mediaworks

The fun begins at 6pm in the Comm Building Recital Hall.

Sustainability & Justice Symposium 

Stories from Venezuela

May 27, 2009

TESC Comm Building Recital Hall

10:00AM – Noon

TESC program, Venezuela: Building Economic & Social Justice, presents:  

Todo la patria es una escuela (The Whole Country is a School):  Stories from Venezuela        

After two months in Venezuela engaging with the politics, culture, and people, the faculty and students of the Venezuela program will share their experiences at the S & J Symposium on May 27th, 10am-noon in the Recital Hall. 

The faculty and students will talk about what Sustainability and Justice have come to
mean to them through their studies and experiences in Venezuela–and to show
images which represent their experiences.  They will discuss food sovereignty (agriculture, land reform), the extensive, free and high-quality system of health care in Venezuela (and their personal experiences with it), the development of a “social economy” and cooperatives, new forms of popular, participatory democracy that they observed in local communities, and the growth of community-based independent media.
They will also talk about their outreach initiatives, including dialogues with loca community organizations here in Thurston County, a conference, an art show and a book.  

Sustainability & Justice Symposium

Shaping Urban Identity: Asserting Environmental Values & Engaging Artists in Public Works

May 13, 2009

TESC Comm. Building Recital Hall

10:00AM – Noon

Guests: 

Andy Haub, City of Olympia, Planning and Engineering Manager for Public Works

Margi A. Carlson, Photographer

Anne de Marcken, Writer, Filmmaker & Digital Media Artist

Nikki McClure, Visual Artist  

Description:

Facilitated by Mediaworks visiting faculty, Marilyn Freeman, this panel will discuss environmental issues of urbanization with a local focus.  Olympia’s Planning and Engineering Manager for Public Works, Andy Haub, will speak to the challenges of embracing future cityscapes and his increasing aim to integrate creative communication and art in shaping a better urban identity and environment.  Andy will be joined by three local artists who have assisted the City of Olympia with public outreach and multimedia project documentation, and with the subtle building of identity.

marilyn's tuesday afternoon group

front row:  nathan and matt

back row: brittany, brian, and corey.

marilyn's tuesday AM group

Otis, Ben, Steven, Hannah, and Lauren.

Opening Thursday May 7, 5-7pm

Art by Evergreen Faculty and Staff,
Exhibition continues through Monday May 18

Your Mediaworks faculty has work in this show – come out to see it!

Evergreen Gallery
Location:  Daniel J. Evans Library Building, room 2204
Hours:  Mon & Fri, 12:30-5:30 pm; Wed & Thu, 10 am-4 pm
The Evergreen State College
2700 Evergreen Parkway NW
Olympia, WA  98505
360.867.5125
www.evergreen.edu/gallery

Fall, Winter and Spring quarters

Faculty: Beatriz Flores Gutiérrez, film/digital media; Laurie Meeker, film/video

For a full description about Media Artists Studio go to: 

http://blogs.evergreen.edu/mediaworks/2009/05/05/media-artists-studio-2009-10/

IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN MEDIA ARTISTS STUDIO 2009-2010:

Laurie and Beatriz will be available for questions via e-mail (Laurie Meeker office: Com 308F, meekerl@evergreen.edu, ext. 6890; Beatriz Flores Gutiérrez, office:  Com 359, floresgb@evergreen.edu, ext. 5531, and at the Academic Fair on Wednesday, May 13^th, 4:00 to 6:00 P.M., CRC gymnasium.

 To apply for Media Artists Studio, provide the information and answers requested below along with a DVD with two completed work samples, and deliver it by the priority deadline – 5:00 P.M. on Thursday, May 14^h – to Program Secretary Carolyn Raines (Com-303A) or Cindy Fry (Com-302B). 

¨     We will be looking at your portfolios with two of your best media works by May 14^th, please make sure your DVD’s menus work properly.  You can submit two short pieces, or excerpts of longer works up 10 minutes maximum for each piece.   Please include your name, an  artist statement for each piece, TRT (Total Running Time), and completion date.

 WE WILL E-MAIL ACCEPTED AND WAIT-LISTED STUDENTS BY 8 A.M. MONDAY, MAY 21st.  Before you can register, students accepted into Media Artists Studio must contact one of the Program Secretaries (ext. 6605) to enter a faculty signature override (using your student ID number) into the Banner system.  If you do not intend to take the program, please let us know by e-mail as soon as possible.  If you do not register for the program, your place will be given to someone on the wait-list.  Wait-listed students:  let us know of your continuing interest, and leave us a phone number and e-mail address where you can be contacted.

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APPLICATION

¨     Your name, student ID number, phone number and e-mail address.

¨     Your status as of September 2009 (junior or senior) and the number of credits you expect to have by that time.

¨     Evergreen students:  Please list all Evergreen programs you have taken.  Include two faculty evaluations of you from Mediaworks or/and other coordinated studies program(s) (i.e., a full-time interdisciplinary program taught by two or more faculty).  This should be a program that you took in the past year, if possible.

¨     Entering transfer students:  Submit a transcript and two letters of recommendation that speak to the quality of your academic work and your media, and critical thinking skills.

¨     Please write answers to the questions below.  Respond thoughtfully.  Admission to the program is based on critical reading and writing skills evident in your answers and on the quality of your previous academic work, as demonstrated in your evaluations, transcript or letters of recommendation, as well as on your vision for a major media project you might undertake in MAS this year.

1.     In one paragraph, discuss your artistic and intellectual background, including coursework, and explain the relevance of this background to Media Artists Studio.  In a second paragraph explain how have you incorporated theory and praxis in your most recent work.

2.     The Media Artists Studio learning community will emphasize cooperative and collaborative creative experiences.  Your decision to participate in the program should reflect your understanding and acceptance of this approach to learning media.  Take a page to answer these questions:  What does the phrase “learning community” mean to you and what specific qualities, life experiences, academic interests and/or skills would you be able to contribute to our learning community?  How do you expect that being in this learning community might shape your understanding and practice of media?  How do you learn from other people’s work?  What are the skills and behaviors that make for successful collaborations?  How do you learn? 

3.     Take a page to tell us about one or two of the creative media works that have inspired you.  What do you think were the ideas that the artist/s were responding to when they made it?  What aspects of the work inspire you the most?  How is it similar to or different from projects you have done, or might undertake? 

4.     In one paragraph, tell us how you deal with visual or written texts that you don’t agree with or that otherwise challenge your comfort zone.

5.  In one paragraph describe a project you might produce in Media Artists Studio next year.

PROGRAM DESCRIPTION

Media Artists Studio 2009-10

Fall, Winter and Spring quarters

Faculty: Beatriz Flores Gutiérrez, film/digital media; Laurie Meeker, film/video

Faculty Signature Required: Students must submit a portfolio which includes copies of recent faculty evaluations or two letters of recommendation (for transfer students), and a DVD which contains two examples of their best work in film or video. All prospective students must complete the written application available in the Communications Program Office, Comm. Bldg. 302. For more information contact Laurie Meeker, 360-867-6613 or meekerl@evergreen.edu. Portfolios and applications received by the Academic Fair, May 13, 2009, will be given priority. Applications will be reviewed during May 2009. Qualified students will be accepted until the program fills. Students will be individually notified by e-mail of their acceptance into this program.

Major areas of study include media arts, filmmaking, experimental film, sound design, digital media and media theory.

Class Standing: Juniors or seniors; transfer students welcome.

Prerequisites: In order to be considered for this advanced program, students should have successfully completed Mediaworks (the entry-level program in media studies at Evergreen) or its equivalent (i.e. , approximately a year of media skill training, media history and media theory), or completed another interdisciplinary media program at Evergreen. Faculty signature required.

This program will not be accepting new students winter quarter.

The focus of Media Artists Studio is on the development of each student’s own personal style and creative approach to work with moving images and sound. Students who are interested in experimental film and digital video production, documentary, community television, new media, sound design, writing, collaboration, contemporary media history and theory are invited to join this learning community of media artists. This program is designed for students who have already developed some expertise in media production, are familiar with aspects of media theory and wish to do advanced production work that may have developed out of previous academic projects and/or programs.

The nature of “experimental” media requires a period of germination for new ideas, approaches, and impulses to emerge. During the first quarter we will take this time for development and reflection. In the fall students will expand their skill level in imagemaking (16mm and DV) and sound design through workshops, exercises and a collaborative project. They will study contemporary media artists who have made special contributions to the development of experimental media practice and have attempted to push the technological as well conceptual boundaries of the moving image. These studies will result in curatorial projects or presentations. Students will also conduct research into new and old technologies and will develop short presentations for the group. In addition, each student or team of students (for collaborative projects) will do extensive pre-production planning and research for a major film or digital project to be completed by the end of the academic year.

During winter quarter, students will acquire all their images and production elements for their projects, which could involve production work off campus for an extended period. Students are encouraged to think creatively and broadly about their subject matter and will be able to propose media projects that may require travel to other areas of the United States or even abroad. During spring quarter each student will complete post-production work, finalize their artist’s portfolio, explore ways to sustain their work as media artists and participate in a public screening of their work.

We will utilize online resources such as blogs, artist websites, and streaming media to create a virtual learning community to support and integrate our work. We will study web design and develop skills in DVD authoring to create portfolio and proposal documentation pieces.

Credits: 12 or 16 per quarter

Enrollment: 18

Internship Possibilities: Spring only with faculty approval.

Special Expenses: $150 fall retreat fee. Students will develop individual budgets for media production materials, and the cost is dependent upon the nature each student project. Travel expenses for winter quarter location shooting, also dependent upon the nature of each project.

Program is preparatory for careers and future studies in media arts and digital communications.

Planning Units: Expressive Arts

Hi MW Students,

Confirm with your faculty advisor as soon as possible that you plan to attend the following workshops:

DVD Studio Pro – Wednesday, May 6th, 1-3pm.

Photoshop Layered Menus – Wednesday May 13th, 1-3pm. 

Thanks!

-Marilyn

Faculty members Sally Cloninger, Julia Zay, Ruth Hayes, and Lisa Sweet will hold an informational session about next year’s interdisciplinary foundation programs offered for sophomores, juniors, and seniors.

MONDAY MAY 4th 2009
starts promptly @ 3:30 pm
SEMINAR 2 B1105

Find out more at:

http://blogs.evergreen.edu/mediaworks0910/

-marilyn