AIGA JWU NEWS & UPDATES

Robin James Ramos

Johnson & Wales University is proud to welcome Robin Ramos as a distinguished visiting professor for 2010-2011. Come see him present, Monday, February 7th 2011 at 9:30am in the Yena Presentation Center.

Robin is a currently a Design and Brand consultant based in the NYC metro area. He was also a Senior Art Director for NBC Universal, while there he was in charge of the design for its promotional and print material of on-air content. He was also a senior designer for DC Comics in their brand and licensing department. He’s also been in publishing, corporate signage and worked for a small ad agency in NYC. He received his BFA from School of Visual Arts in NYC.

Please RSVP on facebook — it’s going to be an inspiring event.

On February 17th, an art auction and benefit concert will be held raising money to support victims of the recent Queensland Australian floods.

Join a growing collection of concerned visual artists, designers and musicians by contributing an artwork to the auction.

All auction funds will be donated directly to the disaster relief effort established the Queensland, Australia Government.

http://www.qld.gov.au/floods/donate.html

We are seeking artworks no larger than 24″ addressing an optional theme of Global Creative Unity.

Works received by February 14th, 2011 will be included in the auction.

To arrange delivery or for more information, please contact me.

Brian Alves
(401) 829-8750
balves@jwu.edu

Connect with the Artists for Australia Facebook forum to stay up-to-date.

http://www.facebook.com/home.php?sk=group_193797970637250

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Works may be mailed to
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Professor Brian Alves
Computer Graphics & New Media
School of Technology
Johnson & Wales University
8 Abbott Park Place
Providence, RI 02903

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Works may be delivered directly to
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Johnson & Wales University
School of Technology
138 Mathewson Street
Providence, RI 02903

Professor Karyn Jimenez will be giving a detailed and instructive demonstration on a very popular form of hand printing, lino-blocking and spray paint stenciling, Tuesday December 14th at 6:00pm in Westminister Conference Center in the Academic Center. Also be sure to come hungry cause there will be free pizza.

This will be a very informative and creative event that will help in future projects. It’s good to break away from the printer and do something with your hands, the results are amazing and it feels incredible to see the end result.

Lino-blocking, a variant of woodcut in which a sheet of linoleum(sometimes mounted on a wooden block) is used for the relief surface. A design is cut into the linoleum surface with a sharp knife, V-shaped chisel or gouge, with the raised (uncarved) areas representing a reversal (mirror image) of the parts to show printed. The linoleum sheet is inked with a roller (called a brayer), and then impressed onto paper or fabric. The actual printing can be done by hand or with a press (from wikipedia).

More information will be posted after the event in case you weren’t able to make it.

Here’s a sneak peak of some of Professor Jimenez’s demos:

We’re very excited to have Pete Cardoso from Ghost-Town.net come visit us, this Thursday (November 4th) at 12:00pm noon in the Westminister Technology Conference room. Come by to see and hear about his awesome work and experiences. There will also be snacks and refreshments, so feel free to come by on your lunch break. Students will also have their most recent work up on display, it will be an event you won’t want to miss.

Professor Stephen Andrade is hosting a visit of Robynne Vieira, Computer Graphics & New Media 2010 graduate. Robynne, among other things was a key student in the 2009-10 GTECH project and all around great student. She has graciously agreed to come back and give a demo/presentation to our undergrads, which in my book, is a great way to raise the bar for existing students. If you have not seen her work, feel free to pop in. It is an excellent example of true industry artifacts.

Brian Alves, associate professor at Johnson & Wales University, has scheduled a visiting artist’s lecture with video artist Jon Shumway.  His work offers a uniquely personal approach/ perspective on digital media. This is open to anyone who would like to attend. If you have any questions you can drop Professor Alves an email or leave a comment below.