Tunxis Podcasts

Tunxis 2nd Annual Marathon of the Arts

Michael Zych — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 13:00:49 +0000

Tunxis’ 1st annual 24-hour Drawing Marathon took place from 9am Friday, Feb. 27 to 9am Saturday, Feb. 28 in one of the campus’ beautiful new drawing studios. Over 20 students, faculty and staff participated in this 24-hour long artistic challenge, and much to everyone’s surprise, all participants finished! The Tunxis Art Club helped to organize this intense studio event and raised enough funds to provide all participating artists with 5 meals, some live entertainment, interesting subjects and plenty of supplies to fuel their creative impulses for the entire day-long period. This documentary, filmed and edited by Mike Zych, captures the inventive, playful and collaborative spirit of the event.
The 2nd Annual Event is titled “Marathon of the Arts” and will be held in the Tunxis Art Studios from 9:00 am April 9 to 9:00 am April 10, 2010. This year’s event will expand to include not only Drawing, but Painting, Sculpture, Photography and Creative Writing, and will be open to 80 Tunxis students! Since we are hoping to fuel all participants with food, supplies and inspiring subject matter, we are looking for donations from the campus community. Any donations of $20 or more will be thanked with an original work of art created at the marathon.

2009 Drawing Marathon

Fourth Annual Black History Gala

Michael Zych — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 22:00:34 +0000

The 4th Annual Gala “Still I Rise” was held on Friday, February 19, 6 – 9 p.m. in Founders Hall on the main campus. The gala honored the history and heritage of African Americans through song, music, poetry and dance. Eric Clemons, a contributing reporter for Connecticut Public Television’s “All Things Connecticut” and former ESPN “SportsCenter” anchor gave the keynote address entitled “Reconnecting With Our History” – - Videography by Josiah I. Martinez
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Don’t Fear the Future: Democratic Transhumanism and Empowerment Through Technology

Michael Zych — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 23:00:15 +0000

James J. Hughes, Ph.D is a bioethicist and sociologist at Trinity College in Hartford where he teaches health policy and serves as associate director of Institutional Research and Planning. He also serves as executive director of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies, a technoprogressive think tank he founded in 2005. Hughes is author of the book “Citizen Cyborg: Why Democratic Societies Must Respond to the Redesigned Human of the Future” and is working on a second book tentatively titled “Cyborg Buddha.” Since 1999, he has produced a syndicated weekly radio program, “Changesurfer Radio,” on the air Saturdays at 5:30 p.m. on WHUS Storrs 91.7 FM.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Q & A

Tunxis Foundation Breakfast

Michael Zych — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:39:14 +0000

Tunxis Community College Foundation and Advisory Board, Inc. held a fund-raising breakfast on October 22 at Avon Old Farms Inn that raised approximately $28,000 for student scholarships and college projects at Tunxis. The panel speakers, who addressed an audience of about 100 on social media for business, were Jay DeFrank, vice president, Pratt & Whitney Communications, Brent Robertson, co-founder and executive creative director of brand and creative firm Fathom, and Christopher Sheridan, coordinating producer for ESPN’s Production and Migration Strategy. Rick Hancock, Internet/technology reporter for Fox 61 WTIC-TV, was moderator for the discussion.

Intro by John Smith | Dr. Cathryn Addy | Stephen Langley | Panel Disc. Pt. 1
Panel Disc. Pt. 2 | Panel Disc. Pt. 3

Art Is Dead

Michael Zych — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:17:21 +0000

On October 28th The Barnes-Franklin Gallery and Bill Kluba sponsored a panel discussion with Ted Mikulski; artist, art educator, and writer exploring the topic of his new book: Art Is Dead: A Manifesto for Revolution in The Visual Arts. The evening provoked a wonderful open exchange with the audience and faculty and staff members from the college. Is Art really Dead?

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4

Television Ad

Michael Zych — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:39:03 +0000

This TV ad was produced by John Timmons and Patrice Hamilton and will begin running on Comcast stations by January 2010. The ad was written by one of our students, Keith Dauch, who helped direct the shoot. His script was chosen as the winner of our student TV commercial contest.

Tunxis Television Spot

Collaboration: 100 Days

Michael Zych — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:38:58 +0000

What’s it like to create a work of art every day for 100 days? This panel discussion explores the creative experience of 6 participants in the Summer 2009 100 Days project. Click on the name of each participant to view their talk.
Steve Ersinghaus | Neha Bawa
Susan Gibb | Carianne Garside
Jessica Somers | John Timmons

Afghan Women’s Writing Project

Michael Zych — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:12:39 +0000

Masha Hamilton, novelist and journalist, gave a lecture at Tunxis on Wednesday, October 21 on her recent trips to Afghanistan and her work on the Afghan Women’s Writing Project, an online teaching and learning community devoted to writing and sharing the experiences of Afghan women with Western audiences. For more information about AWWP or Hamilton, go to mashahamilton.com

Part 1 of 4 | Part 2 of 4 | Part 3 of 4 | Part 4 of 4

3rd Annual Tunxis Drum Circle

Michael Zych — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:23:06 +0000

The 3rd annual drum circle gathering, coordinated by Estelle Carenza and James Revillini, assembled in the Courtyard on September 30, 2009. Students and staff were invited to participate in the dynamic, constantly changing arrangement, characteristic of drum circles which produce completely improvised music. Dennis Cotton of Power of the Drum facilitated, bringing over 50 percussion instruments for anyone to use, and occasionally jumping in to orchestrate using simple but effective gestures to shape the rhythm. The response to the event was extremely positive.

Power of the Drum at Tunxis

Fifth Annual Tunxis Constitution Day

Michael Zych — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:00:37 +0000

On September 21, Tunxis held its annual Constitution Day event. Attorney Richard Voigt, a partner in the Hartford law firm of McCarter and English, gave a presentation on religious liberty and the Constitution. Professor Bob Brown and Dr. Rafaele Fierro added commentary, while Dr. Fran Coan moderated. A question and answer session followed. You may view the video from the links below.

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4