SummER INSTITuTE - Visual Studies Workshop

Tracy RudzitisWeb Design for Artists$550 | This course is available for 3 Undergraduate or 2 Graduate creditsM - F | 9:30AM - 5:00PM | COMPUTER LAB (A2)JuLY01-05Understanding how to design and publish for the web is animportant tool for the visual artist. Web sites can serve as a placeto promote or display a portfolio, can function as a part of alarger community in which one shares thoughts, writings, andideas, or is the medium in which an artist works, producing piecesthat are web specific. The web presents unique constraints to thepresentation of information and ideas. Principals and elementsof design must adhere to specific modes of production butunderstanding these technical constraints allows one to ‘break’with the rules and move beyond the average site. This class willcover multiple approaches to design and various ways in which topresent work. We will look at incorporating animation, interactivity,and multiple forms of media into a web site. The class is a hands–on workshop. Participants should be prepared to design anddevelop a web site as well as take part in discussions surroundingaesthetics and strategies used in web design.Instructor Bio: Tracy Rudzitis has been designing and building webpages since 1995. She worked as a web developer for Starwave(Outside Online, ABCnews.com), Microsoft, Real Networks, andseveral interactive advertising agencies in both Seattle, WA andNew York City for 6 years before going into teaching public schoolfull time. She currently teaches media–arts at a middle schoolin New York City, and designs and builds web pages for severalclients when she is not teaching.Photograph by Alicia Taylor,a current graduate student inVSW’s MFA program