PrintMaking Studio

Visited Rob at the PrintMaking studio. We met at "Common Ground", had a cup of coffee and went downstairs to the studio. Rob demonstrated various printing techniques - from cold needle to frame print.

Here the students learn the basic printing methods from Photoshop to the finished Silkscreen production.

Robert (Rob) Truszkowski

Daylen (student) working with copper plate print and colored inks.

Studio for 3rd semester student.

Lead: ancient logos.

Lead printing and typography.

Color Separation.

Color print.

E-bike Across Canada

Megan Smith on the bike through Canada.

Today we visited the studio where Megan Smith and saw her most fascinating installation: a bicycle connected to a projector and google maps. You get the feeling of driving through Canada. You can follow Megan's travel through Canada on YouTube.

You can follow Megan's trip here. And here is one of her YouTube videos:



We also tried to ride the bike in her studio, and we talked about teaching code between art and computer science.

LittleBits Pro

LittleBits

The Processing Language

Another book on Processing

Megan Smith demonstrating LittleBits

Public Lecture: The Crowd and the Genius

At 12:00 in the Shubox Theatre @ University of Regina I gave a public lecture:

"The Crowd and the Genius". 

The lecture was introduced by Dr. Kathleen Irwin. Linda Nguyen reserved the theatre and made sure that all details worked out fine.

After the lecture some of the students and professors asked questions. ess that most of the audience came from the arts, but there were also students from Computer Science.

The students and assistant professors on one of the images below asked about the creative loop concept - we ended in exchanging ideas on how to teach data visualization.

Per at the Shubox Theatre

Talking with students from Computer Science.

Linda Nguyen, Dr. Kathleen Irwin, Per Thykjær Jensen

Dance Festivals: New Works Regina and Stream of Dance

Dance Festivals in Regina

Stream of Dance

At 2pm we saw the "New Works Regina" at the Stream of Dance festival. Featuring: Katryn Ricketts & Ian Cambell, Connie Moker Wernikowski and Caitlin Coflin.

Stepped Forming

Thursday March 10: a response to the scupture Stepped Forming in the MacKenzie Art Gallery. Music: "Sleep" by Eric Whitacre, "Moonset" by Jeff Enns and "Sbot N Wo" by  John Cage. All performed by Wascana Voices.

Friday 11th: Opening in the Gallery at the First Nations University

The great teepee construction.

The ceremonial teepee.

The First Nations University

Around 17.00 we went to the art gallery @ The First Nations University. We had a talk with the artist, and she explained the symbols of her spiritual journey and walkings. 

At the exhibition we met the associate professor Lionel A. Peyachew. He kindly invited us to the ceremonial teepee, and explained the traditions and ceremonies in the teepee when the elders meet. He is the artist who helped the students to create the ceremonial sticks, and he has made the sculpture four ways. 

We also exchanged words: how to say hello in Cree: dansay. And in danish: goddag.

Friday 11th

Attended to DG's art class. Introduced how to create an online portfolio, and how to have a professional presence online. Here's the outline:

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Portfolio Class @ UoR 2016

Definition:

An artist's portfolio is an edited collection of their best artwork intended to showcase an artist's style or method of work. A portfolio is used by artists to show employers their versatility by showing different samples of current work. Typically, the work reflects an artist's best work or a depth in one specific area of work. (Wikipedia)

Definition Electronic portfolio:

An electronic portfolio (also known as an eportfolio, e-portfolio, digital portfolio, or online portfolio)[1] is a collection of electronic evidence assembled and managed by a user, usually on the Web. Such electronic evidence may include inputted text, electronic files, images, multimedia, blog entries, and hyperlinks. E-portfolios are both demonstrations of the user's abilities and platforms for self-expression, and, if they are online, they can be maintained dynamically over time.

Smashing Magazine

• 10 Steps To The Perfect Portfolio Website
• 50 creatvive samples

Creative Bloq

• Examples

Howto

• well ... not this
• WordPress for Artists: Simple Ways to Create an Online Portfolio
• Giger

WordPress

• WordPress.com
• Quick and Dirty Rough

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Lunch meeting with Katryn Rickett

At lunch KR and I had a meeting. She talked about her performances, here we talked about the possibilities for a transatlantic video project, where students could contribute with video productions.

Faculty of Media + Art + Performance (MAP)

The M.A.P. - media, arts & performance was lauched as the new name for the Faculty of Fine Arts. The new name was lauched at the University of Regina yesterday. The name MAP was coined by dr. Kathleen Irwin.

Professon Rae Staesson, Dean - initiating the MAP.

Musicians playin Bach.

The MAP mural. I hide the Art

The MAP mural.