Photographer Wade Byars Returns

On Sept. 27th, Desert Sun photographer Wade Byars returned to the Di classroom to discuss his career and speak to students about the digital creativity in his self-published book.

Byars, who holds an MFA in fine art, has been working as a southern California photojournalist for 19 years covering events such as the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Los Angeles Riots.

Shooting events as they have occurred over the years has given him an amazing set of image resources to use for Photoshop artwork. Students enjoyed learning the intricate meanings of his creative work as well as getting a few pointers on shooting high school sports.

Preparing the Di Classroom / Studio

Many people may not realize what goes into getting the DATA digital imaging classroom ready for the first day of school. Mr. Cauthron (and a handful of willing students) came in a week early this year to prep the three studio lighting areas, run cables for the 34 seat Mac lab, and put up great examples of student creativity. Check out the following images created with the 360Panorama app for iPhone...

The lab when we walked in the door

The studio ready to go!

 

A very special thank you to Jose, Maggie, Lily, Melissa, Crystal, Bianca, Kimberlyn, Marion, Linda, Tami, and Lisette!

Take issuu with the Di Course Syllabus

As a means to save paper last year, the DATA Di program embedded it's syllabus here on the Di blog from a Google doc. This year the syllabus has been uploaded to issuu.com as a digital text from a .pdf and made available to students, families and the DATA community.

The entire document is reviewed with every student on the first day of school with only the first and last pages being sent home for households to read, sign, and return. At their convenience, anyone can download and print a complete paper copy of the 2011-12 Di Course Syllabus or request one from Mr. Cauthron.

Check out all the great stuff happening 

in the DATA Di program here

or more Di digital publications on issuu.com and our Student Creative global collaboration books on Blurb.com! 

 ~Thanks for your support~

Indian Wells Arts Festival Student Winners

For three days during the 2011 Spring Break, 20 plus DATA Di students braved the hot sun to shoot Where Art is Happening at the Indian Wells Arts Festival. As part of this photography challenge in collaboration with Diane Funk Enterprises, Inc., students were also given the opportunity to upload their best imagery to the IWAF website to be judged by a group of professionals. This gave students a direct look into the process of how professional artists submit their work for festival consideration. The three winners, along with a slide show of all the submissions, are being shown here on indianwellsartsfestival.com!

1st Place, Senior Jocael Suarez | 2nd Place, Junior Ruby Velasquez 

3rd Place, Junior Jasmine Mikulak

                                     

View the complete collection here!

Education Week Interviews DATA Digital Imaging

As part of a special report on the use of multimedia tools in classrooms, four DATA Di students and instructor Matt Cauthron were interviewed during May 2011 by Katie Ash, a writer for Education Week.

The article, Art and Music Learning Emphasize Interactivity, Real-World Relevance, was part of Multimedia Transformation: A Special Report on Multimedia in Schools.

This was a great opportunity for Di students to share how the digital tools they use everyday in the studio classroom connect to real-world situations and prepare them for careers in art and graphic design.

Read the text only version here

View the photo gallery: State of the Art

See the Special Report

Students interviewed: Jocael Suarez, Melissa Flores, Caroline Parra and Jayke Stump