ArtAwake begins on April 17, 2009
Workshops
The Rochester Artech 2010 workshop series will begin in November 2009. Stay tuned for the workshop lineup.
Here's what people had to say about the 2008-2009 workshop lineup:
"Thank you for these wonderful series of workshops!"
"I can't believe I learned so much in such a short time frame. Presentation was well structured."
"This was an excellent intro - going over enough basics to get you started, some additional possibilities info, and still allowed for some give and take/question and answer time."
"The participants had varying skill levels, and the teacher was quite accommodating and willing to repeat information often to help all participants stay caught up."
"I took the InDesign class and loved it-- it really helped me!"
"These are great classes. Very helpful."
"Great room set up and technical support. Great Job overall....great offering for students and the public. Thank you."
"I knew a lot of the information, but it was helpful to confirm what I was doing right (or wrong) and to get a few pieces of info I was missing. I'll be back!"
"I thought it was excellent. I learned a lot about a subject that I knew very little about."
When you make installation art, you purposefully transform the way your audience experiences a particular place. In this workshop, we'll discuss the work of installation artists (digital and traditional media), and try out different approaches to analyzing and refining the "experiences" we're creating with our own art. We'll also talk about practical differences between monitor and screen-based work and installation work, and different techniques for potentially adding interactivity into the mix.
Workshop Difficulty: 2
Instructor: W. Michelle Harris
Room: 7B-1226
W. Michelle Harris is a media artist who freely mixes digital immaterials with found and crafted objects in a variety of textures. She is a frequent contributor to Rochester's ImageMovementSound festival, and in 2006 won the award for Most Innovative Entry in the Rochester ArTech Digital Art Exhibition with her interactive video projection, "Upper NY Bay: 2001". Harris is an Assistant Professor at RIT, teaching courses in interactive media.
You can view the compositions that participants at this workshop created here: http://picasaweb.google.com/Xanthe.Matychak/ARTECH2009?feat=directlink# In this workshop we'll use Adobe Photoshop to make composite images that challenge traditional conceptions of time and space. If you can, bring hi-resolution jpegs of people and places so that we can create an image bank that all workshop participants to draw from.
Workshop Difficulty: 3
Instructor: Xanthe Matychak
Room: 7B-1226
Xanthe Matychak is a designer, activist, social media strategist, and innovator. She coordinates and teaches in the Collaborative Innovation Program at RIT. Xanthe took a BA in music, writing, and sculpture from Ithaca College and an MFA in Industrial Design from RIT.
This workshop will cover a brief orientation on shooting with various digital cameras. Elizabeth will also cover pixels and resolution as well as file formats and sizing.
Instructor: Elizabeth Torgerson-Lamark
Room: 7B-1104
Elizabeth is an RIT alumnus with a BFA in Photojournalism. Before returning to RIT, 3 years ago, she worked as a photographer for the University of Rochester and the Canandaigua Daily Messenger. Her work has been featured in several publications including: “Rochester Review”, “Photo Techniques”, “Warner Educator”, “Democrat and Chronicle”, “Christian Science Monitor” and the “City Newspaper”. She has photographed numerous events throughout the area as well as worked several years in a studio setting. Her work is primarily digital and has taught several workshops on digital photography and lighting techniques.
This session is not being hosted by Artech, but the sign up is being held here. Any questions should be directed to Debbie Kingsbury at dlkpgd@rit.edu.
This workshop will explore some of the non-toxic options available in contemporary printmaking. A variety of processes will be demonstrated and participants will have an opportunity to experiment by producing small prints. Cost for materials: $25 (to be paid to instructor/Checks payable to RIT)
Instructor: Eileen Bushnell
Room: 7A-4501
Eileen Feeney Bushnell received her MFA from Indiana State University in Printmaking after receiving a BFA in Art Education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is an Associate Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology where she teaches for the Foundations Department. In her own practice she has continued to work with prints, exploring a diversity of non-toxic processes and the jointly authored book Design Dynamics: Integrating Design and Technology, published by Prentice Hall.
This session is not being hosted by Artech, but the sign up is being held here. Any questions should be directed to Debbie Kingsbury at dlkpgd@rit.edu.
This workshop will present an overview best practices and the critical steps to planning a print production job followed by hands-on instruction for creating specific page layout designs in Adobe InDesign and exporting to a print-ready PDF file.
Workshop Difficulty: 2
Instructor: Michael Riordan
Room: 7B-1226
Michael teaches graduate and undergraduate coursework in all areas of color, premedia and publishing workflow. Michael has in-depth practical experience and knowledge on a wide range of premedia hardware and software and regularly teaches industry seminars on image capture, color reproduction and workflow. Michael holds a BS and NYS teaching certification in Art Education and an MS in Graphic Arts Systems.
The second part of the workshop will show how to shoot in different environments, color temperature of lights and using the flash on the camera.
Instructor: Elizabeth Torgerson-Lamark
Room: 7B-1104
Elizabeth is an RIT alumnus with a BFA in Photojournalism. Before returning to RIT, 3 years ago, she worked as a photographer for the University of Rochester and the Canandaigua Daily Messenger. Her work has been featured in several publications including: “Rochester Review”, “Photo Techniques”, “Warner Educator”, “Democrat and Chronicle”, “Christian Science Monitor” and the “City Newspaper”. She has photographed numerous events throughout the area as well as worked several years in a studio setting. Her work is primarily digital and has taught several workshops on digital photography and lighting techniques.
This session is not being hosted by Artech, but the sign up is being held here. Any questions should be directed to Debbie Kingsbury at dlkpgd@rit.edu.
This course will introduce the basic modules of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 while demystifying the concepts of non-destructive image editing, metadata, keywords, image ingestion and the controls of the Library and Develop module. Time permitting; we will also review the Slide Show, Print and Web modules.
Participants will leave with a list of helpful resources and links to further their skill building. Participants should be comfortable with a Mac environment for this fast paced seminar. Images will be provided for you to work with, but you are encouraged to bring your own as well!
Press Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. — July 29, 2008 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 software, the photographer’s essential toolbox for managing, adjusting and presenting large volumes of digital photographs. With new enhancements such as dual-monitor support, radical advances in non-destructive localized image correction, and streamlined search capabilities, Lightroom 2 is a compelling upgrade that simplifies photography from shoot to finish. As Adobe’s first application to support 64-bit for Mac OS X 10.5 Macintosh computers with Intel® processors and Microsoft® Windows® Vista® 64bit operating systems, Lightroom 2 also provides improved memory performance for dealing with large scale images.
Workshop Difficulty: 3
Instructor: Patti Russotti
Room: 7B-1226
Patricia (Patti) Russotti is an artist, educator, curriculum developer, and international presenter. She is currently a New Media Professor in the School of Print Media, and a tenured professor with the College of Imaging Arts & Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology. Patti provides imaging services for corporations, public service organizations and individual artistic commissions. She has done extensive consulting for small and mid-sized in house graphic service departments, ad agencies and photography studios. These endeavors focus on assessing and refining existing workflows, creating new workflows, establishing best practices and providing training programs. Committed to providing Best Practices and Industry Standards training to faculty in colleges and universities she has played a major role in assisting integration within curriculum, as well as offering updates to faculty technology and software skills. As an active digital and photographic imaging artist, she has produced a wide range of work for corporations, public service organizations, individual artistic commissions, funded projects and public exhibitions. Patti also develops and presents technical and creative corporate seminars, workshops, and training programs. Her focus is the application of cutting edge computer, alternative, and historic imaging processes, best practices and workflow. Patti’s career has a breadth and depth of experience and skill in workflow, image making (analog and digital), the creative process, design and education. Her positions previous to, and concurrent with RIT include: the management and operation of a multimedia lab; ownership and operation of an advertising photography studio and an imaging services, consulting group.
As a trainer on Image processes and workflows, Patti has provided digital imaging training since the first version of Adobe Photoshop. She has provided custom training for companies in the US as well as internationally. Clients have included: Kodak, Xerox, Canon, The American University in Bulgaria, The American University of Lithuania , Shanghai University and Moscow University.
Professional credentials include M.S. and Ed.S. Degrees from Indiana University.
InDesign is a fantastic page layout application. It's the best method to create clean and professional PDF documents. With the information in this session, you will be able to easily generate documents such as: portfolios, book layouts, newsletters, catalogs, resumes and cover letters. Session topics include: - Navigating InDesign - Creating Graphics and Generating Type - Working with Imported Images - And my personal favorite.... Utilizing Styles and Master Pages for Consistency This course is perfect for anyone who has familiarity with Photoshop and Illustrator, and would like to expand their Adobe knowledge. A must for any artist who needs to generate an easily-portable portfolio! If you have images you would like to work with, please bring them on a CD or USB drive.
Instructor: Rose Figliomeni
Room: 07-1226
Rose Figliomeni Khan is an artist who finds herself happily caught between the titles of graphic designer and illustrator. She enjoys creating artwork for educational and social-activist organizations. Her clients have included Gaylord Bros., Inc, Action for a Better Community and the Monroe County Public Libraries. Her environmental artwork series Polar Barometers was recently featured in the RIT Sustainability Anthology. Rose is currently a graduate student in the MST Art Education program. She holds an AAS in Graphic Design and a BFA in Illustration.
This session is not being hosted by Artech, but the sign up is being held here. Any questions should be directed to Debbie Kingsbury at dlkpgd@rit.edu.
Why teach web development as part of a digital art series? Because artists need a website to showcase their work. There's certainly also an art to designing a website, but we won't get into that. We'll look at the basics of building a website including basic HTML tags, a quick overview of cascading style sheets (CSS), and how you go about getting the site you build on the internet. This workshop is designed for the novice with little or no previous experience. Be sure to bring a pen and paper to take notes!
Workshop Difficulty: 1
Instructor: Dean Ganskop
Room: 7B-1226
Dean has a BS in Information Technology from RIT with concentrations in multimedia and web site development. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree, also in IT, with a focus on instructional technology. Dean is the transcription manager at a local transcription company, ExecuScribe, Inc.
Illustrator is a vector program commonly used into the graphic design industry. One of the most useful and tricky components of this software is the elusive pen tool. In this workshop, we'll learn the best way to create vector graphics with the pen tool and go over other Illustrator basics. If you have sketches or a photo you would like to turn into a vector illustration, please bring those on CD or USB drive.
Workshop Difficulty: 1
Instructor: Rose Figliomeni Khan
Room: 7B-1226
Rose Figliomeni Khan is an artist who finds herself happily caught between the titles of graphic designer and illustrator. She enjoys creating artwork for educational and social-activist organizations. Her clients have included Gaylord Bros., Inc, Action for a Better Community and the Monroe County Public Libraries. Her environmental artwork series Polar Barometers was recently featured in the RIT Sustainability Anthology. Rose is currently a graduate student in the MST Art Education program. She holds an AAS in Graphic Design and a BFA in Illustration.
It seems everyone wants to learn photo editing. Photoshop is the leading computer application on both the Mac and PC platform that allows a user to do many customizable things with their photos. Our workshop will include an introduction to the toolbar and some simple but effective ways to resize, crop, and edit your photographs for making digital prints and uploading to the Internet.
Workshop Difficulty: 1
Instructor: David Damico
Room: 7B-1226
David Damico is a recent convert to our area from central Louisiana and has also recently received a MFA in Graphic Design from the University of Houston. He is teaching as an adjunct in the Communication/Journalism department at St. John Fisher College in Rochester. He is also teaching graphic design this spring as a visiting professor at Alfred University.
Relief Casting: This workshop will give participants an introduction into the casting process. A direct carving approach will be taken to pre-made molds then aluminum will be melted to 1500 degrees and poured into the molds. Workshop participants can participate in the pour and take home the finished aluminum castings. Alternative materials to apply to the casting process will be discussed.
Cost for materials: $30 (to be paid to instructor/Checks payable to RIT)
Instructor: Elizabeth Kronfield
Room: Sculpture Studio 7A 1620
Elizabeth Kronfield is an Assistant Professor in the School of Art. She received her MFA in Sculpture from the University of Georgia where her began to incorporate cast metal with carved stone components. She has taught many different casting workshops and her work has been exhibited throughout the country.
This session is not being hosted by Artech, but the sign up is being held here. Any questions should be directed to Debbie Kingsbury at dlkpgd@rit.edu.
This workshop will be an introduction toSketchup, an amazingly intuitive 3D modelling program available for free from google. (If you've seen buildings in google Earth, they were probably made with Sketchup.) We'll go over the basics, and get some hands-on experience, but don't wait for the workshop! Download it to your own computer from http://sketchup.google.com/product/gsu.html and start tinkering!
Workshop Difficulty: 2
Instructor: Jon Schull
Room: 7B-1226
Jon Schull is an Associate Professor in Information Technology at RIT's Golisano College of Computing and Information Science. He teaches courses on "Innovation and Invention", and interaction design. In previous lives he was an internet entrepreneur, and a Biological Psychologist at Haverford College.
Here's what people had to say about the 2008-2009 workshop lineup:
"Thank you for these wonderful series of workshops!"
"I can't believe I learned so much in such a short time frame. Presentation was well structured."
"This was an excellent intro - going over enough basics to get you started, some additional possibilities info, and still allowed for some give and take/question and answer time."
"The participants had varying skill levels, and the teacher was quite accommodating and willing to repeat information often to help all participants stay caught up."
"I took the InDesign class and loved it-- it really helped me!"
"These are great classes. Very helpful."
"Great room set up and technical support. Great Job overall....great offering for students and the public. Thank you."
"I knew a lot of the information, but it was helpful to confirm what I was doing right (or wrong) and to get a few pieces of info I was missing. I'll be back!"
"I thought it was excellent. I learned a lot about a subject that I knew very little about."
Maya (3D graphics)
12/06/2008 12:00 PM - 2:00 PMThis workshop in 3D digital graphics will cover basic modeling, color, transformations and rendering in high-end 3D software (Maya). No previous experience required.
Workshop Difficulty: 1
Instructor: Marla Schweppe
Room: 7B-1212
Marla Schweppe is a full professor in the School of Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Early in her career she worked in theatre, television, movies, and dance in New York City and over 30 counties in four continents. She has been teaching computer graphics and animation for more than two decades. She built the graduate and undergraduate programs in computer animation at RIT, revised the program in Computer Graphics Design to incorporate 3D, and developed the new program in 3D Digital Graphics she now chairs. Her scholarly work includes the incorporation of her theatrical background into virtual theatre over the internet, interactive digital performances and experiences, animatronics, explorations in physical interaction, and collaborative support for visualization and simulation of information and ideas.
This session is full. Registration is closed.
Digital 3D Installations
12/13/2008 12:00 PM - 2:00 PMWhen you make installation art, you purposefully transform the way your audience experiences a particular place. In this workshop, we'll discuss the work of installation artists (digital and traditional media), and try out different approaches to analyzing and refining the "experiences" we're creating with our own art. We'll also talk about practical differences between monitor and screen-based work and installation work, and different techniques for potentially adding interactivity into the mix.
Workshop Difficulty: 2
Instructor: W. Michelle Harris
Room: 7B-1226
W. Michelle Harris is a media artist who freely mixes digital immaterials with found and crafted objects in a variety of textures. She is a frequent contributor to Rochester's ImageMovementSound festival, and in 2006 won the award for Most Innovative Entry in the Rochester ArTech Digital Art Exhibition with her interactive video projection, "Upper NY Bay: 2001". Harris is an Assistant Professor at RIT, teaching courses in interactive media.
This session is full. Registration is closed.
Photoshop: "The Impossible Image"
01/10/2009 12:00 PM - 2:00 PMYou can view the compositions that participants at this workshop created here: http://picasaweb.google.com/Xanthe.Matychak/ARTECH2009?feat=directlink# In this workshop we'll use Adobe Photoshop to make composite images that challenge traditional conceptions of time and space. If you can, bring hi-resolution jpegs of people and places so that we can create an image bank that all workshop participants to draw from.
Workshop Difficulty: 3
Instructor: Xanthe Matychak
Room: 7B-1226
Xanthe Matychak is a designer, activist, social media strategist, and innovator. She coordinates and teaches in the Collaborative Innovation Program at RIT. Xanthe took a BA in music, writing, and sculpture from Ithaca College and an MFA in Industrial Design from RIT. This session is full. Registration is closed.
Tips & Tricks for Your Digital Photos
01/17/2009 9:00 AM - 11:00 AMThis workshop will cover a brief orientation on shooting with various digital cameras. Elizabeth will also cover pixels and resolution as well as file formats and sizing.
Instructor: Elizabeth Torgerson-Lamark
Room: 7B-1104
Elizabeth is an RIT alumnus with a BFA in Photojournalism. Before returning to RIT, 3 years ago, she worked as a photographer for the University of Rochester and the Canandaigua Daily Messenger. Her work has been featured in several publications including: “Rochester Review”, “Photo Techniques”, “Warner Educator”, “Democrat and Chronicle”, “Christian Science Monitor” and the “City Newspaper”. She has photographed numerous events throughout the area as well as worked several years in a studio setting. Her work is primarily digital and has taught several workshops on digital photography and lighting techniques.
This session is full. Registration is closed.
Printmaking
01/17/2009 9:00 AM - 11:00 AMThis workshop will explore some of the non-toxic options available in contemporary printmaking. A variety of processes will be demonstrated and participants will have an opportunity to experiment by producing small prints. Cost for materials: $25 (to be paid to instructor/Checks payable to RIT)
Instructor: Eileen Bushnell
Room: 7A-4501
Eileen Feeney Bushnell received her MFA from Indiana State University in Printmaking after receiving a BFA in Art Education from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. She is an Associate Professor at the Rochester Institute of Technology where she teaches for the Foundations Department. In her own practice she has continued to work with prints, exploring a diversity of non-toxic processes and the jointly authored book Design Dynamics: Integrating Design and Technology, published by Prentice Hall.
This session is full. Registration is closed.
Print Layout and Production
01/17/2009 12:00 PM - 2:00 PMThis workshop will present an overview best practices and the critical steps to planning a print production job followed by hands-on instruction for creating specific page layout designs in Adobe InDesign and exporting to a print-ready PDF file.
Workshop Difficulty: 2
Instructor: Michael Riordan
Room: 7B-1226
Michael teaches graduate and undergraduate coursework in all areas of color, premedia and publishing workflow. Michael has in-depth practical experience and knowledge on a wide range of premedia hardware and software and regularly teaches industry seminars on image capture, color reproduction and workflow. Michael holds a BS and NYS teaching certification in Art Education and an MS in Graphic Arts Systems.
This session is full. Registration is closed.
Tips & Tricks for Your Digital Photos
01/24/2009 9:00 AM - 11:00 AMThe second part of the workshop will show how to shoot in different environments, color temperature of lights and using the flash on the camera.
Instructor: Elizabeth Torgerson-Lamark
Room: 7B-1104
Elizabeth is an RIT alumnus with a BFA in Photojournalism. Before returning to RIT, 3 years ago, she worked as a photographer for the University of Rochester and the Canandaigua Daily Messenger. Her work has been featured in several publications including: “Rochester Review”, “Photo Techniques”, “Warner Educator”, “Democrat and Chronicle”, “Christian Science Monitor” and the “City Newspaper”. She has photographed numerous events throughout the area as well as worked several years in a studio setting. Her work is primarily digital and has taught several workshops on digital photography and lighting techniques.
Registration opening soon.
Lightroom
01/24/2009 12:00 PM - 2:00 PMThis course will introduce the basic modules of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 while demystifying the concepts of non-destructive image editing, metadata, keywords, image ingestion and the controls of the Library and Develop module. Time permitting; we will also review the Slide Show, Print and Web modules.
Participants will leave with a list of helpful resources and links to further their skill building. Participants should be comfortable with a Mac environment for this fast paced seminar. Images will be provided for you to work with, but you are encouraged to bring your own as well!
Press Release: SAN JOSE, Calif. — July 29, 2008 — Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the immediate availability of Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 2 software, the photographer’s essential toolbox for managing, adjusting and presenting large volumes of digital photographs. With new enhancements such as dual-monitor support, radical advances in non-destructive localized image correction, and streamlined search capabilities, Lightroom 2 is a compelling upgrade that simplifies photography from shoot to finish. As Adobe’s first application to support 64-bit for Mac OS X 10.5 Macintosh computers with Intel® processors and Microsoft® Windows® Vista® 64bit operating systems, Lightroom 2 also provides improved memory performance for dealing with large scale images.
Workshop Difficulty: 3
Instructor: Patti Russotti
Room: 7B-1226
Patricia (Patti) Russotti is an artist, educator, curriculum developer, and international presenter. She is currently a New Media Professor in the School of Print Media, and a tenured professor with the College of Imaging Arts & Sciences at Rochester Institute of Technology. Patti provides imaging services for corporations, public service organizations and individual artistic commissions. She has done extensive consulting for small and mid-sized in house graphic service departments, ad agencies and photography studios. These endeavors focus on assessing and refining existing workflows, creating new workflows, establishing best practices and providing training programs. Committed to providing Best Practices and Industry Standards training to faculty in colleges and universities she has played a major role in assisting integration within curriculum, as well as offering updates to faculty technology and software skills. As an active digital and photographic imaging artist, she has produced a wide range of work for corporations, public service organizations, individual artistic commissions, funded projects and public exhibitions. Patti also develops and presents technical and creative corporate seminars, workshops, and training programs. Her focus is the application of cutting edge computer, alternative, and historic imaging processes, best practices and workflow. Patti’s career has a breadth and depth of experience and skill in workflow, image making (analog and digital), the creative process, design and education. Her positions previous to, and concurrent with RIT include: the management and operation of a multimedia lab; ownership and operation of an advertising photography studio and an imaging services, consulting group.
As a trainer on Image processes and workflows, Patti has provided digital imaging training since the first version of Adobe Photoshop. She has provided custom training for companies in the US as well as internationally. Clients have included: Kodak, Xerox, Canon, The American University in Bulgaria, The American University of Lithuania , Shanghai University and Moscow University.
Professional credentials include M.S. and Ed.S. Degrees from Indiana University.
Registration opening soon.
InDesign for Beginners: Creating PDF Portfolios and other Multi-Page Documents
02/14/2009 9:00 AM - 11:00 AMInDesign is a fantastic page layout application. It's the best method to create clean and professional PDF documents. With the information in this session, you will be able to easily generate documents such as: portfolios, book layouts, newsletters, catalogs, resumes and cover letters. Session topics include: - Navigating InDesign - Creating Graphics and Generating Type - Working with Imported Images - And my personal favorite.... Utilizing Styles and Master Pages for Consistency This course is perfect for anyone who has familiarity with Photoshop and Illustrator, and would like to expand their Adobe knowledge. A must for any artist who needs to generate an easily-portable portfolio! If you have images you would like to work with, please bring them on a CD or USB drive.
Instructor: Rose Figliomeni
Room: 07-1226
Rose Figliomeni Khan is an artist who finds herself happily caught between the titles of graphic designer and illustrator. She enjoys creating artwork for educational and social-activist organizations. Her clients have included Gaylord Bros., Inc, Action for a Better Community and the Monroe County Public Libraries. Her environmental artwork series Polar Barometers was recently featured in the RIT Sustainability Anthology. Rose is currently a graduate student in the MST Art Education program. She holds an AAS in Graphic Design and a BFA in Illustration.
This session is full. Registration is closed.
Website Development
02/21/2009 12:00 PM - 2:00 PMWhy teach web development as part of a digital art series? Because artists need a website to showcase their work. There's certainly also an art to designing a website, but we won't get into that. We'll look at the basics of building a website including basic HTML tags, a quick overview of cascading style sheets (CSS), and how you go about getting the site you build on the internet. This workshop is designed for the novice with little or no previous experience. Be sure to bring a pen and paper to take notes!
Workshop Difficulty: 1
Instructor: Dean Ganskop
Room: 7B-1226
Dean has a BS in Information Technology from RIT with concentrations in multimedia and web site development. He is currently pursuing a Master's degree, also in IT, with a focus on instructional technology. Dean is the transcription manager at a local transcription company, ExecuScribe, Inc.This session is full. Registration is closed.
Illustrator
02/28/2009 12:00 PM - 2:00 PMIllustrator is a vector program commonly used into the graphic design industry. One of the most useful and tricky components of this software is the elusive pen tool. In this workshop, we'll learn the best way to create vector graphics with the pen tool and go over other Illustrator basics. If you have sketches or a photo you would like to turn into a vector illustration, please bring those on CD or USB drive.
Workshop Difficulty: 1
Instructor: Rose Figliomeni Khan
Room: 7B-1226
Rose Figliomeni Khan is an artist who finds herself happily caught between the titles of graphic designer and illustrator. She enjoys creating artwork for educational and social-activist organizations. Her clients have included Gaylord Bros., Inc, Action for a Better Community and the Monroe County Public Libraries. Her environmental artwork series Polar Barometers was recently featured in the RIT Sustainability Anthology. Rose is currently a graduate student in the MST Art Education program. She holds an AAS in Graphic Design and a BFA in Illustration.
This session is full. Registration is closed.
Photoshop: "The Toolbar"
03/07/2009 12:00 PM - 2:00 PMIt seems everyone wants to learn photo editing. Photoshop is the leading computer application on both the Mac and PC platform that allows a user to do many customizable things with their photos. Our workshop will include an introduction to the toolbar and some simple but effective ways to resize, crop, and edit your photographs for making digital prints and uploading to the Internet.
Workshop Difficulty: 1
Instructor: David Damico
Room: 7B-1226
David Damico is a recent convert to our area from central Louisiana and has also recently received a MFA in Graphic Design from the University of Houston. He is teaching as an adjunct in the Communication/Journalism department at St. John Fisher College in Rochester. He is also teaching graphic design this spring as a visiting professor at Alfred University. Registration opening soon.
Sculpture: Relief Casting
03/14/2009 9:00 AM - 11:00 AMRelief Casting: This workshop will give participants an introduction into the casting process. A direct carving approach will be taken to pre-made molds then aluminum will be melted to 1500 degrees and poured into the molds. Workshop participants can participate in the pour and take home the finished aluminum castings. Alternative materials to apply to the casting process will be discussed.
Cost for materials: $30 (to be paid to instructor/Checks payable to RIT)
Instructor: Elizabeth Kronfield
Room: Sculpture Studio 7A 1620
Elizabeth Kronfield is an Assistant Professor in the School of Art. She received her MFA in Sculpture from the University of Georgia where her began to incorporate cast metal with carved stone components. She has taught many different casting workshops and her work has been exhibited throughout the country.
Registration opening soon.
Google SketchUp
03/14/2009 12:00 PM - 2:00 PMThis workshop will be an introduction toSketchup, an amazingly intuitive 3D modelling program available for free from google. (If you've seen buildings in google Earth, they were probably made with Sketchup.) We'll go over the basics, and get some hands-on experience, but don't wait for the workshop! Download it to your own computer from http://sketchup.google.com/product/gsu.html and start tinkering!
Workshop Difficulty: 2
Instructor: Jon Schull
Room: 7B-1226
Jon Schull is an Associate Professor in Information Technology at RIT's Golisano College of Computing and Information Science. He teaches courses on "Innovation and Invention", and interaction design. In previous lives he was an internet entrepreneur, and a Biological Psychologist at Haverford College.
Registration opening soon.
Maya (3D graphics)
03/21/2009 12:00 PM - 2:00 PMThis workshop in 3D digital graphics will cover basic modeling, color, transformations and rendering in high-end 3D software (Maya). No previous experience required.
Workshop Difficulty: 1
Instructor: Marla Schweppe
Room: 7B-1212
Marla Schweppe is a full professor in the School of Design at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Early in her career she worked in theatre, television, movies, and dance in New York City and over 30 counties in four continents. She has been teaching computer graphics and animation for more than two decades. She built the graduate and undergraduate programs in computer animation at RIT, revised the program in Computer Graphics Design to incorporate 3D, and developed the new program in 3D Digital Graphics she now chairs. Her scholarly work includes the incorporation of her theatrical background into virtual theatre over the internet, interactive digital performances and experiences, animatronics, explorations in physical interaction, and collaborative support for visualization and simulation of information and ideas.
This session is full. Registration is closed.
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