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Sunday, October 2, 2016
« 9/29 - 11/2 »	Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin' Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: CVPA Campus Gallery, Sept 29 at 4-6 pm. Artist Talk to follow at Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room: 6-7:30 pm (RSVP required on Eventbrite.com - under "Bill Plympton Talk at UMass Dartmouth"). Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Gallery will remain open until 9 pm for the reception. UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) proudly presents Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin'. This exhibition is a showcase of original drawings and production art of animator, cartoonist, and filmmaker Bill Plympton. Nearly 100 original graphite drawings from the artist's recent film Cheatin' will be on display along with other essential production materials and related media to reveal a "behind the scenes" look at Plympton's artistic process. Accompanying the art will be a continuous screening of the feature film Cheatin' in its entirety in the gallery. Video tutorials, produced by the artist himself, further the educational experience of "handmade" animation. This special exhibition curated for UMass Dartmouth can be seen at the CVPA Campus Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Main Campus) from September 29 through November 2, 2016. Bill Plympton, who has been called The King of Indie Animation, is the first person to independently hand-draw an entire animated feature film. He has created over 40 animated short films and seven animated features. Plympton received Oscar nominations for various animated shorts along with winning the Cannes Palme d'Or and the Canal+ Award for short films at Cannes Critics' Week. Bill Plympton will speak about his work and provide insight into the wild world of cartooning and independent animation. While the event is free and open to the public, reservations for the talk are required and can be made through this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Excerpts from Artist's Statement "Why is it that animation is stereotyped as being only aimed at children and created by computer graphics? Why can't adults see stories for themselves, created in the fantastically free style of a hand-drawn animator? The look of this film is very special to me. When I started my career as an illustrator, I developed a style that I loved, watercolor with a pen and ink crosshatch overlay. But because of the limits of technology, I was never able to recreate my favorite style in animation. However, with the new digital technology available now, I've been able to exactly replicate that beautiful watercolor look." Biography Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968 and began his career creating cartoons for publications such as The New York Times, Playboy, National Lampoon, and Screw. In 1987, he was nominated for an Oscar for his animated short Your Face. In 2005, Plympton received another Oscar nomination, this time for his short Guard Dog. Push Comes to Shove won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d'Or; and in 2001, another short film, Eat, won the Grand Prize for Short Films in Cannes Critics' Week. After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV, Spike, and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991, he has made ten feature films. Seven of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married a Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, and Cheatin', are all animated features. Bill Plympton has also collaborated with Madonna, Kanye West, Terry Gilliam, and "Weird Al" Yankovic in a number of music videos, animated films, and book projects. In 2006, Plympton received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from The Annie Awards. This event made possible through the generous support of Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield. Personnel: Prof. Jean-FranÒ«ois Allaux (Illustration): Producer Prof. James Edwards (Illustration): Curator Prof. Michael Swartz (Digital Media): Co-Curator, Graphic Design Viera Levitt: Gallery Director Contacts: James Edwards, Curator: jedwards@umassd.edu, Viera Levitt, Gallery Director: vlevitt@umassd.edu Link: jedwards@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
6:05 PM - 10/4 »	Rosh Hashannah Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Happy New Year to our Jewish Students! Closest worship services are at Tifereth Israel Congregation in New Bedford. Topical Areas: University Community, Judaic Studies, Religious Studies, Religious &amp; Spiritual, Center for Jewish Culture, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
« 9/15 - 10/30 »	John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, October 13, 5-8 pm Abstract geometric paintings by New Bedford artist John Havens Thornton (b. 1933). Thornton has exhibited since the early 1960s, notably at the ICA, Boston (1967), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1967), the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (1979), the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1987), and the New Bedford Art Museum, MA (2004). University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact: Viera Levitt, Gallery Director 508.999.8555 gallery@umassd.edu www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries The gallery is open daily from 9 am - 6 pm Closed on major holidays. All events are free and open to the public. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: We celebrate Catholic Mass on Sunday evenings in the Blue and Gold Welcome Center. All are welcome! Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Religious & Spiritual
« 9/28 - 10/12 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday Sept 28th and Oct 5th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room TBD. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
6:05 PM - 10/4 »	Rosh Hashannah Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Happy New Year to our Jewish Students! Closest worship services are at Tifereth Israel Congregation in New Bedford. Topical Areas: University Community, Judaic Studies, Religious Studies, Center for Jewish Culture, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, Religious &amp;amp;amp; Spiritual
Monday, October 3, 2016
« 9/29 - 11/2 »	Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin' Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: CVPA Campus Gallery, Sept 29 at 4-6 pm. Artist Talk to follow at Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room: 6-7:30 pm (RSVP required on Eventbrite.com - under "Bill Plympton Talk at UMass Dartmouth"). Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Gallery will remain open until 9 pm for the reception. UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) proudly presents Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin'. This exhibition is a showcase of original drawings and production art of animator, cartoonist, and filmmaker Bill Plympton. Nearly 100 original graphite drawings from the artist's recent film Cheatin' will be on display along with other essential production materials and related media to reveal a "behind the scenes" look at Plympton's artistic process. Accompanying the art will be a continuous screening of the feature film Cheatin' in its entirety in the gallery. Video tutorials, produced by the artist himself, further the educational experience of "handmade" animation. This special exhibition curated for UMass Dartmouth can be seen at the CVPA Campus Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Main Campus) from September 29 through November 2, 2016. Bill Plympton, who has been called The King of Indie Animation, is the first person to independently hand-draw an entire animated feature film. He has created over 40 animated short films and seven animated features. Plympton received Oscar nominations for various animated shorts along with winning the Cannes Palme d'Or and the Canal+ Award for short films at Cannes Critics' Week. Bill Plympton will speak about his work and provide insight into the wild world of cartooning and independent animation. While the event is free and open to the public, reservations for the talk are required and can be made through this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Excerpts from Artist's Statement "Why is it that animation is stereotyped as being only aimed at children and created by computer graphics? Why can't adults see stories for themselves, created in the fantastically free style of a hand-drawn animator? The look of this film is very special to me. When I started my career as an illustrator, I developed a style that I loved, watercolor with a pen and ink crosshatch overlay. But because of the limits of technology, I was never able to recreate my favorite style in animation. However, with the new digital technology available now, I've been able to exactly replicate that beautiful watercolor look." Biography Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968 and began his career creating cartoons for publications such as The New York Times, Playboy, National Lampoon, and Screw. In 1987, he was nominated for an Oscar for his animated short Your Face. In 2005, Plympton received another Oscar nomination, this time for his short Guard Dog. Push Comes to Shove won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d'Or; and in 2001, another short film, Eat, won the Grand Prize for Short Films in Cannes Critics' Week. After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV, Spike, and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991, he has made ten feature films. Seven of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married a Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, and Cheatin', are all animated features. Bill Plympton has also collaborated with Madonna, Kanye West, Terry Gilliam, and "Weird Al" Yankovic in a number of music videos, animated films, and book projects. In 2006, Plympton received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from The Annie Awards. This event made possible through the generous support of Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield. Personnel: Prof. Jean-FranÒ«ois Allaux (Illustration): Producer Prof. James Edwards (Illustration): Curator Prof. Michael Swartz (Digital Media): Co-Curator, Graphic Design Viera Levitt: Gallery Director Contacts: James Edwards, Curator: jedwards@umassd.edu, Viera Levitt, Gallery Director: vlevitt@umassd.edu Link: jedwards@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 10/2 - 10/4 »	Rosh Hashannah Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Happy New Year to our Jewish Students! Closest worship services are at Tifereth Israel Congregation in New Bedford. Topical Areas: University Community, Judaic Studies, Religious Studies, Religious &amp; Spiritual, Center for Jewish Culture, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
« 9/15 - 10/30 »	John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, October 13, 5-8 pm Abstract geometric paintings by New Bedford artist John Havens Thornton (b. 1933). Thornton has exhibited since the early 1960s, notably at the ICA, Boston (1967), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1967), the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (1979), the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1987), and the New Bedford Art Museum, MA (2004). University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact: Viera Levitt, Gallery Director 508.999.8555 gallery@umassd.edu www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries The gallery is open daily from 9 am - 6 pm Closed on major holidays. All events are free and open to the public. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 9/28 - 10/12 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday Sept 28th and Oct 5th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room TBD. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 10/2 - 10/4 »	Rosh Hashannah Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Happy New Year to our Jewish Students! Closest worship services are at Tifereth Israel Congregation in New Bedford. Topical Areas: University Community, Judaic Studies, Religious Studies, Center for Jewish Culture, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, Religious &amp;amp;amp; Spiritual
Tuesday, October 4, 2016
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Flu Clinic Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This flu clinic is run by Maxim Health and is open to the campus community. It will be held in the commuter cafeteria. Most insurances are accepted. The cost is $30 if you are not covered by your insurance. No credit cards can be used for payment. This event is sponsored by Student Health Services. Topical Areas: University Community, Health Services
« 9/29 - 11/2 »	Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin' Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: CVPA Campus Gallery, Sept 29 at 4-6 pm. Artist Talk to follow at Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room: 6-7:30 pm (RSVP required on Eventbrite.com - under "Bill Plympton Talk at UMass Dartmouth"). Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Gallery will remain open until 9 pm for the reception. UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) proudly presents Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin'. This exhibition is a showcase of original drawings and production art of animator, cartoonist, and filmmaker Bill Plympton. Nearly 100 original graphite drawings from the artist's recent film Cheatin' will be on display along with other essential production materials and related media to reveal a "behind the scenes" look at Plympton's artistic process. Accompanying the art will be a continuous screening of the feature film Cheatin' in its entirety in the gallery. Video tutorials, produced by the artist himself, further the educational experience of "handmade" animation. This special exhibition curated for UMass Dartmouth can be seen at the CVPA Campus Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Main Campus) from September 29 through November 2, 2016. Bill Plympton, who has been called The King of Indie Animation, is the first person to independently hand-draw an entire animated feature film. He has created over 40 animated short films and seven animated features. Plympton received Oscar nominations for various animated shorts along with winning the Cannes Palme d'Or and the Canal+ Award for short films at Cannes Critics' Week. Bill Plympton will speak about his work and provide insight into the wild world of cartooning and independent animation. While the event is free and open to the public, reservations for the talk are required and can be made through this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Excerpts from Artist's Statement "Why is it that animation is stereotyped as being only aimed at children and created by computer graphics? Why can't adults see stories for themselves, created in the fantastically free style of a hand-drawn animator? The look of this film is very special to me. When I started my career as an illustrator, I developed a style that I loved, watercolor with a pen and ink crosshatch overlay. But because of the limits of technology, I was never able to recreate my favorite style in animation. However, with the new digital technology available now, I've been able to exactly replicate that beautiful watercolor look." Biography Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968 and began his career creating cartoons for publications such as The New York Times, Playboy, National Lampoon, and Screw. In 1987, he was nominated for an Oscar for his animated short Your Face. In 2005, Plympton received another Oscar nomination, this time for his short Guard Dog. Push Comes to Shove won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d'Or; and in 2001, another short film, Eat, won the Grand Prize for Short Films in Cannes Critics' Week. After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV, Spike, and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991, he has made ten feature films. Seven of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married a Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, and Cheatin', are all animated features. Bill Plympton has also collaborated with Madonna, Kanye West, Terry Gilliam, and "Weird Al" Yankovic in a number of music videos, animated films, and book projects. In 2006, Plympton received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from The Annie Awards. This event made possible through the generous support of Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield. Personnel: Prof. Jean-FranÒ«ois Allaux (Illustration): Producer Prof. James Edwards (Illustration): Curator Prof. Michael Swartz (Digital Media): Co-Curator, Graphic Design Viera Levitt: Gallery Director Contacts: James Edwards, Curator: jedwards@umassd.edu, Viera Levitt, Gallery Director: vlevitt@umassd.edu Link: jedwards@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 10/2 - 7:05 PM	Rosh Hashannah Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Happy New Year to our Jewish Students! Closest worship services are at Tifereth Israel Congregation in New Bedford. Topical Areas: University Community, Judaic Studies, Religious Studies, Religious &amp; Spiritual, Center for Jewish Culture, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Internship Info Session Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Development Center Description: Why do an internship? How do you find one? All types of internships are available for all majors. Come to an Internship Info session and find out how to get started finding and securing the right internship for you! Preregister on CareerLink via the UMassD portal or call the Career Development Center at 508.999.8658 for further information. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
« 9/15 - 10/30 »	John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, October 13, 5-8 pm Abstract geometric paintings by New Bedford artist John Havens Thornton (b. 1933). Thornton has exhibited since the early 1960s, notably at the ICA, Boston (1967), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1967), the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (1979), the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1987), and the New Bedford Art Museum, MA (2004). University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact: Viera Levitt, Gallery Director 508.999.8555 gallery@umassd.edu www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries The gallery is open daily from 9 am - 6 pm Closed on major holidays. All events are free and open to the public. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Excel Pivot Tables Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services Description: This workshop provides a thorough exploration of the use of tables, pivot tables and pivot charts in Excel. Participants create pivot tables to summarize hundreds of rows of transactional data in just a few clicks, without complex formulas, or time-consuming grouping and reorganization. Previous Excel experience is required. This workshop takes place in the Library, room 135. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Internship Info Session Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Development Center Description: Why do an internship? How do you find one? All types of internships are available for all majors. Come to an Internship Info session and find out how to get started finding and securing the right internship for you! Preregister on CareerLink via the UMassD portal or call the Career Development Center at 508.999.8658 for further information. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	ProCard & Travel Card Training Location: (neutral) Library, Rm 240 Contact: Joshua A. Dubroff Description: This 1 hour training class is required in order to obtain a University Procurement Card (Procard & Travel Card). Individuals may attend training either before or after submitting a Procard application, either way this training must be completed before an application receives final approval from Procurement. Location: Library, Room 240 Please be sure to register for the class you plan on attending as space is limited. Classes that no one has registered for may be cancelled. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Finance
« 9/28 - 10/12 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday Sept 28th and Oct 5th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room TBD. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 10/2 - 7:05 PM	Rosh Hashannah Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Happy New Year to our Jewish Students! Closest worship services are at Tifereth Israel Congregation in New Bedford. Topical Areas: University Community, Judaic Studies, Religious Studies, Center for Jewish Culture, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, Religious &amp;amp;amp; Spiritual
Wednesday, October 5, 2016
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Introduction to InDesign, Part 2 Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services Description: The second workshop in the three part series covers working with text frames, threading text and importing text from other documents. Placing images, the Links palette, the Direct Selection tool and Text Wrap are also covered. Previous InDesign experience, or Part 1 of the Introduction class is required. This workshop takes place in the Library, room 135. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
« 9/29 - 11/2 »	Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin' Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: CVPA Campus Gallery, Sept 29 at 4-6 pm. Artist Talk to follow at Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room: 6-7:30 pm (RSVP required on Eventbrite.com - under "Bill Plympton Talk at UMass Dartmouth"). Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Gallery will remain open until 9 pm for the reception. UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) proudly presents Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin'. This exhibition is a showcase of original drawings and production art of animator, cartoonist, and filmmaker Bill Plympton. Nearly 100 original graphite drawings from the artist's recent film Cheatin' will be on display along with other essential production materials and related media to reveal a "behind the scenes" look at Plympton's artistic process. Accompanying the art will be a continuous screening of the feature film Cheatin' in its entirety in the gallery. Video tutorials, produced by the artist himself, further the educational experience of "handmade" animation. This special exhibition curated for UMass Dartmouth can be seen at the CVPA Campus Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Main Campus) from September 29 through November 2, 2016. Bill Plympton, who has been called The King of Indie Animation, is the first person to independently hand-draw an entire animated feature film. He has created over 40 animated short films and seven animated features. Plympton received Oscar nominations for various animated shorts along with winning the Cannes Palme d'Or and the Canal+ Award for short films at Cannes Critics' Week. Bill Plympton will speak about his work and provide insight into the wild world of cartooning and independent animation. While the event is free and open to the public, reservations for the talk are required and can be made through this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Excerpts from Artist's Statement "Why is it that animation is stereotyped as being only aimed at children and created by computer graphics? Why can't adults see stories for themselves, created in the fantastically free style of a hand-drawn animator? The look of this film is very special to me. When I started my career as an illustrator, I developed a style that I loved, watercolor with a pen and ink crosshatch overlay. But because of the limits of technology, I was never able to recreate my favorite style in animation. However, with the new digital technology available now, I've been able to exactly replicate that beautiful watercolor look." Biography Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968 and began his career creating cartoons for publications such as The New York Times, Playboy, National Lampoon, and Screw. In 1987, he was nominated for an Oscar for his animated short Your Face. In 2005, Plympton received another Oscar nomination, this time for his short Guard Dog. Push Comes to Shove won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d'Or; and in 2001, another short film, Eat, won the Grand Prize for Short Films in Cannes Critics' Week. After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV, Spike, and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991, he has made ten feature films. Seven of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married a Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, and Cheatin', are all animated features. Bill Plympton has also collaborated with Madonna, Kanye West, Terry Gilliam, and "Weird Al" Yankovic in a number of music videos, animated films, and book projects. In 2006, Plympton received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from The Annie Awards. This event made possible through the generous support of Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield. Personnel: Prof. Jean-FranÒ«ois Allaux (Illustration): Producer Prof. James Edwards (Illustration): Curator Prof. Michael Swartz (Digital Media): Co-Curator, Graphic Design Viera Levitt: Gallery Director Contacts: James Edwards, Curator: jedwards@umassd.edu, Viera Levitt, Gallery Director: vlevitt@umassd.edu Link: jedwards@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 9/15 - 10/30 »	John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, October 13, 5-8 pm Abstract geometric paintings by New Bedford artist John Havens Thornton (b. 1933). Thornton has exhibited since the early 1960s, notably at the ICA, Boston (1967), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1967), the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (1979), the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1987), and the New Bedford Art Museum, MA (2004). University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact: Viera Levitt, Gallery Director 508.999.8555 gallery@umassd.edu www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries The gallery is open daily from 9 am - 6 pm Closed on major holidays. All events are free and open to the public. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM	Applying to Graduate School Location: Woodland Commons Contact: Career Development Center Description: Join our panel of experts as they discuss how to: identify/select the right program present a competitive candidacy connect with recommenders finance grad school Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM	Faculty & Staff Mindfulness Meditation Group Location: MacLean Campus Center, Reflection Room, Room 233 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Weekly meeting of the Faculty & Staff Mindfulness Meditation Group. No prior experience is needed. Drop-ins are welcome at any time. For more information, contact Aminda O'Hare: ext. 8761 or aohare@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Flu Clinic Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This flu Clinic is offered by Walgreens Pharmacy. It will be held in the Law School lobby. Most insurances are accepted. It is sponsored by Student Health Services. Topical Areas: University Community, Health Services
« 9/28 - 10/12 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday Sept 28th and Oct 5th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room TBD. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar Announcement Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The School for Marine Science and Technology Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar Announcement: Global climate impacts of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation Jaime Palter University of Rhode Island Graduate School of Oceanography Wednesday, October 5, 2016 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm SMAST I, Room 204 706 S. Rodney French Blvd New Bedford Note: Seminar will be simulcast to SMAST II, Room 325. You can view the seminar live by going to https://echosystem.umassd.edu:8443/ess/portal/section/8d8f41cc-8165-4b4b-b3c2-f3c1c414389a Please note: the earliest you will be able to log in is 15 minutes before the regularly scheduled time. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title. for additional information, please contact sue silva at s1silva@umassd. Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	DFO seminar - October 5, 2016 - Greg Skomal Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography Seeing Deeper: Using autonomous tracking to study the subsurface behavior of sharks Greg Skomal Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Wednesday, October 5, 2016 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm SMAST II, Room 157 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven, MA Note: Seminar will be simulcast to SMAST I, Room 204 You can view the seminar live by clicking here: https://echosystem.umassd.edu:8443/ess/portal/section/45f27129-23d3-49ed-85e2-e3fdb032c644 Please note: the earliest you will be able to log in is 15 minutes before the regularly scheduled time. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title. For more information, please contact cfox@umassd.edu Topical Areas: University Community, Lectures and Seminars
Thursday, October 6, 2016
« 9/29 - 11/2 »	Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin' Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: CVPA Campus Gallery, Sept 29 at 4-6 pm. Artist Talk to follow at Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room: 6-7:30 pm (RSVP required on Eventbrite.com - under "Bill Plympton Talk at UMass Dartmouth"). Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Gallery will remain open until 9 pm for the reception. UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) proudly presents Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin'. This exhibition is a showcase of original drawings and production art of animator, cartoonist, and filmmaker Bill Plympton. Nearly 100 original graphite drawings from the artist's recent film Cheatin' will be on display along with other essential production materials and related media to reveal a "behind the scenes" look at Plympton's artistic process. Accompanying the art will be a continuous screening of the feature film Cheatin' in its entirety in the gallery. Video tutorials, produced by the artist himself, further the educational experience of "handmade" animation. This special exhibition curated for UMass Dartmouth can be seen at the CVPA Campus Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Main Campus) from September 29 through November 2, 2016. Bill Plympton, who has been called The King of Indie Animation, is the first person to independently hand-draw an entire animated feature film. He has created over 40 animated short films and seven animated features. Plympton received Oscar nominations for various animated shorts along with winning the Cannes Palme d'Or and the Canal+ Award for short films at Cannes Critics' Week. Bill Plympton will speak about his work and provide insight into the wild world of cartooning and independent animation. While the event is free and open to the public, reservations for the talk are required and can be made through this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Excerpts from Artist's Statement "Why is it that animation is stereotyped as being only aimed at children and created by computer graphics? Why can't adults see stories for themselves, created in the fantastically free style of a hand-drawn animator? The look of this film is very special to me. When I started my career as an illustrator, I developed a style that I loved, watercolor with a pen and ink crosshatch overlay. But because of the limits of technology, I was never able to recreate my favorite style in animation. However, with the new digital technology available now, I've been able to exactly replicate that beautiful watercolor look." Biography Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968 and began his career creating cartoons for publications such as The New York Times, Playboy, National Lampoon, and Screw. In 1987, he was nominated for an Oscar for his animated short Your Face. In 2005, Plympton received another Oscar nomination, this time for his short Guard Dog. Push Comes to Shove won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d'Or; and in 2001, another short film, Eat, won the Grand Prize for Short Films in Cannes Critics' Week. After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV, Spike, and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991, he has made ten feature films. Seven of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married a Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, and Cheatin', are all animated features. Bill Plympton has also collaborated with Madonna, Kanye West, Terry Gilliam, and "Weird Al" Yankovic in a number of music videos, animated films, and book projects. In 2006, Plympton received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from The Annie Awards. This event made possible through the generous support of Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield. Personnel: Prof. Jean-FranÒ«ois Allaux (Illustration): Producer Prof. James Edwards (Illustration): Curator Prof. Michael Swartz (Digital Media): Co-Curator, Graphic Design Viera Levitt: Gallery Director Contacts: James Edwards, Curator: jedwards@umassd.edu, Viera Levitt, Gallery Director: vlevitt@umassd.edu Link: jedwards@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Game Night in the Library Living Room Location: Claire T. Carney Library Living Room Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Need a study break? Come to the Library's Living Room for our Game Night which features a selection of popular board games. Great way to unplug and spend time with friends. Questions? Please contact kmofford@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Students
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Creating Forms with Adobe Acrobat Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services Description: This workshop provides an introduction to Adobe Acrobat. Acrobat is used to create, edit and manage Portable Document Format (PDF) files. PDF files can be set up as interactive forms for distribution and data collection. Participants learn to work with Acrobat’s toolbars, navigate, edit and annotate PDF documents, manage bookmarks, and set document security via passwords. Also covered are Acrobat’s form features, from form creation through distribution and compiling responses. No previous Acrobat experience is required. This workshop takes place in the Library, room 135. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
« 9/15 - 10/30 »	John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, October 13, 5-8 pm Abstract geometric paintings by New Bedford artist John Havens Thornton (b. 1933). Thornton has exhibited since the early 1960s, notably at the ICA, Boston (1967), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1967), the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (1979), the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1987), and the New Bedford Art Museum, MA (2004). University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact: Viera Levitt, Gallery Director 508.999.8555 gallery@umassd.edu www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries The gallery is open daily from 9 am - 6 pm Closed on major holidays. All events are free and open to the public. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Mitch Albom: Giving is Living Location: Angus Bailey Auditorium , UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Cost: $25 general admission; $5 students Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Leduc Center for Civic Engagement is proud to announce the Rev. Dr. Robert Lawrence Lecture Series. The first lecturer of the series is Mitch Albom, internationally renowned and best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, radio and television broadcaster, and musician. Several of his books have been on the New York Times Bestseller list, including Tuesdays with Morrie, The Five People You Meet in Heaven, and his most recent books The Timekeeper and The First Phone Call from Heaven. In addition to talking about his books, Mr. Albom will be speaking about the importance of active citizenship and living a meaningful life. 7pm - Lecture: “Giving is Living” 8pm - Book Signing Mitch Albom's latest book, The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto, will be available for sale that evening by Follett Bookstore. Tickets may be ordered at the website listed above. Student tickets are available for $5 per person at the Leduc Center for Civic Engagement Office, Liberal Arts Building, Room 031. Please stop by the office to get yours between 8:30am - 4:30pm. Call Katy Doan with questions at 508-999-8144. If you need handicap seating in the auditorium, please contact Gary Marden at 508-999-8144. Parking: Lots 4, 5 & 6. Link: http://www.alumni.umassd.edu/mitchalbom Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, University Community, Students, Undergraduate, Leduc Center for Civic Engagement
« 9/28 - 10/12 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday Sept 28th and Oct 5th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room TBD. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	BuyWays Requisitioner Training Location: Charlton College of Business, Room 115, , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Kirk Hellmuth Description: BuyWays Requisitioner Training Learn how to create Purchase Orders. Available purchasing resources. UMass Dartmouth policies and procedures. How to monitor you Purchase Order. Lookup payments, receipts, workflow approval steps. How to add a new vendor to system Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Finance
Friday, October 7, 2016
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Humanizing Online Discussions with VoiceThread Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: VoiceThread is an interactive collaboration and sharing tool for engaging in rich, asynchronous conversations around images, documents, presentations, and videos. Come join us to learn about taking your online discussions to the next level. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.edu/voicethread/ Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 9/29 - 11/2 »	Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin' Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: CVPA Campus Gallery, Sept 29 at 4-6 pm. Artist Talk to follow at Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room: 6-7:30 pm (RSVP required on Eventbrite.com - under "Bill Plympton Talk at UMass Dartmouth"). Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Gallery will remain open until 9 pm for the reception. UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) proudly presents Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin'. This exhibition is a showcase of original drawings and production art of animator, cartoonist, and filmmaker Bill Plympton. Nearly 100 original graphite drawings from the artist's recent film Cheatin' will be on display along with other essential production materials and related media to reveal a "behind the scenes" look at Plympton's artistic process. Accompanying the art will be a continuous screening of the feature film Cheatin' in its entirety in the gallery. Video tutorials, produced by the artist himself, further the educational experience of "handmade" animation. This special exhibition curated for UMass Dartmouth can be seen at the CVPA Campus Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Main Campus) from September 29 through November 2, 2016. Bill Plympton, who has been called The King of Indie Animation, is the first person to independently hand-draw an entire animated feature film. He has created over 40 animated short films and seven animated features. Plympton received Oscar nominations for various animated shorts along with winning the Cannes Palme d'Or and the Canal+ Award for short films at Cannes Critics' Week. Bill Plympton will speak about his work and provide insight into the wild world of cartooning and independent animation. While the event is free and open to the public, reservations for the talk are required and can be made through this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Excerpts from Artist's Statement "Why is it that animation is stereotyped as being only aimed at children and created by computer graphics? Why can't adults see stories for themselves, created in the fantastically free style of a hand-drawn animator? The look of this film is very special to me. When I started my career as an illustrator, I developed a style that I loved, watercolor with a pen and ink crosshatch overlay. But because of the limits of technology, I was never able to recreate my favorite style in animation. However, with the new digital technology available now, I've been able to exactly replicate that beautiful watercolor look." Biography Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968 and began his career creating cartoons for publications such as The New York Times, Playboy, National Lampoon, and Screw. In 1987, he was nominated for an Oscar for his animated short Your Face. In 2005, Plympton received another Oscar nomination, this time for his short Guard Dog. Push Comes to Shove won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d'Or; and in 2001, another short film, Eat, won the Grand Prize for Short Films in Cannes Critics' Week. After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV, Spike, and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991, he has made ten feature films. Seven of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married a Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, and Cheatin', are all animated features. Bill Plympton has also collaborated with Madonna, Kanye West, Terry Gilliam, and "Weird Al" Yankovic in a number of music videos, animated films, and book projects. In 2006, Plympton received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from The Annie Awards. This event made possible through the generous support of Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield. Personnel: Prof. Jean-FranÒ«ois Allaux (Illustration): Producer Prof. James Edwards (Illustration): Curator Prof. Michael Swartz (Digital Media): Co-Curator, Graphic Design Viera Levitt: Gallery Director Contacts: James Edwards, Curator: jedwards@umassd.edu, Viera Levitt, Gallery Director: vlevitt@umassd.edu Link: jedwards@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 9/15 - 10/30 »	John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, October 13, 5-8 pm Abstract geometric paintings by New Bedford artist John Havens Thornton (b. 1933). Thornton has exhibited since the early 1960s, notably at the ICA, Boston (1967), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1967), the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (1979), the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1987), and the New Bedford Art Museum, MA (2004). University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact: Viera Levitt, Gallery Director 508.999.8555 gallery@umassd.edu www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries The gallery is open daily from 9 am - 6 pm Closed on major holidays. All events are free and open to the public. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Introduction to Qualtrics Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services Description: UMass Dartmouth has selected Qualtrics as our Internet survey tool. All Faculty and Staff have access to create and publish their own surveys. Students may also use Qualtrics under the direction of a Faculty or Staff member. This workshop covers the authoring and administration of surveys, as well as data collection. Question types are covered in detail, and survey logic is also included. No previous survey experience is necessary. Note that access to Qualtrics is managed by the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment. Please contact Jonathan Bonilla at JBonilla1@umassd.edu at least three business days prior to this workshop to request access. This workshop takes place in the Library, room 135. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
« 9/28 - 10/12 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday Sept 28th and Oct 5th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room TBD. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
Saturday, October 8, 2016
« 9/29 - 11/2 »	Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin' Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: CVPA Campus Gallery, Sept 29 at 4-6 pm. Artist Talk to follow at Claire T. Carney Library Grand Reading Room: 6-7:30 pm (RSVP required on Eventbrite.com - under "Bill Plympton Talk at UMass Dartmouth"). Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Gallery will remain open until 9 pm for the reception. UMass Dartmouth College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) proudly presents Bill Plympton Animator; Crowned King of Indie Animation: Drawings from Cheatin'. This exhibition is a showcase of original drawings and production art of animator, cartoonist, and filmmaker Bill Plympton. Nearly 100 original graphite drawings from the artist's recent film Cheatin' will be on display along with other essential production materials and related media to reveal a "behind the scenes" look at Plympton's artistic process. Accompanying the art will be a continuous screening of the feature film Cheatin' in its entirety in the gallery. Video tutorials, produced by the artist himself, further the educational experience of "handmade" animation. This special exhibition curated for UMass Dartmouth can be seen at the CVPA Campus Gallery (UMass Dartmouth Main Campus) from September 29 through November 2, 2016. Bill Plympton, who has been called The King of Indie Animation, is the first person to independently hand-draw an entire animated feature film. He has created over 40 animated short films and seven animated features. Plympton received Oscar nominations for various animated shorts along with winning the Cannes Palme d'Or and the Canal+ Award for short films at Cannes Critics' Week. Bill Plympton will speak about his work and provide insight into the wild world of cartooning and independent animation. While the event is free and open to the public, reservations for the talk are required and can be made through this link: www.eventbrite.com/e/bill-plympton-talk-at-umass-dartmouth-tickets-27607014323 Excerpts from Artist's Statement "Why is it that animation is stereotyped as being only aimed at children and created by computer graphics? Why can't adults see stories for themselves, created in the fantastically free style of a hand-drawn animator? The look of this film is very special to me. When I started my career as an illustrator, I developed a style that I loved, watercolor with a pen and ink crosshatch overlay. But because of the limits of technology, I was never able to recreate my favorite style in animation. However, with the new digital technology available now, I've been able to exactly replicate that beautiful watercolor look." Biography Bill Plympton moved to New York City in 1968 and began his career creating cartoons for publications such as The New York Times, Playboy, National Lampoon, and Screw. In 1987, he was nominated for an Oscar for his animated short Your Face. In 2005, Plympton received another Oscar nomination, this time for his short Guard Dog. Push Comes to Shove won the prestigious Cannes 1991 Palme d'Or; and in 2001, another short film, Eat, won the Grand Prize for Short Films in Cannes Critics' Week. After producing many shorts that appeared on MTV, Spike, and Mike's, he turned his talent to feature films. Since 1991, he has made ten feature films. Seven of them, The Tune, Mondo Plympton, I Married a Strange Person, Mutant Aliens, Hair High, Idiots and Angels, and Cheatin', are all animated features. Bill Plympton has also collaborated with Madonna, Kanye West, Terry Gilliam, and "Weird Al" Yankovic in a number of music videos, animated films, and book projects. In 2006, Plympton received the Winsor McCay Lifetime Achievement Award from The Annie Awards. This event made possible through the generous support of Allan and Priscilla Ditchfield. Personnel: Prof. Jean-FranÒ«ois Allaux (Illustration): Producer Prof. James Edwards (Illustration): Curator Prof. Michael Swartz (Digital Media): Co-Curator, Graphic Design Viera Levitt: Gallery Director Contacts: James Edwards, Curator: jedwards@umassd.edu, Viera Levitt, Gallery Director: vlevitt@umassd.edu Link: jedwards@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 9/15 - 10/30 »	John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: FREE Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night, October 13, 5-8 pm Abstract geometric paintings by New Bedford artist John Havens Thornton (b. 1933). Thornton has exhibited since the early 1960s, notably at the ICA, Boston (1967), the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (1970), the Whitney Museum of American Art (1967), the Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA (1979), the De Cordova Museum, Lincoln, MA (1987), and the New Bedford Art Museum, MA (2004). University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 Contact: Viera Levitt, Gallery Director 508.999.8555 gallery@umassd.edu www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries The gallery is open daily from 9 am - 6 pm Closed on major holidays. All events are free and open to the public. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 9/28 - 10/12 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday Sept 28th and Oct 5th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room TBD. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development

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