I’ve joined Team Massachusetts (MassArt and UMass Lowell) in the Department of Energy’s Solar Decathlon. I will be working on the communications committee, mainly on the team’s website, but also graphics, and branding.
Spencer gives the lo-down on the project at the first summer meeting.
After several months of preparation, we have released the new website and just posted the newly printed brochures.
Check out the new webpage!
After working with WordPress for Common Boston (www.commonboston.org) and for my personal blog (busyjulie.com), I’ve decided to take the leap and use WordPress for my portfolio website, to replace my current hard-coded HTML site (juliechen.net). Coming soon! Here’s a peek:
New WordPress website coming, with homepage slideshow! This slide features my documentation of Cori Spencer's Little Black Topsy and the Magical White Fairy Soap.
Working in a team of four, we are redesigning my department’s website. Some of the changes have already been released, featuring some of my photography. SIM finally has a face to the public! sim.massart.edu
Facelift? I'm Lovin' It.
SIMsite team:
Matt Moore, SIM Alumn, Site Webmaster
Dana Moser, SIM Professor, Content Contributor
Eric Ente, SIM Student, Widget Programmer
Julie Chen, SIM Student, New Site Graphics
Just met with architects Parul Zaveri and Nimish Patel of Abhikram, who gave a very rousing presentation to the architects in my office, Payette, about their Indian approach to sustainable design.
Abhikram Architects
This is my first cross-over encounter between my two worlds: work-life and school life. My professor, Michael Sheridan, is friends with the Indian architects and is the one who asked me to find presentation venues for them. Luckily, Abhikram’s design philosophies relate closely to Tom Payette’s.
My piece about my grandmother was accepted by the jury for the TJX Asian Pacific Heritage Month Exhibit. It will be on exhibit at the TJX Corporate Headquarters from May 3-31.
Grandma - I Didn't Know Her Name
MassArt All School Show (aka ASS). SIM and Printmaking join forces to present their work together this year.
Godine Gallery Exhibit
I got the chance to meet famed New England artist Arthur Ganson at his Gestural Engineering exhibit at the MIT musem. In a rare opportunity, I was directly granted permission from the artist himself to video record his work in action (the MIT Museum normally does not allow video).
The Association of Professional Model Makers Conference was great. My presentation at Pecha Kucha got people interested in my various connections, especially Common Boston. Sapir and Andrzej of The TUTS approached me about getting involved with this year’s Common Boston Festival and expressed interest in my studies as a media and performing arts student at MassArt.
The rest of the conference was exciting with a tour of Hasbro and media-filled Cakemix Studios (I might apply someday), and RISD Architecture, I.D., and Furniture Departments. The Keynote Speaker, Neil Gershenfeld blew us away (video footage by Ian Deleon coming soon). Meeting new colleague model makers, while reacquainting with those I hadn’t seen since the last conference in 2008 was great. And the conference ended with a tour of Harvard’s GSD’s shop, the BRA’s City of Boston model at 1:40 scale, and MIT’s Museum, where we met and talked one-on-one with reknowned New England artist Arthur Ganson, and perused the MIT naval archives.
Possibly most exciting, through meeting Neil Gershenfeld, I met his students, Ilan Moyer (MIT Center for Bits and Atoms), and Natan Linder (MIT Media Lab). I’m investigating starting a relationship between MassArt SIM and MIT’s students. Neil is a huge open info sharing advocate, and hopefully with this attitude, that leaves an open field for collaboration.
Since then… Work has been busy and I’ve been working on my final project for my Flash class. Currently, I’m mentally preparing for an improv performance in class tomorrow. Wish me luck!
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Naming a blog URL domain, when you have the "John Smith" of Chinese-American names, is a task. So what makes me different from all the other Julie Chen’s out there? I keep very busy.
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