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The Bruce High Quality Foundation’s (BHQF) Teach 4 Amerika tour is a five-week, 11-city, coast-to-coast road trip that crosses state lines and institutional boundaries to inspire and enable local art students to define the future of their own educational experience. Traveling the byways of America in a limousine painted as a school bus, BHQF will visit university art departments, art schools, art institutions, and alternative spaces across the nation, bringing together concerned educators, artists, arts administrators, and—most importantly—students to brainstorm on the future of art schools. What are they for? How should they be organized? If not for careers, what is the essence of art itself? These fundamental questions have long haunted artists, and the BHQF are interested in putting the questions back in the hands of students across America. Curated by Nato Thompson, Chief Curator at Creative Time, Teach 4 Amerika will include a combination of dynamic public rallies and intimate conversations hosted by local partners in New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit, Chicago, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Denver, Santa Fe, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Portland.

http://teach4amerika.org/

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Fantastic Final Project : Art 41

The final project for Art 41 is about Fantasy. Whether you make a spacecraft, composite landscape or fantasize about your art career in ten years, I want you to think big. For this project, imagine that money is no object, that a chocolate volcano erupts in downtown LA and that your first major retrospective is a huge sucess.

Your project proposal is due on Tuesday 4/19 and will include a list of software, tools and materials needed, a budget and description of the size and medium for the final output. The proposal is one page and should include drawings and references.

We watched an Art 21 segment on Florian Maier-Aichen (above) and Cao Fei (below).

Here are some links we looked at in class today for inspiration regarding alternative installations and interesting ideas:

ryan lauderdale
http://www.flickr.com/photos/astralzoology/
amanda ross-ho
http://www.cherryandmartin.com/artists/amanda-ross-ho/8

future timeline
http://iheartphotograph.blogspot.com/2011/04/future-timeline.html

takeshi murata
http://www.ratio3.org/artists/takeshi-murata
http://www.deitch.com/artists/selected_works.php?selectedWorksId=359&artistId=44

barry stone: landscape manipulation
http://www.barrystone.com/portfolios/my_musent/musent_index.html

http://iheartphotograph.blogspot.com/

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Paid summer internship at East of Borneo

Launched in October 2010, East of Borneo is a collaborative art journal and multimedia archive that frames a discussion of contemporary art and its modern history as considered from Los Angeles.

http://www.eastofborneo.org/pages/internship

This is an excellent online art magazine. What a great opportunity!

** APPLICATION DEADLINE: April 22, 2011 **

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InDesign Tutorials on Layers Magazine

Layers Magazine

example of a tutorial

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:!: CORRECTION :!: The field trip will be on April 21st

Art 41 and 43,

Our exciting field trip to the Geffen Contemporary in Little Tokyo will happen on Thursday 4/21. The exhibit Art In The Streets will be on view. Bring your student ID and pay $5.

moca.org

The Geffen Contemporary is located at
152 NORTH CENTRAL AVENUE,
LOS ANGELES, CA 90012

Watch these videos to get geared up for the show!

Banky's recent film, Exit Through The Gift Shop,

... and the classic 1983 hip hop documentary, Wild Style,

After you see the show, share your ideas about art work. What is your opinion of the show in general? What happens to Art In The Streets when it enters a Museum?

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:!: FIELD TRIP :!: April 19th for both Art 41 and Art 43

Art 41 and 43, we'll be meeting at the Geffen Contemporary a part of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles on Tuesday April 19th.

More details to follow...

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LBCC Photofest is almost here! Check out these events.

The Photography Program is in it's fourth year of producing a spring Photography Festival with a wide range of events that are open to both students and the general public - and it's all free! This year we've coordinated with the Month of Photography Los Angeles project and we'd like to reach out to our LBCC Art students as well. The events start on Friday, April 1st and run over the following 3 weeks.

Registration is at our website: photofest.lbcc.edu

Business Practices:

Fine Art Photography and the Market: Rolf Goelinitz will discuss the current state of the Fine Art Photography market. Tuesday April 5th

Business Basics for Photographers and Visual Artists: Barry Schwartz, President of American Society of Media Photographers LA will discuss the business and marketing side of being a commercial photographer. Thursday, April 14th

From Student to Working Pro: a panel discussion of LBCC photo alumni who are entering the “real world” as photographers. Thursday, April 14th

Going Pro as a Community Photographer: Bill Wade will tour his studio and share his experiences over several decades as a community photographer. Friday, April 15th (this is at 5608 E. 2nd Street, LB)

Fine Art Photography:

Beyond the Frame: An investigation of Photographic Sculpture and Installation: Amanda Keller Konya will discuss the work of contemporary artists who move photography beyond its two-dimensional boundaries. Tuesday April 5th

Experiments with Double Exposure: Kireilyn Barber will discuss and show her recent experiments with double exposures exploring random/chance events. Wednesday April 6th

Photography and Sustainability: Sheila Pinkel, Professor at Pomona College will discuss how this topic has permeated photographic work of artists since the 60’s. Wednesday, April 13th

Studio Skills:

Editorial Portraiture Workshop: David Daigle has photographed celebrities and writers and will be discussing his work as well as going through various lighting demonstrations in studio. Friday, April 8th (PCC studios)

Contemporary Portraiture with Large Format Cameras: Brian Doan will discuss the field a will give a lighting and camera demonstration. Tuesday, April 12th (PCC studios)

Choosing the Right Lighting Tool for Your Project: Commercial Photographer Wes Kroninger will demonstrate how he chooses equipment for special projects to met the needs of his clients. Wednesday, April 13th (PCC studios)

Digital Workshops:

Getting Started with Digital Retouching: La Toya Tyson has been working with LBCC students assisting them with their digital projects and will be discussing advanced digital post-production techniques and retouching. Saturday, April 9th

Fine Art Digital Printing: Ann Mitchell will go through the digital workflows involved in both b&w and color high-quality digital printing. Saturday, April 9th

Technical Workshops:

Speedlight Workshop: learn to work with the attached Speedlight Flash for Canons and Nikons. Tuttle Cameras will have several lighting stations available for various lighting effects. Friday, April 1st

Canon Workshops: Join Canon Pros as they lead workshops in Canon Lenses, High Dynamic Range Photography, Tilt/Shift Lenses and High Definition Video with dSLR Cameras. Monday April 4th

Infrared Photography: Jeff Smeding shows how to work with Infrared photography which gives the photographer new ways of looking at the world. Wednesday, April 6th

Lith Printing: Eric Joseph from Freestyle Photographic Supplies will lead a “hands-on” workshop where you will explore this unique and mysterious experimental photographic process. Thursday April 7th

Toning Workshop: Brian Doan and Jeff Smeding will take you through the process of toning b&w photographic prints. Thursday, April 14th

Special Events:

Canon Keynote Speaker - David Hume Kennerly, Pulitzer Prize winning photo-journalist who’s been photographing world events for over 40 years. Monday April 4th (evening)

Portfolio Review: Bring your portfolio and have it reviewed by Curators, writers designers and galleriest. Thursday, April 7th

2nd Saturday Phantom Gallery ArtWalk and Student Photo Contest Exhibition. Saturday April 9th (downtown 3rd and Elm)

Photography Contests: see posters in both labs for deadlines

Plastic Perception: toy camera contest and exhibition. Reception April 1st Art Walk Bixby Knolls

LBCC Photo Contest: B&W, Color and Experimental photography and exhibition. Reception 2nd Saturday Phantom Gallery, 3rd & Elm, LB

Freestyle Photographic: Traditional B&W contest with winners announced at 2nd Saturday Phantom Gallery, 3rd & Elm, LB

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TypotypotypotypoTypography!

We will be talking much more about typography as we dive into using InDesign for your mock publications. Here's a video to get you thinking about the power of typography in setting a mood.