A letter to everyone in the world?
October 29, 2009 by ruralscapeHappy Dances!
October 18, 2009 by ruralscapeBundle up and watch 25 Alfred University performers shake and wiggle for the love of dance and fun. Stay longer and join the dance party!
Tuesday October 20 at 8 PM at the Miller Performing Arts Center, Outside Loading Dock!
Site specific choreography by D. Chase Angier. 
Prop making workshop!
October 15, 2009 by ruralscapeHello All! Just a little heads up… the following workshop could be VERY helpful to a future assignment in foundations! (hint hint)…
Prop making workshop and presentation of Ted Southern’s work Ted Southern is a New York City based artist who works in the area of costume and prop design for theatre and fashion. He has worked for various Broadway and off Broadway theatres, as well as stars of the current fashion world such as Heidi Klum. The presentation will be in the C.D. Smith III Theatre on Saturday October 17th from 10 – 12 and is open to all AU Students, faculty and general public.
The prop making workshop will follow from 1:00 to 5:30 and will be open to all AU students. There will be a two hour conclusion of the workshop with time for questions on Sunday October 18 from 10:00 – 12:00. The workshop will take place in Miller Performing Arts building, C.D. Smith Theatre and the scene shop. Please contact Marketa Fantova (fantova@alfred.edu) for details.
NOTE: HERE IS An EXAMPLE OF WHAT KALLA AND NICOLE MADE at the workshop!
the LINE, an evening of definitions!
October 5, 2009 by ruralscapePlease join your fellow classmates for an evening of videos, performances, and presentations by Foundations Studio Research students on Tuesday October 6th from 7pm – 10 pm in Holmes. 
Lecture Wednesday!
September 15, 2009 by ruralscape
Linda Weintraub Lecture!
September 12, 2009 by ruralscapePlease join the Visiting Artist and Scholar Committee in welcoming Linda Weintraub next week, Wednesday September 16, at 5pm in Holmes Auditorium.
Habitat DEVASTATION + Artistic IMAGINATION = Environmental RESTORATION
Linda Weintraub will present the diverse and inspiring strategies that contemporary artists are developing to unpollute the waters, detoxify the landfills, and reverse the effects of careless industrial expansion. She is the author of Avant-Guardians: Textlets in Art and Ecology.
Image of the work of Daniel McCormick
Linda Weintraub is a curator, educator, artist, and author of several popular books about contemporary art. She is currently writing the fourth book in her eco-art series that is titled Avant-Guardians: Textlets in Art and Ecology. Read the rest of this entry »
STUDIO research blog!
September 3, 2009 by ruralscapeHello all, you’ll be able to see the individual blogs of the rockin’ good students from STUDIO research by following this link http://ffstudioresearch.wordpress.com/ We are just getting up and running this week… keep checking back to see how their work progresses!
First Day!
August 21, 2009 by alfredfoundations
On Monday all first year art students will meet behind the McLane Center at 7:00 AM! We will be leaving promptly at 7:30 for our first day field trip. Please bring any or all of the following to record your experience: a pencil/pen, sketchbook, audio or video recording device, a camera, or your camera phone. Dress for the out of doors… no flip flops … good walking shoes…. maybe a rain coat….or hat… some suntan lotion…and a bottle of water! See you there!
Join Us for the Opening of Platonic Voyage!
August 17, 2009 by ruralscape
Hello Class of 2013! You should be on campus soon and in the mist of all this travel, moving in, and unpacking you will be invited to a ton of events. Some are required, others are just for fun. Here’s one to put on your calendar under just for fun!
Join the artist Charles A. Westfall for the opening of a 24 hour art performance titled Platonic Voyage. The Cohen Studio will host the opening on Thursday, August 20th at 6:00 pm (right behind Cohen Gallery on Main Street and the building where we will meet for class on Monday). The performance will continue non-stop into Friday evening. Here’s the description of the project.
Platonic Voyage is a media-based performance that uses Google Earth 5.0 to simulate the experience of an ocean voyage. With a computer mouse and mouse-pad for an oar, Charles Westfall will paddle an inflatable raft across digital oceans in search of the things that men and women have always sought out on the high seas; freedom, self-discovery, and adventure (!).
Equal parts allegory and video game, Platonic Voyage uses the Internet and computer technologies to explore the ways in which virtual spaces and activities have come to function in contemporary society as a surrogate for the real.
For more information please visit…www.platonicvoyage.com
Reminder to all incoming students!
July 31, 2009 by alfredfoundationsHello All!
Hope you are enjoying your summer and looking forward to arriving on campus in several weeks. We are certainly looking forward to an exciting new year with all of you.
Just wanted to remind you that you will need to read ALL documents on this site to be properly prepared to start in the program. There are several things that you will need to purchase and bring from home (make sure you spend time gathering your Material Archive) and if you plan to order a Material Kit, the deadline is August 6th.
Have fun and see you soon!
Michelle
