Past Programs 2000 – 2008

Fall 2000

Gallery

  • Anique Taylor, Sept 23 – October 28 1999 taylor-art1Alphabet Series of Digital Prints
  • Faculty Show

Lectures

  • From the Microphone to Microchip: Consuming Popular Music, David Sanjek, Director, BMI Archives
  • Pioneers of Digital Photography, Mary Ross, Photographer and Curator

Spring 2001

Gallery

Lectures

  • Start-Up! Big Head Blue, Designing for the Web, and Multimedia Andrew Edelman and Charles Cook, Partners, Big Head Blue, Inc. Tuesday March 6 from 7-9 pm Come learn about the creation and work of this Peekskill based multimedia design company.
  • Visual Literacy in the Digital Age, Alan Robbins, Associate Professor of Design, Kean University, March 28 at 7 pm
  • Off-line/Off-site, Excerpts from NYC digital artwork salon series Kathy Brew, Director of Thundergulch, new media arts initiative of the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council

Fall 2001

Gallery

Lectures

  • Pulse of the Planet: Finding and Recording Audio in the Field, Jim Metzner, Executive Producer, Pulse of the Planet, Date: Thursday, September 20, 7 pm
  • The Theremin, a Lecture Demonstration, Eric Ross, American Composer
  • Character Animation using Adobe After Effects, Jennifer Oxley, Animation Director, Little Bill, Nickelodeon Studios

Spring 2002

Lectures

  • An Update on Advances in Digital Photography, Howard Copeland, Professional Photographer, Date: April 10, 7 pm, Howard Copeland, owner and operator of Scott Camera
  • The Art of Maps in the Digital Age, Lary Greiner,Chartandmap.com, March 7, at 7 pm, Graphic Chart and Map, located in Hastings-on-Hudson,
  • Taking Your Website to the Next Level, A Panel Discussion, Debbie Krikun, moderator, Carla Kruytbosch, Josette Dewey, Alex Garvin, Feb.27 at 7pm

Fall 2002

Gallery

  • Solo show by Larry D’Amico, Large format Digital Landscapes (Fall 2002)

Lectures

Spring 2003

  • Christine Elizabeth Steele, Verging on Poetry: Word as Image, Feb. 8 – April 5
  • Peekskill Extension Center Student Show – 2003 April 19 – May 10

Lectures

  • Crossing the River: Graphic Design on the way to MoMA QUEENS , Ed Pusz, Director, Department of Graphic Design. THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
  • Adam C. Engst, author of iPhoto 1.1 for Mac OS X: Visual QuickStart Guide

Fall 2004

Gallery

Lectures

Spring 2005

Gallery

  • Westchester Community College Peekskill Extension Center Student Showcase, January 11 – March 4, 2005
  • Germaine Keller, Rock Scores, River Scores, March 15 – April 16
  • Bill Ralph, Exploring Links between Theoretical Math and Pure Art, April 21 – June 5, 2005

Lectures

  • Westchester Community College Peekskill Extension Center, 10th Anniversary Celebration, Making It with Music – from School to Stage, January 27, 2005 from 5:00 pm – 9:00 pm, Joziah Longo and other Westchester Community College Alumni Guests in a group discussion about making it as a Professional Musician, Gandalf Murphy and The Slambovian Circus of Dreams
  • The Art of Video Editing for Multimedia, Steven Perrotta, Managing Editor , Total Training, Inc., March 2, 2005, 7:00 pm

Fall 2005

Gallery

Lectures

· Westchester Community College Peekskill Extension Center, Westchester Business Journal , New Media Solutions for Small Business Seminar, Daniel Leslie, Alex Smith, Reflexions Data, White Plains, NY, September 30, 2005, 8 am ­ 12 pm

· Make Video your Business!, A Talk with the Founders of Chatsby Films, Wednesday, October 26, 2005 from 7:00

Spring 2006

Gallery

Lectures

· What it Takes! Finding a Career in the Music Industry , Jean-Christophe Santalis, Raw Recording, Inc., http://www.rawrecording.com, Tuesday March 7, 2006 at 7 pm

  • Photoshop for Artists:, It’s a Creative Tool, it’s a Presentation Tool!, A Computer Arts Workshop with Photoshop Expert, Patti Russotti, Friday, April 21, 2006 from 9 am – 3 pm (with half hour lunch break)
Summer 2006
Peekskill Arts Council Summer Exhibition

Gallery

  • Laurel Garcia Colvin, Revelations, Sept. 11 – November 3, 2006
  • Faculty Show, Westchester Community College/Peekskill Extension Center, November 16 – January 5, 2007

Lectures

· Rob Morsberger, Balancing Act: Life as a Composer, Songwriter, and Performer, Tuesday, October 17 2006 at 7 pm

· Jacqueline Shilkoff, Assistant Curator, Neuberger Museum of Art, New Media: Who, What, Where, When, Why, Thursday, November 16, 2006 at 7 pm

Spring 2007

Gallery

  • Student Showcase, January 16 – Feb 24, 2007
  • Jennifer Schmidt, March 8 – April 14, 2007

· The Art of Comics: The Work of June Brigman and Roy Richardson, April 24 – May 26, 2007

Lectures

  • Documentary Filmmaking with Archipelago Films, Andrew Young and Susan Todd, Wednesday March 28, 2007 at 7:00 pm

· The Art of Comics: The Work of June Brigman and Roy Richardson, (see above) Tuesday. April 24, 2007 at 7 pm

  • Special Hands-on Workshop with Jennifer Schmidt (see above), Screenprinting 101: Digital to Analog, Computer to Paper Friday March 9, 9 am – 3 pm with half hour break for lunch

Fall 2007

Gallery

LECTURES

Visability + Transparency, The New Website Design

Tim Wood and Josette Dewey

Thursday, November 8, 2007 at 7:00 pm

Timothy Wood of Timothy Wood Design and Josette Dewey of Sheffield Media Group will discuss the latest trends in Web Design.

William Fulton, Surviving Climate Change in the Music Industry

Tuesday, October 2, 2007 at 7:00 pm

Spring 2008

Gallery

  • Student Showcase, January 14 – February 16, 2008
  • Andrew SeniorInscription, February 26 – April 5
  • Anat ShiftanDigital Prints, April 15 – May 23rd

LECTURE

Filmmaking in Westchester County: Festivals, Locations and Resources!

Iris G. Stevens, Director Westchester County
 Film Office,  will speak about the Film industry and about the Annual Westchester County Film Festival.

Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 7:00 pm

Arts 2.0: Web Based Social Networking for Arts People,

Beth KantorFriday April 25, 2008

This Special Workshop is presented with the NEW MEDIA GROUP, a Student Organization of Westchester Community College