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this is a calendar for cps things: events, deadlines, and studio projects. Studio participants should check this site often for updates.

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calendar: 21 February 2006

   The Chicago trip this semester is scheduled for Tuesday, February 21 st. It is required part of the studio.
$27 per rider
Absolute payment deadline is Tuesday, February 14th at 4pm. Payment is made by paying the cashier in Student Services $27 and delivering the receipt to the box on the counter in the Art Office. Please show me your receipt before turning it in to the office. We book busses based on the number of receipts in the box at the deadline. A map with Itineraries and maps will be passed out the morning of the trip. The Art Institute of Chicago is free on Tuesdays. The MCA has a suggested admission of $6 for students, $10 for regular people.

7:40 load busses at Calder Art Center
10:00 (chicago time) drop-off Art Institute of Chicago
6:00 pm (chicago time) pick-up Museum of Contemporary Art
10:45 (aproximatly) arrive at Calder Art Center

MCA Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago Cultural Center
Uploaded Image: chimapgrayweb.jpg

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calendar: 26 January 2006

   

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calendar: 24 January 2006

   
  1. Complete your Studio Writing: Cat Chow by Monday, Jan. 23 at 5pm. Read everyone's write-up by the time class begins.
  2. read and study the whole Practices of Looking reading (buff handout). Come with resources and ideas about how you might present the material in your part to the whole group and lead a discussion. Remember during the whole thing that we are working to understand the contextual and cultural aspects of the visual so that we can be effective and making and analyzing visual works. Keep asking yourself "what does this material offer to our understanding of studio?"

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calendar: 19 January 2006

   Forclass:

  1. watch the online video about mirror neurons that is described and discussed in Mirror Neurons.
  2. We'll do some more introduction to computing and networks.

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Thursday, January 19, 4 to 5 p.m. in the Sherman Van Solkema Recital Hall, Performing Arts Center

Pots, Gems and Books: Sources for 18th Century Artists

a lecture by Nancy Ramage, an expert on ancient and Italian Renaissance Art from Ithaca College in New York. Ramage has published extensively and is co-author of "Roman Art: Romulus to Constantine," which has been translated into German and French. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts in London and an Academic Trustee of the Archeological Institute of America.

The lecture will be followed by an opening reception from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Art Gallery for the exhibition that is part of the same project.

Echoes of the Ancient World: Adaptations of the Classical Tradition


The exhibition focuses on art as status. Greek and Roman artifacts from the ancient world to present day can tell us much about the concepts of taste, status and identity across time. A new exhibit at Grand Valley State University explores these concepts and more.

Greek and Roman ceramics, architectural fragments and lamps, as well as antique furniture and clothing from the 18th to 19th century and ceramics, such as Wedgwood and transferware, will be on display. Souvenirs brought back from grand tours by 19th century residents of Grand Rapids include postcards, diaries and ashes from Pompeii. A collection of various prints and lithographs that illustrate classical themes will also be displayed.

The exhibit will focus on the ways that classical elements in these objects were transformed by their owners into markers of status and identifiers of membership in an elite. This is a collaborative exhibit, with participation by students and faculty from the Grand Valley Classics and Art and Design departments.

calendar: 18 January 2006

   NYC-based artist CAT CHOW
Wednesday, January 18, 7:00pm

Cat Chow is an artist, fashion designer, educator, and musician. She earned her degree from Northwestern University, where she majored in THEATER with a concentration in COSTUME DESIGN, and is currently an artist-in-residence in the Artists Alliance studio program in New York City.
Chow creates innovatively constructed GARMENTS and, most recently, SCULPTURES from such banal items as zippers, dollar bills, measuring tape, and baby bottle nipples. Elegantly simple in form, yet complex in construction, her labor-intensive work is fascinating for its intricacy and use of common materials in unexpected ways. Her pieces alter presumptions concerning EVERYDAY OBJECTS, and challenge our ideas about women's dress, cultural roles, and GENDERr stereotypes.
Chow's work has received much critical acclaim. The New York tiimes, Chicago Tribune, Women's Wear Daily, and magazines such as Elle, Paper, Surface and Black Book have recognized her innovative work. She has won several awards, including the prestigious Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, and has exhibited in Chicago, New York, and Paris. Her signature ZIPPER DRESS, made from a single length of zipper, is part of the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

calendar: 18 January 2006

   NYC-based artist CAT CHOW
Wednesday, January 18, 7:00pm

Cat Chow is an artist, fashion designer, educator, and musician. She earned her degree from Northwestern University, where she majored in THEATER with a concentration in COSTUME DESIGN, and is currently an artist-in-residence in the Artists Alliance studio program in New York City.
Chow creates innovatively constructed GARMENTS and, most recently, SCULPTURES from such banal items as zippers, dollar bills, measuring tape, and baby bottle nipples. Elegantly simple in form, yet complex in construction, her labor-intensive work is fascinating for its intricacy and use of common materials in unexpected ways. Her pieces alter presumptions concerning EVERYDAY OBJECTS, and challenge our ideas about women's dress, cultural roles, and GENDERr stereotypes.
Chow's work has received much critical acclaim. The New York tiimes, Chicago Tribune, Women's Wear Daily, and magazines such as Elle, Paper, Surface and Black Book have recognized her innovative work. She has won several awards, including the prestigious Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, and has exhibited in Chicago, New York, and Paris. Her signature ZIPPER DRESS, made from a single length of zipper, is part of the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

calendar: 17 January 2006

   Forclass:
  1. review the hot topics in greater detail. Think about the context that these create for our inquiry. Be ready to describe this context and discuss it in relation to your expectations and understanding of visual culture, art, design.
  2. read and study the Visual Perception reading by Daniel Chandler (pink handout). Be prepared to work with a small group to present the material to the whole group and lead a discussion. Remember during the whole thing that we are working to understand perception so that we can be effective and making and analyzing visual works. Keep asking yourself "what does this material offer to our understanding of studio?"

calendar: 12 January 2006

   Forclass:
  1. prepare id pages
  2. prepare hot topics
In Class
  1. view all of the hot topic and id pages
  2. review in detail the printed syllabus as well as the whole coweb. look carefully at the whole CPS structure page with detail on grading.

calendar: 10 January 2006

   Inclass:
make id pages
pick hot topics

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