TeleCommunity Summer Studio 2012
Exhibition
July 20 – 22; 11.00am – 4.00pm
College Hall, Floor 1 Lobby, facing the Parking Lot
“NewsToons”
Opening Celebration for Family and Friends
Friday, July 22, 2.00pm
Computer Art prints, animations, games, and other displays of digital artwork collected
from TeleCommunity’s Saturday Studios as well as from the Summer Studio, are on
show for family & friends, and for the Duquesne community. Our members take on the
role of Gallery docents and enjoy explaining their computer artwork to visitors.
Summer Studio Schedule 2012
Mon., July 9 – Fri., July 13 1-5pm
Mon., July 16 – Fri., July 20 1-5pm
Our two week Summer Studio is designed to give school students an opportunity to
produce computer graphics, to prepare art work for display, and to participate in the
installation and gallery process. These early professional experiences promote
responsibility and team building, as well as problem solving and creative expression.
Individuals will balance their time between Studio and Gallery activities.
We meet in College Hall 336 (412 396 4164). Students who have been working on
Saturdays during the year will have a chance to develop and complete new projects
during the intensive weekday studios. Newcomers will learn and practice new skills and
use them to create interesting story ideas. We expect that by the end of the session,
students will have created work that is a synthesis of imagery and animations which
have been developed using different types of software. Finished pieces will be placed in
the Gallery Exhibition and featured online in the Student Artwork section of Telecommunity.org.
Our current theme is NewsToons. With NewsToons, young artists will
recreate and interpret news events taken from the headlines. 2D animated versions
of actual news stories will be enhanced by means of exaggerated effects, opinionated
viewpoints, distorted representations and caricatures, substituted story characters,
and through techniques influenced by political cartoons, anime, and story-boards.
Each student will need:
- A completed Permission Slip with an up-to-date emergency contact number.
Can be found on our website: www.telecommunity.org. - Storage media – jump drives (at least 250Meg).
- A snack to munch on and a cold drink or two – every day.
- Boundless energy & enthusiasm – no other prerequisites.
No fees are necessary.
Current Activities include:
- Flash Animations, Narratives and Character Development.
- Photoshop Art and Digital Printing Basics.
- Digital Painting with Intuos tablet and pen.
- Interactive Game Experiments
- Draw/Scan/Animate – a way to animate your favorite sketches.
- Digitized Collages are mixed media activities.
- Participation in the Website Team and Art Exhibition Installation.
- Dynamic Studio Experience.