Monday, August 04, 2008
recent work from Computers and Art Camp
Dana Plasterer
Kira Bacsi
Ann-Chi Shyur
The Summer Camps at the NEW Media Department at CSMA were filled with lots of dynamic students who produced an exciting body of creative work. Each week long camp focused on Digital Photography and students were presented with various projects and assignments. The first goal was to build a portfolio of images, some of which would be later edited in Adobe Photoshop. We are very excited to present some of the results here. We wish we had more space to post as much of this incredible output as possible but we also have some editing to do.
Above, a set of various compositions on natural subjects. Below you will find another set of images that were edited using some of the various filters available in Adobe Photoshop.
Dana Plasterer
Michael McDonald
Andrew Chan
Our final set of images was created using a mirroring technique in Adobe Photoshop. Enjoy, and stay tuned for upcoming images, movies, and music!
Sonya Beroza
Andrew Chan
Kira Bacsi
One of the assignments had the students creating a set of images to match the mood, atmosphere or rhythm of a song, selected from a group of 20 random musical selections provided by the instructor.
Dana Plasterer
Kira Bacsi
Ann-Chi ShyurThe Summer Camps at the NEW Media Department at CSMA were filled with lots of dynamic students who produced an exciting body of creative work. Each week long camp focused on Digital Photography and students were presented with various projects and assignments. The first goal was to build a portfolio of images, some of which would be later edited in Adobe Photoshop. We are very excited to present some of the results here. We wish we had more space to post as much of this incredible output as possible but we also have some editing to do.
Above, a set of various compositions on natural subjects. Below you will find another set of images that were edited using some of the various filters available in Adobe Photoshop.
Dana Plasterer
Michael McDonald
Andrew ChanOur final set of images was created using a mirroring technique in Adobe Photoshop. Enjoy, and stay tuned for upcoming images, movies, and music!
Sonya Beroza
Andrew Chan
Kira BacsiOne of the assignments had the students creating a set of images to match the mood, atmosphere or rhythm of a song, selected from a group of 20 random musical selections provided by the instructor.
Labels: CSMA, digital photography, jano cortijo, summer camp
Friday, June 13, 2008
a scary story!
Laptop Orchestra #2, a group of nine high school students from Summit Charter School in Redwood City, were studying with me this month as part of their arts education.
We made a live performance using laptops and guitars in the style of mid 20th century radio plays, inspired by Orson Welle's War of the Worlds.
This recording is a live performance, no editing done at all, of their scary story told in clipped guitars, an off-balance pilot, and strange sounds. They had a great performance yesterday in Tateuchi Hall!
Click below to listen, if you dare:
A Strange Flight (live)
We made a live performance using laptops and guitars in the style of mid 20th century radio plays, inspired by Orson Welle's War of the Worlds.
This recording is a live performance, no editing done at all, of their scary story told in clipped guitars, an off-balance pilot, and strange sounds. They had a great performance yesterday in Tateuchi Hall!
Click below to listen, if you dare:
A Strange Flight (live)
Labels: ableton live, guitar performance, scary flight, summit charter school, war of the worlds
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
GATE program for gifted students: recordings by CSMA
Hi everyone in blogger land. Daniel Wood here. I teach some classes in digital arts at CSMA. Below is a group of recordings done when I was teaching at Crittenden Middle School last week (June 3) as part of the district wide GATE program for gifted and talented students in the local middle schools. We had two classes that day and each class formed smaller groups that composed the following pieces using drums from around the world.
John Neves (faculty member at CSMA) and I had a lot of fun providing the students with an outlet for their creativity. We look forward to doing it again some time.
Recording 1
Recording 2
Recording 3
Recording 4
Recording 5
Recording 6
Recording 7
Recording 8
Recording 9
John Neves (faculty member at CSMA) and I had a lot of fun providing the students with an outlet for their creativity. We look forward to doing it again some time.
Recording 1
Recording 2
Recording 3
Recording 4
Recording 5
Recording 6
Recording 7
Recording 8
Recording 9
Labels: Crittenden Middle School, digital arts, GATE
Thursday, April 24, 2008
an audio tour around CSMA
This is a piece of sound-based music, music that is built on sounds from the world around us rather than instruments. It was made by members of our Cello Camp last year, and is an audio exploration of the sounds of CSMA. As a short excerpt, it gives listeners a chance to experience a casual walk around the campus, remixed to be a kind of music. CSMA AUDIO WALK
Labels: cello camp, musique concrete
new imagery!
Here are some of the wonderful images that came out of our first Computers and Arts Camp of the year, taught by Jano Cortijo and Rebecca Miller.
Labels: computers and art camp, jano cortijo, rebecca miller
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Friday, January 25, 2008
classes offered
The best way to get the full list of classes offered in our Digital New Media program is to download this catalog.
Labels: digital arts catalog classes
getting ready for the spring
Here in Digital Arts, we're gearing up for the Spring Semester! We've got a lot of exciting plans for the upcoming season. Starting next month, we'll offer our first ever Vacation Camp during February, from the 18th to 22nd. The class will be taught by Marcos Saenz, a professional performer, digital musician, and guitar instructor. The camp will look at ways to use Propellerhead's Reason software to make your own songs, recorded onto a CD.
Marcos is also going to be teaching a six-week afternoon class in Reason software, starting Monday, February 4th. If you've ever been curious about this software, here's a chance to learn the basics plus lots of fun tips and techniques!
If you're over 21, you can check out Marcos's band at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco on January 30th.
-Roddy
Marcos is also going to be teaching a six-week afternoon class in Reason software, starting Monday, February 4th. If you've ever been curious about this software, here's a chance to learn the basics plus lots of fun tips and techniques!
If you're over 21, you can check out Marcos's band at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco on January 30th.
-Roddy
Labels: digital music, marcos saenz, reason software, spring semester
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
new classes starting October 29th
We have some exciting intermediate and advanced classes coming up in a few weeks! Check it out:
MONDAYS: INTERMEDIATE (4 o'clock) AND ADVANCED (6 o'clock) DIGITAL AUDIO PRODUCTION
Join performing musician Marcos Saenz in exploring digital composition and recording techniques. These exciting classes will move from Reason software into ProTools, allowing you access to world-class tools and hardware to realize your own projects, whether it be recording your practice sessions or a live concert.
TUESDAYS: INTERMEDIATE (4 o'clock) AND ADVANCED (6 o'clock) FLASH ANIMATION CLASSES
Learn to take your work to the next level with Rebecca Miller's Flash Animation Classes. She will help you build upon your previous knowledge, and teach new ways to develop your ideas into fun moving visuals ready to be posted on the web, used in your portfolio, or for your next art project.
FRIDAYS: INTERMEDIATE GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION (4 o'clock) AND DIGITAL IMAGERY (6 o'clock) CLASSES
Internationally recognized professional artist Rebecca Miller takes students on a creative journey through visual design, focusing on usage of Adobe Illustrator in the Graphic Illustration class or Adobe Photoshop in the Digital Imagery Class. Both classes are perfect for students who have previously taken a Digital class and wish to learn intermediate techniques and explore new areas.
MONDAYS: INTERMEDIATE (4 o'clock) AND ADVANCED (6 o'clock) DIGITAL AUDIO PRODUCTION
Join performing musician Marcos Saenz in exploring digital composition and recording techniques. These exciting classes will move from Reason software into ProTools, allowing you access to world-class tools and hardware to realize your own projects, whether it be recording your practice sessions or a live concert.
TUESDAYS: INTERMEDIATE (4 o'clock) AND ADVANCED (6 o'clock) FLASH ANIMATION CLASSES
Learn to take your work to the next level with Rebecca Miller's Flash Animation Classes. She will help you build upon your previous knowledge, and teach new ways to develop your ideas into fun moving visuals ready to be posted on the web, used in your portfolio, or for your next art project.
FRIDAYS: INTERMEDIATE GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION (4 o'clock) AND DIGITAL IMAGERY (6 o'clock) CLASSES
Internationally recognized professional artist Rebecca Miller takes students on a creative journey through visual design, focusing on usage of Adobe Illustrator in the Graphic Illustration class or Adobe Photoshop in the Digital Imagery Class. Both classes are perfect for students who have previously taken a Digital class and wish to learn intermediate techniques and explore new areas.
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
the summer flies by
It's been a hectic summer here at CSMA. So hectic, in fact, we haven't had time to update the blog in quite some time! There have been summer camps, field trips, hopeful American Idols training, and lots more. Our fall-semester resolution is to keep this blog updated more thoroughly with lots of new content, and a new design as well. Stay tuned, there are exciting things on the horizon!
Labels: ableton live, american idol, blog updates, digital arts, summer camp
Thursday, June 28, 2007
no, they're not interviewing the trees
A few of our Digital Music students are making field recordings for their group composition project.
