Events for April 2022

This is the FINAL chance for seniors to be featured in the Ibis Yearbook. Appointments can be made via ibisyearbook.com. There is a $25 sitting fee to be paid at the appointment. Please be sure to wear business casual attire.

Thomas Tucker received his BFA from Kansas City Art Institute and his MFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago where he was a Joan Mitchell MFA grant recipient. He has been evolving complex drawings into animation/kinetic sculptural pieces using 3D software and sound design for over a decade. Prof. Tucker maintains an international profile through his exhibition record and his collaborative research, which often takes him to Japan and the Middle East. Some of these projects include: dealing with body mechanics using motion capture, using technology to create [...]

Does media influence governments’ allocation of humanitarian aid – if so, how? This question has puzzled media and political communication scholars since the 1990s, with grand claims being made for the so-called ‘CNN Effect’, many of which were subsequently discredited. In this research lecture, Dr. Scott revisits these issues using rare in-depth interviews with 30 directors and senior policymakers in 16 of the world’s largest donor countries. Dr. Scott is an Associate Professor in Media and International Development, at the University of East Anglia in the UK. He is currently [...]

Have talents and skills in advertising, marketing, social media, video production, graphic design, project management, public relations? Then join us on April 1st, 2022 at THesis Hotel in Coral Gables where the best advertising agencies and creative shops in Miami will be scouting for upcoming talent. Over 20 companies and advertising agencies will participate!

UM Canes Film Festival Deadline for Film Entry April 15th - 6PM ​ Films/videos submitted to screen at the Festival must have been completed for credit in an official CCA course during the period of Jan 1, 2021 – April 15, 2022 Please fill out the application form and provide a Vimeo/Youtube link to your film.

Join Pulitzer Prize-winning author and humorist Dave Barry as he introduces Barry Levinson's 1982 coming-of-age drama "Diner" and participates in a Q&A with the audience. The event is part of the Cosford Cinema's monthly "Watching Movies With" series.

A virtual Information Session on University of Miami's School of Communication Graduate Programs will be held on Monday, April 4 @ Noon. Join us to learn more about our PhD, MFA, MA, MS, and Certificate programs.

Aaron Draplin, the founder of Draplin Design Company (based in Portland, Oregon), is well known for his design, logo, and identity work—Draplin Design's list of clients includes Nike, Wired, Incase, Burton Snowboards, Patagonia, Target, Woolrich, and even the Obama administration. Zoom meeting code: 202-102-3000

The School of Communication's annual networking event during which students get the opportunity to meet employer partners who are looking to hire UM talent. There will be 20-30 companies in attendance plus refreshments in the Courtyard. All students looking for an internship or job should register to attend this special event!

Join us for another “Data Citizens: A Distinguished Lecture Series” talk featuring multidisciplinary artist Hillary Leone in a conversation with University of Cambridge neuroscientist Daniel Bor that will explore how they are using data to animate art and advance science. This lecture is sponsored by the UM Department of Interactive Media and the Ribeiro Innovation Fund Speaker Series, and is free and open to the public.

Q & A for doctoral students with Associate Dean Christina Lane, to find out more info about academic planning, conferences, publishing, job search and more.

On Monday, April 11, at 6:30 pm, Wagner James Au, the author of The Making of Second Life and The Metaverse Blog New World Notes, will hold a virtual Q&A session on Second Life and the metaverse.

Screening of "Ludi," a made-in-Miami movie about 24 hours in the life of a nurse living in Little Haiti and struggling to make ends meet.

Join the James Beard award-winning food writer as he introduces the 1996 drama "Big Night" and participates in a Q&A with the audience.

"An Update from the DDC: And Other Lies, Fibs and Perjuries.” Get the inside scoop with Aaron Draplin of Draplin Design Co. and learn what goes on behind the scenes! We’ll give an in-depth walk through of some of our projects and answer questions in a more intimate setting. Tips, tricks, tales and threats from our questionable existence! Questions answered. Riddles solved. Enigmas discussed. Don’t miss out!  

Featuring the short films, Colonial Currents: Black Women, Water, Trauma, and Baptism and Hierarchies: Oral and Visual Testimonies. Question and answer session to follow viewing and talk. Colonial Currents: Black Women, Water, Trauma, and Baptism marries still and moving images with poetic narration referencing history and the present. Themes of resistance, reparations, and a restoration of black women’s power in the wake of their middle passage lineage, racial/ethnic histories, and journey with the lingering currents of political frameworks, racism, hegemony, and post-colonial trauma. Intersections of dance, performance and storytelling overlap [...]

In a dynamic 90-minute in-person workshop considering expressive culture, signs and symbolic meanings in the U.S., and the mythologizing and romanticizing of concepts, artifacts, experiences, Alexis Alleyne-Caputo will lead students through discussion, reflection, and writing exercises, with experimental performance/interpretation by Harmony Jackson. Limited seating available for student participants.

Join director Patrick Creadon as he introduces his new documentary about the Loyola Chicago Ramblers, the college basketball team that broke racial barriers in 1963 on their way to a national championship.

Jack Amoroso's 93 years of life in art, from his friendship with Picasso in the South of France to the Coconut Grove of Marjory Stoneman Douglas, has been touched by good fortune and tragedy through all of which, he remains today, one of Miami's most prolific and creative artists.

Join director Bruno Mourral and producer Gilbert Mirambeau as they talk about the making of their made-in-Haiti film and explore the dangers filmmakers must navigate while shooting their movies in that country.