The 2010 Lion's Quill

DATA Di was once again apart of The Lion's Quill, the Cathedral City High School arts and literary magazine.  This was the 13th issue published by English teacher Donna Fitzgerald and her Creative Minds club celebrating the poetry, photography, drawing, and painting of CCHS students.

Congratulations to the following students for their work being published in the 2010 issue!

Victor Gonzalez, (Cover image) Think, Believe, Create

Melissa Wilson, Placed 

 

Tyler Johnson, Abandoned

Erik Ramirez, Self Portrait

Jessica Hernandez, Split Image of Balboa

Tyler Johnson, Dead End

Jessica Hernandez, Austin and Elias

Mike Pena, How Do I Get There From Here?

Tyler Johnson, Fractured

Victor Gonzalez, (Back cover image) Believe

DATA Di Spring Scholarship Winners

Congratulations to the following 2010 DATA Di seniors who received scholarships!

Jose Murillo
$2,000 La Quinta Visual Arts Foundation Scholarship
$1,000 Fashion Group International of Palm Springs
$140.00 CCHS Guidance and Counseling  

Markie Hackwith
$1,000.00 Georgia Fogelson Scholarship, Palm Springs Art Museum

Enrique Silva
$1,000 La Quinta Visual Arts Foundation Scholarship

Cecilia Tellez 
$1,000 National Historical Society, Palm Springs

DATA Di at El Paseo Fashion Week 2010

The 2010 El Paseo Fashion Week hosted by Palm Springs Life Magazine provided DATA students with some amazing professional learning experiences.

Di photographers Melissa Flores, Markie Hackwith, and Jessica Hernandez all shot alongside professionals at the end of the cat walk.

Di graphic designer Victor Gonzalez worked directly with Palm Springs Life Magazine's fashion editor Susan Stein and David Vogel to create graphics for the El Paseo stores participating in the opening nite.  His imagery was blasted onto the giant screens on each side of the stage while models strutted in designer garb.

Other DATA students were involved in shooting video to document the event.



A very special thank you to PSUSD Visual & Performing Arts Coordinator Louisa Castrodale, Palm Springs Life Magazine Fashion Editor Susan Stein, and David Vogel for providing this opportunity for all DATA students!

Rotoball 2010: A Global Animation Challenge

Rotoball 2010 from The Carrot Revolution on Vimeo.


DATA Di animation students Joshua Bell, Isreal Ruttenburg, James Murray-Di Salvo, Gerardo Melero, and Jose Murillo worked for several months to get their 15 second animations submitted to Rotoball 2010, a global collaboration organized by Apple Distinguished Educator David Gran from the Shanghai American School in Shanghai, China.  The Di students each entered their creative and individualistic approaches to animation which included hand drawings w/digital ink & paint, 3D w/Cinema 4D, Flash, and 3D/video compositing.

This years Rotoball project included 23 schools from 12 states and 6 countries and was shown as part of the Shanghai Student Film Festival as well as on Vimeo.com (seen above).

"I had been waiting to work on this project since the 2008 - 09 school year.  It is great to finally see it online a year later for the world to see." -James Murray-Di Salvo

"It makes me feel great to have combined elements of 2D and 3D graphics to make a short animation that would be watched by people world wide." -Jose Murillo

"It was a good experience as a whole, but what really made it amazing was the fact that I got to participate in a project with other students on a global scale." -Isreal Rutenburg

"I spent 6 weeks learning how to rotoscope in Adobe After Effects to create our 15 second segment which combines video and 3D animation.  It was nice to learn software with a specific and very special project in mind." -Gerardo Melero

"I feel proud to make my cartoon to support DATA globally and be a part of the 2010 Rotoball project." -Joshua Bell

View the Rotoball website

My Community in B&W Shows at Garrow Gallery

My Community in Black and White, a photography exhibit from students in Cathedral City schools, is on display during the month of April, 2010 at the Garrow Gallery at College of the Desert.  This exhibit was organized by PSUSD Visual and Performing Arts Specialist Louisa Castrodale and judged by local photographer Ethan Kaminsky.

View the DATA Di entries!