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Yale Senior's 'Abortion Art' Whips Up Debate, Protests - washingtonpost.com

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFMwegIZgH0

this is the best tour of UMD ever!

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Teams comprised of four Graphic Design 1 students set out to investigate and document mile long stretches of the Duluth Landscape. Teams selected their own locations and designated roles for the project > project manager, typographer, photographer and illustrator. Each team will create a final work that communicates an experience of place. Materials and techniques may be experimental, but the work must be at least 12 feet in one direction. The collaborative work should demonstrate the principles of unity and surprise.

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Students were offered several choices for final projects in Digital Studio Class...

Some selected to continue working with an image bank to generate a series of Digital Remix images.
Others wanted to investigate new materials and processes using tactile media.
A few students crafted their own limitations with the goal of creating a fresh body of work.

Jaclyn Halla from new body of work

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Fairy tales provide a rich starting point for a digital media project. Passed down from oral storytellers through literary traditions to new media, they are always altered by retelling to reflect the needs of the storyteller and the aesthetics of the time. Because the story is so well known, it can be altered significantly and still remain resonant and recognizable to the contemporary audience.

Spring 2008 Digital Studio 1 students worked in teams to develop new versions of well worn tales. After presentation of individual storyboards and design concepts, students voted on the best ideas to move forward on. Teams generated 10 images that could tell their updated fairy tale or myth. Results took a range of final output formats, from digital movies to hand bound books.

Rumplestiltskin story images
by Jared Wick, Kevin Kramer and Max McGruder

image by Jared Wick

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Attend this Lunch and Talk
Lake Superior Advertising Federation
with guests from
SAYLES GRAPHIC DESIGN
John Sayles and Sheree Clark
Tuesday, May 13th
11:45 am
Tweed Museum of Art, UMD Campus
Cost is $10 for students

YOU MUST RSVP by this Friday, May 9th.
RSVP to Jen Walker at (218) 722-4421 or at
http://www.lakesuperioradfed.org/program_signup.php

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The Cans Festival

Banksy's Cans Festival, a three day graffiti art extravaganza happened this past weekend in London. Work will be visible in London for the summer... if you pass through, check it out.

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Duluth Art Institute presents:
EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHERS
the exhibit runs Mar 6 – Jun 24, 2008

Opening Reception
Fri May 9, 2008 5-7pm

This show features some ambitious UMD students
http://www.duluthartinstitute.org/html/exhibitions.html

from the DAI website:
The work of these student photographers transcends the usual perception of “student work” and their ability to participate competently in this type of exhibition reflects highly on the strength of the photography program in the Department of Art and Design at UMD.

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We are very sorry to announce that we are unable to offer Digital Art Camp at UMD this summer ...
The past two summers of experimental art and music have been wonderful, largely due to the terrific participants. Unfortunately, the repurposing of our computer lab and summer school funding made it very difficult for us to offer the camp this summer. We hope to revisit our options for bringing Digital Art Camp back next year.

For more info about past digital art camps please visit the website: http://www.d.umn.edu/~jrock2/artcamp/

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Digital Studio students were discussing the use of laser technology for performance based graffiti onto architecture...

http://graffitiresearchlab.com/?page_id=76#video

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10th Duluth Home Grown Music Festival :: 2008
Don't miss this potluck of great music at venues all over town April 27 - May 4.
Including UMD students

Jerree Small and COYOTE
10pm Sun 4/27 | Pizza Lucé

and

Trevor Klueg in United Men Divide
10:15pm Fri 5/2 | The Encounter

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Exploding, Plastic & Inevitable

Video improvisational mixing to electronic music on multiple screens...

by Steve Gibson and Stefan Müller Arisona

inspired by The Velvet Underground / 1960s scene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPp7nq5YWiE

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Design students can plan ahead to attend this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity...

http://www.agichicago.org

from the conference website:
On September 23-28, 2008, over 1000 of the world’s top designers, students, educators and graphic arts professionals will converge in Chicago for the 2008 AGI Congress and AGI Student Conference. Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) will bring their annual Congress to America for only the third time in fifty years. Billed as the global design event of 2008, the event will present lectures, exhibitions, and a host of unique interactions with the world’s most notable leaders from the design profession.

Speakers include
paul sahre
john bielenberg
niklaus troxler
carin goldberg
michael bierut
paula scher
rick valicenti
seymour chwast
dana arnett
and others

Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) is a not-for-profit organization comprised of the world’s most respected graphic designers, illustrators and commercial artists. With representation from over 15 countries, the collective work of AGI members represents the finest packaging, identity, publication, illustration and poster works in the world.

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Please post here:

Ideas, tips and resources for digital studio students
who want to transfer digital imagery to tactile media
like fabric, wood, ceramics, glass...

fall 2007 students made art products for sale in the D'ART Shop
http://blog.lib.umn.edu/jrock2/rockblog/099904.html#more

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2 - 4 pm Saturday April 19th
UMD Student Exhibit Opening at the Tweed Museum

Dean Bowman was a good sport about trying on the artwork

like this sculpture by Cathy Hesch

and here are some more pics from the event...
http://www.d.umn.edu/~jrock2/08exhibit/

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