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| Tuesday, January 27, 2009 |
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Spring Public Engagement Courses
RISD is offering a range of Spring Semester Public Engagement courses. Among them are:USE OF SPACE:PLACE OF CAMPUS
Charlie Cannon and Pete Hocking, instructors
Section Number GRAD-114G-01
Description Many contemporary art and design practices explore the creation of community through various kinds of participatory performance. These practices, organized under rubrics of tactical appropriation, relational aesthetics, and community organizing, aspire to create community in environments that are not always hospitable. This research seminar will explore these practices and their theoretical underpinnings by looking closely at the RISD campus. RISD’s development history has lead to a vastly diverse set of buildings and spaces that wend their way through Providence. However, for many students there is a palpable sense that something is missing. The seminar asks the question, “Can a sense of community be created through the re-occupation of existing spaces and programs?” To examine this question students will: 1.) map the ad-hoc and institutional use(s) of RISD’s current facilities, and, 2.) introduce themselves to diverse conceptual frameworks. This theoretical and practical catalogue will be tested through small happenings, designed by students, to activate various spaces on campus. The semester will culminate in a series of propositions about spaces for community at RISD. The seminar is co-taught by Peter Hocking, Director of the Office of Public Engagement, and architect and designer Charlie Cannon, and is open to all graduate students from all departments.
Credits 3.00
Academic Level GR – Graduate (Juniors, Seniors, Fifth Yrs can participate with permission)RESEARCH PROJECT
Catherine D’Ignazio, instructor
Section Number DM-7152-02
Description This class takes the form of a series of individual meetings to explore work related to a particular research project. The student may work on their own project or work with the lecturer to facilitate a particular research venture as part of a team. The student develops a proposal for an individual or a team based project. They then work independently or in selected groups. This class also facilitates group meetings and class critiques. Restricted to Senior, Graduate 2009SP description for section 01: GIS: Extrapolating the Personal to the Social: This studio course will explore the application of Geographic Information Systems concepts to finding new relationships between art and science, culture and location, and the individual and society. A foundation for understanding the typical uses and expectations of GIS methodology will be explored through readings about the basics of the technologies and applied research. Theoretical topics, such as the ‘spatial systems of society,’ and a look at how current artists are working with the technology, will inspire students’ creative adaptations, opening up new avenues for artistic exploration that will shed new light on a range of mapping matrices. The production aspect of the class will utilize a range of materials/processes, from drawings and collage, to digital output using ArcGIS software and Rapid Prototyping technology. The projects, ranging from two-dimensional maps to three-dimensional reliefs, will characterize students’ varied approaches to assessing relationships between space and people.
Credits 3.00
Academic Level GR – Graduate
FROM STUDIO TO SITUATION
Pete Hocking, instructor
Section Number GRAD-102G-01
Description Discursive, relational and community-based art practices invite a dialogue between those making meaning and their context. They require an investigation into the nature of place and question traditional notions of audience – pushing the boundaries of what art might be in the public sphere and establishing a new relationship between the makers and consumers of meaning. Using downtown Providence as a site for investigation and collaboration, this course will provide insight into the research methods, collaborative processes, modes of documentation, ethics and implementation of such work. In addition to looking at the work of established artists, such as Allan Kaprow, Guy Debord, Suzanne Lacy, Nayland Blake, and Pam Hall, we will also review the work of arts collectives, and community collaborations, both locally and internationally. Over the course of the semester, each student (either individually or as part of a team) will develop one site-specific project or body of work.
Credits 3.00
Academic Level GR – Graduate
ART:SOURCE OF HEALING: SPRING
Melinda M. Bridgman, instructor
Section Number FA-5536-01
Description This course will examine the connection between arts and healing from ancient times to the present and explore the contemporary movement of the arts in healthcare. Students will do a collaborative practicum with patients and work closely with the staff – either on-site at Bradley Hospital, a children’s psychiatric hospital, in East Providence, R.I., or at one of its residential treatment facilities. There will be a personal studio project; a practicum project; experiential workshops; visits by contemporary artist/healers; discussions with professionals about child mental health; assigned readings and writings; slide lectures; and journal-keeping. Course Level: Sophomore and above Permission of instructor required
Credits 3.00
Academic Level UG – Undergraduate
EVENTS
· Hmong Pa N’dau Exhibition – Open through February 19th!
The Office of Public Engagement is pleased to be a co-sponsor of “Common Threads: From Vietnam to Iraq”, with the Genesis Center and the Swearer Center for Public Service at Brown University.
The purpose of the series is to raise awareness of the parallels among displaced populations during and after wartime through storytelling using various audio/visual methods.
The Best Place to Live: Screening & Discussion
Thursday, Jan. 29th
6:30pm-8:30pm
Center for Integrative Technology -169 Weybosset, Room 103
Cost: FREE
Join us as we view this 55-minute documentary portrait of the Hmong community from 1982 followed by a talk and discussion with co-director Peter O’Neil as he explains his recent work documenting his subjects over 20 years later.
Join us as we view this 55-minute documentary portrait of the Hmong community from 1982 followed by a talk and discussion with co-director Peter O’Neil as he explains his recent work documenting his subjects over 20 years later.The film explores the challenges of several Hmong individuals and shows some of their involvement with the local community.
It documents how weddings, funerals, shamanic ceremonies, rock bands and soccer games were done during the early phase of Hmong settlement in the United States. |
Events Around Town
· Call For Female Filmmakers
The LunaFest Film Festival is looking for one local female filmmaker to fill the final short film slot of the reel of this year’s LunaFest films. From amateur filmmakers, to film students, to aspiring indie stars, they look for filmmakers and producers with unique films by…for…about women. Deadline for submission is January 30. Films accepted can be shorts, documentaries, fiction or narritives, films should not exceed 20 minutes, each entry must be submitted on a seperate DVD with a label, with each submission please include your name/address/telephone number/film title/completed entry forum/$20 application fee made out to the Breast Cancer Fund (no fee for international applicants and the student fee is $15) Please mail submissions to: LunaFest, c/o Michele Chaudhry, 12 Opal Street, Cranston, RI, 02905.
For more information please call 419-0363.
· ArtsReach Fundraiser: the Salsa Soul Food
Benefit! February 21, 2009m 7-11pm. Mathewson Street
United Methodist Church. The Salsa Soul Food Fundraiser is part of a series of fundraisers to support our 2009 season, the theme of which is, A SEAT AT THE TABLE. Free art mentorship workshops, sponsored by the Rhode Island Foundation, commence in March and go through June 2009,in community dance, photography, theater, and painting. The populations served will be those who use the FOOD PANTRY, HIV/AIDS drop in center, and the hungry, who attend the FRIDAY MEAL. Tickets are 50.00 and can be
purchased on our web site,
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Get Engaged
· Providence Agencies: RISD | Public Engagement’s web site provides an updated listing of community organizations that are interested in working with the RISD community.
· Our Blog: RISD | Public Engagement’s blog is a place where we document what we learn about what’s happening on campus, in Providence, and around the world. It’s also where we post the most up to date scoop about what’s new!
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| Resources/Opportunities
Create Peace Video Competition
The Peace Support Network is sponsoring a YouTube video contest. Create a short film based on the theme, “Create Peace”. Show your creativity and you could be given the grand prize of $1000 or three runner-up prizes.
For complete details please visit
http://celebratingpeace.org/videos.cfm
Submissions due February 28, 2009.
February Residency Deadlines
Berwick Research Institute
Artist-in-Research Residency http://www.berwickinstitute.org
APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 1, 2009
Download application here.
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Vermont Studio Center
FULL FELLOWSHIP APPLICATIONS DUE FEBRUARY 17, 2009
The Vermont Studio Center is an international residency program open to all artists and writers. Year-round, VSC hosts 50 artists and writers per month, each of whom receives an individual studio, private room, and all meals. Residencies last from 2-12 weeks and provide uninterrupted time to work, a community of creative peers, and a beautiful village setting in northern Vermont. In addition, VSC’s program includes a roster of Visiting Artists and Writers (2 painters, 2 sculptors and 2 writers per month) who offer slide talks/readings and individual studio visits/conferences.
Applications and information available at www.vermontstudiocenter.org.
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Community Profile:
ArtsReach
The HeadsUp Arts initiative, ArtsReach, is a collaborative arts effort seeking to increase self mastery and stability in the lives of individuals who are at risk. Participants in the workshops are often marginalized adults and families, including persons living on the streets. |
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