From List to London, alums mix it up

Mixtape Club, a successful animating and directing trio consisting of alums, Jesse Casey '04, Michelle Higa '04 and Chris Smith '05. Higa and Smith knew each other from their years working as Multimedia Laba consultants. The three had taken several classes together, but the grand culmination of their collaborative efforts at Brown wasn't until Chaise, a DVD magazine they released in 2005 with several other students. "I think its the technical and artistic nerdery that binds us together," Casey said.

Student Openings This Week

VISA0100 LOTTERY

The lottery will be available during pre-registration so from 8 a.m.,
Tuesday, November 4 through 5 p.m., Tuesday, November 11. Students will
access the course description for VISA 0100 and in that description is a
link for the lottery. Winners and those not placed through the lottery
will be notified by my office and will be required to come in to the
Registrar's Office to add the course.

VA Visiting Artist Lecture Series

Charles Simonds, Sculptor
Monday, October 20
4:00 PM
List 120

Charles Simonds majored in art at the University of California at Berkeley and after graduation, taught college art in New Jersey. There he discovered an area of clay pits that had once provided the raw material for some of Manhattan's older buildings. He literally immersed himself in the subject, burying himself in a pool of wet clay to get a feel for the material. Back in New York, where he still lives, he experimented with clay and sand, learning to capture the look of the American Southwest or an African savanna. His sculptures are enchanting miniature architecture and landscapes. Most are landforms with small chambers and towers; some are abstract organic shapes, bulbous or phallic in form. For all their fragility and playfulness, Simonds's sculptures are as serious and eloquent as any work in metal or stone. The law of Charles Simonds's realm is elegant and simple. Earth gives rise to living beings who in turn build towns and temples, disturbing and hallowing the mud that gave them life. Individuals die and the artifacts of their culture decay and return to the earth.

VISA0100 Studio Foundation Lottery!

The VISA0100 Studio Foundation Lottery for Semester II will be available
during pre-registration from:

8 a.m. Tuesday, November 4
through
5 p.m., Tuesday, November 11.

Students will access the course description for VISA 0100 and in that description is a
link for the lottery. Winners and those not placed through the lottery
will be notified by the Registrar's Office and will be required to come in to the
Registrar's Office to add the course.

VA Lecture Series: Eric Holzman, Painter

4PM
Wednesday, September 24th
Room 225 List Art

2008 Visual Art Commencement