CCTNetwork1Oct08

Our Lives and Other Worlds II
=Visual Images and Reflections from Graduates of the Critical & Creative Thinking Program=

Wednesday October 1, 6.30-9pm, Wheatley 4-148 (at very end of corridor) Welcomes Lori Kent: "Place, Memory, and Imagination: Post-Katrina Projects" ([|Powerpoint slides]) Julie Barrett: "Work in Painting and Photography" (web sites: [|photos 1] | [|photos 2] | [|paintings]) Luanne Witkowski: "Implementing a (W)holistic Studio Experience for Artists" ([|Powerpoint slides], [|web site]) Marnie Jain: "Current Work and Thinking" Kyle Lindholm: "Afghanistan Ain't No Joke" Commentary by Ann Torke and Liz Marran (UMB Arts department)and discussion

> Audio recording can be listened to at http://www.talkshoe.com/tc/16894. If you use the download option instead of the listen option you'll be able to fastforward when you want. Use of headphones to listen is recommended, especially during the first talk, which was given by speakerphone and is quite crackly. View the accompanying visuals by clicking on the links above, where available.

Prospectus for the event
What we are envisaging is that each presenter would have 10-20 minutes to display their visual work and reflect on how this has developed in relation to their CCT experiences. We would ask the audience to write down or hold onto questions till the end of the presentations. Then we'll have a discussion that includes all the presenters and commentators drawn from the wider CCT community and/or the UMB faculty. The event will be audio-taped and available (after cleanup, and with presenters' permission) as a podcast linked to the CCT wiki and social network site.

The evening should be a wonderful experience in its own right, but we also see it as part of the CCT Network's effort to acquaint alums who have overlapping interests with each other and thereby provide a model for current students of a wider and more sustained network of support for their endeavors during and after their studies. After all, the CCT faculty can remember students from various years, but these graduates may never have met --and they form a network of contacts, inspiration, and expertise far more extensive than the faculty can provide.

Evaluation of the session (in development)
1. An email typo led to CCT graduates not receiving the CCT news in early and late September highlighting this session. --> Next time: Build in a checking process. 2....