B/W, color, digital). Final projects must address a particular topic (from your perspective) and clearly communicate your message to a broad audience. | Steve Davis | Tue Thu | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Spring | Spring | ||||
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Steve Davis
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 8 | 08 | Day | Su 13Summer Session II | This class is an introduction to photographic expression using digital cameras, computers, and printers. Image-making will take the forms of digital prints and online portfolios. A brief introduction digital video, HD panoramas, and the black-and-white darkroom will also be included. You will have full access to the Digital Imaging Studio and to our darkroom facilities. Digital cameras are available through Media Loan. Class requirements include scheduled assignments, research, and a final project consisting of new, photographically-derived, digital work. | Steve Davis | Mon Tue Wed | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Summer | Summer | ||||
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Hugh Lentz
Signature Required:
Spring
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Course | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 4 | 04 | Evening | S 13Spring | This is an intermediate to advanced photography class where students will be using older methods and techniques of the medium. We’ll be spending a significant part of this class learning about and using 4x5 cameras. Additionally, we'll be working with UV printing, lith films, pinhole cameras, and more. There will be assignments based in these processes, and each student will produce a final project. We’ll also look at the work of contemporary and historical artists using these methods. | Hugh Lentz | Mon Wed | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Spring | Spring | ||||
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Ruth Hayes and Frederica Bowcutt
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | S 13Spring | This program offers students opportunities to learn scientific and creative approaches to representing plants including field plant taxonomy, botanical illustration, observational and expressive drawing, and animation. Through lectures, lab exercises, design problems and field trips, students will learn to recognize the diagnostic characters of common plant families, and use dichotomous keys and field guides for plant identification.In lectures, readings and critiques, participants will study the history of botanical illustration and explore aspects of how plants have been represented by artists and in popular culture. In workshops, students will practice skills in drawing, black and white illustration (pen and ink and scratchboard) and color illustration (watercolor) techniques. As living things, plants grow and change through time, and we experience them in time, so students will also learn a variety of analog and digital animation techniques to represent the temporal dimensions of plants. Students will practice these skills in the execution of a portfolio of illustrations and short animated sequences.Several one-day field trips and one multi-day field trip are the core of this program. Participation in the field trips is required and will provide students access to a variety of habitats including prairie, coniferous forest, oak woodland, riparian woodland, saltwater marsh and freshwater marsh. During and after field trips, students will apply their taxonomy, drawing, illustration and animation skills in exercises and entries in field journals and sketchbooks. | Ruth Hayes Frederica Bowcutt | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Spring | Spring | |||||
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Paul McCreary, Suzanne Simons, Carl Waluconis, Arlen Speights, Frances Solomon, Barbara Laners, Peter Bacho, Dorothy Anderson, Mingxia Li, Tyrus Smith and Gilda Sheppard
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Program | JR–SRJunior - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day and Evening | F 12 Fall | W 13Winter | S 13Spring | The program will explore colonial, postcolonial and neocolonial issues as they are unfolding on local, national and global stages. Colonialism has resurfaced in new forms of neocolonialism that we encounter in our daily lives and work. Emphasis is placed on how to recognize which generations of peoples were oppressed and forced to submit to exploitation and state and/or corporate sponsored tyrannies. Moreover, studies will center on how peoples acquire mental resistance to their hegemony, how to assert individual, family and community values and identities, and how to decipher and reframe meanings from information channeled through mass media. How to analyze the powers at play in societal structures, how to empower oneself and community, and how to understand the ways in which these structures of power and control impact the quality of life for ordinary people at home and abroad are some of the skills you will learn from "Power Player(s)."This upper division program will examine local, national and foreign policy issues of the postcolonial and neocolonial world in education, health care, social welfare and the environment through interdisciplinary studies of law, bioethics, biomedical sciences, environmental science, the legislative process, organizational management, mathematics modeling, sociology, psychology, American and world history, media literacy, world literature and cultures. Research methods in social and natural sciences and statistics emphasized in this program will present you with a systematic approach and analytical tools to address real life issues in research practice throughout the activities of the program. Information and multimedia technology and biomedical laboratory technology will be employed in hands-on laboratory practice to enhance your academic capacity and power. The theme for fall quarter is The first quarter of the program will be used to lay the foundation for the rest of the year, both substantively and in terms of the tools necessary to operate effectively in the learning community. We will explore theories, history and practices of colonialism. Colonialism will be analyzed from the perspectives of both political economy and history. In seminars, we will read, discuss and analyze texts that will add to our understanding of the ways in which colonialism and neocolonialism have created unequal distributions of power, wealth and access to resources. Winter quarter's theme is . We will look at specific contemporary issues of power viewed from a variety of institutional perspectives, most notably in health, education, law, science, government, politics, youth, environment, community development, women's empowerment and human rights. Students will investigate specific issues of unequal distributions of power with the purpose of identifying a particular problem, defining its dimensions, determining its causes, and establishing action plans for its remedy. In the spring, the theme will progress to The program will devote the final quarter to the design and implementation of projects to address the issues of unequal distributions of power identified in winter quarter. Seminar groups will combine their efforts to undertake actions to target current imbalances of power in the community. These actions may take the form of educational events, publications, multimedia presentations or art installations. Academic courses will assist in the successful implementation and evaluation of the student group activities. | Paul McCreary Suzanne Simons Carl Waluconis Arlen Speights Frances Solomon Barbara Laners Peter Bacho Dorothy Anderson Mingxia Li Tyrus Smith Gilda Sheppard | Mon Tue Wed Thu | Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall Winter Spring | ||
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Peter Randlette
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 8 | 08 | Day | Su 13Summer Session I | Computers are now the basic sketchpad for creating music. From recording instruments into them to using software instruments that sound like nearly anything, software recording allows extremely complex production. This five-week program will familiarize members with the use of computer based MIDI soft and hardware, synthesizers, and cover some of the technical 'mysteries' which are critical to comprehending use. This program is mostly about exploring the musical production process. The only prerequisites are interest in music, some keyboard and/or guitar skill, and curiosity. Lecture and workshop sessions will cover operation of the systems, demonstrating different techniques in a group setting. This will be the time for reviewing readings, presenting questions, and troubleshooting. Students will play back their pieces for feedback and so that others can see how different people compose. Individual studio times will be assigned to each student. These times are for trying the different functions of the software, creating short musical ideas to apply learned skills and experimenting with new techniques. Members will be expected to spend a minimum of two 4-hour blocks in the studio per week. Consulting times will be scheduled to permit members to meet for individual or small group assistance in the studio. If members are having problems understanding operation, this is the time to get additional help. | Peter Randlette | Tue Wed | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Summer | Summer | ||||
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Lori Blewett
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 4 | 04 | Evening | S 13Spring | This course will introduce students to speaking, writing, interviewing, and recording skills needed to produce high-quality radio programs. We will study the history, politics, economics, and art of radio in the U.S. with special attention given to public and community radio. | Lori Blewett | Thu | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Spring | Spring | ||||
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Sally Cloninger
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Program | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | S 13Spring | This program is designed primarily for students interested in exploring visual literacy, television production, performance and media criticism. Students will be introduced to both media deconstruction and media production skills through a series of lecture/screenings, workshops and design problems that focus primarily on collaborative multi-camera studio production. No prior media production experience is required.We will take a critical, performative and historical approach as we examine and even emulate the production style and lessons from the early history of 20th century live television. Students will be expected to perform in front of as well as behind the camera and will explore the logistics and aesthetics of multi-camera direction and design. We will investigate the aesthetics and implications of live performance and multi-camera production for new media as well.This program will also examine the politics of representation, i.e., who gets the camera, who appears on the screen, and who has the power. Therefore, students who choose to enroll should be vitally and sincerely interested in the issues and ideas concerning the representation of gender, race, ethnicity, class and sexual orientation in the media. Activities will include training in the CCAM, a multi-camera TV studio facility, instruction in basic performance and writing for television, and a survey of visual design principles. In addition to a series of studio exercises, students will complete a collaborative final project that combines media analysis, research, performance and production about broadcast content and ideology. | Sally Cloninger | Wed Thu Fri | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Spring | Spring | ||||
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Zenaida Vergara
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 8 | 08 | Day | Su 13Summer Session II | This program will cover the fundamental elements of producing, recording, designing, and editing sound for film. Students will learn the basics of multi-track sound design specifically for the moving image. Topics to be covered include microphone techniques, field and studio recording, and Foley techniques. Students will collaborate in creating and performing music compositions, sync sound effects, and sync sound dialogue recording. We will also be studying historical and present-day techniques in sync sound production. | Zenaida Vergara | Tue Wed Thu | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Summer | Summer | ||||
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Amjad Faur
Signature Required:
Winter
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SOS | JR–SRJunior - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | W 13Winter | This program is intended for advanced students in photography and two-dimensional art, who are ready to create a fully realized body of work in their chosen field. Since this will not be an instructional class, students should be fully versed in the materials and processes of their chosen mediums. Through a supportive environment that includes regular weekly meetings, we will focus on the critical thinking and formal/conceptual problem-solving processes needed to produce a singular body of work. We will also address the many tangled tendrils that emanate from such an endeavor.Weekly seminars on various critical readings regarding the nature of contemporary image and object making will inform and guide the work. Though there will be a required book list, we will collectively select additional readings for the quarter during the first week. The visiting artist lecture series held every Wednesday from 11:30 - 1:00 is a required part of the program. Critiques will be held as a whole group every other week. Students will be expected to fully engage in critiques and critically evaluate their own work and the work of their peers.Students will work in small research groups to facilitate a robust and engaged process of inquiry. These groups will research the historic and contemporary context of the materials and process of their work and summarize their findings in a paper and presentation. Students will spend the quarter developing a written artist’s statement that reflects process and intent. Students will also document the stages of research, development and execution of the final body of work. This documentation will be turned in at the end of the quarter in the form of a final paper along with a final body of work and finalized artist's statement. | Amjad Faur | Junior JR Senior SR | Winter | Winter | |||||
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Gilda Sheppard and Carl Waluconis
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 8, 16 | 08 16 | Day | Su 13Summer Full | This program will explore the role that movement, visual art, music, and media can play in problem solving and in the resolution of internalized fear, conflicts, or blocks. Through a variety of hands-on activities, field trips, readings, films/video, and guest speakers, students will discover sources of imagery, sound, and movement as tools to awaken their creative problem solving from two perspectives—as creator and viewer. Students interested in human services, social sciences, media, humanities and education will find this course engaging. This course does not require any prerequisite art classes or training.Students may attend either day or evening sessions. | Gilda Sheppard Carl Waluconis | Mon Tue Wed Thu | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Summer | Summer | ||||
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Gilda Sheppard and Carl Waluconis
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 8, 16 | 08 16 | Evening | Su 13Summer Full | This program will explore the role that movement, visual art, music, and media can play in problem solving and in the resolution of internalized fear, conflicts, or blocks. Through a variety of hands-on activities, field trips, readings, films/video, and guest speakers, students will discover sources of imagery, sound, and movement as tools to awaken their creative problem solving from two perspectives—as creator and viewer. Students interested in human services, social sciences, media, humanities and education will find this course engaging. This course does not require any prerequisite art classes or training.Students may attend either day or evening sessions. | Gilda Sheppard Carl Waluconis | Mon Tue Wed Thu | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Summer | Summer | ||||
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Ruth Hayes and Krishna Chowdary
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Winter
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Program | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 16 | 16 | Day | F 12 Fall | W 13Winter | "Animation follows the rules of physics - unless it is funnier otherwise." - Art Babbitt, animatorWhat are the 'rules' of physics, and where do they come from? How do animators follow these rules? How do they know when to break them?This challenging program will introduce you to the mathematical models that help describe and explain motion in the natural world. You will learn how to combine observation, reason and imagination to produce such models, explore the creative uses that can be made of them, and consider the new meanings that result. We hope to highlight similarities and differences between how artists and scientists make sense of, and intervene in, the world.We do not expect prior experience in drawing, animation or physics; the program is designed to accommodate new learners in these areas. We do expect that you can read and write at the college level and have completed math through intermediate algebra. You will all engage in common work in drawing, animation, mathematics and physics, for 14 credits. You will also be asked to choose one of two more focused tracks for the remaining two credits, either in (1) drawing or (2) mathematics. Students who choose to focus on drawing will gain two quarters experience of college-level drawing. Students who choose to focus on mathematics will cover two quarters of calculus in this program. Which ever you choose, the work will be intensive in both art and science, and you should plan to spend on average up to 50 hours per week (including class time).Through workshops, labs, seminars and lectures, you will learn basic principles of drawing, animation, mathematics and physics, while improving reading and writing skills. You will integrate these areas to represent and interpret the natural and human-created worlds, and to solve scientific and design problems in those worlds. For example, in physics labs and animation workshops you might record high-speed video to analyze motion or construct animation toys that play with the boundaries between motion and illusions of motion.In fall we will introduce you to basic principles and practices of drawing, 2D analog animation and video production, as well as the fundamentals of physics, including kinematics, forces and conservation principles. To support this work, you will also study mathematics, including ratios and proportional reasoning, geometry, graphing, functions, and concepts of calculus. In winter, you will learn 2D digital animation techniques, focus in physics on special relativity (modern models of space, time and motion), and continue to learn concepts of calculus. The program will culminate in creative projects that integrate your new technical skills with your learning in art and science. | Ruth Hayes Krishna Chowdary | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Fall | Fall Winter | ||||
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Naima Lowe, Anne de Marcken (Forbes), Marilyn Freeman and Joli Sandoz
Signature Required:
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Program | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | V | V | Day, Evening and Weekend | W 13Winter | S 13Spring | This is an opportunity for students to work with faculty from a diverse set of disciplines on creative and scholarly projects. Students will come away with invaluable skills in library and archival research practices, visual arts studio practices, laboratory practices, film/media production practices, critical research and writing, and much more. Critical and Creative Practices is comprised of a diverse group of artists, theorists, scientists, mathematicians, writers, filmmakers and other cultural workers whose interdisciplinary fields of study sit at the crossroads between critical theoretical studies and creative engagement. uses creative writing and digital media production as methods of inquiry. Her process-based work results in short stories, personal essays, longer hybrid narratives, time-based forms of these things (films and videos), and sometimes web environments. Her current areas of inquiry include climate change and the interactions of place and identity, in particular as related to the idea of home. Students working with Anne will have opportunities to work on one or more literary projects in the early development phase. Activities will include concept development, research, preliminary structuring, proposal writing, grant writing, and critique of early draft creative writing. Students may also work with Anne to continue development of an internet-based project related to climate change. (writing and media arts) is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily with time-based art for the page, the screen, and installation. Presently, Marilyn is particularly focused on the video essay as an ascendant form for creative and critical experiments with text, sound, and image. Her immediate projects include two video essay productions and a book— (University of Chicago Press, 2014). These projects provide opportunities for advanced students to assist with research and to enhance media arts skills through working directly with Marilyn in preproduction, production, and post-production of the video essays. (creative nonfiction) draws from experience and field, archival and library research to write creative essays about experiences and constructions of place, and about cultural practices of embodiment. She also experiments with juxtapositions of diagrams, images and words, including hand-drawn mapping. Students working with Joli will be able to learn their choice of: critical reading approaches to published works (reading as a writer), online and print research and associated information assessment skills, identifying publishing markets for specific pieces of writing, or discussing and responding to creative nonfiction in draft form (workshopping). Joli’s projects underway include a series of essays on place and aging; an essay on physical achievement and ambition; and a visual/word piece exploring the relationship of the local to the global. (experimental media and performance art) creates films, videos, performances and written works that explore issues of race, gender, and embodiment. The majority of her work includes an archival research element that explores historical social relationships and mythic identities. She is currently working on a series of short films and performances that explore racial identity in rural settings. Students working with Naima would have opportunities to learn media production and post-production skills (including storyboarding, scripting, 16mm and HD video shooting, location scouting, audio recording, audio/video editing, etc) through working with a small crew comprised of students and professional artists. Students would also have opportunities to do archival and historical research on African-Americans living in rural settings, and on literature, film and visual art that deals with similar themes. Please go to the catalog view for specific information about each option. | Naima Lowe Anne de Marcken (Forbes) Marilyn Freeman Joli Sandoz | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Winter | Winter Spring | ||||
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Anne de Marcken (Forbes)
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Research | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | V | V | Day, Evening and Weekend | W 13Winter | S 13Spring | This is an opportunity for students to work with faculty from a diverse set of disciplines on creative and scholarly projects. Students will come away with invaluable skills in library and archival research practices, visual arts studio practices, laboratory practices, film/media production practices, critical research and writing, and much more. Critical and Creative Practices is comprised of a diverse group of artists, theorists, scientists, mathematicians, writers, filmmakers and other cultural workers whose interdisciplinary fields of study sit at the crossroads between critical theoretical studies and creative engagement. uses creative writing and digital media production as methods of inquiry. Her process-based work results in short stories, personal essays, longer hybrid narratives, time-based forms of these things (films and videos), and sometimes web environments. Her current areas of inquiry include climate change and the interactions of place and identity, in particular as related to the idea of home. Students working with Anne will have opportunities to work on one or more literary projects in the early development phase. Activities will include concept development, research, preliminary structuring, proposal writing, grant writing, and critique of early draft creative writing. Students may also work with Anne to continue development of an internet-based project related to climate change. | Anne de Marcken (Forbes) | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Winter | Winter Spring | ||||
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Marilyn Freeman
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Research | SO–SRSophomore - Senior | V | V | Day, Evening and Weekend | W 13Winter | S 13Spring | This is an opportunity for students to work with faculty from a diverse set of disciplines on creative and scholarly projects. Students will come away with invaluable skills in library and archival research practices, visual arts studio practices, laboratory practices, film/media production practices, critical research and writing, and much more. Critical and Creative Practices is comprised of a diverse group of artists, theorists, scientists, mathematicians, writers, filmmakers and other cultural workers whose interdisciplinary fields of study sit at the crossroads between critical theoretical studies and creative engagement. (writing and media arts) is an interdisciplinary artist working primarily with time-based art for the page, the screen, and installation. Presently, Marilyn is particularly focused on the video essay as an ascendant form for creative and critical experiments with text, sound, and image. Her immediate projects include two video essay productions and a book— (University of Chicago Press, 2014). These projects provide opportunities for advanced students to assist with research and to enhance media arts skills through working directly with Marilyn in preproduction, production, and post-production of the video essays. | Marilyn Freeman | Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Winter | Winter Spring | ||||
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Course | FR–SRFreshmen - Senior | 4 | 04 | Evening | W 13Winter | Visual literacy skills enhance communication, advance learning, and expand thinking. They are essential for effectively navigating today's social and cultural environment. In this course we will explore Western and non-Western art while focusing on how we see, how we learn, and how visual information can be used generally in communication and specifically in education. Our study will be enhanced by weekly art and media workshops which will include work with digital photography, video, iMovie, and presentation software. | Hirsh Diamant | Thu | Freshmen FR Sophomore SO Junior JR Senior SR | Winter | Winter |
