Thursday, October 18, 2018
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FILM
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ARTOBER FEST 2018
10:00am-3:00pm, Colorado Mesa University, Delta Field, East of the Fine Arts Building, 1100 North Avenue Grand Junction, CO 81501
The CMU Department of Art and Design would like
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to invite everyone to join them at their fourth annual Artober Fest, on Thursday, October 18 from 10AM-3PM, on the Delta Field just east of the Fine Arts building. Tours of the art building will be held throughout the day and MED (Mesa Emerging Designers) Will be giving away 2018 Artober T-Shirts to everyone who visits each booth and completes the Artober punch card. Suzie Garner will facilitate a Sidewalk Chalk Contest, limited to five teams or individuals, with prizes awarded to the top three. Chalk provided. Pre-registration required: please email sgarner@coloradomesa.edu to sign up. MED will have a Temporary Graffiti Wall; spray paint provided. The MED store will be providing schwag for purchase as well. The Ceramics faculty and students will demonstrate wheel throwing. Wheels and clay will be available for beginners to try wheel throwing. Clay Club and Sculpture Guild will have an assortment of student ceramic pieces and other 3D artwork for sale. Animation, Film, Photography & Motion Design will be offering $5.00 matted studio portraits. Artists will be on hand to draw caricatures for a nominal fee. There will be a free exhibit of student work in film, animation, and motion design. And, there will be options to purchase student-created objects in motion, fresh baked goods, and hot popcorn. The print makers will be live printing with a road roller large woodcuts (up to 30" X 90"). Participants are welcome to bring their own large blocks or "grids" of smaller blocks for printing. Contact Professor Butler at jobutler@coloradomesa.edu by Sept 15 for participation details and so that we can be sure to have enough supplies. Sculpture Guild will cast sculptures in molten iron during an Iron Pour. They will begin pouring around 12PM and won’t stop until all the molds are poured. Musicians from CMU’s Music department will be playing live on Delta Field during Artober Fest. All proceeds from sales during Artober Fest benefit the individual student-run art clubs. If you have any questions about Artober Fest please contact Ashtonn Means with the CMU Art and Design department at 970-248-1833 or ameans@coloradomesa.edu.
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CLASSES/LECTURES
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STRETCH YOUR LANGUAGE CREATIVITY
5:30pm-7:30pm, Copeka Coffee Shop, 1012 North 5th, GJ CO
Poet Uche Ogbuji of Denver and Nigeria will read,
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speak and teach a class on creativity in writing, performance and language.
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