Author Archives: Sarah Blackmon

AniMANIA! Middle School Stop Motion

By Sarah Blackmon | April 2, 2012

On St. Patrick’s day, a group of motivated middle school students spent their Saturday at the Museum, learning the basics of Stop Motion Animation. Led by Hal Meeks, an artist, designer, and digital consultant at NC State University, the workshop started with a high energy group animation. The kids jumped no less than 15 times [...]

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Meet an Instructor: Paul Hobgood

By Sarah Blackmon | March 28, 2012

Paul Hobgood will be team-teaching the upcoming Architecture Skills workshop with Rebecca Necessary. Participants will learn some of the tricks of the trade, and best methods for drawing and building models. Paul works as a design architect at Kenneth Hobgood, Architects. He is also a graduate of NC State University College of Design, where he received [...]

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Meet an Instructor: Katherine Diuguid

By Sarah Blackmon | March 26, 2012

Katherine Diguid is teaching the third workshop in our textile skill-building workshop series: Introduction to Embroidery. She also taught the “Learn to Knit” which was held in February. Workshop registration is currently open for this class, more information is available here.   Katherine Diuguid is an artist/designer and teacher. She recently graduated with her Master of [...]

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Meet an Instructor: Rebecca Necessary

By Sarah Blackmon | March 22, 2012

Rebecca Necessary will be team-teaching the upcoming Architecture Skills workshop with Paul Hobgood. Participants will learn some of the tricks of the trade, and best methods for drawing and building models. Rebecca is a graduate of NC State University College of Design, where she received a Masters of Architecture. She stays busy working as a project designer [...]

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Workshop: TECH-TYPE-HIGH with Santiago Piedrafita

By Sarah Blackmon | March 21, 2012

Workshop: TECH-TYPE-HIGH with Santiago Piedrafita Saturday, May 5 • 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. • $50 Open to grades 9–12 High school students will engage hands-on with computer technologies, to shape typography (fonts + language); graphics (visual content + form); and design overall (graphic design + communications). Computers, projectors, printers, digital cameras, and phones (why not?), will [...]

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