After working as EMU Student Center Operations student graphic designer for what will be almost three years in April, it is about time for me to say “Good bye.” This means the department is in need of a replacement to start working the beginning of the 2010 Spring semester. The details are below:

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Cellar Roots is an award-winning magazine of student poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and art in all mediums. They are looking for graphic designers to help with this school year’s book! It will be an awesome portfolio opportunity and a nice way to make some extra bit of cash. Contact Cellar Roots’ Editor-in-Chief Bill Barr for more information at cellarroots.editor@gmail.com.

You can also check out the Cellar Roots website at http://www.emich.edu/cellarroots/.

This piece is about dimensional typography, including work in an exhibition Ryan co-curated.

Here’s an article by Leslie on the Eye magazine blog that talks about Ryan’s work.
Check it out.

Tuesday, Sept. 23, 6:00p.m.
Student Center Ballroom *

Photographer Paul Shambroom is best known for his projects examining power structures within the United States. Recent projects include Meetings, a collection of photographs of municipal and community meetings across the country, and Security, a series documenting anti-terrorist training camps in the post-9/11 era. Shambroom’s work has been exhibited at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Julie Saul Gallery, both in New York; at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; and at the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. Three monographs of his photos have been published.

http://paulshambroomart.com

* NOTE: this location has been changed from the original announcements due to flooding in the Halle basement.

As many of you know, I have been curating a political poster art show this whole summer just in time for the upcoming election. It sets to open this Wed., Oct. 10, 4-7 pm. I will give a gallery talk at 6 PM.

We have 19 designers from 7 countries. At least 3 of the featured designers will be present at the event.

The catalog will be unveiled at the opening and free to all.
A range of medias were used to make the posters- screen printing with acrylics, spray paint, offset lithography, and even… homemade inks with fruit and motor oil!

www.postersofdiscontent.com
for more info and to see the posters.

I’m thinking of screen printing on a post-it an image of Sarah Palin. seems like a moral imperative to be added to my CHANGE poster…
(a former Mayor who tried to remove town library books…yeah that’s progressive)

Show runs till Oct. 9.
Best,
Andrew

Well, class is in an hour. I haven’t been into the lab since the end of the Winter semester. Don’t know if everything remained there, or was taken down. But here is how the collage wall looked last time I saw it.

Though there may have been a few more dickbutts on it.

What does everyone think of the new banners identifying buildings around campus? Obviously the new identity system as a whole is a mess, but I have to admit that I like the idea of these banners. I remember being new to the campus, and this would have helped immensely. As for all the randomly plastered Education First banners and decals….  not so much.

This Friday, April 25, BathHouse hypermedia journal goes live with the reveal of their re-designed website, designed by EMU alum and frequent contributor to this blog Nick Woods.

The site boasts a new user-friendly interface and will experiment with innovative ways for readers to interact.

At the site you will find:
• Archived and current BH issues
• Regularly updated Artist-spotlights
• Bi-weekly BH “finds” (presentations of great journals, artists, and organizations to inspire and connect you)
• Submission and current staff info.

Visit them this Friday at: BHjournal.com

–
Sarah Smarch
Editor-in-Chief
BathHouse Hypermedia Journal
www.bhjournal.com

Edited by current Creative Writing graduate students at Eastern Michigan University, BathHouse promotes interdisciplinary and hybrid arts with a special emphasis on language and innovation. We are interested in art that blurs the lines of conventional form and genre.

PS: They are always looking for designers to work on various projects, so drop Sarah Smarch a line if you are interested.

hey guys! just to let you know,
LAB OPENS = SUNDAY APRIL 30th, 10:00 am –

5:00 pm

if you have any problems getting into the lab, please call me (sarah) 734 277 1962.
if you would like to come on saturday night or you don’t have a computer and want
to be let in at another time please e-mail me (jalliso1@emich.edu).

good luck with exams!
see you around,

Sarah Allison