MLAB: Nottingham High School, Syracuse New York

Hello All! And welcome back to the MLAB blog.

We have been very busy working on developing a future MLAB project, of which more information will be coming soon!

We are off to a great start at Nottingham High School this Spring Semester! We are working with two eleventh grade English classes, the students of Ms. Zizzi and Ms. Benedetto. The Nottingham High School students are working with the SU Literacy, Community, Photography class made up of creative writing and transmedia graduate and undergraduate students-- taught by photographer Stephen Mahan and Poet Michael Burkard.

The students are doing incredible work, and appear to be making themselves quite at home with the MLAB-- spreading out on our customized, break-away benches and using the custom made lap desks/cushions both as seats and writing surfaces. It is exciting to again see the space come alive with the energy and creativity of students transforming the walls and space in their creative process.

The first writing assignment was to write a self portrait in the absence of the self. Students explored points of view, personifying objects such as pencils and cameras. In photography, students also worked on self portraits. The work is off to a great start, and I truly look forward to seeing the work of these students develop over the semester!

Stay tuned for more updates and developments on MLAB at Nottingham and the new MLAB project: 601 Tully.

Attached are a few images from our first two visits!

MLAB BOSTON: MassART

Last Week, several members of the MLAB Team (Jessica, Vince, Zach, and Samantha) accompanied Marion to MassArt in Boston for a lecture and workshop with SIM (Studio for Interrelated Media) students. We were invited by Kianga Ford, whom we met as the Artist in Residence at the Warehouse Gallery in Syracuse, New York. In addition to the Thursday lecture and the Friday workshop, we also put up a show of Marion's work and images and ephemera from MLAB in the Godine Family Gallery. On behalf of the whole team, I'd like to express our sincerest gratitude to Kianga, Allie and Evan (student curators), and the rest of the SIM area for making our trip welcoming, engaging, and an overall incredible experience. Thank you. We look forward to working with SIM and MassART again in the (hopefully near) future.

Following are some images from the show, lecture, and Friday morning workshop class. During the class, SIM students worked collaboratively to spacialize social issues/problems within the Boston community using architectural chalk lines. Students addressed such issues as dark pathways in parks, stray cats, noise pollution, and access to information and technology.

The Audience!


Zach at the Lectern.


Jessica and Marion hang the Show.


SIMers check out the MLAB wall of images and ephemera.


MLAB wall.


MLAB friends discuss near Marion's work.


Sam and Marion in the installation view.

MLAB @ MassART: workshop images

Zach and Vince with Kianga Ford's SIM class.


Marion (Left) and Kianga (center, in earthy sweater/turtleneck) with the SIM class.


Board of Social Issues and Skill Sets


Terms that are both psychological and physical.


Zach and Vince giving architecturally colored feedback.


Student project dealing with access to information, modularity, convergence, etc.


Student Project addressing dark pathways in the Fens.


Noise Pollution solutions?



Stray Cats.

MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship

MLAB has been selected as a finalist for the MacJannet Prize for Global Citizenship!

Congratulations and thank you to all who have helped in Making MLAB a success, and for getting us to the next round of this prestigious award.

For more information about the MacJannet Prize and the Taillores Network, go here.

FINAL SHOW: RECEIPTS WITHOUT MEASUREMENTS

RECEIPTS WITHOUT MEASUREMENTS
Opening Reception:
December 15th, 200 5-6:30pm
Syracuse Stage: Storch Theatre Gallery
Syracue, NY



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Hope to see you there!