IAP 2018 Activities by Category - Art and Architecture

Carol Spack MCP '81

Jan/24

Wed

12:00PM-01:00PM

32-144

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required

This class presents a display of original antique maps. There will also be a talk describing the variety of antique maps published in the 18th and 19th century such as pictorial maps, thematic maps, geographic maps and political maps. Question and answer as time permits. Focus is on how these maps bridge the past and present.

Carol J. Spack MCP '81 is an antique map collector and specialist. Her approach to antique maps includes an interest in land use and urban planning, art history and criticism, legal issues and cartography.

Register for this free event: http://alumic.mit.edu/antique_maps_2018

Sponsor(s): Alumni Association
Contact: Elena Byrne, W98-206C, 617 252-1143, EBYRNE@MIT.EDU

Emily Garner, Public Program Manager

Feb/01

Thu

12:00PM-06:00PM

E15-054, Start at MIT, and bus for off-site locations

Enrollment: Advance Sign-up
Sign-up by 01/29
Limited to 20 participants
Prereq: none

Ever wonder how to curate your own personal art collection? Interested in the process of purchasing and maintaining works of art? Join the MIT List Visual Art Center for a comprehensive workshop on collecting art today. We will begin on campus with a lunch conversation lead by special guest-speakers on the art market and collecting. This will be followed by visits to the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to take a look at a historical, personal collection; a local commercial gallery to talk about the logistics and practices of buying and collecting; and the home of a local collector. Lunch and transportation will be provided by the List Center. 

Contact: Emily Garner, E15-109, 617 324-4565, EAGARNER@MIT.EDU

Anna Boutin-Cooper

Jan/25

Thu

02:30PM-04:30PM

5-232

Enrollment: Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784597

Back by popular demand! 

Curious about what an artist’s book is exactly? Wondering what makes it different than the other books at the Libraries? Whether you’ve heard about them before or not, this session will go over current discussions on what exactly makes an artist’s book and will include an interactive, hands-on experience with some of the dynamic art objects in MIT Libraries’ own collections. Local book artist and MIT alumna Sarah Hulsey will be our special guest for the session, and will speak about her own work featured in the Rotch Library Collections.

​We'll be in room 5-232. Event image credit: L. Barry Hetherington.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784597

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anna Boutin-Cooper, Boutin@mit.edu

Carolyn Jundzilo Comer

Jan/11

Thu

01:00PM-03:30PM

1-375

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 25 participants
Prereq: None
Fee: $1.00 for NA

With a description of a few basic shapes; simplification and understanding of light and shade; you can draw anything.  This workshop simplifies and introduces you to the principles of drawing that will give you the ability to draw anything you want.  Session starts with an introduction that describes the approach of the masters such as Sargent, Degas, Rembrandt and Da Vinci and shows you how they began.  Very basic materials are supplied or you may bring your own.  All that is needed is pencil, paper, charcoal and eraser.  This workshop was taught in Professor Einstein’s class, 1.101, Introduction to Design for Engineers, for 8 years.  It is not technical.  It is a hands-on approach.  Enrollment is limited.  Please enroll by e-mailing Jundzilo@mit.edu

Contact: Carolyn Jundzilo-Comer, 1-342, 617 253-3280, JUNDZILO@MIT.EDU

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

“If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” Edward Hopper

Over the course of this 4 week class, 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.

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

Students should bring their own canvas (any shape/size, but no smaller than 14 X 14, please!) and a #2 pencil on the first day.  Other materials are supplied by the SAA.  Art supplies are available at Artist and Craftsman and Blick Art, both in Central Square, Cambridge.

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU

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	Jan/09	Tue	05:30PM-08:00PM	W20-425
	Jan/16	Tue	05:30PM-08:00PM	W20-425
	Jan/23	Tue	05:30PM-08:00PM	W20-425
	Jan/30	Tue	05:30PM-08:00PM	W20-425

Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor

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

“If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint.” Edward Hopper

Over the course of this 4 week class, 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.

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

Students should bring their own canvas (any shape/size, but no smaller than 14 X 14, please!) and a #2 pencil on the first day.  Other materials are supplied by the SAA.  Art supplies are available at Artist and Craftsman and Blick Art, both in Central Square, Cambridge.

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU

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	Jan/10	Wed	05:30PM-08:00PM	W20-425
	Jan/17	Wed	05:30PM-08:00PM	W20-425
	Jan/24	Wed	05:30PM-08:00PM	W20-425
	Jan/31	Wed	05:30PM-08:00PM	W20-425

Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor

Darrell Finnegan, Studio Manager, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Fee: $110.00 for materials and firing fees.

This class will introduce you to the basics of wheel throwing, trimming and glazing your creation.  Learn the basic techniques that will allow you to confidently create on the potter’s wheel!

Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU

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	Jan/11	Thu	04:00PM-06:30PM	W20-431
	Jan/18	Thu	04:00PM-06:30PM	W20-431
	Jan/26	Fri	04:00PM-06:30PM	W20-431
	Feb/01	Thu	04:00PM-06:30PM	W20-431

Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor

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 and advanced level clay class, we will learn several pitcher forms during this focused four week workshop.  With an emphasis on handles and spouts, we will learn composition as well as the functionality of one of mankind's earliest functional forms.  With time permitting, several surface decorating techniques will also be introduced before bisque firing.

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU

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	Jan/11	Thu	06:30PM-09:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/18	Thu	06:30PM-09:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/25	Thu	06:30PM-09:00PM	W20-431
	Feb/01	Thu	06:30PM-09:00PM	W20-431

Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor

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

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	Jan/09	Tue	04:00PM-06:30PM	W20-431
	Jan/16	Tue	04:00PM-06:30PM	W20-431
	Jan/23	Tue	04:00PM-06:30PM	W20-431
	Jan/30	Tue	04:00PM-06:30PM	W20-431

Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor

Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for materials and 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

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	Jan/10	Wed	08:00PM-10:30PM	W20-425
	Jan/17	Wed	08:00PM-10:30PM	W20-425
	Jan/24	Wed	08:00PM-10:30PM	W20-425
	Jan/31	Wed	08:00PM-10:30PM	W20-425

Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor

Anna Boutin-Cooper

Jan/22

Mon

02:00PM-03:00PM

14N-132

Enrollment: Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784230

Looking to liven up your presentations, papers, and class work with images? Join Librarian for the SA+P, Anna Boutin-Cooper, on Monday, January 22nd in the DIRC to learn more about the image resources available to you. We will explore MIT’s own image collection, in addition to Artstor and some free, online image resources. We will also briefly explore image permissions.

Sign up here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784230

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anna Boutin-Cooper, boutin@mit.edu

George Varnavides, Emma Vargo

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Generative (algorithmic) art is a type of visual art generated using an algorithm. It often lies at the intersection of mathematical patterns and aesthetic appeal and its results can be stunning and refreshing.
In this workshop we will explore some of the aspects of generative art starting with more traditional examples such as fractals and chaotic attractors, extending it to physical systems such as symmetry operations, diffusion limited aggregation and microstructural evolution, as well as exploring the realm of machine-learning art. The instructors will be using the Wolfram Language to illustrate concepts and examples, but participants can choose to use any appropriate language of their choice for their projects*.

 

Please contact instructors via email before January 8th if you plan on attending, and by filling in this interest form:
https://goo.gl/forms/O9sNdRHqZS4nPKmu1

 

*Note: Depending on the available time, participants may choose to focus on a larger-scope project on the last day and/or participate in a “tattoo one-liner competition”, an example such entry is shown below (evaluate using the Wolfram Language to see output):

c = #\[Conjugate]
ArrayPlot@
 Log[BinCounts[
    ReIm@# & /@
     NestList[(5 # c + Re@#^6 - 2.7) # + c^5 &, .1 + .2 I, 9^7],
    a = {-1, 1, 0.001}, a] + 1]

 

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: George Varnavides, GVARNAVI@MIT.EDU

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Day 01

Jan/30

Tue

01:00PM-04:30PM

4-159, Please Bring a laptop

• Introduction
• Geometric and Mathematical Fractals
• L-systems (turtle graphics)

*Tentative outline, subject to google form responses

George Varnavides, Emma Vargo

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Day 02

Jan/31

Wed

01:00PM-04:30PM

4-159, Please Bring a laptop

• Strange Attractors
• Symmetry in Chaos (rotations, mirrors and translations)
• Diffusion Limited Aggregation

*Tentative outline, subject to google form responses

George Varnavides, Emma Vargo

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Day 03

Feb/01

Thu

01:00PM-04:30PM

4-159, Plese bring a laptop

• Microstructural Evolution (Cellular Automata art)
• Machine Learning art (e.g. Image Restyling)
• Participants Projects and/or One-liner tattoo competition

*Tentative outline, subject to google form responses

George Varnavides, Emma Vargo

Jeffrey Ravel, Professor and Head of History, Anne McCants, Professor of History and Director of Concourse

	Jan/09	Tue	01:30PM-05:30PM	10-801 (Barker), Bring a text of 150 characters, including spaces.
	Jan/10	Wed	01:30PM-05:30PM	10-801 (Barker), Bring a text of 150 characters, including spaces.
	Jan/16	Tue	01:30PM-05:30PM	10-801 (Barker), Bring a text of 150 characters, including spaces.
	Jan/17	Wed	01:30PM-05:30PM	10-801 (Barker), Bring a text of 150 characters, including spaces.
	Jan/23	Tue	01:30PM-05:30PM	10-801 (Barker), Bring a text of 150 characters, including spaces.
	Jan/24	Wed	01:30PM-05:30PM	10-801 (Barker), Bring a text of 150 characters, including spaces.
	Jan/25	Thu	01:30PM-05:30PM	10-801 (Barker), Bring a text of 150 characters, including spaces.

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 3 participants
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 on the eighth floor of Barker Library, Room 10-801.  The press was built in 21H.343 during Spring 2016; learn more here and here.  We will be holding open printing hours from 1:30 to 5:30 on the days listed below.  Space is limited, so please sign up here.

Sponsor(s): Concourse, History
Contact: Jeffrey Ravel, E51-255C, 617 253-4451, RAVEL@MIT.EDU

Sam Ghantous, Teaching Fellow in the Department of Architecture

	Jan/08	Mon	10:00AM-05:00PM	tbd Arch Studio, Bring Laptop
	Jan/09	Tue	01:00PM-05:00PM	tbd Arch Studio, Bring Laptop
	Jan/10	Wed	01:00PM-05:00PM	tbd Arch Studio, Bring Laptop
	Jan/11	Thu	01:00PM-05:00PM	tbd Arch Studio, Bring Laptop
	Jan/12	Fri	01:00PM-05:00PM	tbd Arch Studio, Bring Laptop
	Jan/16	Tue	01:00PM-04:00PM	tbd Arch Studio

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/27
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session

This IAP we are conducting a week(ish)-long  investigation into images in translation between virtual and physical material. We will spend our time producing artifacts and sharing conversations about them.

With the ubiquitous presence of the web, our relationship to the world, even architecture, exists more as images than lived experience; this radical flattening has assumed images equivalent value with the real thing. Limits between the real and artificial, the original and copy have dissolved as files are copied and shared. Simultaneously, deep learning algorithms and other forms of artificial intelligence have challenged traditional notions of authorship and the inherited intelligence of the images we ogle.

This workshop will respond to such a context by mining the image’s performance in translation between digital and physical space across multiple iterations. Issues of materiality, as it blurs between pixels and particulates, meshes and deposition contours, nurbs and textiles, will participate in this radical flattening between the real and the digital. Participants will be asked to transform images (with the option to use machine learning processes), physicalize them in unsuspecting ways, and reformat them as new images.

Expect: lectures, tutorials, readings, and critiques, but mostly the space and collective energy invested into producing artifacts.

Participation requires some architectural education, familiarity with 3d software, and fabrication basics.  

Sponsor(s): Architecture
Contact: Sam Ghantous, 617 599-9780, SAMTOUS@MIT.EDU

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

“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 as well as about 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 Thibaud, Giorgio Morandi, Paul Cezanne, and Henri Matisse for inspiration.

Students should bring their own canvas (any shape/size, but no smaller than 14 X 14, please!) and a #2 pencil on the first day.  Other materials are supplied by the SAA.  Art supplies are available at Artist and Craftsman and Blick Art, both in Central Square, Cambridge.

 Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Sponsor(s): Student Art Association
Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU

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	Jan/09	Tue	08:00PM-10:30PM	W20-425
	Jan/16	Tue	08:00PM-10:30PM	W20-425
	Jan/23	Tue	08:00PM-10:30PM	W20-425
	Jan/30	Tue	08:00PM-10:30PM	W20-425

Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor

Thery Mislick, Studio Manager, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $165.00 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

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	Jan/11	Thu	06:00PM-09:00PM	W20-425
	Jan/12	Fri	06:00PM-09:00PM	W20-425
	Jan/18	Thu	06:00PM-09:00PM	W20-425
	Jan/19	Fri	06:00PM-09:00PM	W20-425
	Jan/20	Sat	01:00PM-06:00PM	W20-425
	Jan/21	Sun	01:00PM-06:00PM	W20-425
	Jan/26	Fri	06:00PM-09:00PM	W20-425
	Jan/27	Sat	01:00PM-06:00PM	W20-425
	Jan/28	Sun	01:00PM-06:00PM	W20-425

Thery Mislick - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor

Kyoko Wada

Jan/27

Sat

02:00PM-03:00PM

W20-307

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/25

Join us for a Japanese tea ceremony performed by Mrs. Kyoko Wada, who has been studying the Japanese Tea Ceremony for more than 30 years. She will share "the happiness of the tea ceremony" with you and invite you to take this opportunity to leave your worries and problems at the door. Be transported to Japan by the calligraphy, ceramics, flowers, lacquer, and incense. Experience the four elements of the "way of tea:" harmony, respect, purity, and tranquility. Imagine how they can bring harmony into our daily interactions. Take the first step of what can become a lifetime of study and meditation. No limit but advance sign up required (see contact below)

Sponsor(s): SpousesandPartners@mit
Contact: Kyoko Wada, iap.chado@gmail.com

Vladimir Bulovic, Professor of Engineering, MacVicar Fellow

	Jan/31	Wed	10:30AM-02:30PM	TBD
	Feb/01	Thu	10:30AM-02:30PM	TBD
	Feb/02	Fri	10:30AM-02:30PM	TBD

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

When the cement trucks roll away and the last construction crews leave, the MIT.nano building will finally open in 2018... but there's still a lot to do inside!

Join us to help develop the community spaces in MIT.nano, from designing interactive visitor exhibits in the first floor galleries to laying out the Patent Wall, a celebration of MIT's history of innovation; from creating a 2018 time capsule to capture the MIT of the present to planning the opening celebrations to launch MIT.nano into the future!

Come with friends and make new ones as we'll spend each morning covering a different set of potential projects inside MIT.nano and break into groups to come up with ideas, concepts, and plans for making MIT.nano an engaging, warm, and welcoming community space. Some of these projects may be selected to continue on as UROP projects into the spring semester.

Bring your awesome ideas and sign up at mitnano.mit.edu/iap2018 !

(Updates and more details, including daily schedule, will be posted at mitnano.mit.edu/iap2018 as they become available.)

 

Sponsor(s): MIT.nano
Contact: Tina Gilman, tgilman@mit.edu

Andreas Mershin, Research Scientist

Jan/25

Thu

11:00AM-12:00PM

E15-359, followed by lab tour 2pm

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 30 participants
Prereq: none

From microns to meters MIT CBA research scientist Andreas Mershin (www.mershin.org) and redhouse architect Christopher Maurer (www.redhousearchitecture.org) discuss the state of the art and science of biomaterials. From bricks made by microbial induced calcite precipitation, to Mycotecture (building with mushrooms) to 3D-bioprinting this course covers a wide range of engineering practices and applications of living organisms in the manufacture of new materials and devices. Followed by lab tour and material demos.

Contact: Andreas Mershin, E15-401G, 617 515-4192, MERSHIN@MIT.EDU

Justin Playl, Maker in Residence

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 10 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $115.00 for materials

Learn the basics of metalsmithing as you make your own small metal sculptures, toys, or jewelry. In this 4-week course, we will explore fundamental techniques for cutting, forming, and joining metal using common, everyday tools.  In particular, we will focus on cold connections— methods for joining metal that do not require heat, so they can be done anywhere, without special equipment.

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

Contact: Stacy Debartolo, E15-205A, 617 253-4003, STACYP@MIT.EDU

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	Jan/12	Fri	12:00PM-02:30PM	W20-429
	Jan/19	Fri	12:00PM-02:30PM	W20-429
	Jan/26	Fri	12:00PM-02:30PM	W20-429
	Feb/02	Fri	12:00PM-02:30PM	W20-429

Justin Playl - Maker in Residence

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

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	Jan/08	Mon	04:30PM-07:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/22	Mon	04:30PM-07:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/29	Mon	04:30PM-07:00PM	W20-431

There is one additional class meeting on February 5, 2018.

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor

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

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	Jan/08	Mon	07:30PM-10:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/22	Mon	07:30PM-10:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/29	Mon	07:30PM-10:00PM	W20-431

There is one additional class meeting February 5, 2018

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor

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

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	Jan/12	Fri	04:30PM-07:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/19	Fri	04:30PM-07:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/26	Fri	04:30PM-07:00PM	W20-431
	Feb/02	Fri	04:30PM-07:00PM	W20-431

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor

Wyn Kelley, Senior Lecturer of Literature

Feb/01

Thu

10:00AM-03:00PM

TBD

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Perhaps you have heard of one of America’s premier orators, writers, editors, and activists for civil rights. Perhaps you’ve noticed that Frederick Douglass has “done an amazing job and is getting recognized more and more”—appearing on syllabi across the nation and this fall at MIT in Literature and History.  Maybe you are curious about how this gripping story of one man’s escape to freedom made him the most-photographed person in 19th-century America.  Join Literature friends and fans for a daylong reading of Frederick Douglass’s Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave. Written by Himself (1845).  All participants can enjoy reading or just listening to Douglass’s inspiring words. We will convene at various sites on campus that engage with MIT’s role in the history of civil rights. Activities will include lunch and refreshments; discussion of Douglass’s three autobiographies (with a demo of digital visualizations of the texts); and a portrait gallery.

Sponsor(s): Literature
Contact: Chloe Jones, 14N-407, 617 258-5629, CJJONES@MIT.EDU

Noel Jackson, Associate Professor of Literature

	Jan/08	Mon	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Jan/09	Tue	01:00PM-02:00PM	14N-417, NOTE LOCATION CHANGE
	Jan/10	Wed	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Jan/11	Thu	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Jan/12	Fri	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Jan/16	Tue	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Jan/17	Wed	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Jan/18	Thu	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Jan/19	Fri	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Jan/22	Mon	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Jan/23	Tue	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Jan/24	Wed	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Jan/25	Thu	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Jan/26	Fri	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Jan/29	Mon	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Jan/30	Tue	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Jan/31	Wed	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304
	Feb/02	Fri	01:00PM-02:00PM	14E-304

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Attendance: Repeating event, participants welcome at any session

This popular activity – which aims to reach all lovers of poetry – has been offered every IAP for the last twenty years.  Each one-hour session is devoted to a single poet, usually a single poem.  The goal is discussion and shared pleasure.  No lectures or professorial arrogance allowed. Some participants attend every session, but many others attend only once or twice to read and discuss a favorite poet or poem.  The roster of poets is always immensely diverse: from ancient Chinese masters to contemporary American poets laureate, from such famous Greats as Shakespeare, Keats, and Auden to Dr. Seuss and Bob Dylan.  Discussion and collaborative close reading are the aim and ideal of each hour.

Visit lit.mit.edu for more details

Sponsor(s): Literature
Contact: Chloe Jones, 14N-407, 617 258-5629, CJJONES@MIT.EDU

Anna Boutin-Cooper, Alena McNamara

Jan/09

Tue

01:00PM-04:00PM

Rotch Library 7-238

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

Heard of the Rotch Limited collection? Curious to know what lives behind those glass walls in Rotch Library? Stop by to take a look at a sampling of the rare and historic materials within the collection - including books on art, architecture, and urban planning! This session is a companion to the Artists’ Books @ MIT session, where we will be exploring these contemporary art forms hands-on.

No advanced sign up is required - please just drop by anytime during the event hours! Exact location is to be announced, stay tuned! More info here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3784394

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Anna Boutin-Cooper, boutin@mit.edu

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

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	Jan/10	Wed	04:30PM-07:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/17	Wed	04:30PM-07:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/24	Wed	04:30PM-07:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/31	Wed	04:30PM-07:00PM	W20-431

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor

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

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	Jan/10	Wed	07:30PM-10:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/17	Wed	07:30PM-10:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/24	Wed	07:30PM-10:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/31	Wed	07:30PM-10:00PM	W20-431

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor

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

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	Jan/12	Fri	07:30PM-10:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/19	Fri	07:30PM-10:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/26	Fri	07:30PM-10:00PM	W20-431
	Feb/02	Fri	07:30PM-10:00PM	W20-431

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

To All Solution-Seeking Labbers,

Classical music has a hard time reaching audiences outside its core demographic. Many people are intimidated by its culture, or think it’s ‘not for them’ (despite enjoying it in films, commercials, and TV shows). Orchestras need to find new ways to connect to new audiences, making use of new technology – the tech they’re already using, notably their phones, and the forms they are engaging with, including gaming.

Media Lab Director's Fellows Sheila Hayman and Colleen Macklin have a possible solution: a geo-location video/mobile game that will bring players into this music without obviously ‘teaching’, and encourage active listening.

In collaboration with the Parsons School of Design in New York, the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment (OAE) in London, and the Media Lab, we are hosting a 2-day hack-a-thon at the Media Lab to explore new ideas and technologies, and help the classical music industry connect with its audiences in new ways.

Dates: January 19-21, 2018 (detailed schedule tbd)

Location: Media Lab, E14-240

 

Areas of exploration and expertise:

Story-telling

Game Design & coding

Music/sound exploration

AR

Urban environment

If you are interested in participating:

- Please talk to your PI/Supervisor and get their approval

- Fill out this form

- Application deadline: JANUARY 10, 2018

Sponsor(s): Media Lab
Contact: Shanice Thompson, shanicet@media.mit.edu

Gary Van Zante, Curator, MIT Museum, Julia Meer, Design Historian at Humboldt University, Berlin

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

The course will provide an overview of modernist graphic design with a particular emphasis on the important contributions of the MIT Office of Design Services in the 1960s-1980s and its designers, Jacqueline Casey, Muriel Cooper, Ralph Coburn and Dietmar Winkler. The MIT design office was one of the most innovative design practices in the country at this time, and made important contributions to the assimilation of Swiss graphic design in America. 

By visiting and examining different collections we offer insights in the design process including the influence of printing and layout techniques. We will discuss how graphic design artifacts can be used as a source for research, and we will problematize how the history of design is written and how it differs from similar disciplines such as art history.

Sponsor(s): MIT Museum
Contact: Gary Van Zante, N51-211, (617) 253-2825, vanzante@mit.edu

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	Jan/10	Wed	01:00PM-03:00PM	MIT Museum (N51)
	Jan/17	Wed	01:00PM-03:00PM	MassArt - See Below
	Jan/24	Wed	01:00PM-03:00PM	MIT Museum (N51)

1/17/18 event location:

Massachusetts College of Art, Presidents Gallery, 1 p.m.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design

Presidents Gallery (in the Tower building)

621 Huntington Avenue

Boston, Massachusetts 02115 USA

Gary Van Zante - Curator, MIT Museum, Julia Meer - Design Historian at Humboldt University, Berlin

Darrell Finnegan, Studio Manager, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $120.00 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

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	Jan/09	Tue	07:00PM-10:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/16	Tue	07:00PM-10:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/23	Tue	07:00PM-10:00PM	W20-431
	Jan/30	Tue	07:00PM-10:00PM	W20-431

Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor

Juju Wang, artists

Jan/09

Tue

10:00AM-02:00PM

9-450, Lunch is provided

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up

The lecture will be given by Juju Wang, known as the interactive magician in the field of art, mixing traditional Chinese culture with modern art. Her bold use of new materials and emotional and rational creativity standards have established a unique personal style. Tradition redesigned aims to connect students with artistic activity, that has built a coalition between east and west, found at the edge of a changing society and that goes beyond conventions.

Deconstructing old Chinese practices into elements that are reborn into a contemporary form, Juju's installations focused on generating art installation pieces that interact with people, public spaces, and heritage architecture, contributing to an emerging new generation. The presentation has the role to expose how she brought Chinese crafts into the contemporary media, searching for hidden and on many occasions lost meanings behind traditional Chinese stories and rebirths them into a face changing society.

The selected works are ways in which by using traditional materials and techniques and gave them a reinvented form using a mixture of contemporary ingredients and computerized elements.

Also, it is a continuing process in which she focuses on educating the younger generations and make them aware of the importance of our cultural background and heritage.

Hands-on session allows students to mix golden leaf with Chinese calligraphy to produce paintings on their own. 

Contact: Xin Zhang, (202) 281-4718, XINZHANG@MIT.EDU

Ezra Glenn

Enrollment: Unlimited: No advance sign-up
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

For IAP, the department's ongoing Urban Planning Film Series continues with three lesser-known films from the 1960s exploring the connections between people, the meaning of places, and the role of imagination in the worlds we perceive and create. 

• January 15: "The World, the Flesh, and the Devil" (1959)
• January 22: [CANCELED]
• January 29: "Alphaville" (1965)

 All films start following brief remarks at 7:00PM, MIT Room 3-133; everyone welcome.  Come to one or come to all!

Sponsor(s): Urban Studies and Planning
Contact: Ezra Glenn, 7-337, 617 253-2024, EGLENN@MIT.EDU

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The World, the Flesh, and the Devil

Jan/15

Mon

07:00PM-09:30PM

3-133

Harry Belafonte plays a coal miner who finds himself a lonely survivor of the collapse of civilization in this lost sci-fi gem from 1959. Seeking other survivors in the big city, he finds companionship, love--and trouble. Loosly based on a 1902 novel, but steeped in early civil-rights-era poignancy, the film explores race relations, sexual tension, and human drama on the depopulated streets of post-apocalyptic New York.

Ezra Glenn

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(Canceled) The Swimmer

Jan/22

Mon

07:00PM-09:30PM

3-133

Long before "Mad Men," there were the stories of John Cheever, perfectly crystalized elegies to American suburbia.  One of the most quietly profound, allegorically meditative, and deeply melancholy was "The Swimmer," brought to the silver screen in 1968 by Frank and Eleanor Perry.  Burt Lancaster stars as Ned Merrill, a New York ad-man who sets out one morning to swim across his entire neighborhood, one pool at a time.

Ezra Glenn

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Alphaville

Jan/29

Mon

07:00PM-09:30PM

3-133

A cockeyed fusion of science fiction, pulp characters, and surrealist poetry from 1965, Jean-Luc Godard's irreverent journey to the mysterious Alphaville remains one of the least conventional films of all time. Eddie Constantine stars as intergalactic hero Lemmy Caution, on a mission to kill the inventor of fascist computer Alpha 60.

Ezra Glenn

Gabriel Kozlowski, Dept. of Architecture Alumni

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 12/12
Limited to 10 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: Grad students in Arch or DUSP

Open only to: Graduate students in the Architecture Dept. and the Dept. of Urban Planning

Preference Given to: Students with skills in mapping, GIS or any type of programming (including grasshopper)

The workshop aims at producing the MAPS that will be exhibited at the Brazilian Pavilion in Venice 2018.

 Students will engage in the following tasks based on their interest:

1) Conceptualization: Elaborate on the arguments and content of the exhibition in collaboration with the São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro teams.

2) Research: Idealize and generate the information that will be displayed on each map.

3) Design: Produce the actual maps by drawing, mapping and visually treating the content gathered in the previous steps;

4) Fabrication: Prototype and envision the potential techniques to physically display them.

Travel: Travel to Italy in May is not included but instructor can facilitate the process through MISTI, which is already in negotiation.

Credits: Students will be properly credited in the exhibition, book and all other media where “Walls of Air” will be displayed.

Introductory Meeting: December 14th.

Post-IAP: Although not included in the scope of the workshop, the possibility of involvement after IAP until the inauguration of the exhibition can be discussed case by case.

Register by December 12 by emailing gabrielk@mit.edu.

Attendance at all sessions required

 

 

Sponsor(s): Architecture
Contact: Gabriel Kozlowski, N/A, 617-253-7386, gabrielk@mit.edu

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Session 1

	Jan/08	Mon	09:00AM-11:00AM	TBA, bring laptop
	Jan/09	Tue	09:00AM-11:00AM	TBA, bring laptop
	Jan/10	Wed	09:00AM-11:00AM	TBA, bring laptop
	Jan/11	Thu	09:00AM-11:00AM	TBA, bring laptop
	Jan/16	Tue	09:00AM-11:00AM	TBA, bring laptop
	Jan/17	Wed	09:00AM-11:00AM	TBA, bring laptop
	Jan/18	Thu	09:00AM-11:00AM	TBA, bring laptop
	Jan/22	Mon	09:00AM-11:00AM	TBA, bring laptop
	Jan/23	Tue	09:00AM-11:00AM	TBA, bring laptop
	Jan/24	Wed	09:00AM-11:00AM	TBA, bring laptop
	Jan/25	Thu	09:00AM-11:00AM	TBA, bring laptop
	Jan/29	Mon	09:00AM-11:00AM	TBA, bring laptop

Gabriel Kozlowski - Dept. of Architecture Alumni

Zachary Angles, Instructor, Valentina Rosales, Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/12
Limited to 10 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This workshop will develop stories in both drawn and textual form to explore and learn meth­ods for translating prose fic­tion into explicit architectural imaginings. The methods borrow from literary and archi­tectural techniques and revel in swerving between these two disciplines. The workshop concentrates on the building of indi­vidual fictions through a series of lessons and exercises that guide students through the abductive process of fictive imagination.

Lessons outline key historical and theoreti­cal threads critical to the project, fictocriticism, and the possibility of a “nar­rative architecture.”

Students can expect to learn about stories, design, and imagination while producing a series of drawings and written stories. There is the possibility for students to develop stories they have already begun writing or to write stories for designs they have already created.

And at the end, we hope to see better stories and better worlds.

 

** Please contact Zachary Angles, to enroll by January 12.** Enrollment limited to 10.

Sponsor(s): Architecture
Contact: Zachary Angles, zangles@mit.edu

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Session

	Jan/17	Wed	01:00PM-05:00PM	TBA
	Jan/19	Fri	01:00PM-05:00PM	TBA
	Jan/22	Mon	01:00PM-05:00PM	TBA
	Jan/24	Wed	01:00PM-05:00PM	TBA
	Jan/26	Fri	01:00PM-05:00PM	TBA

Zachary Angles - Instructor, Valentina Rosales - Instructor