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Sunday, October 23, 2016
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
« 9/29 - 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
Monday, October 24, 2016
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	SPA TEA TIME: Service Centers/Core Facilities Location: (neutral) Library, Rm 240 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: TEA TIME discussion regarding Service Centers/Core Facilities Lead Presenter: Theresa M. Hamelin, UMass Lowell Sponsored by Sponsored Projects Administration Topical Areas: Research, Sponsored Projects Administration
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Vote Early On Campus Location: Woodland Commons Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: If you live in Dartmouth, you don't need to wait in long lines on November 8 to vote - you can vote right here on campus two weeks earlier! On Monday, October 24 from 6-8pm and Tuesday, October 25 from 11am-4pm in Woodland Commons, you can vote early. The Town of Dartmouth will set up their voting booths here on campus for your convenience! If you have not "registered" to vote yet, please go to www.umassd.turbovote.org by October 19 - it is VERY simple and fast. In a minute, you will be ready to vote on October 24 or 25. Questions may be directed to: Dr. David Milstone Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs dmilstone@umassd.edu Kevin Delaney UMass Dartmouth Student Trustee kdelaney@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Students, University Community, Faculty, Staff and Administrators
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Retiring to Not From Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Cost: free Contact: Carney Library Associates Description: Professor John H. Twomey will discuss his book Retiring to Not From, From Massachusetts Professor to Maine Farmer. The former language professor at UMass Dartmouth will speak about his new life and love after leaving teaching. A Q&A, book signing and light reception will follow the event. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Students
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Speaking in Code: Teaching and Research in Digital Humanities Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: The OFD in partnership with Library Services presents: "Speaking in Code: Teaching and Research in Digital Humanities", Monday Oct. 24th and 12 noon in LIB 314. The main speaker is Brian Croxall, PhD, Brown University. Dr. Corxall is the Digital Humanities Librarian at Brown University, where he designs, implements, and manages digital research projects. Prior to this position, he worked at Emory University as Digital Humanities Strategist and Lecturer of English. In this dual appointment he managed the creation of The Battle of Atlanta app and Belfast Group Poetry\|Networks, as well as taught classes on digital humanities, media studies, and American literature. He holds a PhD in English and taught previously at Clemson University. In addition, he is co-editing a book on steampunk, forthcoming from University of Minnesota Press; is a cluster editor at #Alt-Academy; serves on the Executive Councils of the Modern Language Association and the Association for Computers and the Humanities; and is a writer for the group blog ProfHacker. After the presentation few of our own UMass, D. faculty will share examples of digital humanities projects. Lunch will be provided. 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
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Introduction to Photoshop, Part 2 Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services Description: The second workshop in the three part series covers the use of Photoshop’s sophisticated painting and selecting tools. Participants learn about blending modes, as well as the creation of custom brushes. The selecting tools are used to separate objects from their backgrounds to create a composite image. Previous Photoshop experience, or Part 1 of the Introduction class is required. 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
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Vote Early On Campus Location: Woodland Commons Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: If you live in Dartmouth, you don't need to wait in long lines on November 8 to vote - you can vote right here on campus two weeks earlier! On Monday, October 24 from 6-8pm and Tuesday, October 25 from 11am-4pm in Woodland Commons, you can vote early. The Town of Dartmouth will set up their voting booths here on campus for your convenience! If you have not "registered" to vote yet, please go to www.umassd.turbovote.org by October 19 - it is VERY simple and fast. In a minute, you will be ready to vote on October 24 or 25. Questions may be directed to: Dr. David Milstone Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs dmilstone@umassd.edu Kevin Delaney UMass Dartmouth Student Trustee kdelaney@umassd.edu Topical Areas: University Community, Students, Staff and Administrators, Faculty
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
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
12:30 PM - 2:00 PM	Perspectives on Violence and the Community Response: A Discussion on Structural Violence Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Reverend Irene Monroe, an ordained minister and motivational speaker, covers the latest popular cultural headlines as the host of "All Revved Up!" on WGBH (89.7) on Boston Public Radio and "The Take" on New England Channel NEWS (NECN). Drawing from critical race theory, African American, queer and religious studies, Reverend Monroe will discuss structural and state sanctioned violence and the impact such violence has on our communities. She will help us reflect on ways to address such violence as we all seek to build stronger inclusive communities. Light refreshments will be served. Sponsored by the Campus Response to Violence Task Force. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/709632649192433/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Undergraduate, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, University Community, Academic Affairs, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life, Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Fredrick Douglass Unity House, Livewell, Lectures and Seminars, Religious &amp;amp;amp; Spiritual
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Recording with Techsmith Relay Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: Techsmith Relay is a software based lecture capture and personal recording solution. Relay can record PowerPoint presentations or any other content displayed on your computer screen, in addition to audio narration and web cam video. You can record anywhere, anytime regardless of internet connectivity or location. After recording, the video is automatically processed by the Relay server and uploaded to a cloud based storage provider. This workshop will walk through the process of installing Relay, recording and linking to the video from myCourses. Please bring your own laptop if you would like to participate in this Workshop. *This workshop will be held in Library Room 135. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.edu/relay/ 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
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Active Learning & Techniques to Promote Student Engagement Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: Facilitated by Prof. Pamela Karimi (CVPA) Please join us to discuss ideas for building student critical thinking skills through course activities, which encourage its application in practical, “real-world” ways by incorporating current events and research-based case studies into lectures, discussions, and assignments. Focusing on architecture as a springboard for discussing larger socioeconomic issues in U.S. post-industrial cities, Prof. Karimi shows how her students pursue archival research at local institutions and develop conceptual design proposals for the renewal of historically-rich, but often neglected, post-industrial landscapes. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 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
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Introduction to Excel 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 a practical introduction to Microsoft Excel. Hands-on practice with Excel allows participants to learn the skills needed to set up a spreadsheet, make keyboard entries, and perform calculations. Participants learn to produce worksheets such as budgets and payrolls. Formatting, using formulas and simple functions are introduced. No previous Excel 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
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Portuguese Bate-papo Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Come to the Portuguese language table at the Library Living room (tables behind the cafe) Portuguese students and speakers welcome. Topical Areas: General Public, Claire T. Carney Library, Foreign Literature and Languages, Portuguese
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM	Portuguese Bate-papo Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Come to the Portuguese language table at the Library Living room (tables behind the cafe) Portuguese students and speakers welcome. Topical Areas: General Public, Claire T. Carney Library, Foreign Literature and Languages, Portuguese
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 to 10 participants, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	SMAST – DFO Seminar – October 26, 2016 – Sarah Gaichas Location: Fairhaven Campus Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Simulating Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management: Can results from model-world inform real life Sarah Gaichas Northeast Fisheries Science Center Wednesday, October 26, 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/7547b9d3-f7a6-4772-a0ab-5fa027111350 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
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Performance Jam Session Series--Frank Wilkins Quartet Location: CVPA Room 104 Contact: Music Department Description: Boston jazz pianist features his group along with drummer royal hartigan. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Music
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Online Meetings in Blackboard Collaborate Ultra (New) Location: Claire T. Carney Library LIB 135 , 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This workshop will demonstrate the NEW Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, an easy-to-use live conferencing tool that uses a virtual online classroom to meet live within a myCourses course site. Using Collaborate Ultra, faculty can interact virtually with students for lectures, guest presentations, share applications, and meetings. This technology integrates seamlessly into your myCourses site and simply requires speakers and microphone. *This workshop will be held in Library Room 135. Topical Areas: Workshop, Training, 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
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
5:10 PM - 6:25 PM	The Supreme Court and the Coming Liberal Majority Location: > See description for location Contact: UMass Law Description: The U.S. Supreme Court might soon have a majority of ideologically liberal Justices for the first time in more than 45 years. What will they do? Steven B. Lichtman, political science professor at Shippensburg University, hypothesizes an ambitious reform agenda--campaign finance, voter ID, gerry-mandering--on a scale akin to "the Rehnquist Revolution," or the Warren Court on race and criminal justice. Lecture by Professor Steven B. Lichtman. Panel discussion with constitutional law professors Dwight Duncan and Frances Rudko. Law School Moot Court Room. Space is limited; please advise if a group plans to attend. Questions/comments contact Law Prof. Peltz-Steele, rpeltzsteele@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, International Students and Scholar Center, Lectures and Seminars, Pre-Law
Thursday, October 27, 2016
6:30 PM - 9:30 PM	A Taste of Senegal Location: > See description for location Cost: $50. Contact: Boivin Center for French Language & Culture Description: Chef Pierre Thiam will introduce the audience to authentic Senegalese cooking by making mango fonio salad at Plate by Plate in the campus center. Everyone will get to savor his creation. A copious hors d'oeuvres reception will follow with six of Chef Thiam's recipes being served. Reservations must be made by contacting MSanguinetti@umassd.edu by October 20th. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Graduate School Fair Location: Woodland Commons Contact: Career Development Center Description: Connect with representatives from a variety of graduate schools to learn about their programs, their admissions requirements, and what you can do to become a more competitive candidate when you apply to their programs. ALL students (not just seniors!) are encouraged to attend. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/career/newsevents/ Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
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
« 9/29 - 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
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
Friday, October 28, 2016
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	BMEBT Seminar by Dr. Philip Lessard-Agrivida Inc. Location: CCB 115 Contact: BMEBT Seminar Series Description: TOPIC: A NEW PLATFORM TO PRODUCE ENZYMES FOR LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION ABSTRACT: Global demand for high-quality dietary protein is driving the expansion of livestock production. The sustainability of chicken, egg, and pork production, in particular, depend on the development of nutritionally balanced animal feeds. The largest components of animal feed are agricultural products such as corn and soy, which provide macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and oils, as well as micronutrients, such as minerals and vitamins. However, even feed that contains all of the required nutrients may be nutritionally deficient because many nutrients are present in forms that make them difficult to digest or absorb by the animal. To compensate, a grower must either overformulate a diet (e.g. increase the amount of protein present to make up for the portion that is not well absorbed) or add nutrients from alternative and often more expensive sources. In contrast, adding enzymes to animal feed is a strategy that allows the animals to extract more nutritional value from feed by allowing them to digest and absorb more of the nutrients that are already present in feed. This approach improves feed efficiency, reduces waste and ameliorates agricultural pollution. Topical Areas: University Community, Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bioengineering, College of Engineering
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM	MS Thesis Defense - Department of Fisheries Oceanography/School for Marine Science and Technology - Stephanie Thompson Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS OF FEDERAL AND STATE-PERMITTED TRAWLING VESSELS IN HORSESHOE SHOAL, NANTUCKET SOUND by Stephanie Thompson Advisor Steven Cadrin Friday, October 28, 2016 1 pm SMAST II, Room 157 200 Mill Road Fairhaven, MA Renewable energy, in particular offshore wind energy, is an important national investment and a growing industry. The implementation of Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) is equally important for balancing such uses of the ocean. MSP includes stakeholder analysis, which is the identification and inclusion of all parties using a marine resource over space and time. The goal of my thesis is to assess the impact of an offshore wind farm on mobile gear fishing communities that rely most on Nantucket Sound. The Cape Wind Project, owned by private developer Cape Wind Associates, Limited Liability Company, was granted approval in 2011 for its Construction and Operations Plan by the U.S. Department of Interior. Cape Wind is the first U.S. offshore wind project to be fully permitted and to have been issued a commercial lease. In April 2010, Department of Interior Secretary announced the Record of Decision for the Cape Wind Project, selecting Horseshoe Shoal (within Nantucket Sound) as the sited location for construction of the Cape Wind Project. The project is planned to consist of 130 wind turbine generators in a grid pattern over approximately twenty-five square miles of the forty-six leased square miles. Construction of Cape Wind is currently delayed because of litigations and the termination of contracts with utility companies who had previously agreed to buy power. In addition, the state-run Energy Facilities Siting Board issued a decision on March 29, 2016 to deny Cape Cod wind permits for an electricity transmission line to run through state-owned territory in Nantucket Sound, Hyannis Harbor, and across several Cape Towns. Cape Wind plans to file a new application for electricity transmission permits. My thesis has the following objectives: 1) To characterize the commercial mobile gear fishery for fluke, squid, and other targeted species in Nantucket Sound, specifically on Horseshoe Shoal, by surveying trawl fishermen holding Coastal Access Permits and mapping â€œhigh intensityâ€ fishing grounds within Nantucket Sound via Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries Sea Sampling data 1993-2012; 2) To assess the net income of Horseshoe Shoal to commercial mobile gear fishermen by employing a discount model to predict future economic impacts of the Cape Wind Project footprint over its twenty-five year operation; and 3) To review guidance from Marine Spatial Planning, as documented in two New England management plans and two European case studies, to form recommendations for Best Management Practices (BMPs) in the future. I conducted two surveys in 2011 and 2013 by mail, and I received responses from 40-45% of the surveyed population. Respondents relied mostly or solely on fishing for annual income. It was evident that Nantucket Sound, especially Horseshoe Shoal, is a vital fishing ground for their income. There were mixed opinions on the ability, safety, and willingness to continue fishing on Horseshoe Shoal if a wind farm were constructed there. There are distinct fishing â€œhot spotsâ€ within Nantucket Sound, including the shelf break of Horseshoe Shoal. The locations of catches differ by spring and summer, based on a â€œfollowing the runâ€ in search of fluke and squid during migratory months. Between 1993-2012, fish caught from Horseshoe Shoal accounted for 29-30% of the total valued mobile gear fishery in Nantucket Sound. Projected economic importance of Horseshoe Shoal over the next twenty-five years is estimated at $1.1 million, with a confidence interval of $923,000- $1.3 million. This estimate differs from a previous study of $8- $13 million but is significantly more than Cape Windâ€™s estimate of a $182,803 impact to all gear types combined. New initiatives from the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management regarding Wind Energy Areas, as well as established practices by Rhode Island and Massachusetts, have paved the way for Marine Spatial Planning efforts in the future. The fishing community was not consulted when Cape Wind was in its early stages of approval for siting at Horseshoe Shoal. By contrast, European wind farms included the fishing community when siting, developing plans, constructing, and operating offshore wind farms. My research can be used to inform Regional Ocean Councils on future offshore wind development sites, highlighting the potential conflict between renewable energy and traditional fishing grounds. for more information, please contact cfox@umassd.edu Topical Areas: University Community, Lectures and Seminars
« 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
9:30 PM - 10/29 »	Halloween Costume Party Location: Woodland Commons, UMass Dartmouth Campus , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Cost: $3 for off-campus students Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Rho Rhoses of Sigma Phi Rho Fraternity, inc., Iota Delta Nu, Zeta Lambda Chi and Resident Student Association with be hosting a HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY in WOODLAND COMMONS from 10pm to 2am. Doors open at 9:30pm. There will be PRIZES! First place price is $100 snack money! There will be prizes for best group, couple and even more! Hope to see you there! Contact Shakira Davies sdavies1@umassd.edu for more information or to get off-campus guests on the list! Topical Areas: Students
Saturday, October 29, 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
« 10/28 - 2:00 AM	Halloween Costume Party Location: Woodland Commons, UMass Dartmouth Campus , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Cost: $3 for off-campus students Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Rho Rhoses of Sigma Phi Rho Fraternity, inc., Iota Delta Nu, Zeta Lambda Chi and Resident Student Association with be hosting a HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARTY in WOODLAND COMMONS from 10pm to 2am. Doors open at 9:30pm. There will be PRIZES! First place price is $100 snack money! There will be prizes for best group, couple and even more! Hope to see you there! Contact Shakira Davies sdavies1@umassd.edu for more information or to get off-campus guests on the list! Topical Areas: Students

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