Andrew Ramirez, Business Analyst
Jan/21 | Thu | 10:00AM-11:30AM | W92-106A, Bring your laptop |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/19
Adobe InDesign is a powerful tool that the IS&T software grid provides free access to for Staff and Faculty. This quick 90-minute session will teach you the fundamentals of using InDesign for common tasks that will help you in your workplace such as creating flyers, posters and promotional material.
Please bring your laptops and pre-install Adobe Photoshop before the session (free). https://ist.mit.edu/adobe/cc
SIGNUP LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_ueo_64xIklqxXTu2FvsAXnXbgBOuMG_8mYwtwIC-lI/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link
Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: Andrew Ramirez, 617 324-3945, AZRAM@MIT.EDU
Ann Hirsch, Courtney Klemens, Campus and Community Outreach Coordinator
Jan/14 | Thu | 12:30PM-02:00PM | E15-207 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/12
Limited to 20 participants
Ann Hirsch (b. 1985, lives in Los Angeles) is an artist who has started a cult YouTube channel for one of her personas, appeared as a contestant on a VH1 reality TV show, and created a series of works (including apps and performances) loosely based on her pre-teen experiences with sexuality in an online chat room in the 1990s.
Meet Ann and join her on a walkthrough of List Projects: Ann Hirsch, a new exhibition at the List Visual Arts Center that features her “greatest hits”: video and new media works that explore the effects of technology on pop culture, public femininity and feminism, as well as the internet and social media. Then, have lunch with Ann and staff from the List to discuss and explore your thoughts and responses to her work. Lunch will be provided.
Sponsor(s): List Visual Arts
Contact: Courtney Klemens, E15-109, 617 324-4565, CKLEMENS@MIT.EDU
Thery Mislick, Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $120.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Learn the basics of photographing with a manual film 35mm camera. Learn your way around the film darkroom: how to develop film and print photographs. No previous experience required. This is your opportunity to learn classic camera and darkroom techniques.
Cameras, film and paper available for student use during class time.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/04 | Mon | 04:00PM-07:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/05 | Tue | 04:00PM-07:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/11 | Mon | 04:00PM-07:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/12 | Tue | 04:00PM-07:00PM | W20-425 |
Thery Mislick - Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Daniel Dardani
Jan/13 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:45PM | 56-114 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/13
Ever wanted to pen a novel, code a video game or mobile app?
Maybe you are an artist or an architect?
Copyright issues affect musicians, photographers, and software programmers alike. As such, copyrights offer a unique and fun look at the protection of your creative works of authorship whether developed at MIT or elsewhere.
Join Daniel Dardani, Technology Licensing Officer and IP expert for an overview of copyright law, its history, common use, and its relevance to the MIT Community as a type of intellectual property. Daniel will explore issues such as: the nature of originality, the doctrine of fair use, how copyrights function in the digital age, and more. All are welcomed. No prior knowledge of the law or IP is required.
This event is co-sponsored by the MIT Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)
To register please email: kmkhalil@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Katrina Khalil-Iannetti, NE18-501, 617-253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction
In this class, students will learn the process of creating an oil painting from start to finish. The class will cover how to select and compose successful imagery for a canvas, underpainting, setting up and using a palette, as well as the basics of mixing colors.
Week 1 – Image selection and composition creation
Week 2 – Underpainting
Week 3 – Palette set up and mixing color
Week 4 – Work session with guidance from instructor
A list of materials will be sent out prior to the first day of class.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/05 | Tue | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/12 | Tue | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/19 | Tue | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/26 | Tue | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor
Darrell Finnegan, Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
This four week workshop will introduce you to the basics of wheel throwing, trimming and glazing your creation. Learn the basic techniques that allow you to confidently create on the potter’s wheel!
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/07 | Thu | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
Jan/14 | Thu | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
Jan/21 | Thu | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
Jan/28 | Thu | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
Darrell Finnegan - Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Courtney Klemens
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Limited to 15 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
The List Visual Arts Center invites you to participate in a series of workshops that go behind the scenes to illuminate how and why museums collect contemporary art, culminating in a trip to purchase art from area galleries for the List's collection.
These workshops, led by List staff and art experts from MIT and beyond, provide a multi-perspectival framework to engage with issues in collecting, connoisseurship, and institutional practices and policies, including: the histories of art collecting, concepts of prints and photographs, the art market, curatorial work, contemporary art and artists, and museum decision-making. The final session is a trip to local galleries with List staff: participants will view artwork and be tasked with selecting pieces to accession into the List's Student Loan Art Program collection. Join in learn about museum work, the art world, and make an impact on artworks that will be borrowed by MIT students for years to come.
Email cklemens@mit.edu to sign up!
Sponsor(s): List Visual Arts
Contact: Courtney Klemens, E15-109, 617 324-4565, CKLEMENS@MIT.EDU
Jan/13 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E15-207 |
Alise Upitis - Assistant Curator, List Visual Arts Center, Jesse Noah Feiman
Jan/15 | Fri | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E15-207 |
Monica Steinberg - Curatorial Fellow, List Visual Arts Center, Maryanna McConnell
Jan/20 | Wed | 02:00PM-04:00PM | E15-207 |
Courtney Klemens, Henriette Huldisch - Curator, List Visual Arts Center
Jan/22 | Fri | Time TBD | Boston Galleries, Meetup details shared in course |
Courtney Klemens, Henriette Huldisch - Curator, List Visual Arts Center
Victor Leung, Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/25
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none
Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) machines are everywhere. Since the invention of the first CNC milling machine at MIT in 1952, engineers are able to automate different “Tools” with speed and precision — CNC laser and plasma cutting, milling and turning, welding by robotic arms, sheet metal bending, spinning, punching, fiber placement, assembly line pick and place, etc.
Theory lectures combined with lab sessions introduce the mechanical and electrical systems in a typical CNC machine (i.e: a laser cutter). Students (in groups of two) will build a 2 axis CNC pen plotter and program the machines to make drawings that will be exhibited. Students are encouraged to come up with ideas to modify the machine for other novel applications, such as CNC milling, rotary axis, paint brush etc.
Notes:
End-of-course exhibition depends on gallery availability
Enrollment limit 12 students; if enrollment exceeds quota, selection based on application
There will be two TAs assisting instructor
No out-of-class work required
Geared towards design students with no prior knowledge of robotics
** To enroll, please fill in this form: http://goo.gl/forms/HHVIqxy2Hn**
Sponsor(s): Architecture, MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Makeblock (http://makeblock.cc/)
Contact: Victor Leung, yck01152@mit.edu
Sponsor(s): Architecture
Contact: Victor Leung, yck01152@mit.edu
Jan/11 | Mon | 10:00AM-05:00PM | 9-255, One hour lunch |
Jan/12 | Tue | 10:00AM-05:00PM | 9-255, One hour lunch |
Jan/13 | Wed | 10:00AM-05:00PM | 9-255, One hour lunch |
Jan/14 | Thu | 10:00AM-05:00PM | 9-255, One hour lunch |
Jan/15 | Fri | 10:00AM-05:00PM | 9-255, One hour lunch |
Victor Leung - Instructor
Hayami Arakawa, Asst. Director
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/22
Limited to 5 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Non
Fee: $50.00
for Membership
Now in its eighth year, this popular class continues to build on the long-standing tradition of instrument making in the Hobby Shop. Making full use of the Shop’s many tools, including the CNC router, students will build, finish and assemble their own solid-body, bolt-on neck electric guitar or bass.
The types of instruments available to choose from include Stratocaster and Telecaster-style guitars and a Precision-style bass. The first step in the process is a required meeting with the instructor in December to select instrument type, body and other parameters. The result will be a bill of materials that each student must order and have delivered prior to the beginning of class. The cost of these parts will depend on the wood and components selected with the lower end of the range (for good quality parts) of approximately:
Stratocaster-style guitar, $400
Telecaster style guitar, $375
Precision-style bass, $350
When the workshop begins, students will transform a prepared blank into a completed body, ready to accept the production-made neck and other components.
Sponsor(s): Hobby Shop
Contact: Hayami Arakawa, W31-031, 617 253-4343, HAYAMI@MIT.EDU
Jan/06 | Wed | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
Jan/07 | Thu | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
Jan/13 | Wed | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
Jan/14 | Thu | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
Jan/20 | Wed | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
Jan/21 | Thu | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
Jan/27 | Wed | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
Jan/28 | Thu | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W31-031 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 5 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: MIT Hobby Shop membership
Fee: $50
Hayami Arakawa - Asst. Director, John Armstrong - Instructor
Darrell Finnegan, Technical Instructor, Studio Manager
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Prereq: Prior wheelthrowing experience
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Nature is a wonderful source of inspiration. Both wheel thrown and hand-built vessels will be stretched, altered and manipulated in various ways with a nature theme. Exploring numerous surface techniques, we will transform your vessel into a functional form or sculptural object. Think large leaf platters, perhaps plump peach pitchers or over-sized sculptural pears. This workshop will involve both wheel work and handbuilding techniques. Prior wheel skills are a prerequisite.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/05 | Tue | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
Jan/12 | Tue | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
Jan/19 | Tue | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
Jan/26 | Tue | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
Darrell Finnegan - Technical Instructor, Studio Manager
Mineko Sasaki
Jan/14 | Thu | 01:00PM-03:00PM | E40-464 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 10 participants
Fee: $10.00
for materials
Mineko Sasaki, an accomplished instructor of Chirimen-zaiku, will assist you in creating your own crepe craft to take home.
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MIT Japan Program
Contact: Christine Pilcavage, csp18@mit.edu
Darrell Finnegan, Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Prereq: Pottery wheel experience
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
This four week workshop will focus composite forms; forms created from the combining of two or more wheel thrown parts. Learn the ‘how to’s’ of making a graceful compote or multi-sectioned vase. Intermediate wheel skills are a prerequisite.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/07 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:30PM | w20-431 |
Jan/14 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:30PM | w20-431 |
Jan/21 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:30PM | w20-431 |
Jan/28 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:30PM | w20-431 |
Darrell Finnegan - Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Kate McKinnon, Erik Demaine, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Martin Demaine, Technical Assistant, CSAIL
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Kate McKinnon is bringing her intriguing wearable art project, Contemporary Geometric Beadwork, to MIT, and giving several lectures, a seminar, and two weeks of hands-on sessions. Explore the recent structural and design work in this ancient art, and learn how to apply this alluring type of modeling to your own ideas.
The scope of the project is explained in this video. Link
See separate listing for the accompanying Seminar and Hands-On sessions.
Sponsor(s): Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab
Contact: Kate McKinnon, kate@katemckinnon.com
Jan/11 | Mon | 10:00AM-11:00AM | 32-141 |
Jan/25 | Mon | 10:00AM-12:00PM | 32-141 |
Jan. 11 - The CGB Project: Open Source Innovation in an Ancient Field
Jan. 25 - Wearable Sewn Beadwork as a base to Model, Explore, and Animate Structure
Kate McKinnon
Kate McKinnon, Erik Demaine, Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, Martin Demaine, Technical Assistant, CSAIL
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Participants should attend all meetings in a section.
Fee: $25.00
for materials,additional materials may be needed based on design
Kate McKinnon is bringing her intriguing wearable art project, Contemporary Geometric Beadwork, to MIT, and giving several lectures, a seminar, and two weeks of hands-on sessions. Explore the recent structural and design work in this ancient art, and learn how to apply this alluring type of modeling to your own ideas.
The scope of the project is explained in this video. Link
See separate listing for the accompanying Lectures.
Sponsor(s): Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab
Contact: Kate McKinnon, kate@katemckinnon.com
Jan/12 | Tue | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153, contact Kate McKinnon to register by 1/11/15 |
Design and plan your own striking piece to model structure, datasets, calculations or arrays. Studnes are offered optional participation in ongoing gallery and museum exhibits - in process is one on coded work (this can express code, coding or puzzles to solve) and the creation of a Robotic Garden in glass flowers and shapes.
Kate McKinnon
Jan/19 | Tue | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/18/16 |
Jan/20 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/18/16 |
Jan/21 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/18/16 |
Jan/22 | Fri | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/18/16 |
Choose your form and build a sparkling model over 4 days.
Kate McKinnon
Jan/26 | Tue | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/25/16 |
Jan/27 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/25/16 |
Jan/28 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/25/16 |
Jan/29 | Fri | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 4-153, register by contacting Kate McKinnon by 1/25/16 |
Choose your form and build a sparkling model in four days.
Kate McKinnon
Zach Berta-Thompson, Postdoctoral Fellow, Kavli Institute
Jan/05 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | TBD |
Jan/07 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | TBD |
Jan/12 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | TBD |
Jan/14 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | TBD |
Jan/19 | Tue | 02:00PM-04:00PM | TBD |
Jan/21 | Thu | 02:00PM-04:00PM | TBD |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none
The Universe is a big, complex, beautiful place. While astrophysical concepts can sometimes be difficult to grasp in the abstract, many can be brought to Earth through connection to hands-on projects. This course aims to provide a setting where exploring the Universe with astrophysics is set on equal footing with learning a new craft like knitting or sketching. Each class will combine brief lectures on introductory astrophysics concepts with related crafts activities. Topics will include stars, exoplanets, black holes, and cosmology. Students will leave every session with an object they created - either a piece of art or a scientific measurement instrument.
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration
Contact: Zach Berta-Thompson, 37-641, zkbt@mit.edu
Ruth Levitsky, Toastmasters@MIT
Jan/30 | Sat | 10:00AM-12:15PM | E51-149 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/30
Prereq: none
An experiential workshop correlated to creativity and the 7 Intelligences (first presented in Dr. Howard Gardner’s book Frames of Mind). This workshop will give you an understanding of the 7 intelligences. It will help you discover which intelligence your superpower fits. We will also provide creative practices that involve all seven intelligences. It is educational, fun and highly experiential.
By participating you will learn useful information about yourself and others that you can use to empower your life journey.
Presented by Creativity Integrators: Cherylle Garnes, and Janet Johnson,
with Guest speaker: Ruth Levitsky
Come prepared to speak, think, interact with others, move, learn and have fun!
To sign up: go to
http://tinyurl.com/creativity2016
or email levitsky@mit.edu
Contact: Ruth Levitsky, E52-415, 617 253-3399, LEVITSKY@MIT.EDU
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Construct a miniature of your favorite character or creature using a variety of hand-building techniques. This class is for the creative person, as you are only limited by your imagination!
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/08 | Fri | 03:30PM-06:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/15 | Fri | 03:30PM-06:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/22 | Fri | 03:30PM-06:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/29 | Fri | 03:30PM-06:00PM | W20-431 |
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Construct a miniature of your favorite character or creature using a variety of hand-building techniques. This class is for the creative person, as you are only limited by your imagination!
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/08 | Fri | 06:30PM-09:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/15 | Fri | 06:30PM-09:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/22 | Fri | 06:30PM-09:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/29 | Fri | 06:30PM-09:00PM | W20-431 |
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Helen Bailey, Digital Curation Analyst
Jan/25 | Mon | 01:00PM-04:00PM | 14N-132 (DIRC) |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: Experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
This hands-on workshop will walk participants through creating interactive, web-based visualizations using the D3 JavaScript library. Students will:
Previous experience with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is required. Participants should be comfortable with basic JavaScript principles, such as those covered in this tutorial, prior to attending this workshop.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2255984
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Helen Bailey, E25-131, 617 324-4493, HBAILEY@MIT.EDU
Helen Bailey, Digital Curation Analyst
Jan/12 | Tue | 10:00AM-11:30AM | 4-163 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
This introductory session will provide an overview of concepts and tools for visualizing data. Attendees will be introduced to web-based, open-source tools that provide beginner and intermediate users with richer functionality than traditional desktop spreadsheet and graphics software. Topics will include use cases and tool selection, data processing workflows, and principles for creating effective visualizations.
Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/2255951
*Please note there is a new location for this workshop. It will now be held in 4-163.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Helen Bailey, E25-131, 617 324-4493, HBAILEY@MIT.EDU
Carlos Cardenas, Suzanne Schechtman, Maria Yang, Felice Ling
Jan/11 | Mon | 09:00AM-04:00PM | 36-153, CANCELLED |
Jan/15 | Fri | 09:00AM-04:00PM | 36-153, Participants must commit to whole session |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/13
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Repeating event, particpants welcome at any session
Prereq: None
So you’ve got an idea for a startup. What’s next? This workshop will show you how to develop and refine your digital product idea for the real world.
Bring your product or digital product challenge to the workshop. Whether all you’ve got is a vague idea for a product, or you’ve already put together a working prototype – bring it, and we’ll work together on it. Maybe you’re passionate about a specific problem, and you want to see what solutions technology can offer. Or maybe you’re just interested in startups and want to help others with their challenge.
In this hands-on workshop, you will learn how to use THE MEME Design’s “Idea Engine,” a brainstorming tool designd to help you rethink the relationship between products and users. We’ll break off into teams to work on some of the challenges that workshop attendees (that’s you!) have brought. In tackling these problems, we hope to spur your creative juices and illustrate that creative thinking isn’t just the result of spontaneous inspiration; innovation is often the outcome of otherwise straightforward processes.
Once we’ve settled on some truly innovative ideas, we’ll show you how to take them forward. How do you evaluate ideas, so you know where to spend your time and resources? What should you test for? How do you test it?
Apply at http://goo.gl/forms/vmnnk53pDz. Each session limited to 12 participants. Please show up if you are accepted. Be courteous to your peers on the waitlist, and inform us ASAP if you can’t make it.
Sponsor(s): Mechanical Engineering
Contact: Felice Ling, workshop@thememedesign.com
Jenny Jin
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Why do we feel that we can tackle the biggest challenges out in the world, but we often feel daunted or hard on ourselves when we face personal challenges? This course introduces the tools of design thinking and rapid release cycles from innovation companies (Google, Dropbox, IDEO) to apply to behavior change. We aim for students to come away with experience in design thinking, innovation, mindfulness, compassion, curiosity all embraced by top companies in the world that will help them at MIT and beyond where they continually face the question: "How do I design and live an intentional life?
This is a condensed version of a full semester course offered Spring 2016 (EC.S04). Students may take both the IAP and Spring versions.
To register for one of the 20 slots, please email course instructor Jennifer Jin (jennycataj@alum.mit.edu) with your name, major, and year.
Sponsor(s): Edgerton Center
Contact: Jenny Jin, jjin@googlealumni.com
Jan/20 | Wed | 02:00PM-05:00PM | 4-402 |
Jan/22 | Fri | 02:00PM-05:00PM | 4-402 |
Jenn Morris, Digital Imaging Manager, MIT Libraries
Jan/19 | Tue | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-145 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/19
Limited to 35 participants
With current tools like smartphones and photocopiers, digital images of paper or photographs can be captured in a snap. While these quick and easy methods might work for instant online sharing and social media, they are not the best choice for scans you want to keep long term. This class will cover basic digital imaging concepts and considerations to keep in mind when digitizing for future access. Topics to be covered will include planning your digital project, imaging specifications, equipment, simple image correction and retouching methods, storage, optical character recognition, and metadata.
Please register as space is limited.
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennifer Morris, 14-0551, 617 253-7286, J_MORRIS@MIT.EDU
Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $120.00
for For technical instruction and materials
The intersection of digital and analog processes creates an interesting area for investigation in photography. During this workshop students will create analog photographs from digital images using various forms of negatives.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/06 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-426 |
Jan/13 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-426 |
Jan/20 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-426 |
Jan/27 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-426 |
Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor
Tara Fadenrecht, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 7 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None
This Class is FULL
Enameling is the process of fusing powdered glass to copper, steel or silver resulting in a glossy, colorful finish. Students in this class will gain a clear understanding on how to work with glass on metal through the exploration of enameling techniques such as stenciling, cloisonné, and champlevé. We will work with both flat and formed pieces to create jewelry and sculptural objects. Previous metal work experience is beneficial, however the only prerequisite is fearlessness to experiment. Please visit http://metalslab.mit.edu/ for more info.
Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Tara Fadenrecht, 4-415, 312-320-3547, tfade@mit.edu
Jan/04 | Mon | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Jan/05 | Tue | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Jan/11 | Mon | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Jan/12 | Tue | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Jan/18 | Mon | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Jan/19 | Tue | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Jan/25 | Mon | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Jan/26 | Tue | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
There will be 8 sessions during IAP. The one scheduled on 1/18 will have to be rescheduled since it is a holiday. Make up session TBD.
Joan Levy Hepburn, Instructor
Jan/11 | Mon | 01:00PM-05:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/12 | Tue | 01:00PM-05:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/13 | Wed | 01:00PM-05:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/14 | Thu | 01:00PM-05:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/15 | Fri | 01:00PM-05:00PM | W20-425 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/08
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: No previous experience or art courses required
CLASS IS FULL WITH LONG WAITLIST ALREADY. NO MORE CONTACTS PLEASE.
This class will focus on learning visual language and color perception through drawing and painting. Students will come away from these classes with a new awareness of observational skills documented in drawing, an understanding of form, a thorough understanding and control of color and applications of its use as light and pigment, and the completion of an oil painting.
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration
Contact: Katherine Higgins, E15-205A, higginsk@mit.edu
Rik Eberhardt, Studio Manager, MIT Game Lab
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/29
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Register now at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-game-jam-2016-at-mit-tickets-19781298396
The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event taking place around the world at physical locations. Think of it as a hackathon focused on game development. It is the growth of an idea that in today’s heavily connected world, we could come together, be creative, share experiences and express ourselves in a multitude of ways using video games – it is very universal. The weekend stirs a global creative buzz in games, while at the same time exploring the process of development, be it programming, iterative design, narrative exploration or artistic expression. It is all condensed into a 48 hour development cycle. The GGJ encourages people with all kinds of backgrounds to participate and contribute to this global spread of game development and creativity.
We open our doors on Friday, January 29th at 5pm and run until midnight that day. Our site is open Saturday, January 30th from 9am until midnight, and Sunday, January 31st from 9am until 6pm.
The Global Game Jam is a 3-day event, but our site closes at night so participants can go home and get rested for the next day. Participants should plan to attend the entire duration of the event as your team will need you to complete your game!
Participants must register to attend: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/global-game-jam-2016-at-mit-tickets-19781298396
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Game Lab
Contact: Richard Eberhardt, E15-329, 617 324-2173, REBERHAR@MIT.EDU
Jan/29 | Fri | 05:00PM-08:00PM | 32-123 |
The jam begins with a keynote, presentations about the Jam, and reveal of the Jam topic.
Teams will be formed by 8:00pm.
Jan/29 | Fri | 08:00PM-11:45PM | 32-124 & 32-144 |
Jan/30 | Sat | 09:00AM-11:45PM | 32-124 & 32-144 |
Jan/31 | Sun | 09:00AM-03:00PM | 32-124 & 32-144 |
Work days for the Jam. Participants will be working in teams to create their games.
Jan/31 | Sun | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 32-123 |
Game Jam participants will present the work they created over the weekend and postmortem their process.
This is open to the general public - no registration is required for this session.
Hiroko Matsuyama
Jan/28 | Thu | 02:00PM-03:30PM | E40-496 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 20 participants
Fee: $10.00
for Materials (due at time of registration)
Hiroko Matsuyama, an accomplished instructor of the Ohara school of Ikebana, will show you the basics of this ancient art as you create your own flower arrangements.
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MIT Japan Program
Contact: Christine Pilcavage, csp18@mit.edu
Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction
“ Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one’s sensations.” -Paul Cezanne
Students will learn about painting from observation as well as how to make successful creative choices. During the workshop students will observe and abstract real objects through the medium of painting. Over the 4 classes drawings, sketches and one final painting will be created. Artists to look at: Wayne Thiebaud, Giorgio Morandi, Paul Cezanne, Henri Matisse.
A list of materials will be emailed to registered students prior to the first class.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/06 | Wed | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/13 | Wed | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/20 | Wed | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/27 | Wed | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor
Tara Fadenrecht, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 6 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None
This Class is FULL
In this introductory course, students will create larger-‐scale sculptural works. Our dominant medium
will be metal, although plaster, cement and other forms of mixed media may be explored as well.
Forging, hollowware techniques and fabrication techniques including cold connections, soldering, brazing
and welding will be covered. Students will become comfortable with both hand and power tools.
Please visit http://metalslab.mit.edu/ for more info.
Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Tara Fadenrecht, 4-415, (312) 320-3547, tfade@MIT.EDU
Jan/07 | Thu | 11:00AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Jan/08 | Fri | 11:00AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Jan/14 | Thu | 11:00AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Jan/15 | Fri | 11:00AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Jan/21 | Thu | 11:00AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Jan/22 | Fri | 11:00AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Jan/28 | Thu | 11:00AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Jan/29 | Fri | 11:00AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Thery Mislick, Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $135.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Experience the joy of one of the earliest photographic printing processes while working from your own digital and/or analog images. This intensive workshop is designed to introduce students to the beautiful and versatile world of gum bichromate printing. Gum printing utilizes a contact negative and non-silver emulsion to produce delicate, painterly images that permit a high degree of artistic expression. The basic process is simple and fun. Class will cover all aspects of the gum process: paper preparation, negative preparation and printing. Students should bring three to five images or a selection of digital image files to the first class. Open to all levels of experience. The price reflects the cost of the provided materials. Attendance is required for the entire workshop.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/22 | Fri | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/23 | Sat | 01:00PM-06:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/24 | Sun | 01:00PM-06:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/29 | Fri | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/30 | Sat | 01:00PM-06:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/31 | Sun | 01:00PM-06:00PM | W20-425 |
Thery Mislick - Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Seth Avecilla, Fabrication Associate
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none
Bring your creative ideas for exploring the social mechanics of play and humor. We are going to briefly look at the history of artists and designers creating playground equipment, then have an open ended design-build workshop to create play structures for MIT.
We will work collaboratively in one or more teams using structural steel and MIG welding to realize our ideas. Experience with design or metal fabrication is helpful but not required. I will attempt to secure an installation site, but this will depend on approval of your design.
To apply, e-mail the activity contact with a brief note about your interest in the subject or experience. Space is very limited due to the size of the shop.
Funded in part by the Council for the Arts at MIT and the Art, Culture and Technology Pilot grant.
Contact: Seth Avecilla, E14-251, 617 258-0771, SETHCIM@MIT.EDU
Jan/08 | Fri | 09:30AM-12:30PM | E14-251, Wear long, nonsythetic pants and closed shoes. |
Jan/12 | Tue | 09:30AM-12:30PM | E14-251, Wear long, nonsythetic pants and closed shoes. |
Jan/15 | Fri | 09:30AM-12:30PM | E14-251, Wear long, nonsythetic pants and closed shoes. |
Jan/19 | Tue | 09:30AM-12:30PM | E14-251, Wear long, nonsythetic pants and closed shoes. |
Jan/22 | Fri | 09:30AM-12:30PM | E14-251, Wear long, nonsythetic pants and closed shoes. |
Jan/26 | Tue | 09:30AM-12:30PM | E14-251, Wear long, nonsythetic pants and closed shoes. |
Seth Avecilla - Fabrication Associate
Bruce Mackenzie, Mars Foundation
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants encouraged to attend all sessions
Prereq: None
Description:
Want to open up a new world to live in?
This workshop's goal is to develop a technical plan to start flexible
manufacturing
and growing food on Mars, using materials made on Mars (in-situ),
with minimum equipment brought from Earth.
Details will be worked out by you, the participants,
but may include 3D printing, recycling and production of polymers on-site,
production of other building materials, and on-site assembly of
habitats and greenhouses.
Portions can be adapted from past designs by the Mars Foundation and other
plans.
If there is interest, we can include Mars rover design, social,
economic, political aspects, and suggestions for a business plan.
Please contact us early, if possible, to help our scheduling.
Attendance at most morning sessions is expected.
Additional design sessions may be scheduled in the afternoons at your
convenience.
Sponsor(s): Students for Exploration and Development of Space
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, text: 781-944-7027, voice: 781-249-5437, BMackenzie@alum.mit.edu
Jan/19 | Tue | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-265 |
Jan/20 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-265 |
Jan/21 | Thu | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-265 |
Jan/22 | Fri | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-265 |
Jan/25 | Mon | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-265 |
Jan/26 | Tue | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-265 |
Jan/27 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-265 |
Jan/28 | Thu | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-265 |
Jan/29 | Fri | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-265 |
Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation
Bruce Mackenzie, Mars Foundation
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants encouraged to attend all sessions
Prereq: None
Want to open up a new world to live in?
This workshop's goal is to develop a technical plan to start flexible
manufacturing
and growing food on Mars, using materials made on Mars (in-situ),
with minimum equipment brought from Earth.
Details will be worked out by you, the participants,
but may include 3D printing, recycling and production of polymers on-site,
production of other building materials, and on-site assembly of
habitats and greenhouses.
Portions can be adapted from past designs by the Mars Foundation and other
plans.
If there is interest, we can include Mars rover design, social,
economic, political aspects, and suggestions for a business plan.
Please contact us early, if possible, to help our scheduling.
Attendance at most morning sessions is expected.
Additional design sessions may be scheduled in the afternoons at your
convenience.
Sponsor(s): Students for Exploration and Development of Space
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, text: 781-944-7027, voice: 781-249-5437, BMackenzie@alum.mit.edu
Jan/11 | Mon | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-265 |
Jan/13 | Wed | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-265 |
Jan/15 | Fri | 11:00AM-12:00PM | 4-265 |
Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation
Bruce Mackenzie, Mars Foundation
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None
A series of presentations on how to economically build an early human
settlement on Mars, emphasizing use of local materials.
Sponsor(s): Students for Exploration and Development of Space
Contact: Bruce Mackenzie, text: 781-944-7027, voice: 781-249-5437, BMackenzie@alum.mit.edu
Jan/15 | Fri | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 4-265 |
Proposal for a very small, relatively inexpensive manufacturing base
for Mars. It starts with just 2 people, and can grow into a permanent
human settlement; a draft design in progress by the Mars Foundation.
Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation
Jan/20 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 4-265 |
Jan/28 | Thu | 07:00PM-09:00PM | 4-265 |
This Hillside Settlement proposal by the Mars Foundation would build
a permanent settlement on Mars, constructed by 12 people from local
materials such as fiberglass and masonry. Preliminary mass and cost
estimates show that we may be able to establish a permanent, growing
settlement for the same launch cost as a program of round-trip
exploratory missions. Members of National Space Society are invited.
Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation
Jan/22 | Fri | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 4-265 |
Producing polymers on site at Mars, for fabrication of furnishings and
bonding composite habitats.
Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation
Jan/25 | Mon | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 4-265 |
Proposal for a very small, relatively inexpensive manufacturing base
for Mars. It starts with just 2 people, and can grow into a permanent
human settlement; a draft design in progress by the Mars Foundation.
Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation
Jan/26 | Tue | 08:00PM-10:00PM | 4-265 |
Discussion of Living on Mars, and the portrayal of a Mars mission in
"The Martian" book and movie by Andy Weir. Technology permitting, we
will join a web cast with Andy Weir, hopefully with more than just
hexadecimal communication.
EDIT: Please note the updated date and time.
Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation
Jan/29 | Fri | 12:00PM-01:00PM | 4-265 |
Open discussion of the ethics of raising children at an early
settlement on Mars or other frontier location.
Bruce Mackenzie - Mars Foundation
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the mug. Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a mug fit for you, a family member or even a friend! If you drink coffee or tea and are interested in clay, this class is for you!
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/04 | Mon | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/11 | Mon | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/18 | Mon | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/25 | Mon | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the mug. Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a mug fit for you, a family member or even a friend! If you drink coffee or tea and are interested in clay, this class is for you!
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/04 | Mon | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/11 | Mon | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/18 | Mon | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/25 | Mon | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction
This workshop is a mixed level class designed to accommodate both beginning and intermediate oil painting students. Beginners will learn how to compose strong imagery for a painting, mix color and basic painting skills. Intermediate students will have an opportunity to sharpen basic painting skills, and to enhance conceptual knowledge as well as experience with materials. Students will be encouraged to experiment with new painting surfaces and expand their palette. Existing artists will be discussed in relationship to work developed in class.
A list of materials will be sent out prior to the first day of class.
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/05 | Tue | 08:00PM-09:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/12 | Tue | 08:00PM-09:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/19 | Tue | 08:00PM-09:00PM | W20-425 |
Jan/26 | Tue | 08:00PM-09:00PM | W20-425 |
Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor
Andrew Ramirez, Business Analyst
Jan/22 | Fri | 02:00PM-03:30PM | W92-106A, Bring your laptop |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/19
The IS&T software grid provides free access to Adobe Creative Cloud for Staff and Faculty. This quick 90-minute session will teach you the fundamentals of using Photoshop for common tasks that will help you in your workplace.
Please bring your laptops and pre-install Adobe Photoshop before the session (free). https://ist.mit.edu/adobe/cc
SIGNUP LINK: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1_ueo_64xIklqxXTu2FvsAXnXbgBOuMG_8mYwtwIC-lI/viewform?c=0&w=1&usp=mail_form_link
Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: Andrew Ramirez, 617 324-3945, AZRAM@MIT.EDU
Mauricio Cordero
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Fee: $100.00
for instructor fee
Learn to draw, even if you can’t. By practicing the most effective drawing techniques and applying the latest in cognitive research, this course helps novice/absolute beginners to draw what they see (representational drawing) in approximately 8 hours of class time. It provides a simple explanation of how the thought process interferes with the ability to draw, and then explains what “natural-born” talents do differently, thus guiding you towards adopting the same mindset. If you have the motor-skills to sign your name, then you have the ability to draw what you see. No magic elixirs or time travel required. Tuesday evenings from 6-8 p.m. Instructor website: http://mauriciocordero.com/instruction/
Location:56-167
We will work exclusively with graphite on paper
REGISTER here: http://bit.ly/1NZMAcX
$100 for 4 sessions or $30 per drop in session
Pay online before January 4th: paypal.me/MauricioCordero
Please specify "Quick Draw" in the payment description and if paying for Drop-In Classes, specify the dates.
Materials Fee: $35 optional, or please bring ALL the materials to class.
Paper: minimum 50 sheets of 9” x 12” mixed media 98lb paper-Canson XL Pad recommended
Mechanical Pencils: 2mm lead holder with 4b Leads, .5mm pencil
Small Graphite Sticks: 3B, 6B, 9B
Extra Large Graphite Sticks: 3B, 6B, 9B
Sandpaper: Course and Fine 1 Sheet Each
Erasers: 1 Kneaded, 1 Vinyl, Erasing Shield
Blending Stumps/Tortillons: Small, Medium and Large
Brush: Synthetic Flat Shader Brush
Sponsor(s): SpousesandPartners@mit
Contact: Mauricio Cordero, 781-552-1310, mcordero@mit.edu
Dina El-Zanfaly, PhD Candidate
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
We understand art though our senses, we see, we touch and experience the artwork. In this workshop, we will investigate the spatial dimensions of senses through the use of physical and digital computing. Students will work on an artwork of their choosing to translate it to an interactive piece with integrated electronics. We will examine its sensory qualities, and translate it to an interactive installation-- such as kinetic structures, interactive lighting, or an acoustic installation-- through an iterative making process. They will learn how to use a laser cutter and a 3D printer to materialize their ideas. We will learn how to use Arduino for integrating various sensors, lights and actuators into their physical interactive projects.
Materials and electronics will be provided.
Students will present and exhibit their work in front of invited reviewers.
All courses are welcome.
** Please contact Dina El-Zanfaly, dzanfaly@mit.edu , Cagri Zaman, Zaman@mit.edu , to enroll by January 9. Enrollment limited to 12.
The class will not meet on Monday, January 18 as the Institute observes the Martin Luther King holiday.
Sponsor(s): Architecture
Contact: Dina El-Zanfaly, dzanfaly@mit.edu
Jan/13 | Wed | 12:30PM-03:30PM | TBA, Bring laptop |
Jan/14 | Thu | 12:30PM-03:30PM | TBA, Bring laptop |
Jan/15 | Fri | 12:30PM-03:30PM | TBA, Bring laptop |
Jan/16 | Sat | 12:30PM-03:30PM | TBA, Bring laptop |
Jan/17 | Sun | 12:30PM-03:30PM | TBA, Bring laptop |
Jan/19 | Tue | 12:30PM-03:30PM | TBA, Bring laptop |
Jan/20 | Wed | 12:30PM-03:30PM | TBA, Bring laptop |
Jan/21 | Thu | 12:30PM-03:30PM | TBA, Bring laptop |
Jan/22 | Fri | 12:30PM-03:30PM | TBA, Bring laptop |
Jan/23 | Sat | 12:30PM-03:30PM | TBA, Bring laptop |
Jan/24 | Sun | 12:30PM-03:30PM | TBA, Bring laptop |
Jan/25 | Mon | 12:30PM-03:30PM | TBA, Bring laptop |
Cagri Zaman - PhD Candidate, Dina El-Zanfaly - PhD Candidate
Courtney Klemens, Campus and Community Outreach Coordinator
Jan/21 | Thu | 06:00PM-07:00PM | Building 6C |
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 20 participants
Join the List for a monthly mindful, artful break that aims to reduce stress by looking, discussing, and sketching. Take a moment for self-care and join in this session to spend time considering art with museum staff and students. The workshop starts with close looking at Sol LeWitt’s monuemtal installation Bars of Color within Squares (MIT), and ends with a guided drawing activity. All materials for sketching are provided.
To sign up, visit our signup page.
About the Workshops
Slow Looking Art Workshops are a series of study breaks led by the List Visual Arts Center that harness the natural role of art to provoke reflection and contemplation. The List invites MIT students to slow down, observe and reflect among peers, and create drawings in a quiet environment. Using the art exhibitions on display in our galleries and across the Institute, an experienced facilitator and guest co-facilitator will lead students in a “slow looking” activity (group discussion of one carefully selected work of art) followed by guided sketching using quality art supplies. The 2015-2016 workshops are sponsored by MIT’s MindHandHeart Innovation Fund.
Sponsor(s): List Visual Arts
Contact: Courtney Klemens, E15-109, 617 324-4565, CKLEMENS@MIT.EDU
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the bowl. Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a bowl fit for you, a family member or even a friend! If you like cereal, soups and salads and are interested in clay, this class is for you!
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/06 | Wed | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/13 | Wed | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/20 | Wed | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/27 | Wed | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the bowl. Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a bowl fit for you, a family member or even a friend! If you like cereal, soups and salads and are interested in clay, this class is for you!
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/06 | Wed | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/13 | Wed | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/20 | Wed | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/27 | Wed | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor, Student Art Association
Jan/06 | Wed | 09:00AM-12:00PM | W20-431, Come in comfortable clothes that can get dirty. |
Jan/13 | Wed | 09:00AM-12:00PM | W20-431, Come in comfortable clothes that can get dirty. |
Jan/20 | Wed | 09:00AM-12:00PM | W20-431, Come in comfortable clothes that can get dirty. |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 18 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Week one: Students will be issued a design challenge to create a coat of arms that represents their college experience, whether they are MIT students or SUTD students. The groups will have to agree on a design and then assign construction tasks. A basic demonstration of hand building techniques will be presented at the beginning of the first class, as well as a discussion of the general nature and physical properties of clay.
Week two: Discussion of the the chemistry of glazing, underglazing and chemical washes and the way that each react with cone 6 clay bodies in the kiln. Groups will have to agree on and divide up glazing responsibilities. At the end of week two, if time permits, the instructor will give a wheelthrowing demonstration and students will be allowed to experiment on the potters wheels. .
Week three: Finished pieces are out of the kilns and ready for group critique, after which they can be taken home. If time permits, students will be allowed to continue to experiment on the wheel and with handbuilding on the tables.
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy DeBartolo, E15-205A, stacyp@mit.edu
Darrell Finnegan, Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: All session attendance encouraged
Fee: $100.00
for For technical instruction and materials
Oval, wavy, stretched or crazy, the teapot is a wonderful subject that will show us a balance between functionality and creativity. In this 4 week intermediate and advanced level IAP workshop we will explore unusual forming techniques and surprising surface treatments that take us beyond the “round”. Would you like one lump or two?
For more information and to register, please visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/classes/student-art-association/classes-saa/
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
Jan/05 | Tue | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/12 | Tue | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/19 | Tue | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Jan/26 | Tue | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Darrell Finnegan - Technical Instructor and Studio Manager
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