You are invited to:
Continuing Education Certificate Student Lecture + Discussion

The Humanitarian Photography of Tracy Clark
Thursday, October 25, 6:30 – 8 pm

The University of the Arts | Terra Hall
Connelly Auditorium | 8th Floor | 211 S. Broad Street

6:30 lecture, followed by brief reception to view her work in our Continuing Studies gallery space

2012 Digital Photography Certificate recipient and professional photographer Tracy Clark will present her work as a humanitarian photographer in Nepal, Honduras and Haiti.

The students in Rosi Dispensa‘s spring 2012 Photo I course have agreed to share the websites they built as part of the requirements of a documentary photography final course assignment.

The process involved the creation of Photoshop mock-ups to be used as guides. The students understand the importance of having a solid idea of what the design “should” look like before starting on the coding and how it can be a great help. It is important to remember that a website is not an image. A finished website is a flexible, moving thing, built with HTML or CSS. Photoshop gives us (and the client) an “expectation” of how a website will look – but not how it will behave. The students were also challenged to thinking about how their design would translate into code all the way through the design process - never forgetting- for a good designer, content drives design!

Students in Rosi Dispensa‘s CE 2708 02, Digital Photography I course, submitted their end-of-semester projects last week, and I thought I would share the results. I think you will agree, the hard work really shows!

Dan: Reading Terminal Market at Christmas time.

Sati: Steve Power’s love letter murals

Jenna: The making of Rudy the reindeer

Martina:  New York City subways

Donna: Philadelphia fashion

Mel: Portraits lit by cellphones

Patty: Italian Market, Posted in the class Flickr page

Many University of the Arts Continuing Education students and alums have won prestigious awards or have had their work exhibited in galleries. Other UArts CE students are building careers or have received professional recognition for their work. Whatever CE students accomplish, we love to hear about how they applied what they learned in the classroom to the real world.

In this, our second “Success Stories” posting, we look to congratulate Chris Boetticher, Web Design Dual Certificate student, who recently completed designs for the King Taco Photography website and Penn Jersey Roller Derby website, while a student in Continuing Education, Web I, Summer 2011.

Many UArts Continuing Education students and alums have won prestigious awards or have had their work exhibited in galleries. Other UArts CE students are building careers, or have received professional recognition for their work.

We thought we would begin formally chronicling and rewarding these achievements.

Our exciting and ambitious student success stories project is moving from development to production. Whether you are a current student, or an alumnus, you can get involved in the process of creating a video documenting your success story. We’re asking any of our students (current and former) and certificate grads who are interested in participating, to create a short (30-second to 2- minute) video of themselves talking about and/or demonstrating how they use their skills and talents, and how Continuing Education at UArts has helped them.

Many University of the Arts Continuing Education students and alums have won prestigious awards or have had their work exhibited in galleries. Other UArts CE students are building careers or have received professional recognition for their work. Whatever CE students accomplish, we love to hear about how they applied what they learned in the classroom to the real world.

In this inaugural Success Stories posting, we look to congratulate Kaytee Riek, Communications + Web Design Dual Certificate student, who recently completed a redesign of the Act Up Philadelphia website while a student in Web I.

King Taco Photography_Christopher Boetticher designer

The students in Mia Rosenthal’s summer Web I course have agreed to share the websites they built using HTML + CSS. The process involved the creation of Photoshop mock-ups to be used as guides. The students understand the importance of having a solid idea of what the design ‘should’ look like before starting on the coding and how it can be a great help. It is important to remember that a website is not an image. A finished website is a flexible, moving thing, built with HTML or CSS. Photoshop gives us (and the client) an ‘expectation’ of how a website will look- but not how it will behave. The students were also challenged to thinking about how their design would translate into code all the way through the design process- never forgetting- for a good designer, content drives design!

1. What were your expectations of the certificate program and how did you first hear about it?

When I arrived to Philadelphia two years ago, I wanted to study graphic design. I researched all the art schools in the area and decided to continue my education at UArts because the certificate program would be the most useful for my goal of starting my own design agency.

2. What was your education in design before enrolling in the certificate program?

Carlos Nunez, a CE student enrolled this spring in the Adobe Illustrator course, will be having a show in conjunction with the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts, PIFA. In class, Carlos used his hand drawings and translated them into vector paintings. He created the piece above using a function in illustrator called live trace + live paint. His vector drawing relates to many of the paintings he will be exhibiting.

Additionally, Carlos recently completed an interview in his studio with Glenn Holsten. Once editing is complete, the interview will be on http://pifa.org/journey.