Long Island Media Arts Show
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
Five Towns College
8 AM – 1:30 PM

A Show of high school student media projects and portfolios including Video, Photography, Computer Graphic and Animations.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND: Teachers/Educators with their most dedicated high school Media Arts Students.

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED FOR PARTICIPATION. Online registration ONLY. REGISTER BY MARCH 3, 2010:
Click on link below to register for each of the media arts genres. See details below for rules and limitations.
Only work that is pre-registered can be scheduled.

Video Registration
Photography Registration
Computer Graphics Registration
Computer Animation Registration

$75 REGISTRATION FEE: per school, payable in advance or at show. Make checks payable to Long Island Media Arts Show. Checks, Purchase Orders and BOCES Arts-in-Education Contracts accepted.

VIDEO ENTRY LIMIT: Five 5-minute videos maximum per school.
*Note: Please have students enter productions w/ appropriate language and content and all original footage.

PHOTOGRAPHY/COMPUTER GRAPHICS VOLUNTARY LIMIT:
Teachers please select students who, because of their serious approach and talent, would most benefit from evaluator comment of their portfolios. No specified limit of participating students, but we need to keep numbers manageable. Students may attend show even if not presenting a portfolio.

REGISTER and EVALUATE: Make plans to attend the show (see Registration form) with a group of your most interested students. Please be the first “evaluator” by selecting your most committed students and by encouraging the presentation of the best student work. To benefit from the day, all attending students should have an interest in the media arts. We also need all media arts teachers to help with evaluation of student work (from other districts). See enclosed form.

SCHEDULE: Sign in begins at 7:45am; Program is from 8 am – 1:30 pm. Please stay for the entire program for your students to present and view the works of other students. Assist your students in planning their presentations and encourage them to be good audiences when viewing.

Specs and tech for each genre

VIDEO: Students give a brief introduction to their work and answer questions from evaluators and audience as part of their presentation.

1. All entries must be in DVD, one production per disk, finalized and ready to go. Confirm DVD compatibility by playing the disk on a standard DVD player before attending show. Each entry is limited to 5 minutes, excerpts OK.
2. DVDS must be all original material; no re-edits of broadcast footage or movies.
3. Teachers must review DVDS for appropriate language and content. DVDS w/ inappropriate language/content will be removed from show.
4. LIMIT of 5 DVDS PER SCHOOL.

PHOTOGRAPHY PORTFOLIOS: 3’ x 6’ display panels provided; 2 students exhibit on each panel. Students discuss their work one-on-one w/ evaluators. Work must remain displayed until end of show. Bring masking or Gaffer’s tape for mounting (limit 5-6 prints).

COMPUTER ARTS HARD COPY: Students discuss work one-on-one w/ evaluators. Bring masking or Gaffer’s tape for mounting (5-6 prints).

COMPUTER ANIMATION: includes computer animation, multimedia, web-page design, traditional animation. Presentation options: DVD or MAC G3 or G4 available on-site. (limit: 5 minutes; works in progress accepted).

GROUP CRITIQUE: Comment on selected student photographs and computer graphics.

COMPETITION OR PRESENTATION: Admission to the Summer School of the Media Arts is selective. However, the main objective for students not applying to the summer school is to present their work to an attentive audience and get feedback from evaluators and peers in a non-competitive environment.

LUNCH: Sandwiches/beverages are available at reasonable cost in college cafeteria.

NYS SUMMER SCHOOL OF THE MEDIA ARTS (NYSSSA):
A four-week NYSED sponsored Media Arts summer program. NYS Education Department evaluators attend our Media Arts Show and choose potential participants. Interested students should bring in a completed NYSSSA application, available at the NYSSSA website and make sure their work is evaluated by NYS Education evaluators attending the show. Application form at: http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/nysssa/SMA/. Summer School for the Arts office: 518-474-8773.

SHOW SITE: Roger Sherman, Dean of Administration, is hosting the show at the excellent FIVE TOWNS COLLEGE facility.

DIRECTIONS TO FIVE TOWNS COLLEGE:
LIE to Exit 50; Bagatelle Road
From West make LEFT; from East make RIGHT onto Bagatelle Road
Make a RIGHT onto Half Hollow Road
Proceed 2 blocks and make a RIGHT on Burrs Lane
College parking is on LEFT, half-way up Burrs Lane

NO SMOKING PERMITTED ANYWHERE ON CAMPUS

INFO: Call 631-224-2185 (Doug Hodges) or 631-286-6989 (Carol Brown).

Long Island Media Arts Show Committee
• Jennifer Beinlich Media Arts Teacher, Plainview/Old Bethpage
• Dan Brenner Video Production Teacher, BTC ES BOCES, Media Arts Show Treasurer. 631-286-6537; dbrenner@esboces.org
• Carol Brown Co-chair Media Arts Show; Coordinator Arts-in-Education, ES BOCES, 631-286-6989; cbrown@esboces.org
• Bill Buchholz Advertising & Design Teacher, Farmingdale HS
• Andy Ellis Advertising, Art & Design Teacher, Islip Career Center, ESBOCES; aellis@esboces.org
• Doug Hodges Co-chair Media Arts Show; TV Prod Teacher, East Islip HS; 631-224-2185 dhodges@eischools.org
• Carla Loeven Media Arts Teacher, Plainview/Old Bethpage
• Talia Mochi Cliffe Advertising Teacher, BTC, ESBOCES 631-286-6504
• Nancy Nigro Photography Teacher, Oceanside HS 631-678-1200 nannerlan@aol.com
• David Schaeffler TV Production Teacher Hauppauge HS schaefflerd@hauppauge.k12.ny.us