Animation and Filmmaking via Robotics
Peter Sand
Tue-Thu, Jan 5-6, 11-13, 18-20, 25-27, 01-04:00pm, 32-D475
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 20-Dec-2004
Limited to 5 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
We will be making a short film using miniature sets, stop-motion animation, and a robotic camera rig. Learn how to use a computer-controlled camera to create visually compelling films. Build unique miniature sets and experiment with new kinds of animation. Some artistic experience preferred.
Email sand at mit dot edu.
Web: http://www.graphics.csail.mit.edu/~sand/iap.html
Contact: Peter Sand, 32-D474
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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ArTtV - MIT Cable Television art competition
Randy Winchester
Schedule: TBD
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
PowerPoint is the medium, and MIT Cable Television the gallery. Create your art works, email them to MIT Cable and view them on MIT Channel 9 during IAP. Anything that you can put into a 720x540 PowerPoint slide — drawings, paintings, graphics, photography, short video clips, animation, poetry, whatever — you can submit to the gallery. We welcome multiple submissions.
Members of the MIT community vote for their favorite works on the ArTtV web site, http://web.mit.edu/mitcable/www/ArTtV/. Prizes include recognition on MIT Cable Television, on the web site, and on the "MIT Cable Big Bag of TV Schwag!"
We encourage submission of entries prior to the start of IAP.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/mitcable/www/ArTtV/
Contact: Randy Winchester, 9-050, (617) 253-7431, randy@mit.edu
Sponsor: Academic Media Production Services
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Basic Clay I
Marc Mancuso
Mon Jan 3, 10, 17, 24, 04:30-07:00pm, W20-431
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 40.00 for MIT and Wellesley Students/ $55 for all others
Users of all levels encouraged to enroll. Individual instruction based on level and preferences will allow each user to develop skills in his/her area of interest. Explore hand building, wheel throwing, or combinations of the two, while learning the basics of good clay technique. Registration begins Dec 1. Go to web.mit.edu/saa to download the registration form.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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Basic Clay II
Chin Lin
Wed Jan 5, 12, 19, 26, 07:30-10:00pm, W20-431
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 40.00 for MIT and Wellesley students / $55 all others
Explore handbuilding, throwing on the wheel, or combinations of the two, while learning the basics of good clay technique. All levels welcome, no previous pottery experience required. Registration begins Dec 1. Go to web.mit.edu/saa to download the registration form.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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Basic Darkroom Techniques
Thery Mislick
Wed Jan 5, Fri Jan 7, Wed Jan 12, 06-09:30pm, W20-429
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 45.00 for MIT and Wellesley Students/ $60 all others
Learn your way around the darkroom: how to develop film and print photographs. Bring exposed, unprocessed roll of black- and-white film to first class. Students supply camera, film, and paper. Non-class darkroom use included. Registration begins Dec 1. Go to web.mit.edu/saa to download the registration form.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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Beginning Life Drawing
Max Berniker
Tue Jan 4, 11, 18, 25, 07:30-10:00pm, W20-425
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 35.00 for MIT and Wellesley Students/ $50 all others
This course allows people of all abilities to use the human form to quickly and easily learn the fundamentals of drawing and illusion. A variety of media will be used including pencil, charcoal, and pen and ink. Registration begins Dec 1. Go to web.mit.edu/saa to download the registration form.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa/index.html
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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Beginning Potter's Wheel
Leader: TBD
Schedule: TBD
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 40.00 for MIT and Wellseley students / $55 all others
Discover the working properties of clay. This intensive course will focus on learning to center on the wheel as the basis for forming round objects such as bowls and cups. Studio use included. Students choose either Session I, Session II, or Session III at registration and are requested to attend every meeting of their chosen session. Each session meets four times. Registration begins Dec 1. Go to web.mit.edu/saa to download the registration form.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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Carving Workshop
Helen Hill
Fri Jan 14, 07-10:00pm, W20-431
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 10.00 for MIT and Wellesley Students/ $15 all others
This one night workshop is open to all SAA students and non-class studio users. Explore decoration of all clay forms through the highly accessible carving technique of incised pattern. If you can doodle on paper, think of this as simply doodling on clay! Bring one or more leather hard, thick walled (~1cm) clay forms to decorate. Carving tools will be provided and are yours to keep. Registration starts Dec. 1. Go to web.mit.edu/saa to download the registration form.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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Glazing Workshop
Helen Hill
Sun Jan 23, 07-10:00pm, W20-431
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 10.00 for MIT and Wellesley Students/ $15 all others
This one night workshop is open to all SAA students and non-class studio users. Looking for new ways to glaze? In this workshop we will explore techniques for glazing incised pieces (like those made in the Carving Workshop) as well as creative wyas of using wax resist to create decoration. Registration starts Dec. 1. Go to web.mit.edu/saa to download the registration form.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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Intermediate Potter's Wheel
Marc Mancuso
Mon Jan 3, 10, 17, 24, 07:30-10:00pm, W20-431
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Beginning Potter's Wheel or equivalent
Fee: 40.00 for MIT and Wellesley students / $55 all others
For those students who know the basics but want to improve their skills. A prerequisite of successful cylinders is mandatory for this course. Explore lids, pitchers, handles, and lots of creative abilities. Instruction provided on an individual basis. Registration starts Dec. 1. Go to web.mit.edu/saa to download the registration form.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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Introduction to Gum Bichromate Printing
Thery Mislick & Graham Ramsay
Thu Jan 20, Fri Jan 21, 04-10:00pm, W20-425, Jan 22 & Jan 23, 10AM-4PM
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2005
Limited to 10 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 80.00 for students, $120 for others
This four day intensive workshop will introduce students to gum bichromate printing. Utilize a contact negative to produce an image that uses watercolor paint as the pigment of emulsion and permits a high degree of artistic expression. This class will cover all aspects of gum process. Bring three to five black and white prints to first class.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa/classes/photo.html
Contact: SAA office, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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Junkyard Art: The Art of Recycling
Erik Demaine, Jeff Smith, Justin Adams, Martin Demaine
Mon Jan 10 thru Fri Jan 14, 12am-05:00pm, N51 Plaster Studio
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Hands-on activity to learn about and create works of art from discarded objects. Interactive lecture/video/slideshow by artist Jeff Smith on his art, the ethics methods of collecting discarded objects, and processes he uses to create art from found or discarded objects. Object hunting at MIT and throughout Cambridge, collaborating on projects and ideas, and creating a work of art from found objects. Goals: to use art as inspiration to recycle, reuse and conserve resources, and to challenge the imagination. Collaborate on new ways to think about our discards and make an important statement on ubiquitious wastefulness witnessed and overlooked. Reception/Display open to MIT Community. Tools provided. Bring one found item to first class. Also spons. by CSAIL and LFE.
Web: http://theory.csail.mit.edu/classes/junkyardart
Contact: junkyardart@theory.csail.mit.ed
Sponsor: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Cosponsor: Environmental Programs Office
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Non-Class Clay
Clay Ward
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Must have prior clay experience with MIT Student Art Assoc.
Fee: 30.00 for MIT and Wellesley Students / $50 all others
Use of the ceramics studio outside of class time. Includes clay, glazes, firing. Users assist in maintaining studio. Mandatory orientation on Friday, January 7, 2005 at 6:00pm in W20-431. Previous SAA clay experience necessary. Must register in person. Registration begins Dec 1. Go to web.mit.edu/saa to download the registration form.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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Non-Class Darkroom
Theresa Mislick
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Must have prior darkroom experience with MIT SAA
Fee: 40.00 for MIT and Wellesley Students/ $60 all others
Use of the SAA darkroom, including equipment and selected chemicals for black-and-white film developing and printing for people not enrolled in classes. Color use is not included. Users assist in maintaining darkroom. Mandatory orientation on Thursday Jan. 6th, 6pm in W20-425. Registration begins Dec 1. Go to web.mit.edu/saa to download the registration form.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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Photography and Culture
Anthony Gray
Mon Jan 3, 10, 17, 24, 05:30-08:00pm, W20-425
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 45.00 for MIT and Wellesley students/$60 all others
The class will explore the abstracting and isolating power of photography and its role as a tool in cultural awareness and sensitivity. We will prepare and present a photography show exploiting the camera's potential for cultural expression. The class includes technical instruction and darkroom work. No experience is necessary. Registration starts Dec. 1.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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Pitchers
Darrell Finnegan
Tue Jan 4, 11, 18, 25, 04:30-07:00pm, W20-431
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 40.00 for MIT and Wellesley students/$55 all others
In this class, you will be exploring various forms, both wheel thrown and altered, that will function as pitchers. An exploration of spouts, rims, and handles will elevate this raditional vessel to a higher level of artistic expression. Registration begins Dec. 1
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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Printmaking
Jeane Frost
Thu Jan 13, 20, 27, 04:30-07:00pm, W20-425
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 40.00 for MIT and Wellesley Students/$55 for others
In this studio course, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of woodcut and linocut relief printmaking. Relief Printmaking is a traditional method of printmaking in which wood or linoleum plates are cut away leaving a raised surface that is then printed onto paper. Students will work on their plates in and outside of class and print together in the studio. Interested students will be able to explore using routers and other power tools to manipulate the materials. Students are required to purchase tools and supplies for this course. Registration begins Dec. 1. Go to web.mit.edu/saa to download the registration form.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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Publishing Your Own 'Zine
Andrew Brooks
Wed Jan 19, Fri Jan 21, Wed Jan 26, Fri Jan 28, 02-03:00pm, 4-237
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Learn the ins and outs of publishing your own 'zine! Three sessions plus an optional trip to the Museum of Printing.
Contact: Andrew Brooks, W20-557, 253-7788, sipb-iap-zine@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Information Processing Board
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Searching for Light in the Shadows
Daniel Eppelsheimer
Sat Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, 12-03:00pm, E53-210
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 06-Jan-2005
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 23.00 for film and development costs
Sixth time offered! Introduction to photography as an art form and its techniques. Light and controls will be demonstrated. Class members' technical skills will be individually enhanced to a minimum professional level. Participants will choose and complete a common class topic. The results will be critiqued. A fourth session devoted exclusively to digital photography now included for the second time. We live in the Digital Age.
Web: http://www.notny.com
Contact: Daniel Eppelsheimer, E53-100, x3-5676, dseppels@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Sketching: Communication, Concepts, and the Line
Jason Hart
Thu Jan 13, Fri Jan 14, 05-07:30pm, AVT-7-431, Last Class Jan.15, Sat.12-5p
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: No artistic ability is required
The Sketch is a way of communicating, thinking, and understanding. This workshop is grounded in hands-on activities and instruction. It is intended to enhance skill sets for effective graphic communication and sketching ability. Emphasis is placed on the three-dimensional sketch. Topics include: perspective,axonometric, diagramming, graphic organization, proportion, and the anatomy of the sketch. Exercises challenge students to think about and draw space, objects, and concepts in multiple ways. Students are requested to finance their own materials and local travel.
Web: http://www.hartstudios.com/sketch.html
Contact: Jason Hart, 7-337, x3-7387, jhart@alum.mit.edu
Sponsor: Architecture
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Teapots
Darrell Finnegan
Tue Jan 4, 11, 18, 25, 07-10:00pm, W20-431
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Intermediate or Advanced Potter's Wheel
Fee: 45.00 for MIT and Wellesley students / $60 others
The teapot stands as a hallmark of the potter’s skill, both technically and creatively. We’ll explore the juxtaposition of spout, lid, handle, foot, and body, combining these elements to create a teapot that functions well and has a pleasing sense of design. All clay forming techniques can be utilized. Basic wheel techniques will not be covered. Registration begins Dec 1. Go to web.mit.edu/saa to download the registration form.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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The Sighted Body
Seth Riskin
Tue Jan 18, Thu Jan 20, 09am-02:00pm, 7-431 (Advanced, Visualization Theater)
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Architecture is a bodily activity. As we participate in the built environment, sight, hearing, kinesthesia, balance and movement all come into play. Sight, however, is primary, linking the mind of the viewer with the exterior world through the information-rich medium of light.
This two-day workshop will attune the senses to light's nuanced behavior. The development of acuity for light will expand our awareness of the physical and psychological subtleties of the built environment. Sensory intelligence will bridge insight and exterior form, integrating artistic process and architectural practice.
Contact: Seth Riskin, riskin@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Advanced Visual Studies
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Using Architectural and Urban Design to Structure Human Memory and Experience
Konstantinos Tsakonas
Thu Jan 27, 11am-01:00pm, 7-338 Small Stella
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Limited to 10 participants.
With the advent of computation and the introduction of new creative processes and techniques, the practice of architectural and urban design is changing and with it both the artifacts themselves and the new cultural conditions they help create. In a single two hour session, we will introduce the topic and:(i) review examples of how architectural and urban design impact human activities and behavior; (ii) review literature in the field of psychology that posits cognitive development to be socio-cultural in nature; (iii) reconsider architecture and urban design processes, evaluation methodologies and the architect-client-user relationship in light of the above.
Contact: Konstantinos Tsakonas, 7-337, x3-7387, tsakonas@MIT.EDU
Sponsor: Architecture
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Water Soluble Oil Painting Workshop
Mary Sherman and Ed McCarthy
Thu Jan 6, 05-10:00pm, W20-425
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Single session event
Prereq: none
Fee: 20.00 for MIT and Wellesley students/$40 for others
A technical demonstration and lecture on water soluble Winsor-Newton oil paints will be followed by a 3 hour lesson of their application in still life oil painting. Paints and supplies provided by Winsor-Newton. Basic color mixing and proper "wet-into-wet" painting technique will also be covered. Registration begins Dec. 1. Go to URL to download the application form.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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Watercolor
Valerie Jayne
Tue Jan 4, 11, 18, 25, 05-07:00pm, W20-425
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 35.00 for MIT and Wellesley Students/ $50 all others
Introductory watercolor using opaque and transparent paint. Color theory and brush work will be explored. Work mainly from studio set-ups plus your imagination. Open to all levels. Some materials extra. Registration begins Dec 1. Go to web.mit.edu/saa to download the registration form.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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West African Ceramic Forms and Techniques
Hongla Youngman
Wed Jan 5, 12, 19, 26, 04:30-07:00pm, W20-431
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Fee: 45.00 for MIT and Wellesley Students/$60 all others
Hongla Youngman is visiting from Cameroon in order to share traditional hand-building and decoration techniques with us. This class will explore traditional West African forms and figures. Registration starts Dec. 1. Go to web.mit.edu/saa to download the registration form.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Student Art Association, W20-429, x3-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
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