Digicom 2016

Congratulations to the 15 DATA students who were awarded at the 2016 Digicom Student Film Festival on May 3rd at the Palm Springs Convention Center! More then $12,000 in scholarships and cash awards were earned by students for their efforts in English curriculum, Animation, and Digital Storytelling.

Make sure to check out

The Light of Everything by Ambriel Styve-Hector

 and

[ Abstract ] A collaborative animation inspired by John Cage edited by Jonas Engelmann

- View the Event Photography Here -

A huge thank you to David Vogel and the rest of the Digicom staff for supporting PSUSD students!

Bah'Roke @UCR

The 2016 Palm Springs Unified School District Showcase Art Exhibition is more impressive then ever! Collaborative works, in a variety of media from all five PSUSD high schools, are on display through June 17th at UC Riverside, Palm Desert.

For this year's exhibit, DATA Digital Imaging aimed to go beyond the standard display of prints in frames. Students were asked to contrast the qualities of Baroque art with a reality of life far from the opulance of the European movement. The 8 contemporary photographs (above) were set in large gold frames and arranged to sample a Baroque-style gallery.

A very special thank you to PSUSD VAPA Coordinator Louisa Castrodale for making this annual event happen and the Coda Gallery for donating the frames to Cathedral City High School!

- View our Bah'Roke collection here -

Cat Center (Re)Designed

Congratulations to the following DATA sophomores for being selected by the Cathedral Center for their logo re-designs! The 1st place winner's work will be used by the Center for years to come.

$260 1st Place

Morgan Wash

(Center)

$150 2nd Place

Angela Inprom

(Left)

$100 3rd Place

Sadrac Camacho

(Right)

Fashion+Art = Spring Break

in addition to the 68 competitors that attended the 2016 SkillsUSA California Skill and Leadership Conference, many additional DATA students worked during spring break to shoot annual events such as the Indian Wells Arts Festival in partnership w/Hot Purple Energy and Fashion Week El Paseo.

Both Fashion Week and the IWAF events continue to provide work-based learning experiences with in the local arts community for students to apply skills learned throughout the Academy.

At IWAF, DI students work directly with local company, Hot Purple Energy, to operate a photo-booth run entirely on solar energy and act as official photographers for the 3-day arts event.

At Fashion Week, both DATA Digital Imaging and Digital Storytelling students are the only school given access to the exclusive media platform for the entire 7 nights. This provides an extremely rare opportunity for deserving students to exercise pro-skills and rub elbows with likely mentors.

View IWAF images here

View Fashion Week images here

2016 SkillsUSA California

Congratulations to the following DATA students for their efforts at the SkillsUSA California 49th Annual State Leadership and Skill Conference in San Diego, Ca!

Gold 

Graphic Communications - Sadrac Camacho 

20 Second Elevator - Rosalina Rogel 

Silver 

 Screen Printing Technology - Jeanette Gonzalez 

Audio/Radio Production - Tinity Walker & Mariah Vega 

Creed - Disneiruby Parra 

Bronze 

3D Visualization and Animation - Jordan Lazalde & Antonio Arce 

Interactive Game Design - Jonas Engelmann, Miguel Platero, Diana Mejia, & Sebastian Gomez 

Creed - Andrea Rojas 

State Officer Elect 

Secretary - Shan Vo 

Reporter - Guadalupe Cortez 

Regional Officer Elect 

Hillary Rivera & Jennifer Reynoso 

Statesman Awards 

Diana Nguyen, Melissa Diaz, Shan Vo, Guadalupe Cortez, Hillary Rivera, & Jennifer Reynoso

- Gold and officers will advance to Nationals in Kentucky this June -

View Photos here!