"Eye Eye" Workshop and Demo
Mauricio Cordero
| Jan/12 | Thu | 06:00PM-08:00PM | 8-119 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Fee: $10.00
for materials
Learn how to draw the eye and why you couldn’t do it before.
The eyes represent unique challenges to both the beginning and intermediate artist. By approaching drawing and observation through a different lens, we will overcome many of these obstacles. This course focuses on underlying structure and the process of observation, rather than relying on anatomical instruction. Learn how to translate the eye that you see onto paper using pencil and graphite.
This workshop will meet once and consists of:
Drawing demonstration with a step-by-step explanationDrawing tools and material demonstrationDrawing the hand from observationIndividual feedback from the instructor Activity leader & contact person: Mauricio Cordero
Date(s) and Time(s): Thursday January 12, from 6-8pm
Limited Enrollment: 15 participants $10 materials fee, online payment reserves a spot - http://mauriciocordero.com/instruction/#pay
Sponsor(s): SpousesandPartners@mit
Contact: Mauricio Cordero, mcordero@mit.edu
"Hands On" Workshop and Demo
Mauricio Cordero
| Jan/26 | Thu | 06:00PM-08:00PM | 4-145 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
Limited to 15 participants
Fee: $10.00
for materials fee
Learn how to draw the hand and why you couldn’t do it before.
The hands represent unique challenges to both the beginning and intermediate artist. By approaching drawing and observation through a different lens, we will overcome many of these obstacles. This course focuses on underlying structure and the process of observation, rather than relying on anatomical instruction. Learn how to translate the hand that you see onto paper using pencil and graphite.
This workshop will meet once and consists of:
• Drawing demonstration with a step-by-step explanation
• Drawing tools and material demonstration
• Drawing the hand from observation
• Individual feedback from the instructor
Online payment of the enrollment fee reserves a spot: http://mauriciocordero.com/instruction/#pay
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Mauricio Cordero, mcordero@mit.edu
Adobe InDesign Essentials: Basics of InDesign
Andrew Ramirez, Business Analyst
| Jan/30 | Mon | 10:00AM-11:30AM | W92 Back Bay, Bring your laptop with software preinstalled |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/29
Adobe InDesign is a powerful tool that is offered for free for MIT staff and select student departments via the IS&T software grid (here).
Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing software application produced by Adobe Systems. It can be used to create works such as posters, flyers, brochures, magazines, newspapers, and books. This quick 90-minute session will teach you the fundamentals of using InDesign for common tasks you may encounter in the workplace like creating a promotional poster, brochure or newsletter.
Please bring your own laptop and pre-install Adobe InDesign before the session.
SIGNUP LINK: Complete quick signup form here
Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: Andrew Ramirez, 617 324-3945, AZRAM@MIT.EDU
Adobe Photoshop Essentials: Basics of Photoshop
Andrew Ramirez, Business Analyst
| Jan/31 | Tue | 10:00AM-11:30AM | W92 Back Bay, Bring your laptop with software preinstalled |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/29
Adobe Photoshop is a powerful tool that is offered for free for MIT staff and select student departments via the IS&T software grid (here).
Photoshop is considered one of the leaders in photo editing software. The software allows users to manipulate, crop, resize, and correct color on digital photos.
Please bring your own laptop and pre-install Adobe Photoshop before the session.
SIGNUP LINK: Complete quick signup form here
Sponsor(s): Information Systems & Technology
Contact: Andrew Ramirez, 617 324-3945, AZRAM@MIT.EDU
Basics of Copyrights, Data, and Software Intellectual Property
Daniel Dardani
| Jan/25 | Wed | 12:00PM-01:45PM | 3-133, Pizza will be served |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25
It has been said that content is king.
Copyrighted works – whether media, software, or art – are a major portion of the world’s creative, intellectual, and economic output. As such, copyright issues affect musicians, artists, authors, and software programmers alike. This talk offers a fun and interesting look at the protection of your creative works of authorship whether developed in the lab at MIT or elsewhere.
Join Daniel Dardani, Technology Licensing Officer and intellectual property expert for an overview of copyright law, its history, practice, and relevance to your world and to the MIT community.
Daniel will explore topics including: the nature of originality, Fair Use, open source, how copyrights can be licensed in the digital age, and others. All are welcomed. No prior knowledge about IP or the law 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, NE18-501, 617-253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu
Beginning Oil Painting Workshop A
Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 16 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $105.00
for materials and firing fees.
“If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” Edward Hopper
Over the course of 4 weeks students will learn the beginning processes of creating an oil painting. Skills such as selecting successful imagery for a the canvas, determining aspects of a strong composition, underpainting, creating strong color palettes, and the basics of color mixing will be covered.
Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/10 | Tue | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/17 | Tue | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/24 | Tue | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/31 | Tue | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor
Beginning Oil Painting Workshop B
Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 16 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $105.00
for art supplies.
“If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” Edward Hopper
Over the course of 4 weeks students will learn the beginning processes of creating an oil painting. Skills such as selecting successful imagery for a the canvas, determining aspects of a strong composition, underpainting, creating strong color palettes, and the basics of color mixing will be covered.
Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/11 | Wed | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/18 | Wed | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/25 | Wed | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
| Feb/01 | Wed | 05:30PM-08:00PM | W20-425 |
Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor
Bestial Sense: A Smell and Taste Workshop
JIA-HUI LEE
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/24
Limited to 25 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: 21+; Please bring your ID
There is now a wait-list for this workshop. Please email the organizer if you would like to be on the waitlist.
"Bestial sense" engages the nose and the tongue. It explores two sensory engagements with the world that are said to be more animalistic, visceral, and less understood when compared to sight and hearing. This workshop will try to refute a hypothesis: That smelling and tasting are some of the most arbitrary, private, and subjective sensory modes of experiencing the world. Participants in the workshop will learn a little bit about these senses -- their histories, industries, aesthetics, and sciences -- before participating in an experiment that involves collective smelling and tasting. If, as anthropologists argue, that the senses are indeed social, then by the end of our workshop, we should be able to have produced a local MIT culture of smell-tasting/taste-smelling.
In this workshop, you will have the opportunity to smell and taste different things, including everyday items, food, wine, and fragrances (as well as some surprising concoctions!). You will be introduced to a few techniques for smelling and tasting, including those practised by perfumers and oenologists, and to other less conventional methods. Please bring your own methods or observations about how you (and other animals) smell and taste! The experiment will run throughout the two days so participation on both days is expected.
Sponsor(s): Science, Technology, and Society
Contact: Jia-Hui Lee, E51-075, 617-888-4343, JIAHUI@MIT.EDU
| Jan/25 | Wed | 02:00PM-05:00PM | Compton Gly, Bldg10, Be 21+ and please bring ID |
For the first session, we focus on smelling. Bring your noses.
JIA-HUI LEE
| Jan/26 | Thu | 02:00PM-05:00PM | Compton Gly, Bldg10, Be 21+ and please bring ID. |
For our second session, we engage our taste buds!
JIA-HUI LEE
Build your own Skateboard or Longboard
Coby Unger, Associate Instructor
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Hobby Shop term Membership
Fee: $85.00
for Deck materials
Over the course of this class we will use the CNC router, laser, vacuum bag and manually operated woodworking tools. No prior woodworking experience is necessary. We will first cover mold design in Fusion 360 and operation of the CNC router to cut a lamination mold for a total of two board designs chosen by the class participants. The vacuum bag is used to glue laminate thin veneer layers together and create the curved deck blank.
The laser cutter will be used for to make a decorative wood veneer top or bottom of your design.
Sponsor(s): Hobby Shop
Contact: Coby Unger, W31-031, 617 253 4343, cobyu@mit.edu
| Jan/09 | Mon | 02:00PM-05:00PM | W31-031 |
| Jan/13 | Fri | 02:00PM-05:00PM | W31-031 |
| Jan/20 | Fri | 02:00PM-05:00PM | W31-031 |
| Jan/23 | Mon | 02:00PM-05:00PM | W31-031 |
| Jan/27 | Fri | 02:00PM-05:00PM | W31-031 |
| Jan/30 | Mon | 02:00PM-05:00PM | W31-031 |
| Feb/03 | Fri | 02:00PM-05:00PM | W31-031 |
If you have any question, please email Coby at: cobyu@mit.edu
Coby Unger - Associate Instructor
Building Spooky Action
Seth Riskin, Manager, MIT Museum Studio
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none
This workshop will focus on the final design and construction of three interactive exhibits for a new MIT Museum exhibition on the Cosmic Bell Experiment. The Cosmic Bell Experiment takes a novel approach to the testing of quantum entanglement and aims at closing one of the last remaining loopholes in quantum physics. Imagined and prototyped by a researcher and two students last fall, the interactive exhibits concern quantum entanglement, superpositon and light cones.
This IAP, student teams will take the projects to the next level, ready for exhibiton at the MIT Museum. The project work will concern light and optics, electronics, mechanical movement and the overall challenge of bringing quantum theoretical ideas into perceptible forms (experience in these areas is not required).
Once a week, the teams will meet at the MIT Museum Studio 10-150 for a check-in on progress and to coordinate efforts toward the exhibition opening in February.
Contact: Seth Riskin, 10-150 MIT Museum Studio, 617 324 6868, RISKIN@MIT.EDU
Ceramica Botanica
Darrell Finnegan, Studio Manager, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00
for materials and firing fees.
In this intermediate to advanced mixed level course, 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.
Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/10 | Tue | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/17 | Tue | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/24 | Tue | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/31 | Tue | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor
Collaborative Sculpture: The Politics of Collective and Social Artistic Practice
Nathan Thomas Wilson, Artist and Educator, Jaishri Abichandani, Artist, Founder of South Asian Women's Creative Collective
| Jan/09 | Mon | 01:00PM-05:00PM | W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook |
| Jan/10 | Tue | 01:00PM-05:00PM | W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook |
| Jan/11 | Wed | 01:00PM-05:00PM | W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook |
| Jan/12 | Thu | 01:00PM-05:00PM | W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook |
| Jan/13 | Fri | 01:00PM-05:00PM | W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook |
| Jan/17 | Tue | 01:00PM-05:00PM | W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook |
| Jan/18 | Wed | 01:00PM-05:00PM | W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook |
| Jan/19 | Thu | 01:00PM-05:00PM | W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook |
| Jan/20 | Fri | 01:00PM-05:00PM | W20-425, bring laptop and/or sketchbook |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: interest in sculpture and collaboration
Part contemporary theory seminar, part studio art class, this course will serve as an introduction to the politics of collaborative and social practices in contemporary visual arts. Class participants will organize artist collectives, and plan and execute site-specific sculptural installations informed by lectures and discussions. Each collective will address specific issues relevant to the wider community, with site-specific installation as their entry point. The installations will be rendered with the objective of igniting a critically self-reflexive dialog with an engaged community that encourages viewer participation. The collectives will be responsible for sourcing all installation materials. While participants are encouraged to use recycled and found materials, they may obtain materials by any means. Lectures by Jaishri Abichandani (founder, South Asian Women’s Creative Collective http://www.sawcc.org, New York and London) and Nathan Thomas Wilson (Co-founder, Kali Yuga Zoo Brigade artist collective, Philadelphia) will address the politics of authorship, place, commodification, art institutions, legibility of art, audience, and social interaction, as they relate to artistic practice in the context of late capitalism. Additionally, we’ll examine the parallels and discrepancies between contemporary collaborative art practices and MIT’s Hacking Culture.
For additional info and to sign up, visit:
http://arts.mit.edu/saa-classes/
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Student Art Association
Contact: Nathan Thomas Wilson, nathanthomaswilson@gmail.com
Composite Forms
Darrell Finnegan, Studio Manager, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00
for materials and firing fees.
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.
Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/12 | Thu | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/19 | Thu | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/26 | Thu | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
| Feb/02 | Thu | 04:00PM-06:30PM | W20-431 |
Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor
CREATING AXONOGRAPHY: From 2D to spatial sensory exhibition design
Chaewon Ahn, PhD Student, Bumjin Kim, Adjunct Faculty, Yihyun Lim, Senior Research Associate, MIT Mobile Experience Lab, Joshua Choi, AR/VR developer
Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: 2D illustration (Illustrator, Photoshop, Rhino) required, 3D
Axonography is a group that depicts the world through axonometric drawings. This drawing technique enables an exploration of the multiple layers that compose our daily life by depicting a decomposition of everyday objects and repeated activities. Axonography aims to express individual’s unique ways of seeing and expressing through a transformation of mundane subjects into a creative art work.
During IAP workshop class in January 2017, students will explore artistic interpretation and representation of everyday life through architectural drawing techniques and experiment various methods to exhibit their drawings. We intend to incorporate the result of the class to be part of an exhibition we are planning at the Wolk gallery in fall 2017.
** Please contact Chaewon Ahn, chaewon_@mit.edu, to enroll. Enrollment limited to 12.
Sponsor(s): Architecture
Contact: Chaewon Ahn, (857) 225-7878, CHAEWON_@MIT.EDU
| Jan/10 | Tue | 02:00PM-05:00PM | tbd, Please bring your own laptop |
| Jan/12 | Thu | 02:00PM-05:00PM | tbd, Please bring your own laptop |
| Jan/17 | Tue | 02:00PM-05:00PM | tbd, Please bring your own laptop |
| Jan/19 | Thu | 02:00PM-05:00PM | tbd, Please bring your own laptop |
| Jan/24 | Tue | 02:00PM-05:00PM | tbd, Please bring your own laptop |
| Jan/26 | Thu | 02:00PM-05:00PM | tbd, Please bring your own laptop |
Chaewon Ahn - PhD Student, Bumjin Kim - Adjunct Faculty, Yihyun Lim - Senior Research Associate, MIT Mobile Experience Lab, Joshua Choi - AR/VR developer
Data Visualization: Introduction to Tools and Principles
Helen Bailey, Application Developer/Analyst
| Feb/02 | Thu | 11:00AM-12:30PM | 3-270 |
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/3000664
Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Helen Bailey, E25-131, 617 324-4493, HBAILEY@MIT.EDU
Design Lab: You
Jenny Jin, Tracy Cheng, MIT SB 2017, Course 2A
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
This IAP 4 day workshop introduces tools of human-centered design thinking and design sprints —employed by Google and IDEO in product development — and applies them to the most important product of our lives: ourselves. You will quickly learn the methodology of human-centered design - mindsets, needfinding, inspiration, ideation, rapid prototyping, tracking data, and iteration. You’ll apply the methodology and tools towards designing towards a case study or leadership challenge from your own life. The opportunity in this product design challenge is that you are designing for a very specific user of one, and you are in the position of knowing that user the best. Designing for our own lives has never felt or been that straightforward. Why? These are the interesting questions that we will be adopting a child's mind towards probing and discussing with a community of fellow students and facilitators. Preference towards freshmen and sophomores.
To register for this course, please send an email to both Jenny (jjin@googlealumni.com) and Tracy (tcheng17@mit.edu) to reserve your slot.
Sponsor(s): Edgerton Center
Contact: Jenny Jin, jjin@googlealumni.com
| Jan/09 | Mon | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 4-402 |
| Jan/11 | Wed | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 4-402 |
| Jan/13 | Fri | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 4-402 |
| Jan/18 | Wed | 01:00PM-03:00PM | 4-402 |
Jenny Jin, Tracy Cheng - MIT SB 2017, Course 2A
Designing Games to Affect Social Change
Richard Eberhardt, Studio Manager (MIT Game Lab), Mack Cameron, Facilitator & Instructor, Sam Liberty, Facilitator & Instructor
| Jan/14 | Sat | 01:00PM-04:00PM | E15-3rd Floor - CMSW |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/13
Limited to 40 participants
Hosted by the MIT Game Lab
Facilitated by Mack Cameron of MegaGames United and Sam Liberty from the Engagement Lab at Emerson College:
Due to the current events, many gamers have been asking how they can be more involved in affecting positive change in our new political climate. You can volunteer for worthy causes, you can contact your representatives, and you can design a game.
Games are unique mediums for story-telling. We love them because they are immersive and because they are interactive. Those same qualities allow them to have potent qualities in delivering a social message.
We’ll present some games that have been successful in this regard, talk about common pitfalls serious game designers encounter, start the ball rolling on having you design your own game to make a statement and have a positive impact on your society.
Registration is required at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/designing-games-to-affect-social-change-tickets-30443927607
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Richard Eberhardt, 617 324-2173, REBERHAR@MIT.EDU
Digital to Analog B&W Photography
Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00
for darkroom chemistry.
The intersection of the digital and analog photographic processes offers an interesting space for visual and conceptual investigation. During this 4 week workshop students will create analog photographs from digital imagery using several types of “non-traditional” negatives (such as transparency, and contact prints).
Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/11 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/18 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/25 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-425 |
| Feb/01 | Wed | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-425 |
Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor
Enameling: Fused Glass on Metal
Tara Fadenrecht, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None
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, 6-112C, 312-320-3547, tfade@mit.edu
| Jan/09 | Mon | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
| Jan/10 | Tue | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
| Jan/11 | Wed | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
| Jan/17 | Tue | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
| Jan/18 | Wed | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
| Jan/23 | Mon | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
| Jan/24 | Tue | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
| Jan/25 | Wed | 10:30AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
ENAMELING COURSE WILL MEET APPROX. THREE TIMES A WEEK FOR 3 WEEKS.
EXO Day at the Media Lab
Celine Semaan Vernon, Media Lab Director's Fellow, Designer, Activist, Chris Bevans, MEdia Lab's Director Fellow, Fashion Designer
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Limited to 20 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Prepare your pitch! (read more about this on schedule)
EXO Day is our version of Shark Tank where scientists, artists, engineers and researchers come together to bring their inventions to life. The concept is simple: take a group of students who are normally deeply engrossed in their particular academic inquiry, and ask them to focus on the external productization of their research: brand development, generating revenue for their idea, how to market and sell their product or marketing ideas targeting a real audience within their given industry. The think tank day will allow the participants to focus their undivided attention to their innovative ideas and get the support and structure necessary to push innovation into market.
Individual workshops will be organized with the various guests brought to the Lab. The workshops will focus on two things mainly: Business and Design. The experts joining are either designers who have created products and brands or experts in branding and business who have not only experience to share but also best practices, guidance and both design and business directions on how to tackle their respective markets, etc.
Hosted by Director's Fellows:
Céline Semaan Vernon, Designer and Activist
Chris Bevans, Fashion Designer
Special guests: Ana Andjelic (Havas Lux Hub), Piera Gelardi (@refinery29), Mouna Andraos (Daily tous les jours), Sam Radocchia (Chronicled), Noah Callahan-Bever (Complex.com), and Kiel Berry (SVP, Viacom)
Contact: Claudia Robaina, E14-245, 917-573-8682, robaina@media.mit.edu
| Jan/12 | Thu | 05:00PM-07:00PM | Media Lab E14-244, Bring your Pitch |
In a Pecha Kucha style Elevator-Pitch talk, the students will prepare 20 slides (20 sec/slide) telling the experts and their peers:
1) This is what I am working on
2) This is the problem that I am facing
3) Here is what my goals are
Celine Semaan Vernon - Media Lab Director's Fellow, Designer, Activist, Chris Bevans - MEdia Lab's Director Fellow, Fashion Designer
| Jan/13 | Fri | 09:30AM-06:00PM | Media Lab E14-244, Bring your Pitch |
Open workshops
9:30 AM: Opening Talk
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Workshops & Iterations
4:00 PM: Closing Talks, Show & Tell: Students expose to us their quick recap of the day. In 6 minutes, students answer:
1) What I have learned
2) How has this helped me
3) Do I have a business model?
5 PM: Celebration!
Celine Semaan Vernon - Media Lab Director's Fellow, Designer, Activist, Chris Bevans - MEdia Lab's Director Fellow, Fashion Designer
Fabricating Electronic Tattoos (FULL with FULL WAITLIST!)
Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao, PhD Student, MIT Media Lab, Andres Calvo, MS Student, MIT Media Lab
| Jan/17 | Tue | 02:00PM-06:00PM | E15-341, Bring laptop |
| Jan/18 | Wed | 02:00PM-06:00PM | E15-341, Bring laptop |
| Jan/19 | Thu | 02:00PM-06:00PM | E15-341, Bring laptop |
| Jan/20 | Fri | 02:00PM-06:00PM | E15-341, Bring laptop |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/07
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
THIS CLASS IS FULL with a FULL WAITLIST. We are not taking any more sign-ups. Sorry!
Please sign up for the course here: https://goo.gl/forms/C0XFJ5vJ0CdWRosw2, and we will contact you if selected. This course introduces the fabrication process for creating electronic tattoos that are both aesthetic and functional. The course is broken down into three stages:
1) Learn the fabrication process by making an NFC tag tattoo
2) Envision and design your own applications for electronic tattoos
3) Prototype and test your application
This course can help you envision the future of wearable devices and on-skin user interfaces through a hands-on approach. During the last day of the course, students will share their applications with the rest of the class.
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration
Contact: Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao, E15-352, cindykao@mit.edu
Generative(Algorithmic) Art Series
George Varnavides, Undergraduate Student
| Jan/24 | Tue | 01:00PM-04:00PM | Location TBD |
| Jan/25 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | Location TBD |
| Jan/26 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | Location TBD |
Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/09
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Generative (algorithmic) art is a type of (mostly) visual art where the design has been generated using a computer, following an algorithm. It often lies at the intersection of mathematical patterns and aesthetic appeal and its results can be stunning and refreshing. In this mini-series we will explore some of the aspects of generative art starting with more traditional examples such as fractals and symmetry in chaos and extending it to physical systems such as diffusion limited aggregation and microstructural evolution. The instructors will be using the Wolfram Language and Processing to illustrate concepts and examples, but participants can choose to use any appropriate language of their choice for their projects.
Advanced sign up required (see contact person)
Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: George Varnavides, 857 272 6992, gvarnavi@mit.edu
Global Game Jam 2017
Rik Eberhardt, Studio Manager, MIT Game Lab
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/19
Limited to 85 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Register now at: http://gamelab.mit.edu/event/global-game-jam-2017-at-mit/
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 20th at 5pm and run until midnight that day. Our site is open Saturday, January 21st from 9am until midnight, and Sunday, January 22nd 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: http://gamelab.mit.edu/event/global-game-jam-2017-at-mit/
We have 30 free slots open for the MIT Community (must have an @mit.edu email address to register).
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Game Lab
Contact: Richard Eberhardt, E15-329, 617 324-2173, REBERHAR@MIT.EDU
| Jan/20 | 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/20 | Fri | 08:00PM-11:45PM | 32-124 & 32-144 |
| Jan/21 | Sat | 09:00AM-11:45PM | 56-154, 56-169, and |
| Jan/22 | 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/22 | Sun | 03:00PM-06:30PM | 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.
Handset Printing at the Beaver Press Print Shop
Jeffrey Ravel, Professor and Head of History, Anne McCants, Professor of History and Director of Concourse
| Jan/18 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | Barker Library, Signup; link below. |
| Jan/19 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | Barker Library, Signup; link below. |
| Jan/20 | Fri | 01:00PM-04:00PM | Barker Library, Signup; link below. |
| Jan/25 | Wed | 01:00PM-04:00PM | Barker Library, Signup; link below. |
| Jan/26 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | Barker Library, Signup; link below. |
| Jan/27 | Fri | 01:00PM-04:00PM | Barker Library, Signup; link below. |
| Feb/02 | Thu | 01:00PM-04:00PM | Barker Library, Signup; link below. |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session
Prereq: None
Have you ever wanted to set type the way Johannes Gutenberg and Benjamin Franklin did? Print your own political pamphlets and broadsides? Design greeting cards and announcements? Now you can do these things and more at The Beaver Press Print Shop, MIT's own handset printing press, located in Barker Library. The press was built in 21H.343 during Spring 2016; learn more here and here. We will be holding open printing hours during the last two weeks of IAP. Space is limited, so please sign up here.
Sponsor(s): Concourse, History
Contact: Jeffrey Ravel, E51-255C, 617 253-4451, RAVEL@MIT.EDU
Idle Idols: Small Ceramic Figures
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor, Student Art Association
| Jan/09 | Mon | 09:00AM-12:00PM | W20-431, Dress in comfortable clothes that can get dirty |
| Jan/11 | Wed | 09:00AM-12:00PM | W20-431, Dress in comfortable clothes that can get dirty |
| Jan/18 | Wed | 09:00AM-12:00PM | W20-431, Dress in comfortable clothes that can get dirty |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/05
Limited to 18 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none
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!
Class one- 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.
Class two-Discussion of the chemistry of glazing, underglazing and chemical washes and the way that each reacts with cone 6 clay bodies in the electric kiln. Students will glaze their pieces. If time permits, the instructor will give a wheel throwing demonstration and students will be allowed to experiment on the potter’s wheel.
Class three-Finished pieces are taken 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.
Email stacyp@mit.edu by Jan. 5 to sign up.
Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD Collaboration, Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy DeBartolo, stacyp@mit.edu
Ikebana: The Art of Japanese Flower Arrangement
Hiroko Matsuyama
| Feb/03 | Fri | 02:00PM-03:30PM | E40-496, Pye Conference Rm |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/11
Limited to 20 participants
Fee: $10.00
for Materials (due at time of registration)
Create your own flower arrangment with Hiroko Matsuyama, instructor from the Ohara school of Ikebana, in an IAP course on this ancient Japanese art.
Registration: to register, please contact Christine Pilcavage at csp18@mit.edu. Your registration is not complete unless you have paid your $10 registration fee. You will forfeit your registration if you do not pay by Wed. January 11th and your place will be given to the next person on the waiting list.
Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MIT Japan Program
Contact: Christine Pilcavage, csp18@mit.edu
Interpreting a Still Life
Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 16 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $105.00
for art supplies.
“The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.” Alberto Giacometti
Students will learn about drawing and painting from observation while focusing on making successful creative choices. During this workshop students will observe real objects, and learn to translate the physical world to the representational via drawing and painting. Precursory sketches and a final mixed media piece will be created. Students will look to Wayne Thiebaud, Giorgio Morandi, Paul Cézanne, and Henri Matisse for inspiration.
Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/10 | Tue | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/17 | Tue | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/24 | Tue | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/31 | Tue | 08:00PM-10:30PM | W20-425 |
Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor
Intro to Metal Sculpture
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
CLASS IS FULL
In this introductory course, students will create sculptural works. Lost-wax casting, forging,
hollowware techniques and fabrication techniques including cold connections, soldering and
brazing 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, 6-112C, (312) 320-3547, tfade@MIT.EDU
| Jan/12 | Thu | 10:00AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
| Jan/13 | Fri | 10:00AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
| Jan/19 | Thu | 10:00AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
| Jan/20 | Fri | 10:00AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
| Jan/26 | Thu | 10:00AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
| Jan/27 | Fri | 10:00AM-01:00PM | 4-006 |
Introduction to Gum Bichromate Printing
Thery Mislick, Studio Manager, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $135.00
for materials and darkroom chemistry.
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.
Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/20 | Fri | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/21 | Sat | 01:00PM-06:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/22 | Sun | 01:00PM-06:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/27 | Fri | 06:00PM-09:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/28 | Sat | 01:00PM-06:00PM | W20-425 |
| Jan/29 | Sun | 01:00PM-06:00PM | W20-425 |
Thery Mislick - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor
Lecture: Music, Mind, and Brain
Peter Cariani, HST Affiliated - Lecturer & Course Director, HST.725
| Jan/25 | Wed | 07:00PM-09:00PM | E25-111 |
Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
In this lecture we will present a concise overview of the psychology of music.
Background
Sponsor(s): Health Sciences
Contact: Peter Cariani, cariani@bu.edu
Mighty Mugs A
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00
for Materials and firing fees.
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!
Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/09 | Mon | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/23 | Mon | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/30 | Mon | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
There is one additional class meeting on February 6, 2017.
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Mighty Mugs B
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00
for Materials and firing fees.
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!
Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/09 | Mon | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/23 | Mon | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/30 | Mon | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
There is one additional class meeting on February 6, 2017.
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Mighty Mugs C
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00
for materials and firing fees.
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!
Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/13 | Fri | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/20 | Fri | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/27 | Fri | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Feb/03 | Fri | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Painting with Data. Introduction to Real-Time, Multidimensional Spatial Analysis through Voxels with an Open-Source Web Application
Carlos Sandoval Olascoaga, Ph.D. Candidate in Architectural Computation
| Feb/01 | Wed | 03:00PM-06:00PM | 9-450B, Please bring your own laptop |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/17
Limited to 20 participants
Prereq: Knowledge of GIS is a plus
Ever wanted to speculate about causal relationships with spatial datasets on the fly? Or build multivariate spatial and map algebra models iteratively, while getting immediate feedback? Interested in building 3D and 4D geospatial models to compute with?
Students learn to build exploratory geospatial models on-the-fly and methods for creating, and operating with multi-dimensional models via a web application developed by the instructor and a group of MIT researchers that allows the user to build 3D and 4D geospatial models.
Painting with Data, is an open-source web-application that utilizes voxels to visually compute with geospatial information ‘on-the-fly’, interactively receiving visual and functional feedback when manipulating geospatial datasets, allowing the creation and manipulation of spatial models such as map algebra iteratively. The tool also introduces a visual programming language, and allows easy, intuitive, and ‘on-the-fly’ functional geospatial computing, extending its representational and analytical modeling capacities. Its technological and theoretical features propose a hybrid approach to urban computing, combining functional and representational modeling.
There will be an intro to conventional model-making in GIS and finally to Painting with Data, as an alternative tool for spatial mapping and modeling. * Please contact instructor Carlos Sandoval Olascoaga, to enroll by Jan 20. Lim. to 25
Sponsored by the Dept. of Architecture and the Civic Data Design Lab
Sponsor(s): Architecture
Contact: Carlos Sandoval Olascoaga, csandova@mit.edu
Post-Apocalypse Fiber Arts
Jeanne Marie Wildman
| Jan/28 | Sat | 12:00PM-04:00PM | E51-095 |
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/27
Limited to 10 participants
Tales of apocalypse rivet our imagination. We wonder not only how survivors would recreate society, but also about day-to-day practical survival in a world of disrupted supply chains. This class taps into that vein of interest by teaching fiber techniques with upcycled or ordinary household materials as inputs and useful objects as outputs. The goal is the satisfaction of handcrafting practical things, rather than prepping for a real-life apocalypse (which, in fact, might be avoided with widespread commitment to simpler living).
Please pre-register so I can send you a link about project choices and garner suggestions for a post-civilization/dystopian soundtrack for our workshop.
Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Jeanne Marie Wildman, jwildman@mit.edu
Super Bowls A
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00
for materials and firing fees.
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!
Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/11 | Wed | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/18 | Wed | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/25 | Wed | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
| Feb/01 | Wed | 04:30PM-07:00PM | W20-431 |
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Super Bowls B
Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00
for materials and firing fees.
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!
Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/11 | Wed | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/18 | Wed | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/25 | Wed | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Feb/01 | Wed | 07:30PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor
Totally Teapots A
Darrell Finnegan, Studio Manager, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00
for materials and firing fees.
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?
Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/10 | Tue | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/17 | Tue | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/24 | Tue | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/31 | Tue | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor
Totally Teapots B
Darrell Finnegan, Studio Manager, Technical Instructor
Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00
for materials and firing fees.
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?
Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa
Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU
| Jan/12 | Thu | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/19 | Thu | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Jan/26 | Thu | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
| Feb/02 | Thu | 07:00PM-10:00PM | W20-431 |
Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor
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