RECAP SVA MTG 10-16-2008 NOON-1PM @ MAIN 160
-INTRO : Meghann Harris, President of SVA, MAT Representative
-Few announcements/Recap on the first SVA Academic meeting:
-Town Hall meeting explanation and approval of minutes
-what Cabinet of SVA does: pose questions from students on the floor for
MICA administration to answer
-ie questions about school store never being priced explicitly
-Summary of previous SVAAC meeting and approval of minutes
-Campus wide committee election: Exhitions Committee
-Kat Buckley elected student representative
-Publicizing concerns
-Sarah Barnes talked about Art Market
-Jan Stinchcomb, Dean of Undergraduate Studies talked about self study
****check out sva blog! @ micasva.blogspot.com
-Blog will list all SVA meeting minutes in the future
-Election of SVAAC Vice President and Secretary
-Explanation of each position's duty
-VP
-Oversee any SVA Academic Council subcommittee
-Cabinet mtg to discuss with Student Life and Academic Affairs to
possibly create subcommittees to solve issues for whoever is
interested
-Liaison to VP of Student Affairs
-Report issues to Student Affairs (Ashley, Christie, Taylor, and
President of SVA Student Life Council)
-Secretary
-Take minutes for regular open SVA mtgs
-VP & Secretary get together with President once a month to discuss
goals and the current status of SVA
-Election for positions:
-Meredith McFall for VP (unopposed)
-Ellice Park for Secretary (unopposed)
-SVA Department Reports
Each member of the SVA was required to meet with their department chair before the meeting to discuss issues or concerns in the department as well as talk about the self study.
Art Ed.
Reps: Rachel & Meghann
Dpt Chair: Mary Hafeli
Concerns:
-Not many concerns, no Art Ed. Document on MICA Self Study online
-Thinks of sending out mass survey of Questions prepared by reps to have ongoing
conversation with students about MAT concerns
-Chair sent a mass email sent out to raise awareness of who the MAT SVA reps
are, and that SVA exists to act as liaison between student body and administration
Recap concerns: none
Art History
Reps: Kat Buckley & Ellice Park
Dpt Chair: Kerr Houston
Concerns:
-AH students generally happy with AH department; only concern has to do with
internships but department is good at keeping AH majors up to date with
opportunities
-AH dpt thinking about having a senior thesis
-Study abroad opportunities
-Seminar class on tech for learning blackboard and the like for teachers
Recap concerns: technology lessons for faculty
Ceramics
Reps: Lauren Henriksen, Courtney Stone, Melissa Schmid
Dpt chair: David East
Concerns:
-huge junior class, growing school population
-how to help dpt grow? How to get space?
-Want dpt to grow but doesn’t have space to incorporate other students and
encourage this
-Maybe incorporate concentration
Recap concerns: Space space space!
Drawing
Rep: no rep present
Dpt chair: Rex Stevens
Experimental Animation
Rep: no rep present
ENV Design
Reps: Deunte Ford, Mya Kerner, Meredith McFall, Luisa
Dpt chair: Peter
Concerns
-Losing professors who can teach classes
-ENV students have to take other dpt’s classes to make up for certain classes
-Ie video classes for computer drafting skills classes
-Ie autocad can be learned in Continuing Ed but the class is not listed
online?!
therefore, how to not get overlooked?!
-Misconceptions or misnomers from self study
-Ie written goal in self study is for students to explore different way sof
fabrication and different ways of design
-Yet losing fabrication tech class and architecture foundation class (2
foundational courses for learning skills) – students don’t know how to
fabricate, will fall behind
-Two classes listed in self study that aren’t really there
-Students cannot reach full potential with these issues
-Design department in flux right now, Peter looking to get support from other
branches that are listed in self study
Recap concerns: need more faculty and classes, correct self study
Fibers
Reps: Anne Carnes, Ashley Lloyd
Dpt chair: Christine Woods (new chair)
Concerns
-dpt grow very quick, school asks for more intro classes YET not enough Space
and not enough Faculty
-currently 2 technicians but need one fully working who specializes in technology
-ie smart textiles program as part of fibers program at the moment
-want: increase technology options and opportunities
-ie more digital printers
-which can’t be had without another full time technician
recap concerns: need space and faculty, one full time technician
Foundation
Reps: Tiffany Tsui, Stacey Montobello, Omer Wasim
Co-Chairs: Michelle LaPerriere, Katherine
Advisor: Richard
Concerns:
-Students not happy with apartment-roommate situation
(Referred to Residence Life Office)
-Students not aware of existence of Major Cafe
-learning disabilities, some teachers don’t honor the issues or students don’t want
to admit their ada position
recap: concerns addressed during the meeting.
GD
Reps: Becky Slogeris, Andy Mangold, Melissa
-not met with chair yet, no updates
recap concerns: none
IL
Rep: Alex Gracey
Chair: Whitney Sherman
Concerns
-studio space with seniors having to double up in cubicles
-80-some students in sophomore class, yet only 35 spaces available
-possible ways to give sr students space
-studios in bank bldg?
-half of IL space in fox building cut by gallery space
recap concern: Space!
Interactive Media
Rep: none present
Interdisciplinary Sculpture
Reps: Brian Mullineaux, Jamie
Dpt chair: Ladell
Concerns:
-want to make website for dpt, blog for students
-information about staffing classes
-talk with grad students to help create the website
-want to get mica alumni to come back for helping department in creating
internships, networking, etc
-students interested in facilitation of transfer credits from other colleges into MICA to emphasize interdisciplinary aspect
-chair talked about graduates who felt short in contemporary art world post-
graduation
-interest in creating contemporary art classes to be available or made mandatory in
the degree program
recap: website, networking, mica alumni back to mica, credit transfer facilitation, adding contemporary art classes to degree program
GFA
Rep: none present
Chair: Rex Stevens
LL&C
Reps: Rose, Rachael Beckman
Chair: Jennifer Wallace
Concerns:
-make LLC into its own major
-want to get together focused group of students to talk about this with
faculty
-focus on critical writing, thinking, inquiry, literarture; writing analysis,
etc .. hodgepodge of bfa and ba type of degree
-thinks making into own major will aid students in criticism or teaching
-interested in accreditation for doing this in four years
recap: make LLC into its own major
Painting
Rep: Stephanie McKee
-not present/no concerns yet
Photo
Rep: Eric Goldschmidt, Heather
Concerns:
-more funding for field trips
-Currently MICA will not fund anymore field trips for classes
-more funding for visiting artists
-had to cancel a number of talks
-students need to learn traditional AND digital means of photography
-lack of equipment
-only 8 digital cameras for all photo department available
-ones available at moment are fairly sophisticated but out of date
-students want more equipment to rent, and lenses which they may not be able to
afford
-lack of focus on digital aspect
-not enough lockers for photo department
-students having to store chemicals in their apartments- hazardous
recap: more funding for trips and visiting artists, need more equipment and space for lockers, stop cutting classes
Printmaking
Rep: Carrie (three people but one official rep)
Chair: Gayle - met with her and lots of other students
Concerns
-entilation
-better ventilation needed in building otherwise printmaking space is
hazardous entity in itself—wearing masks and gloves only goes so far
-solution: upgrades on fans and different things could be effective without
building an entirely new building - MORE fans as well
-lots of opportunities with windows that have unusable fans (too loud, can’t
hear professors)
-run through the building, can find lots of places to upgrade old
technologies, fans are ancient
-ie Intaglio room
-ie litho, two windows there
-ie windows facing street from dolphin don’t seal very well, have to
climb up to open or close them via kicking
-difficult for print majors to get into classes necessary or desired
-other dpts deal with this issue by closing off certain classes until open
registration (ie animation)
-need certain number and variety of survey classes/dedicated classes for just one particular medium in order to save room in classes for actual print majors but still
allow drawing, painting, etc... majors to take print classes
-survey classes often don’t count toward core as opposed to printmaking
collective
recap: currently hazardous ventilation and lack of efficient class registration system
Video
Rep: none present
PAULA PHILIPS ANNOUNCEMENT
-Introduction
-Been at MICA since the 1970's
-Painter with Masters in studio painting
-Developed several programs for MICA
-i.e. CAP
-Faculty Committee:
-faculty committee to address specific things around Campus
-Takes student concerns back to Faculty Assembly Committee to voice concerns
and joys, then administration and president
-5 faculty reps, who rotate to attend every SVAAC meeting
-Concern:
-SVA elections/representative selection process
-Can SVA possibly hold elections for the position of
representative in the spring semester?
recap:
introduction/raise awareness of faculty group dedicated to being a liaison between administration and student body
idea given of having few representatives per dpt to rotate persons and share heavy responsibility
idea also of electing student representatives rather than depending on chairs to appoint representative leaders
MEGAN MILLER announcement
-There is still room for applicants for the student space galleries
-4 gallery spaces this year = more opportunities to show work
-difficulty in filling up the space because they didn't have enough
applicants
-Let students know reopening application process for shows in Spring
-Campus safety & shuttles
-If interested in this topic, go to upcoming Student Life Meeting
-Rufus Davis will be talking about this with Student Life SVA
Next meeting: November 20, 2008 NOON-1 PM @ Main 160
