Friday, April 22, 2011

Renaissance of Ai iDSA

Hey everyone,

The iDSA club is starting back up for the 2011 Spring Quarter. The blog will be updated weekly, as will the Facebook (ai idsa). Please help get the club in motion by registering for the forum at www.aiphidsa.forumotion.com . Questions/concerns can be directed to the forum or you can email us at aiph.idsa.awesome@gmail.com

Thanks and enjoy your holiday weekend!

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Guest Speaker


Hello everyone,

We have a guest speaker coming in to give a presentation about special effects. The date is set to Monday 5/24/2010 at 4:30pm - 5:30pm in room 815 on the 8th floor.

Mike Dinetz: 2003 IDT Alum

After graduating from Aiph he went on to attend a prominent make-up school in Hollywood and then began a career in make-up and special effects for film and tv in Los Angeles. In 2007 he formed a larger company with two partners, which expanded to the far east with a workshop in China. He spends most of his year working on films in China. Recently he has been asked to teach at a prominent make-up school in Beijing. Mike’s work can be seen at www.studiodds.net

We hope to see you there!

Ai IDSA

Monday, May 17, 2010

Guest Speaker

Hello everyone,

We have a guest speaker coming in to give a presentation about special effects. We are still working out the details although the date is set to Monday 5/24/2010.

Mike Dinetz is a 2003 alum who has made quite a name for himself in the special effects industry. He is coming in to talk about his experiences and share what he has learned while working in the industry.

Please feel free to send us an email if you have any questions regarding this event.

Also just a reminder we will be holding a meeting this Wednesday 5/19 in room 815 at 4:45pm.

Ai IDSA

Meeting + Announcements

Hello everyone,

Ai IDSA is looking to hold a meeting next Wednesday, May 19th at 4:45pm in room 815. During this meeting we will be discussing officer positions & duties and the goal for the club for the summer quarter. If you or anyone you know is interested in becoming an Ai IDSA officer please attend this meeting, or send an email and we can set up a time to talk.

I will also talk about my experiences attending the 2010 IDSA Northeast district conference, and competing in the IDSA student merit award competition. If anyone is interested to compete in this competition next year I will be able to give advice and heads up on what to expect. (Tom Perrone)

Feel free to send an email if you have any questions.

We hope to see you next week!

Ai IDSA

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Final Meeting + Announcements

Hello everyone,

Announcing our final meeting of the winter quarter Wednesday 3/10/2010 at 4:45pm-6:00pm in room 815. During this meeting we will be wrapping up the quarter and talking about plans for the spring quarter.

We hope to see you there

Furniture Show Announcement-

Its that time again! The furniture is the 27-28th of this month with the opening party on the 26th (for those who would like to pay to go). We will also need to arrange students to sit in our booth. We should have a good spread of work to choose from. Please pass the word along to students that it is approaching. They have not given me our official set-up time yet and we will pass that along to you all as soon as I have it ‘in- hand’. As discussed at the 12th week meeting, this one is being done differently than in previous years since we didn’t have a class in rotation available to officially attach it to. As such we are counting on a more diverse range of projects subject wise but that is always exciting. There will be a faculty Jury, see Don. and Collab lamps, Chairs from Georges class, rain barrels, clocks from Fabrication etc will all be considered.

IDSA Merit Award Announcement-

PhilaU would like to host the IDSA Merit Awards judging this year on March 30, 7-10, at the Kanbar Student Center.

This is the probable date for the IDSA merit awards. Faculty will need to select three students from those wanting to participate. Interested students should contact Wendy to schedule a faculty review of their presentation.

This is for students that are members of Ai iDSA and are graduating in 2010.


Ai iDSA