West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology has set out to create something special.

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2 IMPACT BY DESIGN West Michigan Center for Arts + Technology has set out to create something special. WMCAT s best-practice programs are grounded in design thinking and project-based learning. WMCAT empowers young people and ignites a passion for learning by way of creative problem solving and experimenting in video game design, illustration, ceramics, photography, film and music production, fiber arts, and other creative outlets. All courses are taught by professional teaching artists in groups with student-to-teacher ratio of 12:1, which accommodates different learning styles. Our caring instructors, who have been trained in positive youth development strategies, empower students to share their voices. WMCAT offers daytime opportunities to both middle and high school students in West Michigan. Through this opportunity, schools can craft a program that fits within their schedule and meets their needs. WMCAT provides instruction, facility, equipment and materials.

3 ARTS + TECH PROGRAM Create something beautiful. Essential to the impactful WMCAT experience is our inspiring space, centrally located in downtown Grand Rapids. Our students work with professional tools in studio spaces that are open, edgy and tailored for artistic creation. Our facility includes a ceramic studio, music and video lab, photography studio with a darkroom, textile studio, gathering area for socializing, and gallery space for student work.

4 DESIGN AN EXPERIENCE Create an Experience MIX + SOCIAL INNOVATORS Students are placed in teams to explore and tackle a pressing community issue using arts and technology as a basis for inquiry, critical thinking and practical application. Each experience is unique and designed to fit the needs of students and partnering schools. MATCH IDEA LAB Several student teams work collaboratively on a project such as a film, performance, event, publication, or product. Examples of teams may include costume, music-production, stopmotion animation, set design, film-production and more. Each experience is unique and designed to fit the needs of students and partnering schools. Try a Field Trip MAKE IT TAKE IT Students rotate between three art-making activities for a hands-on introduction to an art and design discipline. ART FUSION Students are immersed in a project-based learning experience that fuses art + technology into school s standard curriculum. WMCAT staff work with partnering programs to design projects that fuse 21st century skills and hands-on learning experiences into unique and engaging learning experiences.

5 DESIGN AN EXPERIENCE Choose 1 Class or 2 THE ORIGINAL SELFIE Students gain skills in both digital and black + white photography while exploring personal identity, visual culture as well as historical and contemporary self-portraiture. PHOTO BOMB Students gain skills in digital photography by capturing images of landscapes and layering images using Photoshop. THE HIDDEN CITY Students explore and capture images of hidden spaces in the urban core of Grand Rapids while learning skills in both digital and black + white photography. ZINE SCENE Students explore the rich history and importance of selfpublished works and create a series of self-published zines.

6 DESIGN AN EXPERIENCE COMIC BOOK HEROES Students develop an original comic book based on a fictional or nonfictional community hero, visit a local comic-book shop, and explore how comic books address real-world issues. URBAN SPACES Students explore urban planning by designing a city park, bus stop, or public spaces using digital 3D modeling. FASHION JUNKWAY Students explore and gather available materials from manufacturing, recycling plants, or retail businesses to create a collection that invokes a desirable new fashion look never seen before. MOVIE MADNESS Students learn the basics of shooting and editing a film and video project. They work on a crew to produce a mini documentary and narrative script. TAKING IT TO THE STREETS Students explore the historical and contemporary importance of guerrilla marketing and street art, as well as participate in a collaborative mural or develop ROBOTS TAKE OVER Students will create a digital 3D model of a robot that solves an environmental or social justice issue. MUD WORKS Students explore different techniques in clay including trying their hand on the potter s wheel to work collaboratively on a project or body of work. GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK Students discover how the product and fashion industry is going green. Explore different techniques and methodologies such as zero-waste, up cycling and reconstruction guerrilla marketing materials. then prototype and design a business. DECKED-OUT GAME MAKERS BEAT MAKERS Students design their own Students learn the process Students learn the basics deck for a skateboard while of indie game development in music production from learning skills in Adobe and simple coding using free recording, packaging, and Photoshop and exploring software that allows students promoting to performing the contemporary culture of to publish their games. their music. skateboarding and graphics.

CONTINUING STUDIES PHOTOGRAPHY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM. May to August 2008 course catalogue

CONTINUING STUDIES PHOTOGRAPHY CERTIFICATE PROGRAM May to August 2008 course catalogue The Langara College Photography Certificate Program is one of, if not, the largest and most comprehensive part time