Dean’s Dish – 4th Blog Edition – March 18, 2013

Hello faculty, staff, students, alumni, and friends of the VAPA Division at Cabrillo College!

What an action-packed weekend we just had at the Cabrillo College Arts Complex! On Friday and Saturday, the 27th Annual Santa Cruz Jazz Festival and approximately 3,000 young jazz musicians from far and wide descended upon Cabrillo to experience jazz with Cabrillo’s luminary faculty and guest artists of the likes of Lew Soloff, trumpeter with Blood, Sweat, and Tears!  Meanwhile, Patrick Stafford’s Lighting Fabrication class continued their work all day Saturday in VAPA 3005, and Sunday saw the studios abuzz with extension offerings by Ron Cook (Wood Carving) and Penny Waller (Warm Glass Techniques), and a metals workshop hosted by Dawn Nakanishi!

Today, Monday 3/18, from 11am-2pm, watch a ceramics presentation and demo by Trent Burkett of University of the Pacific. Here’s a link to his web site: http://www.trent-burkett.com/. He trained Brooke Cashion, our beloved Cabrillo ceramics lab tech. Come experience wonderful evidence of great inspiration and training in ceramics. The in-class presentation/demo is free and open to the public.

Students, be sure to stop by VAPA 2005 at 2:40 tomorrow, Tuesday, March 19, to spend half an hour with David Wolfe, Admission Director at the San Francisco Art Institute, to learn about opportunities to continue your education there!

SFAI

Enjoy this 4th edition of Dean’s Dish delivered via our new blog! Also, check out SPICY Morsels and interesting links on the SPICE Rack, and send me info and web sites you’d like to post on this new blog: john.graulty@cabrillo.edu.

Have a great week!

John Graulty

Dean of VAPA

John.Graulty@cabrillo.edu

Attention Students!!

Late Starting VAPA

Cybersession Online Courses still available THIS SPRING!

Register NOW!

MUS 12 World Music – 3.00 units – M.Strunk.  Section 81946 is an ONLINE course. Meets 8 weeks 4/15 – 6/7.

 TA 9 Appreciation of Theatre Arts – 3.00 units – R.Aronson. Section 81947 is an ONLINE course. Meets 8 weeks 4/15 – 6/7.

LATE STARTING FACE-TO-FACE VAPA CLASSES FOR SPRING 2013

TA 27 – Theater Production Workshop – 1.00 unit – Fridays 3/18 – 5/13; Section 79554

MUS 31LS Recording Techniques III – Live Sound Production  – 1.50 units – MW 4/15 – 6/5; Section 79882

MUS 57B – Music and Computers II: Electronic Music Composition – 1.50 units – TTH 4/16 – 6/6; Section 79311

Interesting Tidbits

Approximately 45 Santa Cruz County K-12 Arts Specialists descended on Cabrillo on Wednesday, March 6th, for a very successful Professional Development Session with Cabrillo VAPA Division Faculty!

Here’s what folks had to say about the event…

What a wonderful afternoon! Connections were made and friendships were forged! THANK YOU all for allowing the arts educators of Santa Cruz to have this opportunity! – Susan Megorden, Arts Educator, PVUSD

Thanks for setting this up.   I had several faculty come back after they saw the initial display of drawings and were each given an outline of my class. This was a great opportunity! – Ann Thiermann, Cabrillo College Art Faculty

Nice! Fun to show off our facilities. – Janet Fine, Cabrillo College Photo Labs

What a wonderful event you hosted and I really enjoyed hearing James (Durland) teach. He’s hilarious! Students obviously love him. I took notes to use in my class. Just wanted to thank you for working with Mary (McLaughlin – COE Arts Coordinator) to arrange all of that for us. It’s always a treat to collaborate with other teachers. – Beth Hollenbeck, Music Instructor, Scotts Valley High School

Both your instructors and you were incredibly welcoming and the teachers thoroughly enjoyed the session…Looking forward to continuing the collaboration between the COE, the K-12 arts specialists and Cabrillo! – Mary McLaughlin, Arts Coordinator, Santa Cruz County Office of Education

Community college grads earn more than bachelors degree holders! Read more: http://money.cnn.com/2013/02/26/pf/college/community-college-earnings/index.html?source=linkedin

Spicy Morsels

SPICE up your life by joining one of three dynamic SPICE teams! Join VAPA and Cabrillo College faculty, staff, and students to explore Special Projects to Stimulate Interdisciplinary Creative Education. Please encourage student leaders in your ensembles, classes, clubs, etc, to join this effort, as well as key alumni and advisory committee members. To join the effort, contact: john.graulty@cabrillo.edu. There are three exciting teams at work in the following areas:

1. Arts Entrepreneurship Team – to help unleash the creativity in ALL our students, and help them leverage their creative skills in new ways to improve their lives and the lives of others.

2. Reinventing Live Arts Experiences Team – to involve/engage more Cabrillo College students in our live arts events by reinventing live arts experiences to make them more engaging, participatory, socially relevant, and meaningful for a broader segment of our student population.

3. Arts Marketing Team – to initiate and assess new student-driven arts marketing efforts including more word-of-mouth (WOM) and other novel marketing strategies such as social media, flash mobs, etc.

Business of Art Seminars: From Passion to Profitability

Cabrillo VAPA, in collaboration with Cabrillo Extension, the Small Business Development Center, the Business & Entrepreneurship Center and the Cultural Council of Santa Cruz offers a series of seminars to help artists start, manage, and grow their businesses. Artists will learn the basics of establishing an arts-based business, how to price their art, leveraging social media to increase sales and other marketing opportunities. All seminars $30 each. For full information or to register, please call 831-479-6331 or Cabrillo Extension website.

Saturday, March 30
Get Your Art Out There!
Solid Marketing Principles

Saturday, April 27
Leveraging Social Media for Your Art

Saturday, June 1
Cool Tech Tools to Sell Your Art

All seminars $30 each
All seminars 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Cabrillo VAPA Lecture Hall, Room 1001

Registration: at Cabrillo Extension

VAPA Faculty & Students Out ‘n’ About …in the community and on the web!

Check out top Cabrillo Music Technology & Recording Arts (MTRA) student Henry Chadwick’s recent amazing original song/video production posted just a few weeks ago on YouTube. Henry is a student of James Durland and is interning at Universal Audio in Scotts Valley and destined for the Berklee College of Music in Boston:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCivE0Tfmms

MUSEUM OF ART AND HISTORY – SANTA CRUZ Announcing Upcoming Exhibit: PHOTO ID

March 30 – July 7, 2013

Featuring several Cabrillo Faculty


Photograph by Janice Suhji, from the “Dreams II: High School” series.

This Museum-wide photography exhibition is centered on the theme of identity. Loosely broken into three subthemes: self, social and gender, we will present artworks to stimulate reflection and lively discussion.

The works in the 2nd floor Solari Gallery will reveal artists’ aesthetic, psychological, and emotional relationships to the self and community. Many of these artists explore questions such as:
• Who are we—within ourselves or within our community?
• What do we want to share with you about ourselves?
• If this is a personal examination of self, what will the viewer in turn examine?

The work of Charles Berger, who looks at himself in the harsh light of a seedy bathroom of a local dive bar, will be shown with other photographic self-portraits by Tobin Keller, Chris Felter, Sandra Frank, Sara Friedlander, Tod Gangler, Terri Garland, Tony Grant, Susan Hillyard, Susan Hoisington, Stephen Hosmer, r.r. jones, Claire Lerner, Norman Locks, Ann Mansolino, Lester Marks, Drew Miller, Dusty Nelson, and David Moir. The world that Thomas Campbell, Mike Brodie and Tobin Yelland inhabit may seem wildly disparate from most of our every-day lives, but they invite us in by sharing stories about what they see and live. After the great Wynn Bullock died, Edna, his wife, took up his cameras and became a photographer with her own style. Robin Laser and Adrienne Pao examine their cultures of origin in their collaborative “Tent Dress Series.” Miguel Angelo Libarnes applies mascara in the shower in a mesmerizing video, and Rosemary Sanders poses ala Cindy Sherman for her self-portrait. M. Sophia Santiago snaps revealing portraits of self-reflection; New York City artist Lynn Saville takes a photo of an artwork with which she personally identifies and Catherine Sergurson and captures the essence of self identity. Susan A. Barnett photographs the messages displayed on the backs of the people she encounters along the way.

Artists in this gallery will include: Poppy de Garmo, who presents the newest work from her Santa Cruz “Townies” series; Sasha Jungju Lee, who challenges the stereotypical Hollywood-imposed standards of ideal beauty in her “EyeCon” series by photoshopping her own eyes onto photographs of iconic starlets; Jim Collum and Joe Ravetz capture poignant moments when they encounter chronically homeless people in their communities; Janice Suhji, who looks at Korean teens and their future societal aspirations and Angelica Muro, who “voices” concerns about society. Cindy Sherman’s 1976 photograph, Untitled (mother embracing children) is a universally understood portrait of motherhood. Telling Stories by Oakland artist Jonathan Eubanks reveals the deep connection and helpful influence non-parental adults can offer when they pass along their stories to children. In his series of humorous photographs of his tongue-and-cheek interactions with his daughter Alice, Maryland artist Dave Engledow espouses his conviction not to become a “checked out” father.

Nicholas Albrecht, Carrie Levy, Lesley Louden, Beth Yarnelle Edwards and Laurie Long present interesting views into intimate and intricate relationships. Hedwig Heerschop looks at the social identity of people who emigrate and identify more with their heritage than when they still lived within the culture of their homeland. Cesar Kuriyama, realizing how easy it is to forget the tiny, beautiful moments we experience, decided to make a video montage of one-second shots from his daily life. Lloyd Tabb takes photographs of Gateway School students with mask replicas of “their animal selves.” The work of Peter Merts is a photographic descriptor of what it means to be masculine; Catherine Opie shows us that some families have two moms and Lewis Watts reveals a unique eye in work that is compelling and deep. Brian Taylor’s altered photographs reveal self as well as process, thought as well as aesthetics. Award winning documentary photographer Shmuel Thaler’s joyful image of a group of wet-suited people defines a lot about what we like about living in our uber cool community.

Good Causes

CabrilloArts Scholarship Fundraisers

These special workshops will provide scholarships for Cabrillo College students to participate in the CabrilloArts 2013 summer program.

iPhoneCreativity

Cell phones are not just for phone calls anymore! The quality of the camera and the thousands of photography apps that are available have turned the iPhone into a real camera and a tool for taking, processing, and distributing images. This hands-on workshop will provide you with opportunities to:

  • Take better images with your iPhone
  • Interpret your images in new ways using iPhone apps
  • Complete hands-on photo editing using your iPhone
  • Perform an actual photo shoot using your iPhone
  • Learn about this new genre of photography & be inspired!

Please Note: This workshop is designed only for iPhone4 and above.  Topics covered will also work for iPad and iPad mini users!

Sat., April 20
9 am – 1 pm
Room: VAPA 2022
Register by Feb. 25: $150
Register after Feb. 25: $165

OR

Sat., April 20
2 – 6 pm
Room: VAPA 2022
Register by Feb. 25: $150
Register after Feb. 25: $165

Instructors:

Cathy Cakebread is a photographer and high tech consultant. She has been taking photographs for as long as she can remember, starting with her Kodak Brownie, then on to a Polaroid Swinger, then a DSLR and now with her iPhone.

Robert Kato has been capturing fine art photography images for over three decades. His current imagery is created using alternative and traditional digital printmaking techniques. Presently, he works as a post- production consultant, master digital printmaker and educator.

Check out their website: http://iphonecreativity.com

 

Opportunities for Students and Artists

CABRILLOARTS SUMMER WORKSHOP TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS

CabrilloArts Summer Workshops are an opportunity for the community and Cabrillo College students to work with experts and fellow artists in an intensive, specialized, learning environment. CabrilloArts Tuition Scholarships are offered to Cabrillo Art students who demonstrate passion, commitment, and who would like to expand their skills and experience.

The CabrilloArts Summer Workshops run for one or two weeks, Monday through Friday during the last two weeks of June:
June 17th – 28th, 2013
Instruction for two week workshops is from 9am – 1pm,
Open studios available ’til 5pm.

One week intensive workshops run
June 24th – 28th, 2013
Instruction for one week workshops is from 9am- 5pm
(same amount of hours as two week – all day sessions)

Applications are available for pick up in the VAPA office & Photo Lab, or online on the art studio and art photography department pages of the Cabrillo website.

Scholarships cover the cost of tuition as well as materials fees.

For more information, pick up or download an application, go to:
http://www.cabrillo.edu/academics/artstudio/cabrilloarts

Questions:
contact Janet Fine
479.6467
jafine@cabrillo.edu

Upcoming Events

Cabrillo Gallery presents Tribute For Cabrillo Instructors Abbott and Milhoan

March 22 – April 26. Reception Thursday, March 21, 5:30-7:00 PM

The Cabrillo Gallery presents an exhibition entitled Tribute, to honor the recent retirements of long time Art Department faculty members, Jamie Abbott and Ron Milhoan, with a showing of their sculptures and paintings.“Ron Milhoan’s current paintings have a strong personal content and a level of sophistication that only a seasoned artist has,” says Gallery Director Tobin Keller. “Ron’s large canvases retain some of his particular kind of magic realism, but one of an autobiographical direction, a sort of dreamlike view into his past.” This is offset by his expressive use of paint that helps to obfuscate the imagery and lend tension to the dreamlike view.

Jamie Abbott’s sculptures play with different formal elements than Milhoan. “Jamie’s contrast of materials, mostly wood and steel, denotes an interest in permanence and impermanence, as well as organic and non-organic use of materials,” explains Keller. This, combined with Abbott’s careful construction of each piece, creates a tension, as does the surface finish, or lack thereof, with the materials. “The wood and steel are left in a purer state of finish without too much fetishistic refinement.”

Together, Abbott and Milhoan have worked almost 70 years, teaching more than 4,000 students through their courses at Cabrillo. Their combined impact on the art in Santa Cruz County has been substantial. “The nurturing, support, and guidance that you find with these two artists, and all of the Cabrillo instructors in the Art Department at Cabrillo, has contributed immensely to the development and strength of our local arts,” reflects Keller.

Exhibit runs March 22 – April 26

Artist’s Reception: Thursday, March 21, 5:30 – 7:00 PM

Artist’s Talk: Wednesday, April 17, 6:30-7:30 PM

Gallery Hours:

Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM and Monday and Tuesday evenings 7:00 – 9:00 PM. Parking can be found in any of the numerous metered parking areas. The Gallery will be closed for spring break April 1- 6.

Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre In Concert

Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre presents its In Concert performances. Join us for a contemporary and classical ballet concert featuring premieres choreographed by guest artist Shayla Bott, and Artistic Director Robert Kelley in collaboration with Watsonville Taiko.

Ikuyo Conant, Artistic Director of Watsonville Taiko, remembers a story from her childhood–a story about an archer who shoots down suns from the sky. Her love for folklore of the night sky, ocean, and nature brought her to imagine fully this tale of Three Suns and to turn it into a dance/musical work. She is working in collaboration with Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre’s Co-Artistic Director Robert Kelley to fill out the characters, including a love story and nature spirits. Moonstones: A Tale of Three Suns is a “story ballet” infused with dramatic tension, romance, the liveliness of the sprites and fairies, and the heroism of the archer who saves his village. Watsonville Taiko will be singing as well as playing drums, gongs, and other percussion.

Guest Artist Shayla Bott’s choreography is deeply involved with the relationship between music and dance. Her deep respect for musicality shows up in Silverstruck, a work commissioned by Santa Cruz Ballet Theater for In Concert. She chose six dancers for an intimate bringing to life of the intricacies of the Bach Partita No. 3 in E Major. The dance both reacts to and counteracts with the music, which serves as a scaffolding for the work. Although the musical setting is the 18th century, the effect of the dance is quite modern.

As its annual classical offering, Santa Cruz Ballet Theatre will perform excerpts from Swan Lake Act II, known as the “white act”. Lev Ivanov’s choreography has reigned supreme in its delicacy and precision for over 100 years, along with the much-loved score by P.I. Tchaikovsky. Diane Cypher, Co-Artistic Director of the Company, says, “When little girls dream of ballet, this is what they dream of.”

Saturday, March 23
1:00 PM & 4:30 PM
Cabrillo Crocker Theater

12:30 & 4:00 PM – Pre-concert talk with Robert Kelly & Diane Cypher

Tickets:
Premium Section
Adults $24
Senior/Youth $15

Classic Section
Adults $20
Senior/Youth $12

Above prices do not include ticket service fees

Cabrillo SAC card Holders $18
(any seat – includes service fees)

 

 

 

 

 

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