By Zach Hyman A documentary miniseries about police brutality. An animated short about dinosaurs. A hybrid scripted series focusing on a long-forgotten art movement called “Fluxus.” These projects and more were among those presented in our final Digital Television class with Professor AJ Christian.
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By Jacob Nelson When Dan Danzig first started out in the art world, he sold art collections to corporations. It’s a unique job for an art curator, in that it involves getting to know the tastes of a large group of executives rather than a small group of museum employees. It takes a sharp sense
by Benjamin Levine A crash-course in the language of business can be a tough sell for a group of students whose primary focus is on performance and entertainment. Finance is a difficult subject that many people are averse to, but it is essential to understand when starting a business or working in an administrative role.
By Jacob Nelson Though it’s been five years since Femke Speelberg moved to New York to work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, she still needs to remind herself that she’s not dreaming. “It’s such a great place, I still have to pinch myself I’m actually here,” she said with a laugh during an interview
By Kate Leggett Located in the heart of downtown, the Goodman Theatre has been a staple of Chicago theatre—and cultural life—for over 80 years now. The theatre has seen the world-premiers of dozens of playwrights, from David Mamet to Mary Zimmerman, and is committed to producing both classical and new work. The MSLCE program recently
By Jacob Nelson During her talk last week hosted by Northwestern’s MSLCE Program, Illinois Film Office Deputy Director Christine Dudley joked that each morning she and her staff light a candle to Dick Wolf. The reason? Wolf, the producer behind the “Law and Order” franchise, has made Chicago home to the NBC productions of “Chicago Fire,”
By Jacob Nelson In one of his undergraduate courses, Dan Li was asked to create a Twitter account and live tweet a guest speaker. He hadn’t used Twitter before, and the experience left Li with the realization that “the world of media is really fascinating.” Originally from China, Li has only been in the U.S.
By Zach Hyman As part of Prof. Christian’s Digital Television speaker series, MSLCE students met two of OpenTV’s Lipstick City creators this past Monday. The short film focuses on drag culture and stars drag queen Shea Couleé, who also serves as the film’s writer and director. Shea – biological name Jaren Merrell – and producer
By Benjamin Levine The MSLCE program recently paid a visit to one of Chicago’s most unique cultural destinations, the National Museum of Mexican Art. Opened to the public in 1987, the museum was the vision of Pilsen local Carlos Tortolero, a public school teacher at the time, who organized a group of fellow educators to
By Jacob Nelson Harry Gottlieb has been through a lot in his career. His company, Jellyvision, made some of the biggest hit computer games of the ‘90s. His company has also almost gone out of business three times. So when he was asked at the MSLCE Speaker Series event last Thursday to briefly describe his