Students Make Films
Info and resources for Hamline filmmakers/actors seeking collaborators
Add Me to the Student Make Films Directory (Hamline only)
See the Student Make Films Directory (Hamline only)
Hamline Theatre and Dance Events
DMA Tech Support Hours – Fall 2016
Mon-Thu: 10:30am – 12:30pm and 6 – 8pm
Fri: 10:30am – 12:30pm and 3 – 5pm
Sun: 6 – 8pm
DMA Tech Support is located in DRH 5A.
Students Make Films Meetup
Need help on your project?
Join us for pizza in an informal gathering of filmmakers & actors.
September 29th, 5-6
Drew Res Hall Conference Room #65
Portfolio Reviews
Digital Media Arts Portfolio Reviews
Fall 2016 portfolio reviews will take place October 13 and 14. Fill out the web survey by October 5 and you will be contacted with scheduling information.
All DMA majors are required to undergo a portfolio review at the beginning of their third year and again prior to completing their senior project. Portfolio reviews are a normal part of any arts-based education program. The purpose of a portfolio review is to help you improve your work and realize your creative and professional goals through feedback from your professors.
Your portfolio review will:
- Help you learn how to discuss your work and understand how it fits into the historical and contemporary media arts landscape
- Allow you to receive direct feedback from your professors
- Help you make stronger work and grow as an artist
- Help guide you towards your creative & professional goals
How It Works
Reviews will last 15 minutes. You will present your work during the first 10 minutes, which will be followed by 5 minutes of questions and discussion. Your presentation must not exceed 10 minutes. After the review you will receive feedback from faculty outlining improvement areas and suggestions for resources, further research, future directions, etc.
You will need to arrive 10 minutes prior to your scheduled time-slot.
What You Will Do
You will assemble what you consider to be your best work (no more than 10 pieces). The work you choose should represent your skills, growth, and areas of interest as an artist. Then you will prepare a ten-minute presentation in which you discuss your work. Your presentation should address the following points:
- Give a brief background on your creative interests and practice
- Describe the kind of work you’re doing
- Explain the themes, issues, and ideas your work explores and why
- Explain what and/or who influences or inspires your work
- What are your greatest strengths and how will you apply them?
- What are your greatest weaknesses and how will you improve?
- What do you plan to work on in the future and how you plan to reach new goals?
Displaying Your Work
The work you choose should be displayed at the highest possible quality. For example, if you are displaying digital prints they should be high resolution (not compressed) and, if printed, they should be printed on quality paper. Same goes for video and audio files; video should be displayed in HD and audio files should be presented in a lossless format. You should try to show your work digitally if possible (i.e. via web portfolio, PowerPoint, etc.) but you can bring physical media if that’s what you have.
The reviews will be held in DRH 10. A computer, video projector, and stereo speakers will be provided. There will also be space to display prints and other physical objects. If you need special technology to display your work let DMA faculty know in advance. Multimedia installations and performances should be presented as video documentation.
DMA Senior Show May 16
Stop by Bush Ballroom to see and hear what our seniors have been working on this year! Food and refreshments provided.
Bush Ballroom
5-7pm
DMA Arduino Workshop at Twin Cities Maker Faire
The DMA department held an introductory Arduino workshop at the Twin Cities Mini Maker Faire at 2pm on May 14. Thanks to everyone who participated!
Workshop students can download the workshop files here.
Jacob Stordahl Featured at Body and Machine 2016
Jacob Stordahl’s kinetic sculpture, CAKE, will be featured at Body and Machine 2016. Stordahl is a DMA major and he created the sculpture in the DMA Physical Computing J-term class.
Body and Machine is a kinetic and interactive art show organized by Make It Move. DMA Assistant Professor Josh Gumiela will also exhibit his work Refugee at the show, which is currently on display at the Hamline Faculty Exhibition.
Call for Work – Northern Spark 2016
Full info can be found here.
This open call is for individual artist project proposals for Northern Spark: Climate Chaos | Climate Rising, to be held June 11, 2016. We seek projects in 3 different categories: projection, artworks in any medium, workshops.
Deadline: March 1
Northern Spark is an all-night arts festival that lights up Minneapolis on June 11, 2016.
During Northern Spark, tens of thousands of people gather along the Minneapolis riverfront and throughout the city to explore giant video projections, play in temporary installations in the streets, and enjoy experimental performances in green spaces and under bridges. From dusk to dawn the city surprises you: friendly crowds, glowing groups of cyclists, an unexpected path through the urban landscape, the magic of sunrise after a night of amazing art and experiences. Northern Spark is the one-night arts event people talk about for the rest of the year.
DMA Lab Schedule Spring 2016
Schedule here