Free Webinars for students from AIGA

Learn with AIGA this summer
AIGA offers members access to several opportunities for professional development, ranging from webinars to one-week intensive programs. So, no matter where you are in your career or in the country, there’s a new education opportunity for you.

SUMMER 2011 Course: Art 511: Introduction to Physical Computing

This class has been very popular and is now offered this Summer, 2011. It is a great elective for design students

Content relates to industrial technology, industrial design, exhibit design, user interface design, interactive installations, etc.  This is an accessible way to creatively play with the intersection between computers and the physical world.

Nicholas Benson wins MacArthur Foundation grant

Nicholas Benson - MacArthur Foundation



Nicholas Benson is a third-generation stone carver, calligrapher, and designer whose meticulously executed inscriptional works are noted for their uncompromising craftsmanship and beauty in form and line. While almost all cut-stone lettering in the United States is done by machines today, Benson is a master of hand letter carving, using brush strokes to outline the individual letterforms before inscribing them in situ by hand. His inscriptions and decorative reliefs can be seen on family memorials and buildings throughout the United States, including the National Gallery of Art, the Yale University Art Gallery, and the National World War II Memorial.

Searching via Web Directories

On her site The Spider's Apprentice, Linda Monash talks about online search resources including Web or subject directories – which she compares to using the "subject" option of a library card catalog.
Monash explains:

Think back to the library card catalogue analogy. In the old card files, and even in today's computer terminal library catalogues, you find information by searching on either the author, the title, or the subject. You usually choose the subject option when you want to cover a broad range of information.

Example: You'd like to create your own home page on the Web, but you don't know how to write HTML, you've never created a graphic file, and you're not sure how you'd post a page on the Web even if you knew how to write one. In short, you need a lot of information on a rather broad topic—Web publishing.

Your best bet is not a search engine, but a Web directory like the Open Directory Project, Google Directory or Yahoo. A directory is a subject-tree style catalogue that organizes the Web into major topics, including Arts, Business and Economy, Computers and Internet, Education, Entertainment, Government, Health, News, Recreation, Reference, Regional, Science, Social Science, Society and Culture. Under each of these topics is a list of subtopics, and under each of those is another list, and another, and so on, moving from the more general to the more specific.

Example: To find out about Web page publishing from Yahoo, select the Computers and Internet Topic, under which you find a subtopic on the Wide World Web. Click on that and you find another list of subtopics, several of which are pertinent to your search: Web Page Authoring, CGI Scripting, Java, HTML, Page Design, Tutorials. Selecting any of these subtopics eventually takes you to Web pages that have been posted precisely for the purpose of giving you the information you need.

If you are clear about the topic of your query, start with a Web directory rather than a search engine. Directories probably won't give you anywhere near as many references as a search engine will, but they are more likely to be on topic.

Web directories usually come equipped with their own keyword search engines that allow you to search through their indices for the information you need.

Monash offers many other valuable insights on search strategies. Check them out at The Spider's Apprentice.

from Q&A!

Part-time student web design assistant

The College of Creative Arts Publicity Office seeks qualified student assistants to help with various duties in media content generation, Web site development and communications efforts.

All positions are part time, 20 hours per week maximum. Salary $9.70–$15 hour, depending on experience.

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Junior Front-End Web Developer (JOB ID 13990)

This is a technically focused position. XHTML and CSS, Accessibility Guidelines (Section 508), Adobe Creative Suite.

Requirements

• Passed JEPET or ENG 414.
• Hand code XHTML and CSS. JavaScript experience a plus.
• Experience with Adobe Creative Suite (emphasis on Photoshop and Acrobat).
• Experience customizing a content publishing or management systems recommended.
• Familiarity with basic design practices a plus.

Apply online: http://bit.ly/86qPB0

Job details and application instructions are available online:
http://creativearts.sfsu.edu/jobs

Class: Experimental Impressions and Mark-Making Techniques

Experimental Impressions and Mark-Making Techniques
with Sandra Kelch
March 7, 14, 21 -----$315 + $50 materials
http://www.kala.org/class/individual2010/printmaking/kelch_exp_imp_23.html

This is a class for printmakers that want to lean new tricks and expand their visual vocabulary with unique and innovative mark-making techniques. This class will reveal several secrets and tips about tools, materials and processes for creating new patterns, impressions, line work and textures. This class emphasizes experimentation and risk-taking to explore new options for one’s work. The mediums we will be working with include monotype, intaglio, chine collé and relief. All levels will benefit from this class.

For more info and to sign up: http://kala.org

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Professional Practice for Printmakers
with Sandra Kelch
June 13, 20, 27
This is a workshop class that will assist printmakers in developing and producing a package and plan for professional self-promotion. This workshop will cover resume, bio and art statement writing, portfolios, promotional materials, website strategies, professional organizations and affiliations, and career opportunities for exhibitions, fellowships, grants and residencies. There will be special guest visits and portfolio presentations from accomplished print artists and print organization officials. Homework assignments will be assigned and all students will have the opportunity to work on their self-promotion and receive constructive feedback from the class.
For more info and to sign up: http://kala.org

Conceptual Information Arts Spring 2010

These sound like great courses, if these areas are of interest.

Art511- New Communication Technology in the Visual Arts

(Telecommunications and the Web)
(Instructor: Andy Cox/http://twcdc.com/andycox/)

Art511-Electronics and Robotics
(Electronics and Physical Computing)
(Instructor: Michael Shiloh/http://www.teachmetomake.com/teach/portfolio-mich.htm)

Art 412-Computer Applications in Conceptual Design I
(Focus on Processing as the programming environment)
(Instructor: Brad Borevitz-/onetwothree.net)

Digital sketching demo at DAI

DAI graduate student Eugene Wong will be giving a Digital Sketching (PC tablet) demo as part of the IDSA demo series.
Time: Wednesday Oct. 21 -- 1PM
Place: FA 163