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Our goal, bring together passionate artists from different media, creative writing, dance, film/video, music, photography, theatre, and visual arts in order to share means of expression to find an expanded voice as well as develop opportunities to continue pursuing each individual's artistic passion.

Methods to attain the goal:

  • Bring in guest speakers and performers; include multi-generational participants/artists
  • Provide workshops on marketing/self promotion, networking, continuing education, and career opportunities
  • Take field trips to concerts, museums, recitals, plays, films, poetry readings, etc.
  • Present and perform for, and with, peers
  • Participate in an end of the year culminating project/performance


"Words have no legs, and yet they walk." - Mali Proverb


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Theme of the culminating project/performance:

Examine how disability affects our lives and the lives of others, and express our views through the arts.

A disability is defined in the Americans with Disabilities Act as a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of the major life activities of an individual. (An impairment is a physiological disorder affecting one or more of a number of body systems, or a mental or psychological disorder.) The disability may be visible (e.g., a character who is blind or uses a wheelchair) or hidden (e.g., a character with a learning or emotional disability). For more information on disabilities: http://www.vsarts.org/x244.xml


Word List for Disabilities Synectics Project

Select three concepts and use the Synectics process to develop a "piece" for yourself and the culminating group project. Should you have a disability topic you feel strongly about, exchange one of the words you selected with your personal topic. Share how you feel. Show us your perspective. Express your voice. We encourage you to work with others or alone. If you choose to work with others (highly recommended), select people based on their skills, attitudes, knowledge, work ethic, and passions. Open yourself up to different media, don't feel afraid to mix the media. The creative process will help you along. In the end, good decisions at each juncture lead to good solutions.

Aberrant
Abhorrent
Abrogate
Abstract
Abused
Accessible
Accomodation
ADD
Affirmative Action
Age
Aide
Alone
Alzheimer's
Amputate
Angry
Anxiety
Appropriateness
Assistance
Assisted Living
Aural
Autistic
Barrier
Beauty
Bias
Bigotry
Blind
Braces
Cane
Challenged
Chaos
Chauvinism
Chorus
Code Blue
Conformity
Confusion
Correctness
Damaged
Deaf
Degenerative
Delayed
Dementia
Depression
Developmentally Delayed
Disabled
Discordant
Discouraged
Discrimination
Disjoint
Disorder
Disruption
Distraction
Domination
Dull
Dumb
Dyslexia
Eating disorder
Education
Emergency
Empathy
Empowered
English Language Learner
Expectation
Exploitation
Exploration
Expression
Fear
Focus
Freedom
Frustration
Glasses
Grief
Group Home
Handicapped
Hearing aid
Help
Homeless
Imagination
Imbalance
Impaired
Imperfect
Indecent
Inflammatory
Innocent
Insecurity
Institutional Racism
Interference
Intervention
Intimidation
Intolerance
Inundated
Invasion
Justice
Learning
Lesion
Mainstream
Manic-depression
Miscommunication
Misunderstood
Modification
Monitor
Mourning
Mute
Objectionable
Offensive
Old
Oppressed
Paraplegia
Preconceptions
Prejudice
Pride
Privacy
Processing
Prohibited
Projection
Propaganda
Protection
Pull-out
Quadriplegia
Racism
Reasonable
Repression
Restraint
Restriction
Retarded
Righteousness
Rudeness
Schizophrenia
Security
Self-absorption
Senior
Severe
Shy
Slow
Spastic
Special
Special Education
Special Needs
Stoicism
Submission
Suppression
Syndrome
Technology
Theft
Threat
Tolerance
Tortured
Transfer
Unable
Understanding
Vanity
Violated
Violence
Walker
Wheelchair
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Twist reality. Twist truths. Shatter expectations.
Shatter perceptions. Invent worlds. Invent people. Startle people.
Startle yourself. Transport youraudience. Transport your mind.

Make us laugh.

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Art | Coffee and Entertainment | Dance | Education | eyeMindCandy | Movies | Museums | Music | Photography | Poetry | Quotes | Reference | San Diego | Social Consciousness | Television | Theatre | Typography |

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ART DEADLINES LIST Juried exhibitions and other Artist Opportunities - http://custwww.xensei.com/adl/ - A monthly newsletter (email & paper versions) providing juried exhibitions/competitions, jobs, internships, call for entries/proposals/papers, writing & photo contests, scholarships, residencies, design & architecture competitions, auditions, fellowships, casting calls, tryouts, grants, festivals, funding, financial aid, and other opportunities (including some that take place on the web) for artists, art educators and art students of all ages. - Doug via Richard Gardner - the guy who somehow got a hold of me and sent me this link - Thanks Richard.

Art Resources, Art Links, Art-related Sites on the Web - http://artdeadlineslist.com/ar/ - Links to everything from advertising (Mental Engineering), airbrush, and Animation Art Gallery, to wildlife, woodworking, and writing (e-Writers.Net: for writers of the electronic medium). Lots of links, but be warned many may be out of date. Still, you might find one that works for you. - Doug via Richard Gardner the same guy from above.

Historical and Cultural Context - context.htm - This site provides an overview of art movements and the context in which they developed. We have not covered every movement or period, rather selected snippets to help provide students with an opportunity to explore the elements that have influenced other artists in their quest for expressing personal voice. As with all of our work, this site remains a work in progress.


Coffee and Entertainment

Dizzys
344 Seventh Avenue between J & K on the edge of downtown San Diego's East Village
http://www.dizzyssandiego.com
phone: (858) 270-7467

Lestats Coffee House
3343 Adams Avenue
(619) 282-0437
open 24 hours every day featuring live entertainment nightly
http://www.lestats.com

Claire De Lune Coffee Lounge
2906 University Avenue
(619) 688-9845
http://www.clairedelune.com


Dance | Top

American Ballet Theatre - http://www.abt.org/ -The ABT website is my favorite because it's topic is one that I enjoy. The site includes upcoming events, dancer bios, merchandise, and historical information. - Jaqueline Sandberg

Hop Star -http://www.hopstar.com/ - This is the swing group that Nino is in. The web page isn't completely finished yet but so far it is really cool. - Jayme Donlon


Education | Top

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) - http://www.ed.gov/offices/OSFAP/Students/apply/express.html - This will be good for seniors next year. They can get a FAFSA form from this website. The whole financial aid process is explained here. - Maggie Andrews


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Jean-Michel Basquiat - http://www.artchive.com/artchive/B/basquiat.html - Jean Michel Basquiat has been one of my favored artist for years. I own his biography book with several of his works inside of it, although he has done more work on functional objects, such as tires, doors, and city walls. Basquiat was well known in the 80's decade when he was friends with Andy Warhol and other famous artists. Basquiat was part of a large movement that changed art forever. I hope people will be interested to see his work, it is amazing in every respect. He paints right from his soul. - Melissa Powell

Center for the Easily Amused - http://www.amused.com/ - To put it bluntly it just plain "kicks ass." It's full of fun stuff that can have all the meaning in the world to you, or no meaning at all. - Matt Seagle

E-greetings - http://www.egreetings.com/index.pd - A great site to cheer up a friend using creative, free, email greetings animated and not. - Josh Trice

More eyeMindCandy - Links to pages intended to stimulate the mind and provide exercises to improve skills in art, writing, and other media.

img src 100 - http://www.shift.jp.org/IMGSRC100/ - This is one of the best links to amazing designers I have ever encountered. The work that these people are creating is a complete mindblow. I want their programs right now. Go, and be humble at their feet...- Tim Ivison

Plinko - http://www.plinko.com - I got the address off of an album cover that they designed, and let me tell you, this site is soooooo well done. It includes great stories, graphic design, and music. You just might get your techno-education here. - Tim Ivison

Prairie Home Companion - http://phc.mpr.org/ - This site is the homepage of a weekly radio variety show distributed by Minnesota Public Radio. It may not sound like fun, but try listening to "The News From Lake Wobegon" and you might change your mind. - Nathan Luedtke

River of Words Environmental Poetry and Art Contest - http://www.riverofwords.org/ - An international contest designed to nurture respect and understanding of the natural world by encouraging children to learn their "ecological address" and to describe through poetry and art their own "place in space."


Movies | Top

American Society of Cinematographers - http://www.cinematographer.com/ - Describes the visual aspects of Contemporary films and those old drowned out (with light) classics. Includes composition (described as framing) and good ole lighting amongst other things. - Dillon Culp

CLIPS - Cinema Lovers Information Program Site - http://www.cinemaclips.com/ - Provides reviews, trivia, and other movie related information. - Logan Hakes

FilmForce - http://filmforce.ign.com/ - It is a movie web page with daily up to date info on stars, sets, and industry buzz. - Mike Cornell

Hollywood Online:...all about movies... - http://www.hollywood.com/ - movie guide and film clips from up coming movies - Lexey Hansen

the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) - http://www.imdb.com/ - IMDb is the best film cite I have found to date, and multiple TAs and Professors in my film classes have mentioned how useful it is. You can reference any film and find everything from the year, director, and actors to reviews from newspapers and commentary. Very useful when writing papers. It rocks! - Henry Goldberg


Museums | Top

Athenaeum Music & Arts Library - http://www.ljathenaeum.org
(858) 454-5872 - 1008 Wall St., La Jolla

Mingei International Museum - http://www.mingei.org/ - (619) 239 0003 - Traditional and contemporary folk art, crafts, and design - Plaza de Panama Balboa Park, - Hours Tuesday - Sunday 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Closed Mondays and National Holidays

Museum of Photographic Arts (MoPA) - http://www.mopa.org/ - (619) 238 7559 - 1649 El Prado. MoPA is located in the Casa de Balboa building, east of the main traffic circle and central fountain. - Monday through Sunday 10 am to 5pm

San Diego Museum of Art - http://www.sdmart.com/ - (619) 232-7931 - 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park - Tuesday through Sunday 10 am to 6 pm Thursdays 10 am to 9 pm.

San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art - http://www.mcasandiego.org/ - (619) 454 3541 - 700 Prospect St., San Diego (La Jolla)

Timken Museum of Art - http://gort.ucsd.edu/sj/timken/ - 619 239-5548 - 1500 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101-1620, Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 am until 4:30 pm Sunday Afternoon from 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Closed Monday, and the month of September. Admission is FREE!


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CDnow - http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/redirect/leaf= It's the best place to order music, that you can't get in the states. It has some what reasonable prices and news on you fav. bands. Bonus features. - Elizabeth Fredlund

Harmony Central: Guitar Resources - http://www.harmony-central.com/Guitar/ - lots of resources including a guitar forum, guitar instruction, product reviews, and lots more. - Tali Nadav

The Official Jimi Hendrix Website - http://www.jimi-hendrix.com - If you know of Jimi's work, no need for explanation. If not, check it out. - Scott Fox

Launch - http://www.Launch.com/ - Awesome site. Not visually enticing, but having access to hundreds of CD's - Jessica Bubeck

MTV - http://www.mtv.com/ - I like this site because if there is any question I have about music, concerts, news or shows I could just go there. They also have pictures of those myth, legends, and pop ions that we adore so much. - Melissa Escobedo

(MTV) - I found this web site and it's amazing. They tell you about new shows that they are going to start and how you can be on them, and getting jobs with them. One thing that I thought was really cool, was they are doing a contest to have someone design a new music video, and they get to actually work as a director for mtv. And they tell you about all the shows that are currently running. COOL SITE! - Bobbi-Lyn Donohue

Stephen Sondheim Stage - http://www.sondheim.com/ - "One of the most comprehensive musical theatre sites for an individual artist..." - The New York Times

Ultimate Band List Artist dirct - http://ubl.artistdirect.com/ - This web site has cool contest, and great links to entertainment websites and much more. CD daily give aways, music reviews, news on your fav. bands and again much more. - Elizabeth Fredlund

Voodoo Music - http://www.voodoomusic.com/ - For guitar stuff and music stuff I was told this site was great (unfortunately I haven't used it much yet, but it has a lot of stuff in it) - (also it has a really cool "e-mail" button) - Henry Goldberg


Photography | Top

Fred Stein -
http://www.fredstein.com/ - In the words of Herman Wouk: "He has recorded the central years of our century with a flood of pictorial impressions, and a multitude of faces, famous and anonymous, which will illuminate the period forever." - Henry Goldberg

MoPA (Museum of Photographic Arts - San Diego) - http://www.mopa.org/ - The Museum of Photographic Arts is one of the first and finest museums in the country dedicated to the photographic arts. After a major renovation and expansion, MoPA increases its range and sophistication of programs to include film, and year-round permanent collection and traveling exhibitions. Visitors have the opportunity to view work by some of the most celebrated photographers and cinematographers in the history of these mediums.


Poetry | Top

Academy of American Poets - http://www.poets.org/ - i really like this site because it has a huge selection of poetry and short bios on most of the great poets (maya angelou, pablo neruda....) it has a calendar of events to keep us posted on upcoming events that include poetry, and gives the opportunity to enter contests. - michelle castro

Poetry Resources - http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/places/poetry.html - A listing of links to organizations and specific poets, such as Atlantic Monthly Poetry Pages, Maya Angelou, Chinese Poetry with English Translation, Emily Dickinson, and T.S. Elliot, http://www.bartleby.com/, where you can find his poetry and a bibliographic record. - Katie Curtis


Quotes | Top

WriteDesign Quote Page - http://www.writedesignonline.resources.quotes.html - A listing of quotes and links. - Doug


San Diego | Top

San Diego Insider.com - http://www.sandiegoinsider.com/ - This is a site all about San Diego, what's going on, the history, and places to see. I love it because it always has something new for me. - Marc Arnold


ShareWare (free or cheap software) | Top

Chank Fonts - http://www.chank.com/ -It has a lot of great free fonts that I use all the time. You can also buy hundreds of other fonts. You probably already know this site because it's really popular. - John McCauley

CNET Download.com - http://www.download.com/ - This site is a huge search engine database of nearly any type of freeware/shareware to download from A to Z. - Josh Trice

Emerald City Fontwerks - http://www.speakeasy.org/~ecf/ - It's really well designed, and it had some very nice fonts. - Nathan Luedtke

Shareware.Com - http://www.shareware.com/ - This has listings of all kinds of shareware for Mac, Windows, and other platforms. - Doug


Social Consciousness | Top

The Hunger Site - http://www.thehungersite.com - Brings awareness to world-wide hunger, as well as, breast cancer, and the rain forest. - Scott Fox


Theatre | Top

The Old Globe Theatre - http://www.oldglobe.org/ - San Diego landmark includes the Cassius Carter Centre Stage and the Lowell Davies Festival Theatre located in Balboa Park.


Typography | Top

Chank Fonts - http://www.chank.com/ -It has a lot of great free fonts that I use all the time. You can also buy hundreds of other fonts. You probably already know this site because it's really popular. - John McCauley

Emerald City Fontwerks - http://www.speakeasy.org/~ecf/ - It's really well designed, and it had some very nice fonts. - Nathan Luedtke

Emigre, Inc. - http://www.emigre.com/
Electronic version of the Emigre product catalog includes full color images of all Emigre Magazine back issues and posters, as well as specimens of all Emigre Fonts.

Font Fairy - http://208.233.94.70/fontfairy/ - home of guilt-free typographic treasures! These are not just any fonts, mind you, but high quality commercial ones. In the real world they would set you back over a thousand dollars if you were to buy them all, but here in Font Fairyland they are free and legal. - Doug

International Typeface Corpoaration - U&lc - http://www.itcfonts.com/ - U&lc Online is your source for despatches from the design world and to the design world that might help keep you and your designs from getting trapped behind that computer screen. If you are into design and typography theory, practice, and esoterica this site should satisfy your jones. - Doug

Will-Harris House - http://www.will-harris.com/use-type.htm
Rules for choosing and using type. In addition to choosing and using type, you'll find information about design, typography, fiction, computers, rodents, food, shopping, and of course, much more... - Doug


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