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

This thursday will be the Third Annual Eastern Michigan Film Festival. I didn’t know it existed until this year. I was asked to put together a DVD of student work (since I didn’t find out until after the deadline). The 26 minute DVD titled ,Salvos from the Art Department, includes work from last winter to current work by students in the Art Department.Here is a complete list of students whose work will be shown:Shawn Lee, Nick Woods, Kari McLeod, Jon Fenlon, Ashely Sako, Ashley Santrock, Alan Languirand, Jai Liu, Ryan Haury, Hui Yang, Derek Reitzel, Chad Carlson, Andrew Reaume, Nick Weidner, Matt Bernick, Amisha Frye, Amanda Nees, Rachel Auriemma, Ashley Strauss, Aaron Selix, and title and end credits feature animations by Ashley Strauss and Calvin Locklear.3rd Annual EMU Student Video/Film FestivalApril 3rd12:00 - 8:00PMStudent Center Auditorium(admission free)

The CSS/HTML class files are ready to go for Tuesday, March 11. You can view them with the link below.

http://www.emugraphicdesign.com/aiga/events/webdesign

EMU Friends of the Library need our help. They are having a contest and need us to do the following:

1. design a bookmark
2. design for a 11″ x 8″ canvas bag (2-3 colours) 
3. design a new logo for them

Each category will win a $100 gift certificate. These designs will give back to the EMU community as they are using them for a fund raiser to make the library better. Not only do you have a chance to win some money but you have the opportunity to give back to EMU. There are a few restrictions you must remember:

• bookmark and canvas bag must say “EMU Friends of the Library”
• your name and graduation year will appear on the design
• you can  have a printed piece to put in your portfolio
• they really want your design to “POP”
• let’s show the library how supportive we are

if you need to ask my any questions, please e-mail me or reply to this. my e-mail is jalliso1@emich.eduif you would like to visit EMU friends of the Library website go to http://brand.emich.edu/fol

Dear Students,

Enclosed is the application for the Senior Show. Your faculty encourages you all to enter…and it’s the very first time we are having this event. This is a great way to end your education at EMU- a show with your peers highlighting those about to graduate.

First Annual Senior B.F.A. Exhibition
Feb. 11 - March 6
Ford Art Gallery
Reception: Mon., Feb. 11, 4:00-6:00 p.m.

This exhibition will display the work of art majors graduating during the 2007-2008 academic year. It will be a culminating experience for those pursuing the B.F.A. in art and will allow the art department to showcase the richly varied work of its graduating seniors.

Requirements to enter this show:

1. You must have at least 100 credits but you don’t have to be graduating this semester.
2. You can submit 1 to 3 pieces
3. Selection of work done through professors. This means you should talk to your professor about which pieces you should submit.
4. Work must be dropped off on Thurs., February 7 with the application(s) filled out.

bfa_senior_app.pdf

Questions should be directed to either Jen Locke (jlocke1@emich.edu) or Andrew Maniotes (amaniotes@emich.edu).
Best,
Andrew Maniotes
Jen Locke

Dear Students,

The first annual BFA exhibit is coming up soon!  February 11th.

This is a SENIORS only show. The FIRST one we have ever held and something we have been pushing for for a long time. It will be hung in the University Gallery at. Be a part of EMU history.

If you are a senior with around 100 credits, you are elligible.Think about 1-3 works that they you want to install for the exhibit. 

We will send along information soon about how we will go about working with you for spotting and installing.

This is a GREAT opportunity to show your work to the public, friend, parents, etc …and a nice way to end your time at EMU.

Come on people … do like Alan and Sarah said and TEAR THAT SHIT UP !  ;)
Best,

Andrew Maniotes

Jen Locke

I saw “The Lion King; Live” last night at the Detroit Opera House and this is what I have to saw about it:

OH MY GOD GO SEE IT NOW.

This was one of the most awesome and artistic experiences I have ever been witness to.

The play started late, as plays are want to do, but then they made an announcement and the lights went down. Rafiki hobbles onto stage and starts to sing…and then the animal puppets begin to come out onto the stage.

The puppetry in this play is absolutely gobsmacking. The giraffes lumber out from the wings and a cheetah comes out…then the zebra leap out with the gazelles…and then gasps from the audience below us. Going down the aisle is a HUGE elephant with a baby elephant, Rhino, birds flying about, and antelope….all on stage where Pride Rock appears and the lions come out to greet the newborn king. and the sun is rising in the back too. It was breathtaking, I was overwhelmed with the beauty of this scene and it really set the stage for the rest of the play.

The lion masks are sooo intricate and they are able to move from the head of the actors and they really move like lions would.

The stage had an intricate design that disguised the tracks for many of the set pieces and the back half actually lifted up in the air to make a hill in the background.

The lighting effects made the sky llok like a sky and the stars looked real. Water seemed to really rush down a water fall and the use of strobe lighting during the scene where Mufasa falls to his death make it really seem as if he gets stampeded upon by the buffalo.

Timon and Puumba puppets are hilarious. Timon is alsmot a full human sized puppet while Puumba’s head is as wide as a small car and the hind legs of the puppet flail around in the air hilariously.

The children playing Nala and Simba were very talented singers and dancers and they moved nimbly during the bright and colorful “I just can’t wait to be king” sequence. The animals during that song were all from simba’s imagination and were made of patterns and unusual colors with different shapes but you could still tell what they were.

The “Can you feel the love” song was absolutely gorgous, the stage looked like a jungle and there were high wire dancers dangling in the air showing the “love” swirling around. it really embodied the feeling.

The whole thing was just….wow. if you can, please go see it and experience it. You will not regret it.

I also bought two books, one was how these disney prodections are put on and the other was about the history and the show of The Lion King. Which has all of the puppetry tricks and what not in it, and I cannot wait until I read it.

okay i hope i got your attention. you need to come to the aiga meeting this week (on thursday) at 8:00….

we need you to come out and brain storm some ideas for the portfolio review that will be held at EMU

this year.  you need to come out, its pretty fun. get involved…. care.

There is a little girl back home (in Brockville Ontario) that was diagnosed with a brain tumor. Her name is Lilly and she is one-years-old. There is going to be an art exhibition in Toronto where all art sold will go towards her medical bills as she comes from a family that isn’t well off. I’m looking for people who would be interested in donating paintings or creating paintings, photos, posters, ect. for the exhibition - but there’s a catch: the exhibition is called “Lilies for Lilly” so all art should be of a lily or lilies. If you can have the items for me before February 16th 2008 that would be sweet. If you can frame it that would be even better but if not I can pay for it to be framed.

Canadian Sarah (ask around if you don’t know who I am)