SPRING 09 CLASSES AT BUTTE

We're less than a month away from the new semester and all of our classes are filling up fast. The classes with space still available are: 

DAY CLASSES

Digital Video (4 spaces left) - Dennis Wickes instructor

2D Flash Animation (3 spaces left) - Dan Seward instructor

Intro to Multimedia (2 spaces left) - Daniel Donnelly instructor

Super Graphics (12 spaces left) - Dylan Tellesen instructor

Art 32 Typography (1 space left) - Daniel Donnelly instructor

EVENING CLASSES

3D Modeling & Animation (9 spaces left) Jason Roberson instructor (welcome back!)

Digital Photography-Photoshop (5 spaces left) - Don Campbell instructor

If you've been considering taking a class or two in our design program here at Butte, you'd better act quick, by the time the first week of school comes around, there will be a dozen or more students trying to add classes, with no design classes available.

Back in the days when I attended Butte, around 1984/85, it was much easier to add a class than it is now. I don't remember ever signing up ahead of time for a class back then. I dropped in on a class and there was almost always space available. Times have changed quite a bit since then.

With the worsening economy, and the lack of jobs in many sectors, statistics are telling us that more students are going to be attending classes during the Spring and Fall 2009 semesters. I think the current figures are 10% more for Spring and 12% for the Fall.

When word gets out about our new Arts building and the extremely cool equipment and labs we'll be having in this new building, we can expect that the design program is going to become even more impacted.

Consider the new 3D Printer we'll be getting. Imagine being able to render a 3D toy or sculpture and then print a solid model from it that you can take away from the class. Or the 54" Textile Printer that will offer the ability to print on silk, nylon, polyester and about 15 other materials. Or how about the new Laser Cutter we'll be getting, new Adobe software, the lab of 21" Wacom Cintiq drawing monitors, or the brand new printmaking lab we'll have.

Who wouldn't want to take classes in our department. I can't wait to begin testing out all of these new pieces of equipment and seeing what students are capable of creating with them.

Now is a great time to begin taking classes at Butte in the Art and Design programs. The future is looking really good for our students and the skills they'll be able to obtain.

We're heading into an exciting new year for our departments and our programs. Join us by taking a few classes, and sign up EARLY!

Heading for MacWorld Conference tomorrow. I'll let you know what is was like when I return.

-Daniel