Colors of the City project

A team of students did a photo survey of this unique community.

This is the second semester that the students of Visual Thinking have gone out to do field studies in some of the most color-filled neighborhoods …

Creative Stories

First slide of the VoiceThread Interview Project

This is the second semester that students are conducting interviews of artists, inventors, and creative entrepreneurs, in order to learn directly about how individuals nurture …

The primacy of vision…

A Light + Space Art Installation

The course focuses on the primacy of the visual experience, so rather than look at slides of art, we try to see as much work …

Final Meeting – December 10th

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We had our last meeting on Friday. We looked at the Rose Parade Projects, and spent most of the time working on the “Doorway to …

11th Meeting – November 19th

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Update: A new VoiceThread was posted on November 29th. Please respond by midnight, on December 2nd. SKETCHBOOKS ARE DUE ON DECEMBER 3rd. It is crucial …

10th Meeting – November 12th

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UPDATE: No VoiceThread for this week. I’ll add a couple questions to next week’s Vthread. UPDATE #2: Here are the photos of the first round …

9th Meeting – November 5th

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We began by talking about the effects of early educational experiences on our current creative identity. We watched a clip from Truffaut’s film “The 400 …

8th Meeting – October 29th

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We watched one episode of John Cleese’s video, “The Human Face.” In the second half of the class the assignment was to make two expressive, …

7th Meeting – October 22

Steampunk Lightbulb Terrarium

We began by watching two short films about Christo, the famous maker of gigantic site specific art projects. First was a profile from “60 Minutes,” …

6th Meeting – October 8th

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Excellent responses to the night project! We had everything from shoe box dioramas to sophisticated short films, and ‘audience’ participation pieces. Here are photos of …

5th Meeting – October 1st

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NIGHT PROJECT BRAINSTORMING: Describe what you did, where you went, in a few sentences. Next, begin to think of ways you might convey this experience …

4th Meeting – September 24

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We checked in about the experience of collaborating on the first team project, a wiki on Light + Space art. Next we framed the frottage, …