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RMCAD Launches Graduate Certificate Programs

Posted May 21st, 2013 at 6:51PM

RMCAD is pleased to offer Graduate Certificates in Education, Leadership + Emerging Technologies (ELET); Design Strategy + Innovation (DSI); and 3D Animation. These 18-credit programs are offered entirely online through RMCAD’s Learning Management System (LMS).

The Education, Leadership + Emerging Technologies Certificate program is designed for professionals at all levels who wish to improve their ability to integrate technology into the professional environment, study educational theories and develop motivational leadership strategies. Students with an interest in K-12 education, higher education and corporate training will benefit from the outcomes of this program.

ELET courses include:
Visual literacy through digital investigations
Investigating learning environments
Understanding learning theories for education
Leadership and motivation

The Design Strategy + Innovation Certificate is suitable for business, creative and educational professionals at all levels. Students in the DSI program develop a foundation of knowledge that encompasses user-centered problem solving methods, professional leadership styles, motivational strategies and innovative ideation skills. Courses help students examine the relationship between business and design. Program features include online discussions, readings, visualization, writing and presentation.

DSI course topics include:
Leadership for innovation
Business foundations
Design thinking
Ideation

The 3D Animation program allows students to focus their studies in character development or pre-production.

Students wishing to further their careers by developing animation and visual effects experience can build both technical and artistic skills by earning a 3D Animation - Character Development Certificate. This program utilizes industry standard methods, tools and software, including Maya 3D. Instructors aid students in effectively developing stories and utilizing design concepts to communicate.

3D Animation - Character Development Courses include:
Fundamentals of animation
3D computer animation
Motion studies
3D character and production design
Advanced character creation methods

The 3D Animation – Pre-production Certificate program provides instruction in the fundamentals of story telling for filmmaking and animation. Students learn cinematic structure, story boarding, character development and scriptwriting. Participants combine their storytelling skills with industry-standard technology that includes Adobe Creative Suite, Toon Boom Storyboard Pro and Maya 3D, to hone pre-visualization capabilities for animated films. This program is designed for students interested in concept development as it applies to 3D animation, and suits professionals working in the creative, design and business aspects of animation and filmmaking.

3D Animation Pre - production Courses include:
Introduction to animated storytelling
Fundamentals of animation
Creative visualization
Scriptwriting for animation
Computer animation
Character + production design

Ania Gola-Kumor: Moving Paint Exhibition Receives Rave Review

Posted May 16th, 2013 at 6:13PM

RMCAD faculty member Ania Gola-Kumor’s exhibition Moving Paint has received praise from the Denver Westward. The exhibition is on display at the Sandra Phillips Gallery and will be showing through June 1, 2013.

The show features 20 pieces that were created during a genesis of works by the artist. In 2011, Gola-Kumor fell from a ladder while painting her kitchen, injuring her knee and foot and leaving her unable to paint. In December 2011, the artist was fed up and decided that she must return to her work. She worked fervently and produced 60 pieces using oil stick, oil bar and watercolor. The works presented in Moving Paints come from this period.

Ania Gola-Kumor earned an MFA with a specialization in Painting and Exhibition Design from the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw Poland. She is published in 100 Creative Drawing Ideas and in Mixed Media Big and Small. Her art has appeared in numerous publications including Art Space and ART News. Gola-Kumor has exhibited in New York, London, New Mexico and Colorado. She has shown work at the Inkfish Gallery in Denver, Urfman Gallery at Colorado State University, Sena Galleries East in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The Sandra Phillips Gallery a Contemporary gallery located at:
420 W 12th Ave.
Denver, CO 80204
Hours:
Tuesday – Friday 12 – 5 p.m., Saturday 12 – 4 p.m.
thesandraphillipsgallery.com

Read the Westward article and view photos of the works.

Art Meets Technology Essay Contest Winner

Posted May 16th, 2013 at 6:10PM

Art and technology have long shared a connection, but now more than ever, technology is shaping the way artists and designers view and affect the world.

We recently asked our RMCAD social media community to weigh in on the discussion and share how technology has influenced their own art or design work. We received many great responses, and selected Jesse Tarlton as our winner for his submission Yellow Monster. Tarlton will receive an iPad for his submission. Yellow Monster and the other top submissions are included below. We hope these stories spark your own discussions about the way that technology is shaping today’s art.

WINNER:
Yellow Monster
“Fifteen years ago, in a classroom full of other ten-year-olds, I was trying to draw a yellow monster. I wanted it to look like something I'd seen in a cartoon but it looked remarkably like a ten-year-old had drawn it. Disappointing. Now ten-year-old me is finally placated; I can create something digitally and fill it with one solid color. I'm even able to draw a moderately better monster. I'm reluctant to admit it, but I need instant gratification. Technology has provided me with a much more fruitful and satisfying delivery mechanism for a making-something-fix than young me could find. Though I'm satisfied that I've switched to Graphic Design (there weren't any schools with a monster drawing major) my younger self would be depressed to know that I'm no longer "that kid who can draw" but one of millions who have the same competency level with the same tools. Millions whose digital stomping-grounds are increasingly overlapping. For every piece of work I make, there's likely someone someplace who's made something similar but better. Maybe that pushes me to make my work different, but ten-year-old me still just wants to make the best monster in existence, and I can't help but sympathize.”
- J. Tarlton

Technology is Sunshine
“My initial thought was that technology has not affected my art; that my inspirations come from nature and other artists. And although I make some art on my computer, I prefer painting with a real paintbrush. The feeling of the brush gliding along a canvas, the contours of the texture that remains, and the juxtapositions of color mixtures all create a utopian explosion of everything good in life: stars, moonlight and crisp breezes. But after some contemplation, it was revealed that my influences, my experiences, and my techniques, have not solely been learnt by drawing or watching from real life, but they’ve been achieved through the screen of a portable machine that displays images, knowledge and lessons. Technology has made it possible for my pencil and I to explore the jungles of India, snorkel the Great Barrier Reef and experience the despair of hiding in an attic like Harriet Jacobs. Technology allows me to spend my winter indoors, but still appreciating the outdoors. Technology allows sunshine when in reality there is none. Technology is sunshine. And I depend on Sunshine.”
-L. Smith

The Technology of Connection
“As a younger artist, hiding from the influence of other creators, I held a misbegotten belief in the singular importance of my voice. I believed it should grow quietly in the dark, devoid of outside manipulation, a voice of profundity and newness - an island. Insane! Art is the great facilitator, ambassador and translator, opening doors to secret worlds and communities. Art transcends technique and creation, it is a life-process of perception. Elements of my studio practice exist outside-of-the-studio, connected through tertiary lines of understanding. Hosting The Untitled Art Show, I spend hours in conversation with Artists, delving into process, reason, motivation. Our audience, connected through technology, is in 100+ countries. I recently launched OneWall, a program for globally crowd-sourcing Art, which monumentally-exhibits in high-profile-locations, nationally. Changing how we access Public Art, unifying the Creator experience, freeing artists from physical constraints, and manifesting digital into real-world expression, our web-based software platform uses social-media and crowd-source technology inexistent until recently. My practice is not Art alone, but the development of Art-for-all. My process is only possible through technology. My hands are a tool, as are my brushes, but my greatest asset is my community, joined through technology.”
-M. Keen

The Forge of an Illustrator
“As I start to create I fire up the computer bent on walking through the reference files of what I’m trying to emulate and design. I gather them such as precious metals rather raw in their state. I push them into the crucible that is my imagination after tempering them into my rough sketches infused with the Cintiq pen upon the screen. I begin to refine my drawing such as any fine craftsman would do as the pen skirts across the screen as I too see my will come to life. When the painting starts to come out of the broiler that is my mind I begin to polish it such as a fine gem. For me I use the computer everyday from interacting with other artists to forging my pieces. It has become an indispensable tool that is used and infused with my work. Technology from start to finish is one of many talents and one of constant learning and understanding how it works. For me as an illustrator it helps me define and to create and build my worlds with the use of my imagination. I will continue to grow and define myself with the help of technology.”
-C. Shumate

Digital Whirl
“Technology has greatly enhanced my art. I am able to research, communicate and share quality work with the addition of the Internet and social media. Storage applications allow me to save files on virtual drives so I may work on the go without the worry of carrying extra hard drives. As a new art student, my digital camera has become an addition to my sketchbook as I chronicle gigabytes of inspiration and stages of creation. My camera serves as a video camera when utilizing the interval shooting menu settings. I am able to document my creative process from start to finish creating yet another form of art. As I am completely dedicated to my education, I appreciate keeping up with classmates during snowstorms, in between class, or late night studying in real time through Facebook. Social media also keeps me posted on who may need my assistance with photography or inspirational exhibits I should attend. The most useful technology I have used since relocating to Colorado from Maryland is smart phone navigation applications. With them, I can stay connected with the artist community and exhibits by downloading step by step directions to galleries and museums.”
T. Anthony

Thanks to all who submitted an essay, and congratulations to Jesse Tarlton, our contest winner!

2013 Chalk Art Festival

10:00 AM to 7:00 PM
Saturday, Jun 1st to Sunday, Jun 2nd

What: Denver Chalk Art Festival
Where: Larimer Square, downtown Denver
When: June 1, 2013 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. and June 2, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

RMCAD is pleased to return as a sponsor of the Denver Chalk Art Festival in Larimer Square. The school will also send a team of students to participate in the event. The Denver Chalk Art Festival is a free event in which artists fill Larimer Square with chalk paintings. This year’s festival will be held June 1 and 2, and will feature live music, vendors and a kid’s corner.

RMCAD is proud to present the Chalk Art Festival’s Youth Challenge. This component of the event features a dozen talented groups of youth and students from Colorado schools and organizations. All will compete for cash prizes that will go to their respective schools’ visual arts departments.

In previous years, RMCAD’s team of students has taken home the People’s Choice Award for their unique designs. We hope to experience more success this year and look forward to seeing you at the Denver Chalk Art Festival June 1 and 2!

For more information click here.

At heart I am a technical artisit. Put me in front of a problem, and I will solve it. Give me a pencil, put a piece of paper down and I will draw you a picture. I have a lifetime of art and problem solving coursing through my veins and almost two decades of experience in 3D. I love to teach and I love to learn. www.animesean.com

At heart I am a technical artist. Put me in front of a problem, and I will solve it. Give me a pencil, put a piece of paper down and I will draw you a picture. I have a lifetime of art and problem solving coursing through my veins and almost two decades of experience in 3D. I love to teach and I love to learn. www.animesean.com

Gary Emrich has his own successful video production company and has been featured in more than 100 group and solo exhibitions regionally, nationally and internationally. Emrich's work can be found in public and private collections including the Denver Art Museum, the Art Institute of Chicago and public art collections. It has also been shown in film festivals that include the Denver International Film Festival, Atlanta International Film Festival and Dallas International Film Festival. Visit www.garyemrichart.com

Sam Fleming is skilled in 2D and 3D animation, direction and production. His work experience includes professional film, television and commercial credits that span more than 20 years in the animation industry. Feature film project credits include “Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius”, “Anastasia” and “Space Jam”. Fleming also worked as a studio producer/Texas Unit.

Paul Yalowitz, a popular children's book illustrator, has been a freelance illustrator since 1983. Before joining the RMCAD faculty, he was an illustration faculty member at Ringling School of Art and Design. Recent children's books include “The Runaway Latkes”, “South Pole Santa”, “Mary Veronica's Egg”, “Moonstruck”, “Catty Cornered”, “Nell Nugget and the Cow Caper” and “Hurricane Music”. Yalowitz’s clients include Atlantic Monthly Magazine, AT&T, Child Magazine, Hallmark, Life Magazine, Metropolitan Home Magazine, New York Times, Ogilvy and Mather and Sports Illustrated Magazine.

Irene McCray has exhibited in Colorado group exhibitions at the Center for the Visual Arts in Denver, Denver Seminary, Denver Art Museum, Lincoln Center in Fort Collins, Lakewood Cultural Center, Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, Sangra de Cristo Art Center, Canon City Fine Arts, Boulder Center for the Visual Arts, Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art, Canyon Galleries, Philip Steele Gallery at RMCAD, UMC Gallery at University of Colorado and the Dairy Center for the Arts.