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IAP 2018 Activities by Category - Visual Arts and Design

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Are your Journal and Presentation Figures the Best They Can Be?

Felice Frankel, research scientist

Add to Calendar Jan/17 Wed 11:00AM-01:00PM 13-2137

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Limited to 15 participants
Prereq: none

Designed after our successful masterclasses on-campus, we will engage in group discussions around YOUR draft figures and suggest various changes to elevate the communicative nature of your figures.  You will be required to submit to Felice ONE draft figure by Jan 10 after you first contact her.

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering, Center for Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Felice Frankel, 13-2038, felfra@mit.edu


Art Collection Workshop

Emily Garner, Public Program Manager

Add to Calendar 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


Basic Drawing - Learn to Draw Anything you want

Carolyn Jundzilo Comer

Add to Calendar 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


Basics of Copyrights, Data, and Software Intellectual Property

Daniel Dardani, MIT Technology Licensing Officer

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/19
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

It has been said that content is king. 

Copyrighted works – whether media, software, or art – are a major portion of the world’s creative, intellectual, and economic output.   As such, copyright issues affect musicians, artists, authors, and software programmers alike.  

This popular talk offers a fun and interesting look at the protection of your creative works of authorship whether developed in the lab at MIT or elsewhere.

Join Daniel Dardani, Technology Licensing Officer and intellectual property expert for an overview of copyright law, its history, practice, and relevance to your world and to the MIT community. 

Daniel will explore topics including: the nature of originality, Fair Use, open source, how copyrights can be licensed in the digital age, and others. All are welcomed. No prior knowledge about IP or the law is required.

To register for this event please contact Katrina Khalil via email: kmkhalil@mit.edu

This session is part of the Intellectual Property Lunch and Learn Series co-sponsored with the MIT Libraries, and MIT Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS)

 

Sponsor(s): Technology Licensing Office, Libraries, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Contact: Katrina Khalil, NE18-501, 617-253-6966, kmkhalil@mit.edu


Basics of Copyrights, Data & Software IP

Add to Calendar Jan/19 Fri 10:00AM-11:30AM 3-370
Add to Calendar Feb/02 Fri 10:00AM-11:30AM 3-370

Daniel Dardani - MIT Technology Licensing Officer


Beginning Oil Painting Workshop A

Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 16 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $105.00 for materials

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


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

Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor


Beginning Oil Painting Workshop B

Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 16 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $105.00 for 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


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

Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor


Beginning Pottery Wheel

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


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

Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor


Ceramic Pitchers

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


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

Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor


Ceramica Botanica

Darrell Finnegan, Studio Manager, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for materials and firing fees.

In this intermediate to advanced mixed level course, nature is a wonderful source of inspiration. Both wheel thrown and hand-built vessels will be stretched, altered and manipulated in various ways with a nature theme. Exploring numerous surface techniques, we will transform your vessel into a functional form or sculptural object. Think large leaf platters, perhaps plump peach pitchers or over-sized sculptural pears. This workshop will involve both wheel work and handbuilding techniques.

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

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


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

Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor


Communicating with Graphics

Thalia Rubio, Lecturer, Writing and Communication Center

Add to Calendar Jan/09 Tue 10:00AM-11:15AM E17-136

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

You need graphs, diagrams, and other illustrations for your journal article, slide presentation, job-talk, or poster presentation. Visual communication is powerful, and you want your images to persuasively convey your key ideas. In this workshop, we’ll explore guidelines to develop visual representations of your important concepts. Bring your visualization challenges to the workshop and we’ll give you feedback you can apply to current and future projects.

Sponsor(s): Writing and Communication Center
Contact: Steven Strang, E18-233 B, 617 253-4459, SMSTRANG@MIT.EDU


Dance And Design Making Lab

Karole Armitage, Director's Fellow Member

Enrollment: Limited: First come, first served (no advance sign-up)
Limited to 10 participants
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions

Director's Fellows, Karole Armitage, inspired by the ferocious ability of the MIT participants from the 2017 workshop to create athletic and expressive movement, has decided to form the MIT Dancing Engineers Company. The plan is for the company to create at least one production to premiere in 2019. The theme for the performance will come from this workshop. Mornings will be devoted to dance and sound/music; afternoons will be devoted to design.  

DANCE AND MUSIC

No dance experience is necessary. Over the course of five sessions, Karole is interested in continuing to investigate calligraphic choreography derived from mapping Chinese ideograms. The session will begin with a short warm-up followed by analyzing an ideogram for its musicality and geometry.

DESIGN

Karole would like to meet with designers interested in creating moving/transforming components for the stage including costumes, morphing wigs, make-up, perfumes, body enhancing design, jewelry, objects, inflatables, lighting, bioluminescence, synthetic biology, etc. as a design or environmental element to be used as a part of the MIT Dancing Engineers Company performance. The workshop will be capped at 10 participants. All ideas are welcome!

Dates: January 22-26 , 2018 (detailed schedule tbd)

Location: Media Lab, E14-244

The workshop will culminate in a demonstration of selected material from the workshop at 12:00pm on Friday Jan.26 in the ACT Cube.

Please fill out this form if you're interested! 

 

Sponsor(s): Media Lab
Contact: Shanice Thompson, E-14 245, SHANICET@MIT.EDU


Add to Calendar Jan/22 Mon 02:00PM-02:00PM E-14 244, Bring your own laptop
Add to Calendar Jan/25 Thu 05:00PM-05:00PM E-14 244, Bring your own laptop

Karole will meet one on one with designers at a Media Lab (location of their choice) for a 60-90-minute individual brainstorming session between 2pm-5pm on Monday Jan. 22 and Tuesday, Jan 23 (first come first serve basis).  On Jan 24- 25 will be devoted to following up with further questions and ideas related to design and practical issues (first come first serve basis) from 2pm-5pm.

 

Karole Armitage - Director's Fellow Member


Data Visualization: Introduction to Tools and Principles

Christine Malinowski

Add to Calendar Jan/25 Thu 02:00PM-03:30PM 3-270

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required

This introductory session will provide an overview of concepts and tools for visualizing data. Attendees will be introduced to web-based, open-source tools that provide beginner and intermediate users with richer functionality than traditional desktop spreadsheet and graphics software. Topics will include use cases and tool selection, data processing workflows, and principles for creating effective visualizations.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event/3770871

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Christine Malinowski, cmalin@mit.edu


Design Lab: You

Jenny Jin, Max Evans, MIT SB 2018, Course 2

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

This IAP 2-week workshop introduces tools of human-center design thinking and design sprints —employed by Google and IDEO in product development and innovation — and applies them to the most important product of our lives: ourselves.  You will quickly learn the methodology of human center design - mindsets, needfinding, inspiration, ideation, rapid prototyping, tracking data, and iteration.  You’ll apply design methodology and conduct fieldwork towards a hands-on design challenge for a very specific user of one.  You are in the position of knowing that user the best, yet designing for our own lives has never felt or been that straightforward - why? What are the patterns of default perceptions and behaviors that each of us hold for different situations, and can we redesign them from the ground up? These are the questions that we will be probing through hands-on work and discussing with a community of fellow students and facilitators.


Enrollment: Limited to 12 participants; Advance sign-up required; Preference towards freshmen and sophomores. 

To register for this course, please send an email to Jennifer (jjin@googlealumni.com) to reserve your slot.

 

 

 

 

 

Sponsor(s): Edgerton Center
Contact: Jenny Jin, jjin@googlealumni.com


Add to Calendar Jan/08 Mon 10:00AM-12:00PM 4-410
Add to Calendar Jan/10 Wed 10:00AM-12:00PM 4-410
Add to Calendar Jan/12 Fri 10:00AM-12:00PM 4-410
Add to Calendar Jan/16 Tue 10:00AM-12:00PM 4-410
Add to Calendar Jan/17 Wed 10:00AM-12:00PM 4-410
Add to Calendar Jan/19 Fri 10:00AM-12:00PM 4-410

Jenny Jin


Digital to Analog B&W Photography

Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor

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


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

Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor


Enameling: Fused Glass on Metal

Tara Fadenrecht, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 8 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None


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.

 

CLASS IS FULL

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Tara Fadenrecht, 6-112C, 312-320-3547, tfade@mit.edu


Add to Calendar Jan/08 Mon 11:00AM-01:30PM 4-006
Add to Calendar Jan/09 Tue 11:00AM-01:30PM 4-006
Add to Calendar Jan/10 Wed 11:00AM-01:30PM 4-006
Add to Calendar Jan/16 Tue 11:00AM-01:30PM 4-006
Add to Calendar Jan/17 Wed 11:00AM-01:30PM 4-006

ENAMELING COURSE WILL MEET FOR A TOTAL OF 5 SESSIONS


Experiments in Experience

Sarah Schwettmann, Maddie Cusimano

Enrollment: Unlimited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/03
Attendance: Participants welcome at individual sessions
Prereq: None

The constructive nature of perception is at work in the gap between observer and the outside. From incoming sensory data with infinite potential interpretations, the brain builds a rich world of experience and expectation. This course explores the mechanisms that underlie how perceptual systems do that building. Drawing from computational modeling, behavioural experiments in cognitive neuroscience, & generative methods for artistic creation, the class also introduces new paradigms for investigating and experiencing these structures. Each day will include both activities where we apply these paradigms in novel scientific and artistic contexts as well as discussion of relevant literature on perception. Schedule to be posted at mit-sensorium.com. Please email Sarah Schwettmann (schwett@mit.edu) and Maddie Cusimano (mcusi@mit.edu) to let us know you will be attending.

Sponsor(s): Brain and Cognitive Sciences
Contact: Maddie Cusimano, MCUSI@MIT.EDU


Add to Calendar Jan/16 Tue 03:00PM-05:00PM 10-150
Add to Calendar Jan/17 Wed 03:00PM-05:00PM 10-150
Add to Calendar Jan/18 Thu 03:00PM-05:00PM 10-150
Add to Calendar Jan/19 Fri 03:00PM-05:00PM 10-150

Sarah Schwettmann, Maddie Cusimano


Global Game Jam 2018

Rik Eberhardt, Studio Manager, MIT Game Lab

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions

Register now at: http://gamelab.mit.edu/event/global-game-jam-2018-at-mit/

The Global Game Jam (GGJ) is the world's largest game jam event taking place around the world at physical locations. Think of it as a hackathon focused on game development. It is the growth of an idea that in today’s heavily connected world, we could come together, be creative, share experiences and express ourselves in a multitude of ways using video games – it is very universal. The weekend stirs a global creative buzz in games, while at the same time exploring the process of development, be it programming, iterative design, narrative exploration or artistic expression. It is all condensed into a 48 hour development cycle. The GGJ encourages people with all kinds of backgrounds to participate and contribute to this global spread of game development and creativity.

We open our doors on Friday, January 26th at 5pm and run until 10pm that day. Our site is open Saturday, January 27th from 9am until 10pm, and Sunday, January 28th from 9am until 6pm.

The Global Game Jam is a 3-day event, but our site closes at night so participants can go home and get rested for the next day. Participants should plan to attend the entire duration of the event as your team will need you to complete your game!

Participants must register to attend: http://gamelab.mit.edu/event/global-game-jam-2018-at-mit/

We have 30 free slots open for the MIT Community (must have an @mit.edu email address to register).

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing, Game Lab
Contact: Richard Eberhardt, E15-329, 617 324-2173, REBERHAR@MIT.EDU


Keynote & Kickoff Presentations

Add to Calendar Jan/26 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.

Rik Eberhardt - Studio Manager, MIT Game Lab


Game Jam

Add to Calendar Jan/26 Fri 05:00PM-10:00PM 32-124, 32-144
Add to Calendar Jan/27 Sat 09:00AM-10:00PM 32-124, 32-144
Add to Calendar Jan/28 Sun 09:00AM-03:00PM 32-124, 32-144

Work days for the Jam. Participants will be working in teams to create their games.

Rik Eberhardt - Studio Manager, MIT Game Lab


Presentations & Postmortem

Add to Calendar Jan/28 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.

Rik Eberhardt - Studio Manager, MIT Game Lab


Handset Printing at the Beaver Press Print Shop

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

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


Human Factors Engineering -- Designing for the Human

Dr. Ben D Sawyer, Research Scientist, AgeLab, Department of Engineering

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/10
Limited to 24 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None

In this class, you will learn the fundamentals of Human Factors, and put them to use in your own Human-Centered Design. Each team will choose a common tool or device to reimagine for a specific population. The winning team will receive publicity and write-ups at both MIT and in the popular press.

We have all seen beautiful, well-engineered products that were a pain to actually use. Successful design and engineering is far more likely when the human is considered as part of the process. Join Build an understanding of Human Performance, Physiology, and Psychology -- a body of knowledge called Human Factors. Human factors professionals are in demand from Silicon Valley to the Department of Defense to the developing world.

From day one, you and your team will actively discuss and collaborate on your redesign. Each day, learn about the fundamentals of Human Factors, with guest speakers explaining how human-centered design is used in industry and government. Workshop space for projects will be available at the International Design Center (IDC). 

Dr. Ben D. Sawyer's work has been covered by Forbes, Reuters, Fast Company, and The BBC. He is the winner of The Human Factors Prize for 2017, led the first driving evaluation of Google Glass, and formerly worked with the US Air Force’s BATMAN group, evaluating and designing new technologies for airmen. For more information, visit bendsawyer.com.

So, are you up to the challenge of designing for the human? Sign up today: space is limited.

Sponsor(s): MIT-SUTD International Design Center
Contact: Dr. Ben D Sawyer, humanfactors@mit.edu


Add to Calendar Jan/16 Tue 03:30PM-05:00PM IDC N52 337, bring notebook and sketching supplies
Add to Calendar Jan/17 Wed 03:30PM-05:00PM IDC N52 337, bring notebook and sketching supplies
Add to Calendar Jan/18 Thu 03:30PM-05:00PM IDC N52 337, bring notebook and sketching supplies
Add to Calendar Jan/19 Fri 03:30PM-05:00PM IDC N52 337, bring notebook and sketching supplies
Add to Calendar Jan/22 Mon 03:30PM-05:00PM IDC N52 337, bring notebook and sketching supplies

Dr. Ben D Sawyer - Research Scientist, AgeLab, Department of Engineering


Ikebana: Japanese Flower Arranging FULL AND WAITLISTED

Hiroko Matsuyama

Add to Calendar Jan/19 Fri 02:00PM-03:30PM E40-496, Lucian Pye Conf Rm

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.

To register, please contact Christine Pilcavage at csp18@mit.edu. Your registration is not complete unless you have paid your $10 registration fee. You will forfeit your registration if you do not pay by Wed. January 10 and your place will be given to the next person on the waiting list

Please note there is currently a waitlist for this class. 

 

Sponsor(s): Center for International Studies, MIT Japan Program
Contact: Christine Pilcavage, csp18@mit.edu


Images in Translation

Sam Ghantous, Teaching Fellow in the Department of Architecture

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


Interpreting a Still Life

Nicole Tariverdian, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 16 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $105.00 for 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


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

Nicole Tariverdian - Technical Instructor


Intro to Jewelry

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

In this introductory course, students will create wearable art such as pendants, earrings and bracelets from
non-ferrous metal. Through the jewelry design process, which includes sawing, piercing, forming, bezel
setting and finishing, students will become comfortable with both hand and power tools. Fabrication
techniques including cold connections and silver soldering will be covered as well.
Please visit http://metalslab.mit.edu/ for more info.

 

Class is FULL

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Tara Fadenrecht, 312-320-3547, tfade@mit.edu


Intro to Jewelry Sessions

Add to Calendar Jan/29 Mon 05:00PM-07:00PM 4-006
Add to Calendar Jan/30 Tue 05:00PM-07:00PM 4-006
Add to Calendar Jan/31 Wed 05:00PM-07:00PM 4-006
Add to Calendar Feb/01 Thu 05:00PM-07:00PM 4-006
Add to Calendar Feb/02 Fri 05:00PM-07:00PM 4-006

Participants must attend all sessions


Intro to Metal Sculpture

Tara Fadenrecht, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Sign-up by 01/04
Limited to 6 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: None

In this introductory course, students will create sculptural works. Lost-wax casting, forging,
hollowware techniques and fabrication techniques including cold connections, soldering and
brazing will be covered. Students will become comfortable with both hand and power tools. Please
visit http://metalslab.mit.edu/ for more info

 

Class is FULL

Sponsor(s): Materials Science and Engineering
Contact: Tara Fadenrecht, 6-112C, (312) 320-3547, tfade@MIT.EDU


Intro to Metal Sculpture

Add to Calendar Jan/11 Thu 01:00PM-03:30PM 4-006
Add to Calendar Jan/12 Fri 01:00PM-03:30PM 4-006
Add to Calendar Jan/18 Thu 01:00PM-03:30PM 4-006
Add to Calendar Jan/19 Fri 01:00PM-03:30PM 4-006
Add to Calendar Jan/25 Thu 01:00PM-03:30PM 4-006
Add to Calendar Jan/26 Fri 01:00PM-03:30PM 4-006
Add to Calendar Feb/01 Thu 01:00PM-03:30PM 4-006
Add to Calendar Feb/02 Fri 01:00PM-03:30PM 4-006

INTRO TO METAL SCULPTURE WILL MEET TWICE A WEEK FOR 4 WEEKS


Introduction to Gum Bichromate Printing

Thery Mislick, Studio Manager, Technical Instructor

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


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

Thery Mislick - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor


Metalsmithing

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


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

Justin Playl - Maker in Residence


Mighty Mugs A

Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for Materials and firing fees.

Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the mug.  Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a mug fit for you, a family member or even a friend! If you drink coffee or tea and are interested in clay, this class is for you!

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

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


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

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

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor


Mighty Mugs B

Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for Materials and firing fees.

Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the mug.  Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a mug fit for you, a family member or even a friend! If you drink coffee or tea and are interested in clay, this class is for you!

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

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


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

There is one additional class meeting February 5, 2018

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor


Mighty Mugs C

Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for Materials and firing fees.

Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the mug.  Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a mug fit for you, a family member or even a friend! If you drink coffee or tea and are interested in clay, this class is for you!

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

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


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

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor


NEAQ 2069: Envisioning the Future Aquarium Experience

Federico Casalegno, Director: MIT Design Lab, Yihyun Lim, Associate Director: MIT Design Lab, Scott Penman, Designer: MIT Design Lab

Add to Calendar Jan/22 Mon 10:00AM-02:00PM E15-335
Add to Calendar Jan/22 Mon 02:00PM-06:00PM E15-335
Add to Calendar Jan/23 Tue 02:00PM-06:00PM E15-335
Add to Calendar Jan/24 Wed 02:00PM-06:00PM E15-335
Add to Calendar Jan/25 Thu 02:00PM-06:00PM E15-335
Add to Calendar Jan/26 Fri 02:00PM-06:00PM E14-240

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Prereq: none

Join us for an intense workshop January 22nd-26th to re-envision the future of the New England Aquarium.

The New England Aquarium opened in 1969. With the 50th anniversary of its opening on the horizon, the NEAQ intends to recapture its pioneering position by reinventing itself as a cutting-edge technological and educational facility, alongside its efforts to acquire a civic role to support communities, promote environmental sustainability, and help preserve our planet. The NEAQ is partnering with the Media Lab and the Design Lab to create an innovative vision of the future for New England Aquarium

Students will work in groups at MIT to create a vision for the NEAQ and to explore new technologies that can support this vision. The workshop will be accompanied by presentations from both aquarium researchers and MIT faculty. A summary of the student work will be presented at the 50th anniversary of the Aquarium in 2019.

For more information, please visit the workshop website.

Sponsor(s): Media Lab, MIT Design Lab
Contact: Scott Penman, SDPENMAN@MIT.EDU


Post-Apocalypse Fiber Arts

Jeanne Marie Wildman

Add to Calendar Feb/01 Thu 11:00AM-01:00PM E51-095

Enrollment: Advance sign-up preferred but not required
Sign-up by 01/31
Limited to 20 participants

Tales of apocalypse rivet our imagination. We wonder not only how survivors would recreate society, but also about day-to-day practical survival in a world of disrupted supply chains. This class taps into that vein of interest by teaching fiber techniques with upcycled or ordinary household materials as inputs and useful objects as outputs.

I will provide tools, supplies and beginning instruction on basket coiling, pin loom weaving, and felting.  Our goal is the satisfaction of handcrafting practical things, rather than prepping for a real-life apocalypse.
 
Materials provided (but if you sign up in advance you will get suggestions of things on hand that you might want to bring and transform).

Sponsor(s): Comparative Media Studies/Writing
Contact: Jeanne Marie Wildman, jwildman@mit.edu


Super Bowls A

Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for materials and firing fees.

Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the bowl.  Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a bowl fit for you, a family member or even a friend!  If you like cereal, soups and salads and are interested in clay, this class is for you!

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

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


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

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor


Super Bowls B

Jason Pastorello, Technical Instructor

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Limited to 12 participants
Attendance: Participants must attend all sessions
Fee: $110.00 for materials and firing fees.

Explore the world of clay through a variety of techniques used to create the bowl.  Wheelthrowing and handbuilding methods are combined to construct a bowl fit for you, a family member or even a friend!  If you like cereal, soups and salads and are interested in clay, this class is for you!

Register online at arts.mit.edu/saa

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


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

Jason Pastorello - Technical Instructor


Totally Teapots

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


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

Darrell Finnegan - Studio Manager, Technical Instructor


Tradition, Redesigned

Juju Wang, artists

Add to Calendar 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