Advanced Photoshop Skills and Elementary Zen Buddhism
Guy Hoffman
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Prereq: Basic Photoshop skills
This IAP activity will cover advanced Photoshop skills such as channel operations, masks, and high-grade keying. We will also try to touch on elementary Zen Buddhism teachings rendering these new-found Photoshop skills both useless and useful.
Contact: Guy Hoffman, E15-468A, x2-5674, ghoffman@mit.edu
Sponsor: Guy Hoffman, E15-468A, 617 452-3950, ghoffman@mit.edu
Form is Emptiness
Guy Hoffman
Thu Jan 18, 04:30-06:00pm, E15-468H
Emptiness is Form
Guy Hoffman
Fri Jan 19, 01:30-03:00pm, E15-468H
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Basic Camera & Darkroom Techniques
Thery Mislick
Thu Jan 11, 18, 25, 1, 07:30-10:00pm, W20-425
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 11-Jan-2007
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: $45 students/$60 others (Student Art Association standard fee)
Learn the basics of photographing with a manual 35mm camera. Learn your way around the darkroom: how to develop film and print photographs. Bring two rolls of 'Ilford HP5 Plus' black and white film to first class. Cameras available for student use during class time. Students supply film and paper. Non-class darkroom use included.
Go to the SAA website for registration info. CREDIT CARDS NOW ACCEPTED
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Clay Ward, W20-429, 253-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Beginning Life Drawing
John Ellis
Tue Jan 9, 16, 23, 30, 07:30-10:00pm, W20-425
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 09-Jan-2007
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: $35 students/$50 others (Student Art Association standard fee)
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. Go to the SAA website for registration info. CREDIT CARDS NOW ACCEPTED
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Clay Ward, W20-429, 253-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Chinese Brush Painting: Flowers & Birds
Qingxiong Ma
Wed Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 07-09:30pm, W20-425
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 11-Jan-2007
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: $35 students/$50 others (Student Art Association standard fee)
Starting with basic strokes common to Chinese brush painting and calligraphy, you will study the forms of birds and flowers. Subjects for this class include grapes, wisteria, the trumpet flower, and the sparrow. Go to the SAA website for registration info. CREDIT CARDS NOW ACCEPTED
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Clay Ward, W20-429, 253-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Designing Furniture Using Models
Hayami Arakawa
Thu Jan 11, 06-08:30pm, W31-031 Hobby Shop
Sat Jan 13, 10am-12:30pm, W31-031 Hobby Shop
Thu Jan 18, 06-08:30pm, W31-031 Hobby Shop
Sat Jan 20, 10am-12:30pm, W31-031
Thu Jan 25, 06-08:30pm, W31-031 Hobby Shop
Sat Jan 27, 10am-12:30pm, W31-031
Thu Feb 1, 06-08:30pm, W31-031 Hobby Shop
Sat Feb 3, 10am-12:30pm, W31-031
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 22-Dec-2006
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: 50.00 for Materials and Hobby Shop Membership
CLASS FULL
Contact: Hayami Arakawa, W31-031, x3-4343, hayami@mit.edu
Sponsor: Hobby Shop
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Drawing 101
Sally Lee
Fri Jan 12, 19, 26, 2, 02-03:30pm, Bldg 1-246
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 11-Jan-2007
Limited to 25 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: None
Beginning Drawing class. Curriculum will include learning basic drawing: perspective, three dimensions, form, light. The goal is to understand forms as they relate to their surroundings. Projects will include drawing forms in a setting, blind drawings and abstraction. There will also be an art history talk. Materials needed: a sketch pad, pencils, charcoal, pastels. Students are responsible for providing their own materials.
Web: http://people.csail.mit.edu/sally/Drawing101
Contact: Sally Lee, 32-G846, 253-6837, sally@csail.mit.edu
Sponsor: Sally O Lee, 32-G846, 617 253-6837, sally@csail.mit.edu
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Introduction to Camera Formats
John Proulx
Wed Jan 10, 17, 24, 31, 04-06:30pm, W20-425
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 10-Jan-2007
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: $45 students/$60 others (Student Art Association standard fee)
Bigger is Bigger. Learn to use SAA's pro quality medium and large format cameras. Experience the joys and sorrows of vintage cameras that can be had for a song on the used market. Amaze yourself with the incredible pinhole camera made for free with scrap materials. Know when to chuck it all and grab the automatic point and shoot digital too... Students supply film and paper. Non-class darkroom use included. Limited enrollment.
Go to the SAA website for registration info. CREDIT CARDS NOW ACCEPTED
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Clay Ward, W20-429, 253-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Introduction to Gum Bichromate Printing
Thery Mislick & Graham Ramsay
Fri Jan 19, 26, 04-10:00pm, W20-429, 4-day intensive workshop
Sat Jan 27, Sun Jan 28, 10am-04:00pm, W20-429, 4-day intensive workshop
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 19-Jan-2007
Limited to 8 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Beginners welcome; some basic photo exp. helpful
Fee: $80 students/$120 others (Student Art Association standard fee). One of the earliest photographic printing processes, gum printing utilizes a contact negative to produce delicate, painterly images that use watercolor paint as the pigment of their emulsions. Gum printing permits a high degree of artistic expression as each practitioner can personalize his technique to best suit his needs. This class will cover all aspects of gum process: paper preparation, negative preparation, and the printing itself. Students bring three to five black and white prints to the first class session; these images will be scanned and an ink-jet negative will be produced. These negatives will then be used to produce the gum prints in class. Questions? Please contact ramsay@mit.edu or tcmislic@mit.edu. CREDIT CARDS NOW ACCEPTED
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Clay Ward, W20-429, 253-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Making Space: An Exploration in Translation
Judith Barry Senior Fellow at CAVS and Director, Nicole Didio
Wed Jan 17, Thu Jan 18, Fri Jan 19, 10am-05:00pm, N51 - 315 IEL Lab
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 14-Jan-2007
Limited to 16 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: some knowledge of 2D compositing programs such as Photoshop,
The ability to produce a representation of space both believable and potentially inhabitable is a goal of architectural and artistic representation. Utilizing motion graphics to create 3D space out of 2D moving imagery is our focus. We will demonstrate After Effects, a motion graphics program for video compositing, then explore how this program is used for parsing of spatial paradigms, from the sculptural, to the filmic and architectural. Next we will explore spatial paradigms thru a series of hands-on exercises. The third day combines these exercises to cohere a new spatial construct beyond the accumulation of each exercise. We conclude with presentations and analysis of the projects.
Nicole DiDio is an artist and motion graphics designer
Sponsored by Visual Arts Program, Art Institute of Boston/Lesley University
Contact: Larissa Harris, N52-390, x3-4415, lrharris@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Advanced Visual Studies
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Non-Class Darkroom
Thery Mislick
Schedule: TBD
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 09-Jan-2007
Limited to 12 participants.
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: Previous SAA photo experience necessary.
Fee: $35 students/$60 others (Student Art Association standard fee)
Mandatory Re-orientation: Tuesday January 9, 5:30pm
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. Non-class users have added responsibility in maintaining darkroom. PREVIOUS SAA PHOTO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY.
Go to the SAA website for registration info. CREDIT CARDS NOW ACCEPTED
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Clay Ward, W20-429, 253-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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ON BLINDNESS: Seeing Apparatus and Visual Language for People who are Blind or Sight Impaired
Elizabeth Goldring
Mon-Fri, Jan 8-12, 16-19, 03-06:00pm, N52-390
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: A pilot offering open to anyone interested in creative appro
Participants will explore concepts of blindness, learn simple optics, research existing visual aids. The course intersects areas of art, science, technology and culture to combine theory and practice with an emphasis on furthering new prototypes in seeing apparatus and new concepts of visual language/experiences for the blind. Projects will be determined by the make up of the class and will focus on areas related to engineering, optics, design, psycho physics or art/architecture. Workshop sessions will be complemented by presentations by: Elizabeth Goldring, Dr. Robert Webb (Schepen’s Eye Research Institute, Harvard University), Dr. Jerry Cavallerano (Beetham Eye Insitute, Joslin Diabetes Center), Prof. George Stiny. Dept. of Architecture, MIT, Prof. Krzyzstof Wodiczko, Director CAVS, Dept. of Architecture, MIT.
Web: http://web.mit.edu/veb/index.html
Contact: Elizabeth Goldring, N52-390, x3-4517, goldring@mit.edu
Sponsor: Center for Advanced Visual Studies
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Oil Painting
Deborah Haverty
Mon Jan 8, 15, 22, 29, 04:30-07:00pm, W20-425
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 08-Jan-2007
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: $35 students/$50 others (Student Art Association standard fee)
Focus on developing your creative abilities while experimenting with new non-toxic paint media and techniques. Projects explore several faux oil medias with a strong foundation in basic technical skills. Open to all levels.
Go to the SAA website for registration info. CREDIT CARDS NOW ACCEPTED
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Clay Ward, W20-429, 253-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Printmaking: Collagraph
Stefan Barton
Thu Jan 11, 18, 25, 1, 04:30-07:00pm, W20-425
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 11-Jan-2007
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: $35 students/$50 others (Student Art Association standard fee)
Introduction to collagraphs, a type of monoprint pulled from collaged plates. Learn to collage using paper, tissue paper, sawdust, or fabric. Then create a diversity of tone and value on the prints by a multiple-drop process that creates layers of color and unique textures. Explore the intersection between the abstract and the representative.
Go to the SAA website for registration info. CREDIT CARDS NOW ACCEPTED
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Clay Ward, W20-429, 253-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Public Art at MIT
Patricia Fuller
Mon Jan 22, 01-03:00pm, Zesiger Ctr; W35-199
No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)
Single session event
Sculpture by Pablo Picasso, Louise Nevelson, Henry Moore, Alexander Calder, and a host of other artists are sited all around MIT. In fact, earlier this year our Public Art Collection was named one of the top 10 campus collections nationwide by Public Art Review. Meet with Patricia Fuller, the MIT List Visual Arts Center's Public Art Curator, to learn how the collection is developed, to see in person some of the most recent art commissioned, and to hear about other universities' efforts.
Contact: Patricia Fuller, E15-109, x3-9478, pgf@mit.edu
Sponsor: List Visual Arts
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Searching for Light in the Shadows
Daniel Eppelsheimer
Sat Jan 13, 20, 27, 12-04:00pm, Wong (E51-115)
Sat Feb 3, 12-04:00pm, TBA
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 04-Jan-2007
Limited to 10 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: Must bring DSLR to each session
Fee: 99.00 for Production of the members portfolio
The Saturday sessions are a series of progressive workshops. Photography as an Art form is integrated into Digital Image Capture and Workflow. Light and its controls will be practiced. Class member skills will be enhanced to a minimum professional level. The goal for each is the production of a portfolio. Images will be printed at the end of the sessions. The fees covers those and other costs. This course has been offered for the 8th time. Contact me with any question(s).
Contact: Daniel Eppelsheimer, E53-100, 253-5676, dseppels@mit.edu
Sponsor: Libraries
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Sponge
Hope Ginsburg
Tue Jan 16 thru Fri Jan 19, 10am-05:00pm, N52-318
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 15-Jan-2007
Limited to 10 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
SPONGE is an experience in total immersion. During each of the four absorb-a-thon days one theme will be investigated in depth. The workshop will string together reef ecology, Mongolian craft, art & industry, and the notion of utopia. You will see four films (maybe 5), go on two field trips (one to an aquarium and one to a museum) make a pair of wool felt shoes and read at least one manifesto. In keeping with the model of sponge reproduction, you will leave the workshop prepared to lead a SPONGE of your own.
Contact: Hope Ginsburg, N52-318L, ginsburg@mit.edu
Sponsor: Architecture
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Take Better Pictures With Your Cell Phone (and Win Big)
Gary Duehr Lesley University
Fri Jan 12, 19, 26, 02-04:00pm, Compton Gallery
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 10-Jan-2007
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
Do you have a cell phone? Does it have a camera? Do you take bad pictures of friends at low lit parties? Ever wish you could do better? This two-hour workshop with photographer and new media artist Gary Duehr runs you through the basics of taking great photos with a cell phone, transferring them to a computer, and processing them for prints on the web. The workshop is meant for beginner photographers and is held in conjunction with the MIT Museum/Mili Cell Phone Photo Contest. Bring your own cell phone, and sample phones will be provided.
Contact: Jon Bijur, Museum, x3-9607, jbijur@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Museum
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Technique - The Yearbook of MIT
Alice Tao, Jen Huang, Dave Templeton
Mon Jan 8 thru Sun Feb 4, 12-10:00pm, W20-451
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Repeating event. Participants welcome at any session
Prereq: None whatsoever.
Every year, thousands of man-hours go into the production of Technique, the MIT yearbook. Miles of film are shot, gallons of photographic chemicals used, pages and pages of text written. Come and help, and while you're at it: learn anything you ever wanted to know about photography (film or digital) while exploring the best darkroom on campus, learn about publishing, recap a year at MIT in words, and work with the latest versions of Adobe design/layout applications. This is your chance to see how a handful of students put out a gorgeous 400-page coffeetable book. Our motto: Free Food, Free Film, Free Fun. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY; just bring your enthusiasm for photography and/or graphic design. We'll be in the office pretty much every day in IAP - email technique@mit.edu for more info and just show up!
Web: http://web.mit.edu/technique/
Contact: technique@mit.ed
Sponsor: Technique
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Watercolor
Valerie Jayne
Thu Jan 11, 18, 25, 1, 05-07:00pm, W20-425
Enrollment limited: first come, first served
Signup by: 11-Jan-2007
Limited to 12 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Fee: $35 students/$50 others (Student Art Association standard fee)
Introductory watercolor using opaque and transparent paint. Color theory and brushwork will be explored. Work mainly from studio set-ups plus your imagination. Open to all levels. Some materials extra.
Go to the SAA website for registration info. CREDIT CARDS NOW ACCEPTED
Web: http://web.mit.edu/saa
Contact: Clay Ward, W20-429, 253-7019, saahelp@mit.edu
Sponsor: Student Art Association
Cosponsor: Office of the Arts
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Working Light, Shaping Space
Seth Riskin
Tue Jan 9, Thu Jan 11, 01-05:00pm, MIT Museum, MITMuseum, Large Conference Rm
Enrollment limited: advance sign up required (see contact below)
Signup by: 05-Jan-2007
Limited to 15 participants.
Participants requested to attend all sessions (non-series)
Prereq: none
Light is the focus of this two day workshop—how it stimulates visual experiences of space and how spatial experiences may be shaped through the careful handling of optical effects. The first day of the workshop will be devoted to demonstrations and guided explorations, drawing from the Museum's holography collection for "informational light tools" that demonstrate the manipulation of light for stimulating 3-D space experiences. The second day will focus on hands-on work through individual projects using basic light sources, optics and optical materials. We'll learn how to work with light as a structural medium of perception and to approach the design of space as choreography of visual experiences. Brief presentations and analyses of the projects will complete the workshop.
Contact: Seth Riskin, MIT Museum, x3-4405, riskin@mit.edu
Sponsor: MIT Museum
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