New Media Digest

Spring Semester Classes Begin February 17

2008-12-16T13:19:00.000-08:00

New for Spring 2009:

Digital Art & Design for Ages 9-15.

Beginning Level: Learn techniques to produce creative visual works, striking images & design. For anyone interested in learning Photoshop with Adobe CS3 & putting images into the computer.

Intermediate Level: Building on beg techniques, class expands to areas of personal expression & creativity using new & experimental visual communication methods.
Register Now!

Young Artist's Digital Camp, February 16-20. Explore the digital age & tell stories with animation, graphic illustration, digital photography, blogging, web design. Software includes: Corel Painter, Adobe CS3, more.
Register Now!

Digital Photography and iMovie Classes -- Coming Up

2008-09-04T12:03:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the cool digital photography and iMovie classes starting next week, check it out!

Striking Portraits with Your Digital Camera, Ages 9-15

Don't just accumulate pictures, but create art with your portraits. Learn to take amazing portraits & frame the perfect landscapes & then prepare them for public presentation in iPhoto software.
* 60200 Sept 9 - Oct 21 Tue 7-9pm | Jano Cortijo
Register Now!

Digital Photography 101, Ages 9-15

Turn your digital camera into a creative & expressive tool for yourself & your family! Finish the morning with completed portraits & landscapes ready to take with you on CD or to upload to CSMA's New Media Gallery.
* 60210 ONE DAY Sept 21 Sun 10am-1pm | Jano Cortijo
Register Now!

Team Up with iMovie!, Ages 9-Adult

Create amazing movies with your family or a friend! Learn basics of movie editing: transitions, effects, credits, online formats using iMovie. Come away with a finished DVD of your project! Students work in teams of two, great for parent/child collaborations!
* 60211 Sept 21 Sun 2-5pm | Jano Cortijo
Register Now!

Introducing the NEW New Media Program

2008-09-03T11:59:00.001-07:00

We've got more than new look and name! A lot of changes are in store for the Fall semester, beginning next week!

What's new in CSMA's New Media Program?

5 Types of Classes

New Media Tutoring – Private or Partner Instruction
Students of all ages and skill levels may study in one-on-one or paired sessions with our New Media Coordinator. Weekly, one-hour sessions (by arrangement with instructor) provide the expert, professional instruction that you need to develop projects, learn skills and experiment with diverse software. Contact CSMA's Digital Art Coordinator to discuss how you can benefit from an individualized program specially tailored to your creative goals! To create your individually tailored-program, contact New Media Coordinator Roddy Schrock at rschrock@arts4all.org.

Sampler Sundays
One-day workshops offered on select Sundays throughout the year provide individuals and families the opportunity to learn digital skills in a specific area of New Media. Workshops for ages 9 through adults provide instruction in photography, movie-making, DJ skills, more! Register Now!

New Media Drop-In Class
All students enrolled at CSMA may take one New Media drop-in class free of charge. Download the flier for the complete list. Students of all ages may choose from creative classes covering a range of digital music and art topics. Attendance in Drop-In Classes is available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Download the flier for information about currently offered New Media drop-in classes (days/times/descriptions).

Core Curriculum Classes
CSMA private music lesson students may enroll free of charge in two New Media classes (or one Music class) each semester (except summer). Weekly Core Curriculum Classes offer students of all ages the opportunity to expand learning and creative experience in both digital music and art. Classes are also open on a space-available basis to other enrollees at the tuition price listed in the catalog. Register Now!

Open Media Lab
Designated one-hour, supervised New Media Open Lab time is provided for private music lesson students to work on a project, try software, or have questions answered by a professional New Media instructor. Time is available on a drop-in, space-available, first-come, first-serve basis. Drop-in schedule is posted in New Media Lab.

New Software

Not only have we completely redesigned the program, we've updated our most popular software to the newest versions.

On 11 workstations, both Mac and Windows, we've updated to:
*Adobe CS3 Design Premium (includes Flash, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, more)
*Reason 4
*Sibelius 5

We offer instruction in the following Open Source programs:
*Audacity
*SuperCollider
*Processing

Other classes include instruction in:
*ProTools
*Corel Painter
*Making Music
*Finale

It's an exciting semester coming up, if you should have any questions at all, please contact New Media Coordinator Roddy Schrock.

recent work from Computers and Art Camp

2008-08-04T13:05:00.001-07:00

Dana Plasterer

Kira Bacsi

Ann-Chi Shyur

The Summer Camps at the NEW Media Department at CSMA were filled with lots of dynamic students who produced an exciting body of creative work. Each week long camp focused on Digital Photography and students were presented with various projects and assignments. The first goal was to build a portfolio of images, some of which would be later edited in Adobe Photoshop. We are very excited to present some of the results here. We wish we had more space to post as much of this incredible output as possible but we also have some editing to do.

Above, a set of various compositions on natural subjects. Below you will find another set of images that were edited using some of the various filters available in Adobe Photoshop.

Dana Plasterer

Michael McDonald

Andrew Chan

Our final set of images was created using a mirroring technique in Adobe Photoshop. Enjoy, and stay tuned for upcoming images, movies, and music!

Sonya Beroza

Andrew Chan

Kira Bacsi

One of the assignments had the students creating a set of images to match the mood, atmosphere or rhythm of a song, selected from a group of 20 random musical selections provided by the instructor.

a scary story!

2008-06-13T11:55:00.000-07:00

Laptop Orchestra #2, a group of nine high school students from Summit Charter School in Redwood City, were studying with me this month as part of their arts education.

We made a live performance using laptops and guitars in the style of mid 20th century radio plays, inspired by Orson Welle's War of the Worlds.

This recording is a live performance, no editing done at all, of their scary story told in clipped guitars, an off-balance pilot, and strange sounds. They had a great performance yesterday in Tateuchi Hall!

Click below to listen, if you dare:

A Strange Flight (live)

GATE program for gifted students: recordings by CSMA

2008-06-11T12:25:00.000-07:00

Hi everyone in blogger land. Daniel Wood here. I teach some classes in digital arts at CSMA. Below is a group of recordings done when I was teaching at Crittenden Middle School last week (June 3) as part of the district wide GATE program for gifted and talented students in the local middle schools. We had two classes that day and each class formed smaller groups that composed the following pieces using drums from around the world.

John Neves (faculty member at CSMA) and I had a lot of fun providing the students with an outlet for their creativity. We look forward to doing it again some time.

Recording 1

Recording 2

Recording 3

Recording 4

Recording 5

Recording 6

Recording 7

Recording 8

Recording 9

an audio tour around CSMA

2008-04-24T14:53:00.000-07:00

This is a piece of sound-based music, music that is built on sounds from the world around us rather than instruments. It was made by members of our Cello Camp last year, and is an audio exploration of the sounds of CSMA. As a short excerpt, it gives listeners a chance to experience a casual walk around the campus, remixed to be a kind of music. CSMA AUDIO WALK

new imagery!

2008-04-24T14:19:00.000-07:00

Here are some of the wonderful images that came out of our first Computers and Arts Camp of the year, taught by Jano Cortijo and Rebecca Miller.

at work in the digital lab

2008-01-31T15:01:00.000-08:00

recent project

2008-01-30T13:41:00.001-08:00

Here's an image from Rebecca Miller's Digital Imagery class.

classes offered

2008-01-25T14:24:00.001-08:00

The best way to get the full list of classes offered in our Digital New Media program is to download this catalog.

getting ready for the spring

2008-01-25T14:08:00.001-08:00

Here in Digital Arts, we're gearing up for the Spring Semester! We've got a lot of exciting plans for the upcoming season. Starting next month, we'll offer our first ever Vacation Camp during February, from the 18th to 22nd. The class will be taught by Marcos Saenz, a professional performer, digital musician, and guitar instructor. The camp will look at ways to use Propellerhead's Reason software to make your own songs, recorded onto a CD.

Marcos is also going to be teaching a six-week afternoon class in Reason software, starting Monday, February 4th. If you've ever been curious about this software, here's a chance to learn the basics plus lots of fun tips and techniques!

If you're over 21, you can check out Marcos's band at Cafe du Nord in San Francisco on January 30th.

-Roddy

new classes starting October 29th

2007-10-10T12:34:00.000-07:00

We have some exciting intermediate and advanced classes coming up in a few weeks! Check it out:

MONDAYS: INTERMEDIATE (4 o'clock) AND ADVANCED (6 o'clock) DIGITAL AUDIO PRODUCTION
Join performing musician Marcos Saenz in exploring digital composition and recording techniques. These exciting classes will move from Reason software into ProTools, allowing you access to world-class tools and hardware to realize your own projects, whether it be recording your practice sessions or a live concert.

TUESDAYS: INTERMEDIATE (4 o'clock) AND ADVANCED (6 o'clock) FLASH ANIMATION CLASSES
Learn to take your work to the next level with Rebecca Miller's Flash Animation Classes. She will help you build upon your previous knowledge, and teach new ways to develop your ideas into fun moving visuals ready to be posted on the web, used in your portfolio, or for your next art project.

FRIDAYS: INTERMEDIATE GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATION (4 o'clock) AND DIGITAL IMAGERY (6 o'clock) CLASSES
Internationally recognized professional artist Rebecca Miller takes students on a creative journey through visual design, focusing on usage of Adobe Illustrator in the Graphic Illustration class or Adobe Photoshop in the Digital Imagery Class. Both classes are perfect for students who have previously taken a Digital class and wish to learn intermediate techniques and explore new areas.

the summer flies by

2007-08-28T11:30:00.001-07:00

It's been a hectic summer here at CSMA. So hectic, in fact, we haven't had time to update the blog in quite some time! There have been summer camps, field trips, hopeful American Idols training, and lots more. Our fall-semester resolution is to keep this blog updated more thoroughly with lots of new content, and a new design as well. Stay tuned, there are exciting things on the horizon!

no, they're not interviewing the trees

2007-06-28T16:32:00.001-07:00

A few of our Digital Music students are making field recordings for their group composition project.

new work from computers and art camp

2007-06-27T10:16:00.000-07:00

This is a piece by Nicole Falsetti, a student in our recent Computers and Art camp taught by Rebecca Miller. The creativity and design of the image is striking.

2007-06-19T16:17:00.000-07:00

Here are the final Digital Audio Projects produced by students in our Summit Digital Arts program. Congratulations, they turned out great!

Black Cloud (by Austin Fosnes)

Clocks (by Claire Harding)

Lucas's Song (by Lucas Klein)

Puppies of Death (by Kyle Joswiak)

Tech Con (by Aaron Klein)

Technologic (by Eliot Bartz)

Transmission (by Scott Kidd)

Untitled (by Nathaniel Wynne and Ryan Soler)

Untitled (by Wynton Kitzmiller)

Untitled (by Andy Stine)

Drent Poge and the Seven Telstorfs (by Elias Simon)

A Couple Digital Postcards From Summit Students

2007-06-12T14:01:00.000-07:00

Summit Classes at CSMA

2007-06-05T14:15:00.000-07:00

From May 21st to June 15th, Summit High students are studying arts at our campus. Here's a pic from our morning Digital Music Class, working with Reason software.

Fantasy Art

2007-05-03T18:40:00.000-07:00

New image from the digital imaging class.

new flash works

2007-04-26T10:42:00.000-07:00

From our Computers and Art Camp last month, taught by Rebecca Miller, we have some new flash animations.

Here's one from Amanda called Emotions:

And here is one from Albert called Flying Birds:

Thanks to everyone who made the camp a great success! We look forward to our camps coming up this summer. See you then!

music for spring

2007-02-23T13:31:00.000-08:00

The Spring Vacation Digital Music Camp has made five new pieces! And a webpage to go with each of them.

Diana
Dan
Alice
Reilly
Laura

Summit Digital Arts @ CSMA

2007-01-30T15:17:00.000-08:00

In January, Summit Preparatory School students took art courses at CSMA during their intercession. The digitla arts students produced an amazing DVD filled with fascinating projects.

Here are a few examples, in quicktime movie format.

My Trip To Japan

Breakdancing Stick Men

digital arts birthday party

2007-01-10T13:49:00.000-08:00

We recently held a digital arts birthday party. Here's one of the fun stop-motion movies a student made.

spring/summer classes online!

2006-12-21T11:29:00.000-08:00

We're happy to announce that the Spring/Summer Digital Arts Catalog is online! If you plan on taking classes beginning in February, please sign up now, as we have limited spaces in our lab.

I'd like to encourage anyone who as questions regarding our program to please contact me, Roddy Schrock, if you should have any questions at all about our classes and the program as a whole.

--Roddy