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We've expanded by 4 feet :-)

Here is a picture of our new puppy (Bogger) he was a sweet 16 birthday present for our oldest son Codie but is pictured here enjoying the snow with our two youngest boys, Tristan & Kir.

I've been with Art Institute for  4years now and LOVE it!

- Kristen Becker

art monkey of the month award

(Click for larger view)

I have been attending “Dr. Sketchy” here in Philly at Fleisher Art Memorial. These are “alternative” life drawing/social gatherings that have popped up in many cities around the globe. They are much fun.

At the December session, this was one of the sketches I made from our models, and was noted as “art monkey of the month” -- more painting and drawing on my blog (below)

See also
http://www.drsketchyphilly.com

Thanks
Maryanne Buschini

http://buschini.blogspot.com/

Pani

Our baby girl turned one on January 30, 2009. For those of you who don’t know, Pani is our Great Dane/Lab puppy we adopted at 6 1/2 weeks last March... and my how she has grown. She currently stands about 32” inches at the shoulder, weighs about 100 lbs., and has yet to learn that she’s not a lap dog. : ) - Margaret Helthaler

Humor

Man Trys to pay bill with Spider Drawing (submitted by Marsha Devine )

Here are the winners of this year's Washington Post's Mensa Invitational which once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by  adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition :

1. Cashtration (n.): The  act of buying a house, which renders the
   subject financially impotent for an  indefinite period of time.
2. Ignoranus: A person who is both stupid and an a******.
3. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until
   you realize it was your money to start with.
4. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
5. Bozone (n.): The  substance surrounding stupid people that stops
   bright ideas from penetrating.  The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows
   little sign of breaking down in the near future.
6. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
7. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high
   
8. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
9. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running
   late.
10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these
    really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's
    like, a serious bummer.
12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day
    consuming only things that are good for you.
13. Glibido: All talk and no action.
14. Dopeler Effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when
    they come at you rapidly.
15. Arachnoleptic Fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after
    you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito, that gets into
    your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a worm in
    the fruit  you're eating.

The Washington Post has also published the winning submissions to its
yearly contest in which readers are asked to supply alternate meanings
for common words. And the winners are:

1. Coffee, n. The person upon whom one coughs.
2. Flabbergasted, adj. Appalled by discovering how much weight one
   has gained.
3. Abdicate, v. To give up all hope of ever having a flat stomach.
4. Esplanade, v. To attempt an explanation while drunk.
5. Willy-nilly, adj. Impotent.
6. Negligent, adj.  Absentmindedly answering the door when wearing only
   a nightgown.
7. Lymph, v. To walk with a lisp.
8. Gargoyle, n. Olive-flavored mouthwash.
9. Flatulence, n. Emergency vehicle that picks up someone who has
   been run over by a steamroller.
10. Balderdash, n. A rapidly receding hairline.
11. Testicle n. A humorous question on an exam.
12. Rectitude, n. The formal, dignified bearing adopted by
    proctologists.
13. Pokemon, n. A Rastafarian proctologist.
14. Oyster, n. A person who sprinkles his conversation with
    yiddishisms.
15. Frisbeetarianism, n. The belief that, after death, the soul flies
    up onto the roof and gets stuck there.
16. Circumvent, n.  An opening in the front of boxer shorts worn by
    Jewish men.

 

The Talking Frog

Phil loves to fish. He was sitting in his boat the other day, when he heard a voice say, "Pick me up." He looked around and couldn't see any one. He thought he was dreaming when he heard the voice say again, "Pick me up." He looked in the water and there, floating on top of a lilly pad, was a frog. Phil said, "Are you talking to me?" The frog said, "Yes, I'm talking to you. Pick me up then kiss me and I'll turn into the most beautiful woman you have ever seen. I'll make sure that all your friends are envious and jealous, because, I will be your bride!" Phil looked at the frog for a short time, reached over, picked it up carefully, and placed it in his front shirt pocket. Then the frog said, "What, are you nuts? Didn't you hear what I said? I said kiss me and I will be your beautiful bride." He opened his pocket, looked at the frog and said, "Nah, at my age I'd rather have a talking frog."

With age comes wisdom.

Noteworthy

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Last Fall we  moved into a 1894 Historical Storybook house. It has 21 rooms--all needing extensive work!! We've used 23 gallons of paint so far!

During the break, I started the renovation on my 3rd floor studio. Hereis a before and after picture. My students thought it was very cool!

I also did a books signing at the Syracuse Bookfest, Sponsored by the UnitedWay to promote Literacy. Here is a picture of me signing book with other author/illustrators.

Also, I attached is a postcard of a new picture book I illustrated. This Katiebook came out last Fall-- in both English and Spanish.

- Catharine Blake

Joe Podlesnik, Drawing exhibited in the '09 faculty show (click for larger view)

Teaching

Genius Assignment

One definition of 'genius' is said to be the ability to see or notice unlikely (visual) similarities where most see none.  Some say it is the mark of genius to have more relaxed categories about things, about what is visually "like" and what is "unlike", etc.   

Here are some of the better samples from the "genius assignment" I assign to my 2-D Design, Experiencing Art and The Image and the Eye students.  For me, the comparisons that work best seem to link radically different frames of reference through visual similarity.  

Give these a look:  http://www.veronadesign.biz/genius-assignment.html (scroll down)

- Joseph Podlesnik

Who Says Design Students Need to Know How to Draw?

designboom.com/eng/interview/barber_osgerby.html

Excerpt from interview:

edward barber and jay osgerby

what advice would you give to the young?

b: keep working. work really, really hard. I mean it's serious
work! don't study for too long. just get started and get working.
o: I think so too. the most important thing is to get
more experience. pester designers, not us! (laughs)
other designers. go and get a work placement.
it's really the only real way you're going to get ahead.
b: and actually, don't stop sketching. forget computers
and just draw.
o: yes! learn to sketch! that's the number one thing.
so many kids we see today just can't draw anymore.
it's horrendous isn't it? so I think, sketching. simple.

- JP

Video Tutorials Available for Photoshop Workshop/Short Course, Perspective, Color Theoryetc.

http://www.youtube.com/shaleylouise

Just wanted to share this resource.  This is my way of giving back, having benefitted from other faculty member's shared materials over the years!  I have made a number of tutorials to help students overcome those  Photoshop and Illustrator hurdles and also instructional videos on Perspective and assignment specific tutorials for the Color Theory class.  They are all on my You Tube website.  Feel free to check them out, link to them, embed them, copy them, subscribe, share the url with students, make suggestion for videos to add, etc. 

- Sarah Haley

4.5 minute Jing video tutorials on creating textures from photos, and compositions focused on depth and volume

FND 112 Week 4

Texture tutorial here a 4.5 minute Jing tutorial I put together that uses a photo to create an organic tactile texture in Photoshop. Be sure to click on the 'full size' button when viewing.

Depth tutorial 4.5 min - above image and photos used (click to view)
I used several photographs, desaturated, adjusted levels, copied, pasted, transformed to create a composition dealing with depth and volume.

Feel free to use these in class - they can be found along with other tutorials at onlinesupport.htm

And...

Great resource for a number of different subjects, from texture to space to concept:CranbrookPosters by Elliot Earls Below is a sample - you can see details when you go to the site.

Elliot Earls Poster for Painting Dept Cranbrook

-JP

Problem Letter Templates PDF by Bob Koons (Former FT Faculty)

49 letter templates This is a GREAT resource and covers situations from plagiarism to flaming. Approx 1.75 MB PDF download

Vanishing Point: the Art Gallery of the AiPOD Learning Centers

Call for artists!

Next show: “Abstraction”

We are looking for students to submit their very best Illustrator, Photoshop or InDesign
artwork for exhibition, based on the concept of abstraction. The work may be completely abstract or address the concept of abstraction in some manner. Submissions may be art or design pieces from class, or something you created outside of school.

We are looking for work that exhibits creativity and a high level of craftsmanship. This is a great opportunity for you to share your work, and to add an exhibition to your resume.

The exhibition is juried. The opening date is still to be determined, but the sooner we
have a body of student work to show, the sooner we will open the doors to this exhibition!

Please visit the Vanishing Point Gallery in the Learning Centers for more information

What is this gallery all about? The “Vanishing Point” student art gallery is a feature of the AiPOD Learning Centers. We will be exhibiting several new shows a year of the best student work made partially or completely with Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. This is a great opportunity for students to practice preparing files digitally for exhibition, and to also have exhibition experience on their resume. We are looking for student work and exhibiting on an ongoing basis.

Where is it?

You can find the gallery in the Photoshop, InDesign and Illustrator Learning Centers

Online Collections

Hi All,
I just wanted to share this with you. On taking this full-time gig I left my position with SFMOMA, but one of the final projects that I was involved in is quite cool and might be a good resource for you and your students. They updated the website and created a very interesting way to browse the images of the collection online (my involvement as the digital asset manager was to routinely deliver the constantly growing number of images "we" produced of the collection and to develop a routine for this collaboration between the imaging department and the web department).

Below is the link to the page where you launch the "Artscope", a visual way to browse the artworks than your usual search method found on many museum sites. You can still do straight-up  searches, but the Artscope gives you a more dynamic entry to the painting and sculpture, media arts, photography, and architecture + design collection.

http://www.sfmoma.org/pages/artscope


Jeanne Friscia

TIPS

MAC users - Safari Notes:

To have the gradebook work correctly, the cookies in Preferences need to be set to following: "Accept all cookies"

-JP

Trying to send a large file that bombs out either on your end or the recipients end due to the email restrictions? Go to

http://www.yousendit.com/ a nd sign up for the free lite version. This has saved my life several times.

-JP

Spam and Internet security: I was getting spammed recently and contacted Mike, who helped me figure out who was doing it, and why it was getting through my filter.

Here is the latest information on spam and viruses

If you have any questions please contact Mike Sotace, of the EDMC Security Team.
 
Mike Sotace, CBCP, CISSP
Security Analyst
Education Management Corporation Inc.
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Pittsburgh Pa. 15222-2603
412-995-7342
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