KayEllen Rieff, Kayla Kirk, Amy Pollman
Morgan Isendberg, Cassandra Oberneder, Valerie White, Samaher Basha, Isabel Trujillo Maza, Joanna Joys
Cail Lininger, Professor Debra A. Davis, Dr. Thor J. Mednick, Morgan Coutcher, Danielle Johnston
Morgan Isendberg, Cassandra Oberneder, Valerie White, Samaher Basha, Isabel Trujillo Maza, Joanna Joys
Cail Lininger, Professor Debra A. Davis, Dr. Thor J. Mednick, Morgan Coutcher, Danielle Johnston
New Media Design Practices
NMDP is a service-based learning program, which focuses on new media and a range of design skills. Students in this program have an opportunity to work with clients, create proposals, and develop a group project for a partner organization (i.e. Toledo Museum of Art, University of Toledo Lloyd A. Jacobs Interprofessional Immersive Simulation Center (IISC), local non-profit, etc.).
Students in the program also have the opportunity to go into the community to speak directly with area businesses and organizations that use new media tools as an important component of their process. Examples of these businesses are Madhouse, Communica Design, Blue Fin Media Group, North Design, AIGA, and Wind Energy Corporation. Representatives from these organizations have given presentations to students and answered questions about ideal new media skills and challenges in their respective fields. These experiences, coupled with individual research projects and internship opportunities, prepare students for the job market in creative fields after graduation. |
Art Museum PracticesAt the University of Toledo, Art Museum Practices (AMP) is a degree concentration available to Art History majors in the Department of Art. The purpose of the concentration is to introduce students to the purpose and function of art museums.
As indicated in the concentration’s title, its emphasis is on practices, rather than theory, and the capstone of the curriculum is the hands-on experience of curating an exhibition at the Toledo Museum of Art (TMA), usually using 35-40 works from the TMA’s permanent collection. Historically, objects have come from the Museum’s works-on-paper collection, occasionally also including a small selection of sculptural works or paintings, when appropriate and available. The concentration consists of three courses and an internship (which several students have completed at the TMA). The concentration courses include: introductory course, AMP Topics, and AMP Exhibition. |
More About The City |
Previous Projects: The City
Nov. 6, 2015–Feb. 14, 2016
Hitchcock Gallery Throughout history the city has taken on many visual guises: from romantic images of bright electronic signs reflected in the eyes of someone in awe of its grandeur or steam rising from a sewer grate on a cold winter’s day, to darker views of urban tragedy and the alienation of a life lived amongst strangers. These visions suggest a multitude of experiences for viewers to contemplate, whether they know the life of the city themselves or have only ever imagined it. The themes represented in this exhibition—Architecture & Renewal, Economics & Society, and A Day in the City—are vital and interacting parts of the complex phenomenon that is The City. Architecture is the physical backbone of a city, economics drives the architecture and businesses that help the city to thrive, and the leisurely activities of daily life keep the economy growing. From grand views of famous boulevards to modest glimpses of anonymous corners, from scenes of growth and prosperity to images of decline and disrepair, the works in this exhibition catalog the extraordinary and spectacular life of the city. This exhibition was curated by the University of Toledo’s Art Museum Practices class; graphic design was provided by the University of Toledo’s New Media Design Practices class. |