IAP 2016 Activities by Category - Visual Arts and Design

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

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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

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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

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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

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Collecting in Context

Jan/13

Wed

02:00PM-04:00PM

E15-207

Alise Upitis - Assistant Curator, List Visual Arts Center, Jesse Noah Feiman

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The Art Market and its Discontents

Jan/15

Fri

02:00PM-04:00PM

E15-207

Monica Steinberg - Curatorial Fellow, List Visual Arts Center, Maryanna McConnell

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Curatorial Work and Contemporary Artists

Jan/20

Wed

02:00PM-04:00PM

E15-207

Courtney Klemens, Henriette Huldisch - Curator, List Visual Arts Center

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Purchasing Trip

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

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Build a CNC Drawing Machine

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

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Build your own Electric Guitar

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

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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

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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

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Contemporary Geometric Beadwork-Lecture

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

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Design Your Own Wearable Model-a Seminar

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

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Hands on Sessions - session 1

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

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Hands on Sessions - section 2

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

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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

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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:

• learn how D3 binds data to DOM elements for flexible use in visual presentation
• identify data structures appropriate to various types of visualizations
• explore the wide array of examples available for reuse and customization

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

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Session One

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

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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

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Enameling Course

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

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Keynote & Kickoff Presentations

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.

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Game Jam

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.

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Presentations & Postmortem

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

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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

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Intro to Metal Sculpture

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

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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

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Workshop

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

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Design Workshop

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

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Design Workshop

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

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Mars Settlement, Minimum One-Way Program

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

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Overview of Hillside Mars Settlement

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

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3D Printing for Mars

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

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Mars Settlement, Minimum One-Way Program

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

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Discussion of 'The Martian' with Author

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

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Raising the First Families on Mars

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

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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

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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

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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

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

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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

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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

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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