Founded in 2010, NOMAD LAB is located in the heart of the Valle del Oro neighborhood in Newhall and the Jakes Way neighborhood in Canyon Country. NOMAD LAB designs and implements free inclusive arts, capacity building and leadership programs to offer a safe forum for creativity, dialogue, and community engagement.
The Illustration class carried over from Fall 2012 to create two more projects: Auto/Biographies Vol. 2 and Mythologies. Both projects were sold on consignment at Skylight Books and The Pop-Hop in Los Angeles.
Auto/Biographies included stories of mothers, fathers, and grandfathers, as well as imagined futures of Nomad Lab authors.
For Mythologies, students were asked to reimagine local histories and locations. Titles include "Werewolf vs. Vampire with William S. Hart," "The Sandwich," "My Pokemon Adventure," and "Springtime in the SCV."
Filmmaker Misra Iltus wrapped up our first ever Film/Video Visiting Artist class, guiding the students through creating a portrait of their community. The students directed and filmed "It's Time To Roll Out" with Misra and were joined by Leah Olbrich (a filmmaker and puppeteer) for the editing process.
Watch the whole film on our Youtube channel! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ev8eggwzjxY
Photographer and sound artist Jessica Castillo joined us for the 2nd session of the pilot Film and Video class to introduce students to script treatments. Using Jamaica Kincaid texts (including "What I Have Been Doing Lately") as a starting point, students first learned how to adapt an existing text for film and then worked on crafting their own including the important points they learned from that process. Each student developed their own version of Kincaid's "What I Have Been Doing Lately" which will hopefully be adapted for film/video soon.
4/13 and 4/20: Armando Martinez-Celis
Graphic Designer Armando Martinez-Celis joined us as a Visual Arts visiting artist for a mapmaking workshop. Using large rolls of butcher paper, the students created maps of their own lives and each others' by mapping out daily locations as well as more special ones. This project stemmed from Armando's thesis project which was a self portrait in relation to his hometown of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Photos coming soon!
Photographer Christina Simons joined the Visiting Artist/Visual Arts class for some very fun shadow puppet construction and filming! The students created incredible shadow puppets out of construction paper, bubble wrap, colored cellophane, Christmas lights and more. Christina provided a fantastic set up with an overhead projector and screen for the kids to experiment with their puppets as well as some fancy tricks with the overhead projector (including a tub of water, dye, and oil).
Watch the whole film on our YouTube channel complete with some fun shenanigans at the end and a guest appearance by Christina's cat!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7E3CzX3s2A
