Johnson – Rauhoff Photography Studio Field Trip
On Wednesday, February 16th all Vis Com students are invited to attend the FREE field trip to Benton Harbor! We will be visiting Johnson – Rauhoff.

What does this trip have to do with you? Johnson – Rauhoff is a photography studio! This is a wonderful and inexpensive opportunity to see if the photography field is really for you!

Don't have a ride? That's alright! Students will be car-pooling to the studio. Contact your instructor or Angela Boembeke if you can drive.

How do I get there? Meet in the Cyber Cafe lobby at 1pm. The trip will last approx. 3 hours. Sign the field trip form in the main office or sign up with your instructor by February 8. Here are the directions to Johnson – Rauhoff!

• Take US-31 N to exit #22, Sodus Pky.
• Head west (turn left) on Sodus Pky.
• Head north (turn right) on Pipestone Rd.
• Follow Pipestone for approx. 2 mi.
• Head west (turn left) on Britain Ave.
• Studio is on the southern (left hand) side
• The address is 300 W. Britain Ave.

RSVP to your instructor or to Angela Boembeke.

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ADDY Update 2005 ADDY Awards Presentation
Michiana Ad Club
Join us for a fabulous evening of celebration. Two Ivy Tech students won Best of Show and a $500 check.

College Football Hall of Fame, South Bend
Friday, Feb. 18, 2005
Gallery opens at 6:30 pm; Awards show at 7:30 pm

Go to www.theadclub.org to download an RSVP form (PDF format) for the Awards Presentation! And return with check to The Michiana Ad Club, c/o Cyd DeNardi Marvelo, 615 Edgewater Drive, IN 46601.

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Michiana Ad Club Luncheons
The following dates for the Michiana Ad Club's monthly meetings are set! These meetings are usually held in the Cyber Cafe here at IvyTech. Attending adds a much deeper understanding of the inside world of marketing and advertising. This is the perfect opportunity to rub elbows with some of the area's leading designers. These luncheons are typically most appropriate for Web, Interactive, and Graphic Design students!

• March 2 – How trendsetters influence groups

* Lunch begins at 11:30am, Presentation at noon

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Artist Needed: Job Op
Tony Kozlowski graduated from Ivy Tech himself. He started an award-winning screen printing company called T Productions, Inc. that currently has 8 employees! Tony Kozlowski is looking for his 9th.

Candidates must be exceptionally skilled in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. If this sounds like a job for you send your resume!

• www.t-productions.com
• tproductions@nibble.net

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Jury Dates: Plan Ahead
Never be un-prepared for juries. These in-depth critiques and questioning sessions are the best learning approach to train designers how to handle and deal with clients and the questions that may present themselves. Be sure to keep track of all handouts and feel free to ask a lab tech how to go about putting a slideshow together for a presentation. Scheduled jury dates are as follows:

• May 2 from 6pm-10pm
• May 3 from 9am-Noon & 1pm- 5pm

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Chicago Loop Photography Field Trip
Attention, photographers who want to capture downtown Chicago on film! Cityscapes, public art, unique perspectives, and many only-in Chicago shots will be our subjects. Visual Communications is sponsoring a field trip. Mrs. Boembeke is working with the Chicago Architecture Foundation for a tour guide. The guided walking tour provides ample time for photographers to frame their own pictures. This is an exciting opportunity. Some classes may be attending but all Arts & Design students are welcome.

The final times are still pending but mark your calendars for Friday, April 15. The group will be chartering a bus. The total cost will be $32 per student. The money will need to be pre-paid with cash or a money order ($10 for the tour, $22 for the bus). Pay and sign up by Wednesday, March 30.

* Due to space only 38 people will be to attend. This is a first come first serve situation!

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Open Labs: Pick Up a Copy
Do you need to know when labs are open? Sure you do! The finalized lab hours are posted outside the computer labs on the window. Look for a stack of them nearby and always have one on hand!

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The Christophers Contest: Video Students
The Christophers is having their 18th Annual Video Contest! This year's focus, "One Person Can Make A Difference." The Christophers is a nonprofit organization founded in 1945. They use the media to spread two basic ideas: There's nobody like you, and you can make a difference. The Christophers motto is "It's better to light one candle than to curse the darkness."

Entrants must be currently enrolled in and attending an undergraduate or a graduate college or university. Overall impact, effectiveness of conveying theme, technical proficiency, and artistic merit are what the judges are looking for!

Entries must express the theme of "One Person Can Make A Difference." Any style format is acceptable, but MUST BE submitted in NTSC format on standard, full-sized VHS tape. Any entries over five minutes long will not even be considered! Winners will not only receive cash prizes but their work will appear on their internationally-syndicated television program!

Entries are due: June 10, 2005
Winners notified: September 2, 2005

• First Prize – $3,000
• Second Prize – $2,000
• Third Prize – $1,000

For more complete information:

• (212)759-4050
• www.christophers.org
• youth@christophers.org

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Common Design. Big History
One of the most widely known symbols in the world, in Britain it is recognized as standing for nuclear disarmament – and in particular as the logo of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND). In the United States and much of the rest of the world it is known more broadly as the peace symbol.

It was designed in 1958 by Gerald Holtom, a professional designer and artist and a graduate of the Royal College of Arts. He showed his pre-liminary sketches to a small group of people in the Peace News office in North London and to the Direct Action Committee Against Nuclear War, one of several smaller organizations that came together to set up CND.

The Direct Action Committee had already planned what was to be the first major anti-nuclear march, from London to Aldermaston, where British nuclear weapons were and still are manufactured. It was on that march, over the 1958 Easter weekend that the symbol first appeared in public. Five hundred cardboard lollipops on sticks were produced. Half were black on white and half white on green. Just as the church’s liturgical colours change over Easter, so the colours were to change, “from Winter to Spring, from Death to Life.” Black and white would be displayed on Good Friday and Saturday, green and white on Easter Sunday and Monday.

The first badges were made by Eric Austin of Kensington CND, using white clay with the symbol painted black. Again there was a conscious symbolism. They were distributed with a note explaining that in the event of a nuclear war, these fired pottery badges would be among the few human artifacts to survive the nuclear inferno.

Information from arts.com

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