I'm looking for a student assistant (5 hours per week) for the Winter 2009 Quarter. You can't be enrolled in either of my Winter classes (Design 1 MW 1:20-5:10 or History of Graphic Design 6-7:50 PM).
E-mail me (bsteffel at csusb dot edu) with your resume and any questions.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Jack Kent Cooke Foundation Graduate Scholarship Program
The Jack Kent Cooke Foundation will award graduate scholarships to help students with exceptional promise and demonstrated financial need reach their full potential through education. The Foundation will award approximately 30 scholarships to outstanding students to begin studies in Fall 2009. Each award will cover a portion of educational expenses, including tuition, living expenses and other required fees for the length of the approved graduate degree program, up to six years. Every scholarship varies, depending on the cost of attendance and other scholarships or grants received. The maximum award available per student is $50,000 per year. Scholars may use the award to attend any accredited graduate school in the US or abroad. Awards are ordinarily for the first graduate or professional degree. Applications are available at the Jack Kent Cooke website:
http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/
The application deadline is Friday, February 6, 2009. Applications are due to the Office of Graduate Studies by 5:00pm
http://www.jkcf.org/scholarships/graduate-scholarships/
The application deadline is Friday, February 6, 2009. Applications are due to the Office of Graduate Studies by 5:00pm
AAF Scholarships
Three $1,000 scholarships are up for grabs for any student in marketing, communications, PR, and graphic design. Basically any field affiliated with advertising.
The scholarship application is available online at http://aaf-inlandempire.com and the deadline is January 31, 2009.
The scholarships will be awarded at the upcoming ADDY's in March. Also, for all advertising and graphics students please be sure that they submit their work for the student addy competition.
The scholarship application is available online at http://aaf-inlandempire.com and the deadline is January 31, 2009.
The scholarships will be awarded at the upcoming ADDY's in March. Also, for all advertising and graphics students please be sure that they submit their work for the student addy competition.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
"Medium Rare" Review
Read the review of my exhibition "Medium Rare" at the Robert V. Fullerton Museum published in the December issue of THE Magazine Los Angeles and available online at
http://themagla.com/cgi-bin/artmagla/review.cgi?ReviewID=130
full text below:
Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum
5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino
(909) 537-7373 http://museum.csusb.edu
The prints, with their appealingly intricate compositional structure, bold color choices, and variegated surfaces, are merely the final step in a process driven by observation and reflection. The disintegration of the sculptures results from the materials of their fabrication: the work's demise is embedded in its conception. The beauty of decay, a memento mori, is apparent in the photos. Surfaces glisten, volumes are speckled with air bubbles, and water droplets form on thin, craggy points of ice. Steffel describes the photographic record as a series of numbered investigations, and in numbering her prints rather than providing literary or narrative titles, she posits the mantle of scientific inquiry.
Steffel's use of the camera communicates precision, patience, and intimacy with her materials. With her inventive constructions -- marvelous objects themselves -- and the clarity of her prints, Steffel delivers a visually exquisite collection. The sensuality of her images and centrality of her process contribute to their formal lushness. Steffel's finely composed photographs exclude a horizon or any traditional reference to landscape, which creates a self-contained world and the illusion of stepping, however briefly, out of time.
http://themagla.com/cgi-bin/artmagla/review.cgi?ReviewID=130
full text below:
Beth A. Steffel
Medium RareRobert V. Fullerton Art Museum
5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino
(909) 537-7373 http://museum.csusb.edu
Medium Rare
Beth Steffel's giclée prints record the transience of her color-saturated, molded-ice constructions -- objects she calls temporary, site-specific sculptures. A combination of intent focus and meditation on the interplay between order and entropy, Steffel's photographs of these voluptuous ephemeral shapes capture the raked, pitted surfaces of striated ice and crystalline structure exposed by elapsed time and inevitable melt-off.The prints, with their appealingly intricate compositional structure, bold color choices, and variegated surfaces, are merely the final step in a process driven by observation and reflection. The disintegration of the sculptures results from the materials of their fabrication: the work's demise is embedded in its conception. The beauty of decay, a memento mori, is apparent in the photos. Surfaces glisten, volumes are speckled with air bubbles, and water droplets form on thin, craggy points of ice. Steffel describes the photographic record as a series of numbered investigations, and in numbering her prints rather than providing literary or narrative titles, she posits the mantle of scientific inquiry.
Steffel's use of the camera communicates precision, patience, and intimacy with her materials. With her inventive constructions -- marvelous objects themselves -- and the clarity of her prints, Steffel delivers a visually exquisite collection. The sensuality of her images and centrality of her process contribute to their formal lushness. Steffel's finely composed photographs exclude a horizon or any traditional reference to landscape, which creates a self-contained world and the illusion of stepping, however briefly, out of time.
by Christopher Michno
Beth A. Steffel, Investigation #9127, giclee print, 36" x 24", 2008. Courtesy the artist.
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Call For Outstanding Art Students
Orlando, FL- Art Calendar, the business magazine for visual artists, announced today a call for outstanding art students. Beginning with the February 2009 issue, there will be a new section in the magazine titled “Student Confidential,” which will feature articles and tips targeted specifically at undergraduate and graduate art students. Each month, three art students will be recognized in “The Bulletin” sidebar of the section with a photo of their artwork and a small description about their achievement.
Achievements recognized in this section include scholarships, fellowships, internships, residencies and students who have placed in an art competition.
Students eligible for entry in “The Bulletin” should be majoring in fine art, graphic design, architecture, illustration, art history, photography or other art-related curriculum.
Entrants should email Lauren Marcoux, Associate Business Manager, at lmarcoux@artcalendar.com with a description of their achievement, a photo of their artwork and their contact information.
Entries will be accepted on an on-going basis from today forward. The deadline for entries for the February issue is December 8.
Kim Hall, Editor of Art Calendar, said the magazine decided to add this special student section as a way to reach out to emerging artists and give them recognition early in their careers.
For more information regarding the new student section in Art Calendar, please email lmarcoux@artcalendar.com.
About Art Calendar
The foremost business publication for visual artists, Art Calendar assist artists in reaching their career ambitions by serving as the industry’s comprehensive resource for income and exhibition opportunities. Published 11 times a year, each issue of the magazine reaches more than 15,000 artists worldwide. Art Calendar and its Web site, ArtCalendar.com, and social networking Web sites, ArtScuttlebutt.com and CrafterCircle.com, are a part of Turnstile Publishing Company. Turnstile Publishing Company is also the parent corporation of such publications as Golfweek, TurfNet Monthly, The Oviedo/Winter Springs Voice and The Winter Park/Maitland Observer, as well as the Web sites TurfNet.com, SeminoleVoice.com, WPMObserver.com, GolfweekHomes.com and Golfweek.com, which features golf’s first online television network, GolfweekTV. Founded in 1990, Turnstile Publishing Company is headquartered in Orlando, Fla., and is also affiliated with Skyhorse Publishing.
Copies of Art Calendar can be purchased at Barnes & Noble, Borders, Hastings and other major bookstores. To subscribe to Art Calendar, please visit ArtCalendar.com.
Achievements recognized in this section include scholarships, fellowships, internships, residencies and students who have placed in an art competition.
Students eligible for entry in “The Bulletin” should be majoring in fine art, graphic design, architecture, illustration, art history, photography or other art-related curriculum.
Entrants should email Lauren Marcoux, Associate Business Manager, at lmarcoux@artcalendar.com with a description of their achievement, a photo of their artwork and their contact information.
Entries will be accepted on an on-going basis from today forward. The deadline for entries for the February issue is December 8.
Kim Hall, Editor of Art Calendar, said the magazine decided to add this special student section as a way to reach out to emerging artists and give them recognition early in their careers.
For more information regarding the new student section in Art Calendar, please email lmarcoux@artcalendar.com.
About Art Calendar
The foremost business publication for visual artists, Art Calendar assist artists in reaching their career ambitions by serving as the industry’s comprehensive resource for income and exhibition opportunities. Published 11 times a year, each issue of the magazine reaches more than 15,000 artists worldwide. Art Calendar and its Web site, ArtCalendar.com, and social networking Web sites, ArtScuttlebutt.com and CrafterCircle.com, are a part of Turnstile Publishing Company. Turnstile Publishing Company is also the parent corporation of such publications as Golfweek, TurfNet Monthly, The Oviedo/Winter Springs Voice and The Winter Park/Maitland Observer, as well as the Web sites TurfNet.com, SeminoleVoice.com, WPMObserver.com, GolfweekHomes.com and Golfweek.com, which features golf’s first online television network, GolfweekTV. Founded in 1990, Turnstile Publishing Company is headquartered in Orlando, Fla., and is also affiliated with Skyhorse Publishing.
Copies of Art Calendar can be purchased at Barnes & Noble, Borders, Hastings and other major bookstores. To subscribe to Art Calendar, please visit ArtCalendar.com.
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
Idyllwild Arts Summer Program
The Idyllwild Arts Summer Program is looking for a variety of 2009 summer positions. Pay ranges from $250-$500 per week. More information can be found on their website www.idyllwildarts.org or on the flyer posted in VA226.
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Mac OS X Malicious Software Alert
Two pieces of malicious software affecting Apple's Mac OS X appeared this week: a Trojan horse with the ability to download and install malicious code of an attacker's choice, and a hacker tool for creating backdoors, according to security vendors.
The Trojan — called 'OSX.RSPlug.D' by Intego, the Mac security specialist that discovered the threat — is a variant on an older piece of malicious code but with a new installer, Intego said.
"It is a downloader, and it contacts a remote server to download the files it installs," Intego said in an advisory. "This means that, in the future, the downloader may be able to install payloads [other] than the one it currently installs."
In other respects the Trojan is similar to previous versions of RSPlug, which first surfaced in October 2007, Intego said. It installs a piece of malicious code known as DNSChanger, which routes the user's internet traffic through a malicious DNS server, leading users to phishing websites or pages displaying advertisements.
By Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk
Posted on ZDNet News: Nov 21, 2008 4:38:55 AM
The Trojan — called 'OSX.RSPlug.D' by Intego, the Mac security specialist that discovered the threat — is a variant on an older piece of malicious code but with a new installer, Intego said.
"It is a downloader, and it contacts a remote server to download the files it installs," Intego said in an advisory. "This means that, in the future, the downloader may be able to install payloads [other] than the one it currently installs."
In other respects the Trojan is similar to previous versions of RSPlug, which first surfaced in October 2007, Intego said. It installs a piece of malicious code known as DNSChanger, which routes the user's internet traffic through a malicious DNS server, leading users to phishing websites or pages displaying advertisements.
By Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk
Posted on ZDNet News: Nov 21, 2008 4:38:55 AM
For information about checking to see if you have the virus and how to remove it, go here:
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20071031114140862
Thursday, November 20, 2008
AIGA student group
The design faculty are interested in forming an AIGA student group for CSUSB and are trying to gauge student interest. AIGA is the preeminent professional organization for design professionals (and has student groups to make the transition from student to professional all the more seamless). Through the student group we could organize events, field trips, networking opportunities, etc. Additionally, we would be paired with a professional AIGA chapter which could offer the student group opportunities for mentoring, portfolio reviews, and more.
See their national web site here http://aiga.org/
Send me an e-mail at bsteffel at csusb dot edu if you're interested (and comment below).
See their national web site here http://aiga.org/
Send me an e-mail at bsteffel at csusb dot edu if you're interested (and comment below).
Screening of a new documentary "INDEPENDENTS"
Screening of a new documentary, INDEPENDENTS, about creativity in comic book artists. The movie will be shown 2-4 PM in VA 101 tomorrow (Friday), from 2-4 PM. The writer/director, Chris Brandt, will be there to discuss the filmmaking process.
Video Gaming courses for Winter Quarter
There are two courses that might interest students interested in Video Gaming
CSCI 140: Introduction to Game Design (2 units)
CSCI 141: Introduction to Game Programming (2 units)
The first course deals with how a video game is specified and documented – how an idea is transformed into a specification.
The second course deals with learning how to use a tool to edit a game world where you control everything and observing how programs create these games.
Programming is NOT required in either course!
If there are any questions, please contact either
Arturo Concepcion 537-5330 or concep@csci.csusb.edu
David Turner 537-5428 or dturner@csusb.edu
CSCI 140: Introduction to Game Design (2 units)
CSCI 141: Introduction to Game Programming (2 units)
The first course deals with how a video game is specified and documented – how an idea is transformed into a specification.
The second course deals with learning how to use a tool to edit a game world where you control everything and observing how programs create these games.
Programming is NOT required in either course!
If there are any questions, please contact either
Arturo Concepcion 537-5330 or concep@csci.csusb.edu
David Turner 537-5428 or dturner@csusb.edu
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Welcome to Design @ CSUSB Blog
Welcome Designers!
You are reading the new first post of the CSUSB Design blog. We will use this blog to post information of interest to student designers at CSUSB. You will find information here concerning jobs, internships, new courses and any other information of general interest to designers at CSUSB.
Kurt Collins
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