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Sunday, October 9, 2016
«  9/29 - 11/2  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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 Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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
Monday, October 10, 2016
«  9/29 - 11/2  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
Tuesday, October 11, 2016
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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 Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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
«  9/29 - 11/2  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Interdisciplinary and Interinstitutional Grants and Their Economic Impact: Growing "the Blue" Economy in Fall River
  • Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314
  • Contact: Office of Faculty Development
  • Description: The College of Engineering and the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship have received a combined $862,000 grant in partnership with Northeastern University during the last funding cycle of the Seaport Economic Council (SEC). SEC awards are intended to grow the blue economy and support job creation and workforce development in coastal cities and towns. Ramprasad Balasubramanian, College of Engineering Associate Dean and Professor, and Toby Stapleton, Director, UMass Dartmouth Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, will discuss how the project aids local marine robotics, sensors, and marine technology startups. They will also discuss similar funding opportunities that are available in the commonwealth.
  • Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
«  9/15 - 10/30  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Excel Grade Books
  • Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
  • Cost: Free!
  • Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services
  • Description: This workshop is geared toward educators who wish to simplify the process of evaluating student performance and calculating final grades. Participants learn how to organize student data on a worksheet, calculate averages, weighted averages, and use a lookup table to control the contribution of different scores toward a student's final grade. Excel can even convert number grades to letter grades automatically! Also covered are some of Excel's statistical functions. 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, topic: Faculty Development
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Introduction to InDesign, Part 3
  • Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
  • Cost: Free!
  • Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services
  • Description: The third workshop in the three part series covers working with color, including managing color using the Swatches palette, using the eyedropper tool, and colorizing black and white images. Styles are also covered, focusing on Paragraph and Object Styles. Previous InDesign experience, or Parts 1 and 2 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
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • SMAST - DFO Seminar- October 12, 2016 - Emory Anderson
  • Location: Fairhaven Campus
  • Contact: > See Description for contact information
  • Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography Lessons from a Career in Fisheries Science Emory Anderson Retired - NOAA, ICES Wednesday, October 12, 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 going to: 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: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • The Fearless Project | Artist Talk and Exhibit
  • Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room
  • Contact: Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality
  • Description: The Fearless Project is a photography project by Jeff Sheng with photos of over 200 gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender high school and college athletes from the United States and Canada. Jeff Sheng, the photographer behind this project, will be speaking and presenting his photographs. In 2003, Jeff Sheng began photographing LGBT high school and college athletes who were "out" to their teammates, as an artistic self-exploration of his own identity as a former closeted high school athlete. In 2006, Jeff Sheng began exhibiting the photography series at the 2010 and 2012 Olympics, on campuses, and at the headquarters of ESPN and Nike. This project was recently published into a book, FEARLESS: Portraits of LGBT Student Athletes. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
  • Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Exhibits, Visual Arts, Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality
«  9/29 - 11/2  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Write a Winning Personal Statement
  • Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center
  • Contact: Career Development Center
  • Description: Learn how to get started on a personal statement that will make a compelling case for your graduate school candidacy.
  • Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
«  9/15 - 10/30  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar Announcement-Kenneth Brink
  • 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 Cooling Winds and Eddies Over the Continental Shelf Kenneth Brink Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Wednesday, October 12, 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 more information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu.
  • Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series
All Day Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Yom Kippur
  • Location: > See description for location
  • Contact: > See Description for contact information
  • Description: A day of atonement for our Jewish students, faculty, and staff. Closest worship services are at Congregation Tifereth Israel in New Bedford.
  • Topical Areas: University Community, Judaic Studies, Religious Studies, Center for Jewish Culture, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, Religious & Spiritual
«  9/28 - 9:00 AM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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 - 2:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Polling with REEF
  • Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 225 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
  • Contact: CITS Instructional Development
  • Description: Come explore REEF, the new classroom response system from iClicker. This new version of iClicker allows students to use a smartphone, tablet, laptop or iClicker remote to respond with during class. Response systems help create a more engaging classroom environment for your students, while enabling content reinforcement and thinking skills.
  • Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.edu/reef-polling/
  • Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Flu Clinic
  • Location: Claire T. Carney Library Living Room
  • Contact: > See Description for contact information
  • Description: This clinic is offered by Rite Aid Pharmacy and will be held in the Library Living Room. Rite Aid accepts most insurances, but does not accept Tufts insurance. The cost is $30 if not covered by your insurance. Sponsored by Student Health Services.
  • Topical Areas: University Community, Health Services
Thursday, October 13, 2016
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 5th Annual Drag Show
  • Location: Main Auditorium (Angus Bailey Auditorium) , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
  • Contact: Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality
  • Description: Please join us for our 5th Annual Drag Show featuring Special Guests: Complete Destruction and "Mama" Savannah Georgia.
  • Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Conferences & Events
5:00 AM - 8:00 AM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal Reception: Thursday, AHA! Night
  • Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford
  • Cost: FREE
  • Contact: University Art Gallery
  • Description: John Havens Thornton: Vertical / Horizontal / Diagonal 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
  • 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, Visual Design, Exhibits
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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
5:00 PM - 7:15 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Women Engineered: A panel discussion with generations of women in the engineering field
  • Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room
  • Contact: > See Description for contact information
  • Description: Join the UMass Dartmouth Society of Women Engineers and Alumni on campus for this networking event. Details: Thursday, October 13, 5-7:15 pm Claire T. Carney Library in the Robert F. Stoico/FirstFed Charitable Foundation Reading Room Light appetizers will be served. 5:00 pm: Networking with students, alumni, faculty & staff 6:00 pm: Moderated panel discussion 7:15 pm: Closing & Departure Moderators: Melissa Pijoan & Nassika Dabel, Society of Women Engineers Co-Presidents Panelists: Danielle Czarnowski '15, Bioengineering, Associate Scientist, Neograt Technologies, Inc. Rola Hassoun '14, Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineer, CDM Smith, Inc. Nicole Pelletier '14, Mechanical Engineering, Mechanical Engineer, R&D and New Product Development, Nordson EFD Melanie McSally '03, Computer & Information Science, Director of Cloud Services, Chief Technology Officer, Harvard University Faith Ball '83, Mechanical Engineering (URI), Senior Engineering Manager, Lockheed Martin Pamela Lisiewicz '80, Electrical Engineering, Director of Strategic and Corporate Planning, Naval Undersea Warfare Center
  • Link: www.alumni.umassd.edu/swe2016
  • Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, STEM Education, Bioengineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Computer and Information Science, Co-op Program, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Alumni Events
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • CANCELLED: Where Group Work Meets Technology
  • Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 128
  • Contact: CITS Instructional Development
  • Description: How can we streamline and enrich group assignments using technology? Including collaboration into course work provides opportunities for knowledge sharing and reflection as well as helps to promote a sense of community among our learners. Blogs, Wikis, and Blackboard Collaborate are three tools that can be used to create collaborative learning assignments and environments. Attending this seminar will provide participants with an overview of each tool, examples of effective collaborative assignments, and strategies for incorporating each tool and collaborative work successfully into their course work.
  • Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Introduction to FileMaker Pro
  • Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA
  • Cost: Free!
  • Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services
  • Description: This workshop provides an introduction to FileMaker Pro. Participants create a database, define fields, and create basic layouts, including labels. FileMaker’s data entry, find and sort features are covered in detail. Importing and exporting data, and creation of value lists are also introduced. No previous FileMaker Pro experience is needed. This workshop takes place in the Library, room 226. 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
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • BuyWays Req Approver/Peoplesoft Travel Approver
  • Location: Claire T Carney Library Room 135
  • Contact: Kirk Hellmuth
  • Description: Overview of BuyWays system. How to approve requisitions via email/phone/on BuyWays. How to approver Travel Authorizations and Expenses on Peoplesoft.
  • Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Finance
«  9/29 - 11/2  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Confidential HIV Testing
  • Location: Frederick Douglass Unity House
  • Contact: LiveWell: Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness
  • Description: Improved HIV testing technology can detect new infections within two weeks of an exposure. This test requires a blood draw, which is performed by trained counselors from our partner, Seven Hills. You receive your results in about a week. Testing is first-come, first-served. No appointments.
  • Link: http://www.umassd.edu/livewell/whatwedo/hivtesting/
  • Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Health Services, Fredrick Douglass Unity House, Livewell
«  9/15 - 10/30  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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
Friday, October 14, 2016
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • BMEBT Seminar by Dr. Xiaofei Jia
  • Location: Textiles Building 101E
  • Contact: BMEBT Seminar Series
  • Description: TITLE:MISTRAFFICKING OF MEMBRANE-EMBEDDED HOST IMMUNE MOLECULES BY HIV-1 Abstract: Human immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1) remains a major health threat to mankind. The virus inserts its genetic material into the genome of the host cells and establish life-long infections in patients. To ensure proper viral replication and transmission, HIV-1 has developed various mechanisms to evade the host immune attack. One unique strategy of such is that the virus mistraffics and thus subverts membrane-embedded host immune molecules. This is achieved by HIV-1 hijacking the host clathrin membrane trafficking machineries using dedicated viral proteins. My research has focused on elucidating the molecular mechanisms of these virally induced mistrafficking events using structural biology and biochemistry. High-resolution structural information gained in these systems not only enabled a greater understanding of the viral life cycle, but also paved the ways for developing novel antivirals to combat HIV. Bio: Xiaofei Jia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He is a biochemist and structural biologist in training. His research focuses on the molecular mechanisms that viruses, such as HIV, use to evade the host immune attack and establish infection. He earned his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Michigan State University under the guidance of Drs. James Geiger and Babak Borhan. Prior to joining UMass Dartmouth, he completed his postdoctoral training in Dr. Yong Xiong's lab in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University.
  • Topical Areas: University Community, Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bioengineering, College of Engineering
«  9/29 - 11/2  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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
Saturday, October 15, 2016
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Download Add to Google Calendar
  • Admissions Open House
  • Location: > See description for location
  • Contact: Admissions
  • Description: FOR PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS & THEIR FAMILIES - Learn more about our 5 colleges and 82 academic programs - Meet faculty and students - Tour residence halls - Talk with Housing and Financial Aid staff - Optional activities after 12pm Visit the Open House website to register.
  • Link: http://www.umassd.edu/openhouse/
  • Topical Areas: General Public, Admissions
«  9/29 - 11/2  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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  » Download Add to Google Calendar
  • 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

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  • Show description in listing?
    (default: false)
  • Display end date in listing?
    (default: true)
  • Display time in listing?
    (default: true)
  • Display location in listing?
    (default: false)

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