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Lecture (02) Tuesday, Thursday 01:00PM - 01:30PM, Building 1, Room 1407
0Laboratory (04) Tuesday, Thursday 01:30PM - 02:00PM, Building 1, Room 1407
Lab Hours by Arrangement Days TBA, Times TBASmith Center, Room SC-136

Syllabus

Calendar below
This schedule is subject to change.

August 2012


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Semester Begins

 

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ROOM 1407

 
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ROOM 1407

Finding the right gallery.

What do museums and galleries do?

Internet Visit of Galleries and levels of galleries.

HOMEWORK!

Visit a gallery this weekend and present it to the class next week.
 

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Smith Center Amphitheatre
Friday, August 31, at 8:30pm

September 2012


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Labor Day

 

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Student's talk about the galleries they visited.
 

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Blogging 
and 
Daily Paintworks

Tonight you will be starting a blog.

Claire does presentation on art murmer.  You guys will be expected to go Friday and to blog about it.  (Homework)
 

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FIRST FRIDAY
http://oaklandartmurmur.org/

You are REQUIRED TO GO 
 

 

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Smith Center
All The Way Live 
3:00 pm- Head to Head Competition
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 Room 1407

Present your blogs to class.

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In Gallery Workshop
How to photograph work.
Bring your digital cameras
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Editing Photos
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Meet in Art Gallery
Cathy Liu meets with us to discuss the show.
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Using Microsoft Word to make a catalog

HOMEWORK
Design a two page pitch that incorporates what you've learned so far.  You will also post this to your blog.

Room 1407
Using inDesign

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Blog Posts about Renee Billingslea show.  We will be looking at each others blogs.

 

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October 2012


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Production Meeting about Renee's catalog produced with Indesign
 

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NO CLASS
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Renee drops off her work 1PM
If you can show show up to help Oscar

 

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Art Gallery

Hang Renee's show
 

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Room 1407
 

  • Writing a business letter.
  • Developing contact and mailing lists.  Who to contact.
  • Using word processors to store and retrieve info
  • E-mail (The important of txt)
  • Labels
  • Gallery Labels


Explanation of the 30 second pitch 

Writing Press releases and artists' statements

Some ideas for artists on the business of art

Staffing for reception
 

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Required

Renee Billingslea
Kids in Costumes
Photographs of children in costumes and special clothes.

Smith Center Art Gallery
Reception from 7-8

Please come in costume! Bring a friend!

You may attend this after words if you like:

SMITH CENTER PRESENTS!
JAZZ GUITARIST Grant Gei)sman and GEISSMAN QUINTET
OCTOBER 20 Sat at 8pm
Geissman, a top caliber guitarist,
played with the all-time
greats such as Chick Corea, Chuck
Mangione, and Tom Scott, before
breaking out as a jazz great in his
own right. Geissman has continued
to innovate and develop new
sounds touring around the US,
and has played locally at Yoshi’s.
Five of Geissman’s 14 solo releases
reached top 10 and two of them,
Flying Colors and Time

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Renee's Show comes down.

BLOG POST ABOUT CATHY LIU DUE TODAY
 

 

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Install new show.
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ART GALLERY

Media: Magazines and publications.
Features vs reviews

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November 2012


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ART GALLERY

HOMEWORK DUE:

Find a magazine you respond to and bring it to next class.  Specifically discuss one feature and one art review.
 

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Dog Sees God
8 PM NUMMI

Loosely based on the "Peanuts" characters grown to high school age, Dog Sees God takes an edgy, honest, and scathingly funny look at the issues that teens deal with today.
 
 

 

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Reception for Cathy Liu in Smith Center Art Gallery
7-8:30

Optional:

Dog Sees God
8 PM NUMMI
 

SMITH CENTER PRESENTS!
MASTER MUSICIANS
FROM INDIA AND CHINA Aditya Ve#ma and
Yihan Chen ADITYA VERMA, sarod
and VISHAL NAGAR, tabla
YIHAN CHEN, pipa
and ANN YOA, zheng
NOVEMBER 3 Sat at 8:30pm
Demonstrating expert skill and
virtuosity at their instruments
and electrifying yet emotionally
revealing performance, Verma
and Chen each offer audiences a
thrilling exposure to new and
exciting cultural experiences and
sounds that bring a sense of shared
understanding. Brought
to Fremont by a grant from
the National Endowment
for the Arts, this concert
will be unforgettable.
 

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Room 1407

Synergy:

  • Etsy
  • Facebook
  • Blog
  • Website 
  • Youtube


(You will do this for homework due on Tuesday November 13th)
 

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Ohlone Community Band
NOVEMBER 7 Wed at 7:30pm
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Synergy:

  • Etsy
  • Facebook
  • Blog
  • Website 
  • Youtube
Dog Sees God
8 PM NUMMI
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Dog Sees God
8 PM NUMMI
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Dog Sees God
8 PM NUMMI
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Veteran's Day

 

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Room 1407

Presentations of 

Synergy:
Etsy
Facebook
Blog
Website 
Youtube
 

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Room 1407

Synergy:
Etsy
Facebook
Blog
Website 

Dog Sees God
8 PM NUMMI

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Dog Sees God
8 PM NUMMI
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Dog Sees God
8 PM NUMMI
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ART GALLERY
Present pitch 
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Thanksgiving

 

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ART GALLERY
Present pitch 
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NO CLASS
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Winter Dance Showcase
NOV 29–DEC 1 Thur-Sat at 8pm
NUMMI STUDIO THEATRE

Ohlone Chops Band
NOVEMBER 30 Fri at 8pm
 

December 2012


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Winter Dance Showcase
NOV 29–DEC 1 Thur-Sat at 8pm
NUMMI STUDIO THEATRE

 

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Winter Dance Showcase
NOV 29–DEC 1 Thur-Sat at 8pm
NUMMI STUDIO THEATRE
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ART GALLERY
Present pitch 
 
 

Bliss
DECEMBER 6–8 Thur-Sat at 8pm
NUMMI STUDIO THEATRE

Ohlone Jazz/Rock Combos
DECEMBER 6–7 Fri-Sat at 7pm
 

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Bliss
DECEMBER 6–8 Thur-Sat at 8pm
NUMMI STUDIO THEATRE

Ohlone Jazz/Rock Combos
DECEMBER 6–7 Fri-Sat at 7pm
 

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Finals

Bliss
DECEMBER 6–8 Thur-Sat at 8pm
NUMMI STUDIO THEATRE

Ohlone Jazz/Rock Combos
DECEMBER 6–7 Fri-Sat at 7pm

Christmas Extravaganza
DECEMBER 8 Sat at 2pm
Ohlone Community Chorale,
Ohlone Wind Orchestra, and
Mission Peak Brass Band

 

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Berkeley City Ballet:
The Nutcracker
DECEMBER 14–16
Fri-Sun at 7:30pm
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Berkeley City Ballet:
The Nutcracker
DECEMBER 14–16
Fri-Sun at 7:30pm
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Berkeley City Ballet:
The Nutcracker
DECEMBER 14–16
Fri-Sun at 7:30pm
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SMITH CENTER PRESENTS!
YOKO'S DANCE ACADEMY Th% Nutc#acke# DECEMBER 21 Fri at 8pm
DECEMBER 22 Sat at 2pm & 8pm
A family tradition, with choreography
by Yoko Young and dancers from
Yoko’s Dance & Performing Arts
Academy, the perfect way to
celebrate the holiday season!
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SMITH CENTER PRESENTS!
YOKO'S DANCE ACADEMY Th% Nutc#acke# DECEMBER 21 Fri at 8pm
DECEMBER 22 Sat at 2pm & 8pm
A family tradition, with choreography
by Yoko Young and dancers from
Yoko’s Dance & Performing Arts
Academy, the perfect way to
celebrate the holiday season!
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STARSTRUCK THEATRE’S
A Little Princess
JANUARY 11-27
Inspired by Francis Hodgson Burnett’s
beloved story. Sara Crewe, a wealthy young student in a London boarding school, is told her father was killed while on a secret mission for the Queen. The headmistress makes the now penniless girl a servant. Sara
proves that being a real princess
takes heart, hope, and a little magic.

With an updated script and a soaring score by Andrew Lippa.
 

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February 2013


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Bring Resume to class .

Make 11 copies to hand out!!!!!

 

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SMITH CENTER PRESENTS!
PIANIST Gwendolyn Mok RAVEL AND FRIENDS
FEBRUARY 9 Sat at 8pm
Pianist Gwendolyn Mok has traveled
the world, performing at the Kennedy
Center and Avery Fisher Hall and
recorded with such major orchestras
as the London Symphony and the
Beijing Philharmonic. A specialist in
the music of Ravel, Mok will perform
on a restored Erard concert grand
dating from 1875, the instrument
maker preferred by Ravel.

 

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SPONSORED BY FREMONT SYMPHONY:
Anderson & Roe, Piano Duo
FEBRUARY 24 Sun at 7pm

With a daring four-hand piano technique, Greg Anderson and Elizabeth Joy Roe perform to sold-out audiences
with new arrangements of old
works re-imagined as n-the-moment creative collaborations between
composer and musician.
"Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
transported … to the keyboard."
Southampton Press, NY
 

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Mission Peak Brass Band  Friday, March 8  8:00pm  $10-$12
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Reception Dina Rubiola
7-8 pm

6:30 

SMITH CENTER PRESENTS!
VOCALIST Lauri% Rubin MARCH 9 Sat at 8pm

 

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Oscar- Sandy Chen, KG

Claire- Denise Owen, Carol Lawton, Rahman, Ausaf, Paul Mueller

Kaezel- Gessica Johnston, Maru Grant

Amber- Katie Frank

Tori- Bill Parks, Ha-Helen, Wakeland, Jeanie

Wei- Tim Roberts

Sahar-  Mooney, Gerry

Emilie-  Patki, Shamal

 

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Dina takes show down.

Claire set up the time.

Sahar
Kaezel
Emily
Oscar

 

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Hung Lieu Show 1PM at Bart

Oakland Museum of Art
 
 
 

Student Repertory Theatre - One Act Plays, Bill 1 (NUMMI Studio Theatre)  Wednesday - Friday, March 13-15  8:00pm  $12
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13th Annual Masterworks Concert, Ohlone Chamber Singers  Saturday, March 16  8:00pm  $15-$20

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Ohlone Wind Orchestra  Sunday, March 17  2:00pm  $10-$12

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11 Christian 
1-2 Vict, Kol,

Drop off for faculty and staff show
11-2 at Art Gallery
Faculty please send me an e-mail with the a description of the piece or pieces, size, medium, title, date etc.

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Hang Show meet in art gallery.

Deadline for catalog text and image editing
 
 

 

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19th Annual High School Theatre Festival  Friday - Saturday, March 22-23
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19th Annual High School Theatre Festival  Friday - Saturday, March 22-23
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Catalog Goes to Printer

Class in 4311
 

 

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April 2013


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12-2
Reception for Faculty and Staff Show?

lunchtime?
evening?
 

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Pick up
for faculty and staff show
11-2 at Art Gallery
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Field Trip to Legion of Honor Time TBA
 
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DROP OFF 
1-2PM 
  • Painting 
  • Drawing 
  • Glass 


Show dates: April 17th to April 29th
April 24 Reception Drawing and painting show 1-2PM

James, Denise, and Christian and Carol Lawton
will select work from students.

Christian and Carol will collect the work and bring it to the gallery April 15 (work to gallery)
 

Installation Wednesday April 17th 12-2PM
Deinstallation and Pickup Monday April 19th 1-2
 

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1-2PM
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Reception Drawing and painting show
1-2PM
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Spring Dance Recital  Thursday - Saturday, April 25-27

 

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Spring Dance Recital  Thursday - Saturday, April 25-27
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Spring Dance Recital  Thursday - Saturday, April 25-27
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PICKUP 1-2PM
Painting Drawing Glass
 
 

DROP OFF 1-2 PM 

  • Photo
  • Digital Photo, 
  • 3D 
  • Sculpture


Katie, Paul, curate and collect work please?

Drop off is most convenient 1-2 in the Art Gallery.  If you would like a different drop off time please contact Oscar to make an appointment.

Oscar's cell 510-396-2232
Oscar's email:   ogscorpion81@yahoo.com

Paul will you collect photo and digital and drop off?

Katie will you please collect 3D, Sculpture and Ceramics and sculpture and arrange with Oscar about how to get them to the gallery?

Oscar's cell 510-396-2232
Oscar's email:   ogscorpion81@yahoo.com
 
 

 

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May 2013


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Sculpture and Ceramics 1-2PM
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ORGANIST Je##y Nagano Accompanies BUSTER KEATON’s
Silent Film “College” (1927)
MAY 3 Fri at 8:30pm
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Ohlone Wind Orchestra
MAY 5 Sun at 2pm
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Ohlone Community Band
MAY 8 Wed at 7:30pm
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Student Repertory Theatre
One Act Plays, Bill 2
MAY 9–11 Thur-Sat at 8pm
NUMMI STUDIO THEATRE

 

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Mission Peak Brass Band
MAY 10 Fri at 8pm
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Ohlone Chamber Singers
MAY 11 Sat at 8pm
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PICKUP 1-2PM
Photo, Digital Photo, 3D, Sculpture

DROP OFF 1-2 PM 

  • Interior Design 
  • 2D Design, 
  • Textiles 
  • Graphic Design


Denise and Katie curate and collect work please?
Barbara Rogers curate?

Drop off is most convenient 1-2 in the Art Gallery.  If you would like a different drop off time please contact Oscar to make an appointment.

Oscar's cell 510-396-2232
Oscar's email:   ogscorpion81@yahoo.com
 

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Ohlone Jazz/Rock Combos
MAY 16–17 at 7pm
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Ohlone Chops Band
MAY 17 Fri at 8pm
NUMMI STUDIO THEATRE
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PICKUP 1-2 PM 
Interior Design, 2D Design, Textiles 

Pickup is most convenient 1-2 in the Art Gallery.  If you would like a different time please contact Oscar to make an appointment.

Oscar's cell 510-396-2232
Oscar's email:   ogscorpion81@yahoo.com
 

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