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Monday, February 23, 2004

Art Poster Contest 

Nursing Education in Southwestern Alberta (NESA) through the School of Health Sciences at the U of L and the Nursing Department at LCC, are sponsoring an art poster contest. All university or college students are invited to create a computer generated design and submit it as a full color poster (8.5" X 14") that will be used to visually "thank" the clinical preceptors that work with our nursing students. Possible themes include: caring, compassion, appreciation and collaboration. Quotes from nursing students regarding their clinical experiences will be added to the winning poster. The posters will be sent to clinical sites throughout Southern Alberta for display on bulletin boards and in staff coffee rooms. There is a $100 prize for the winning entry. Upon completion of the judging, the winner will be asked to submit an electronic copy of the winning submission. Please submit your poster to Wendy Herbers.
SOHS
University of Lethbridge
Deadline:March 12 2004

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INFORMATIONAL WORKSHOP SERIES 

THIS WEEK : GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP

The New Media Department is conducting a series of informational
workshops to acquaint students with potential opportunities in the
creative field once they have graduated. Students should come with
questions and be prepared to engage in skill building exercises.
Workshops are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:15 - 1:30 pm in room W514.
Students are not required to attend both sessions, but it is suggested
that they do so.

Workshop Leader: Mathew Kabatoff, Dept. of New Media.

These sessions are FREE and do NOT require pre-registration.


GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP
Tuesday February 24, 12:15-1:30 pm rm W514
-Presentation of available grants for students and emerging artists in
the fields of Film and New Media
-Strategies for grant writing: ie. budget development, concept
representation

Thursday February 26, 12:15-1:30 pm rm W514
-Presentation of available grants for students and emerging artists in
the fields of Art, Design, and Art History
-Strategies for grant writing: ie. budget development, concept
representation

RESIDENCY / ARTS ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
Tuesday March 9, 12:15-1:30 pm rm W514
-Presentation of arts organizations for internship or post-graduate
employment in North America and Europe
-Strategies for application: how to prepare and what to expect

Thursday March 11, 12:15-1:30 pm rm W514
-Presentation of post-graduate artist’s residency programs in Fine Art,
Film and New Media in North America and Europe
-Strategies for application: how to prepare and what to expect

FESTIVAL OVERVIEW
Tuesday March 23, 12:15-1:30 pm rm W514
-Presentation of the top festivals in Film and New Media in North
America and Europe
-Strategies for application: how to prepare and how adjudication works

Thursday March 25, 12:15-1:30 pm rm W514
-Presentation of the top festivals in Fine Art, Design and Art History
in North America and Europe
-Strategies for application: how to prepare and how adjudication works
____________________
If you have any questions please email at: mathew.kabatoff@uleth.ca

Information, resources and links on these sessions can be found at:

http://people.uleth.ca/
~mathew.kabatoff/workshop/ws.html





Wednesday, February 18, 2004

Check out http://www.commarts.com/CA/magazine/comp for information on upcoming contests - among other new media related things.

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Wednesday, February 11, 2004

A Couple of New Media Pieces That I Liked 

The Mazda Transformer - Shows one of their cars transforming into an Autobot.

Hell Boy Test Animation - Quick animation of the upper torso of Hellboy done in Mike Mignola's drawing style but in 3D.

Please feel free to leave some links in the comments section if you know any that would be appropriate for New Media Students.

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Monday, February 09, 2004

Creative Commons 

In many, if not all of, your New Media Classes the professors have probably been encouraging you to identify your copyrights by placing a copyright notice on your work. You may, however, want to consider reserving only specific rights while letting some rights out. The folks over at Creative Commons have two short flash movies explaining these new ideas.

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Saturday, February 07, 2004

Logging in to Class Shared Folders From Home 

I've experienced some weird anomalies when trying to login to the Class Shared folders via FTP, but I can usually get it to work if I follow these basic steps.

If the link brings up a "The page cannot be displayed" error, try clicking your browser's reload button (F5 on IE). This happens intermittently to me.

You will probably then get a popup error message stating,
"Windows cannot access this folder. Make sure you typed the file name correctly and that you have access to the folder."
Along with some other unimportant details. Click OK.

Right click anywhere on the blank page you are now staring at. A small menu should appear with one of the options reading, "Login As..." Click Login As... and then enter your username and password. Then from there you should be able to browse the class shared folders.



Neat 3D Compositing Clip 

I found a neat 3D Demo (16mb) at theembassyvfx.com which I think you should check out.


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Friday, February 06, 2004

Guest Artist Series - Michael Conway Baker Visits U of L 

Mr. Michael Conway Baker has agreed to visit the Faculty of Fine Arts from the 9th to 11th of February, 2004.

Michael Conway Baker is considered one of Canada's most prolific and successful composers, with popular works in a variety of musical genres, including symphonic, ballet, film, TV, and special events. He has more than 180 film, television, and video music scores and 125 concert works to his credit and has received numerous awards including four Genies, one Juno, and two Geminis.

Some of his best known works include the Fanfare for EXPO 86, BC Pavilion film music at EXPO 86, the soundtrack music for TV series "A Planet for the Taking," the popular Canadian film The Grey Fox, and music for two episodes of "The Road to Avonlea."

Michael Conway Baker presents two public lectures entitled "Music for Films".

Monday Feb. 9
2:30 - 4:00 pm
University Recital Hall

and

Tuesday Feb. 10
10:50 am - 12:05 noon
Room A580

He will also be in the B5 Computer labs Tuesday from 9:25—10:30am and in B773 from 6:30—7:30pm for "Lecture on Film/Music Industry"

"I believe effective film music can only be produced when the music composed is first rate -- badly composed music played well is still bad music! I insist that all aspects of music production deserve a high standard of excellence," said Baker, who works out of his North Vancouver home with its full MIDI studio.

He has written, orchestrated, and recorded scores for symphony orchestras in Vancouver, Toronto, and Salt Lake City as well as Sinfonia of London (England) and Munich Symphony. His music is heard on radio, CDs, soundtrack albums, and television around the world. In 1998, Nostalgia/Goodlife TV Cable Network (US) commissioned 106 new ballroom dance pieces for their weekly series of competitive Ballroom Dancesport programs and he continues to compose in a variety of styles for the international Dancesport competitions.

There will be a wine & cheese reception for
Michael Baker, Visiting Artist (joint venture between the Departments of Music and New Media) in front of the Art Gallery on

Monday, February 9th from 4:30pm - 6:00pm

Everyone is welcome!

Honours:

1997 Order of British Columbia

Degrees:

* Associate London College of Music (1961)
* B.Mus. University of B.C. (1966)
* B.C. Teaching Certificate (1967)
* M.A. University of Western Wash. (1972)

Awards:

* 1980 GENIE (Film Score) "NAILS"
* 1983 GENIE (Film Score) "THE GREY FOX"
* 1983 PROCAN AWARD "Outstanding Success in Film Music"
* 1986 ACTRA (GEMINI TV Series Score) "A PLANET FOR THE TAKING" by DAVID SUZUKI
* 1986 GOLDEN SHEAF (Short Subject/Video Score) EXPO 86 N.W.T.PAVILION
* 1987 GENIE (Film Score) "JOHN AND THE MISSUS"
* 1990 UBC ALUMNI 75TH ANNIVERSARY AWARD "Outstanding Alumnus who has brought distinction to the University through his
professional dedication and exceptional contribution to the community"
* 1991 JUNO (Recorded Music - Best Classical Composition) CONCERTO FOR PIANO AND ORCHESTRA
* 2000 FANS AWARD HONOREE (Lifetime Body of Work)

Nominations:

* 1997 GEMINI ('BEST TV SERIES SCORE' - THE ROAD TO AVONLEA)
* 1994 GENIE FOR "Far Away" BEST ORIGINAL SONG' FOR THE FEATURE FILM "SAVAGE LAND" (JOINT NOMINATION WITH WIFE /
LYRICIST / MANAGER (PENNY ANNE BAKER)
* 1984 GENIE (Feature Film Score) "DESERTERS"
* 1987 GEMINI (TV MiniSeries Score) "THE LAST SEASON"

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Wednesday, February 04, 2004

FINE ART / NEW MEDIA INFORMATIONAL WORKSHOPS 

The New Media Department is conducting a series of informational workshops to acquaint students with potential opportunities in the creative field once they have graduated. Students should come with questions and be prepared to engage in skill building exercises. Workshops are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:15 - 1:30 pm in room W514. Students are not required to attend both sessions, but it is suggested that they do so.

Workshop Leader: Mathew Kabatoff, Dept. of New Media.

These sessions are FREE and do NOT require pre-registration.


GRAD SCHOOL OVERVIEW
Tuesday February 10, 12:15-1:30 pm rm W514
-Presentation of top graduate schools in Film and New Media in North America and Europe
-Strategies for application: how to prepare and what to expect

Thursday February 12, 12:15-1:30 pm rm W514
-Presentation of top graduate schools in Art, Design, and Art History in North America and Europe
-Strategies for application: how to prepare and what to expect

GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP
Tuesday February 24, 12:15-1:30 pm rm W514
-Presentation of available grants for students and emerging artists in the fields of Film and New Media
-Strategies for grant writing: ie. budget development, concept representation

Thursday February 26, 12:15-1:30 pm rm W514
-Presentation of available grants for students and emerging artists in the fields of Art, Design, and Art History
-Strategies for grant writing: ie. budget development, concept representation

RESIDENCY / ARTS ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW
Tuesday March 9, 12:15-1:30 pm rm W514
-Presentation of arts organizations for internship or post-graduate employment in North America and Europe
-Strategies for application: how to prepare and what to expect

Thursday March 11, 12:15-1:30 pm rm W514
-Presentation of post-graduate artist’s residency programs in Fine Art, Film and New Media in North America and Europe
-Strategies for application: how to prepare and what to expect

FESTIVAL OVERVIEW
Tuesday March 23, 12:15-1:30 pm rm W514
-Presentation of the top festivals in Film and New Media in North America and Europe
-Strategies for application: how to prepare and how adjudication works

Thursday March 25, 12:15-1:30 pm rm W514
-Presentation of the top festivals in Fine Art, Design and Art History in North America and Europe
-Strategies for application: how to prepare and how adjudication works
__________________________
If you have questions please email at: mathew.kabatoff@uleth.ca

Information, resources and links on these sessions can be found at:

http://people.uleth.ca/
~mathew.kabatoff/workshop/ws.html

_________________________

Mathew Kabatoff is a term faculty in the U of L Department of New Media. In December 2003 he earned a MFA from the University of California San Diego where he specialized in new media, video/film production, and criticism. At UCSD he produced several video installations that utilized custom built software to arrange and display video narrative or related image elements over multiple video channels, dealing with topics such as airport security. Kabatoff has been consistently involved with the Banff New Media Institute organizing conferences and writing reports and reviews for in and out of house publication. He has also spent a one year term, 1999-2000 as an Assistant Editor at Rhizome.org.



Tuesday, February 03, 2004

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