2/4/18: Class 47: Mark Mitton, Professional Magician

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2/4/18: Class 47: Mark Mitton, Professional Magician

Hi Projects Class,

We'll be meeting again at 2pm  today in 414 Fdn.

Since we'll be joined by a guest we'll share weekly bulletin updates towards the end of class, please still come prepared for the go around:

  • Progress: fill us in on where you or your group are at with a project
  • Ask : something specific you need help with & how others can follow up
  • Share: something external you read or saw that feels relevant to the class (reading, media, show, piece)
  • Update: an observation or development internal to the school you think everyone would benefit knowing about

This week

We'll be visited by Mark Mitton, a professional magician whose practice focuses on 'misdirection' and 'perception'.

Last week

We began to review the Free Education Committee Report (“Recommended Plan to Return to Full-Tuition Scholarships, January 15, 2018”).

Laura and the FEC hosted the three out of five 'Community Sessions' (for alumni, students, and faculty. A live stream of the alumni presentation is online for reference. There are 2 upcoming 'Full Community' sessions Wednesday, February 7 from 6-8 p.m. and Tuesday, February 13 from 3-5 p.m.

In response to the feedback events Barry Drogin has summarized some of the points which require additional community feedback and discussion. They echo nicely what we began to discuss last week.

Class 46

FEC Community Feedback Session in The Great Hall with Laura Sparks and John Ruth

Unofficial poster advertising FEC community feedback sessions.jpg

Bulletin Roundup & MIsc.

- Kiersten, Jake, Evan and the other ad chairs met with new trustees Lynn Landers, Anne Chao, and Wanda Felton. More board updates can be found in Board Chair Rachel Warren's Dec. 2017 Letter to the Community.

-Claire reminded us that Julian Mayfield is continuing his research in the archives pertaining to Cooper before/during/after times of war (enrollment #s, curriculum, language).

-Yonatan and Eva are planning a design club that will hopefully form next Fall to help facilitate student workshops, so far they're in touch with Sasha @ the Lubalin Center and Mike Essl.

-Casey shared a passage from Buckmister Fuller's 'Utopia or Oblivion' about the "seeing" or the "sun setting"

-Eva is enrolled in Sam Keene's 'Data Science Projects for Social Good'  which is co-taught by Will Shapiro. It is one of two new interdisciplinary electives Sam is offering this year, the other is a 'Machine Learning and Art' course co-taught by Ingrid Burrington.

-Taesha commented on the Architecture Curriculum Committee possibly seeking engagement from other members of the community.

-Walid is the current chair of the Art Curriculum Committee, he updated on some of the more recent committee discussions around senior and end of year show as well as invited the class to visit Situ Studio along with Freshmen Projects.

-Diego, a freshmen in the School of Art joined us for the FEC discussion, he along with other freshmen postered the school with reminders about the ongoing "Community Sessions".

-Dan is still pulling together confirmation on the 41 CS gallery for the EYOS, he is interested in how the class might actively fill the space and looking for others that might want to help coordinate this effort.

-Kiersten reminded the class that Art Student Council meets bi-weekly in room 215 from 5-6pm with special sessions featuring current trustees Julian Mayfield & Mary Dwyer preceding the upcoming student trustee elections.

-Kunning invited the class to the first Student Run Lecture Series featuring Manuel Arturo Abreu, info on these events is postered around the school.

-Anton is working on club funding for the Archive and Exhibition Club and is still hoping to model the closed Archive as a community tool.

-Jonathan and Dempzil are collaborating on re-issuing the 'Mammeries of Time', an unpublished yearbook.

-Victoria shared Chapter 17 from George Lakoff's 'Metaphors We Live By',  in response to some of the language from the FEC report (ie. steep hills, deep holes) the chapter entitled 'Complex Coherence Across Metaphors'.

-Faye and Kiersten distributed more of Faye's hand printed revised vs previous Mission Statements.

-Harry brought up Barry's editorials: "Master Plan Cover-Up" & "The AG's "four assumptions".