Washtenaw Community College

Jacob Lawrence’s Prints of John Brown On Display at WCC

A rich and colorful series of prints by one of America’s most widely respected African-American painters, Jacob Lawrence, is on display at WCC’s Gallery One through Feb. 17.

Get Information Jan. 17 About Upcoming Italy Photo Trip

This May, WCC is again offering a three-week photography class in Sorrento, Italy, and its surrounding area. An information session about the trip will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 17, from 7:00pm to 9:00pm in Room 303 of the Gunder Myran building.

WCC Photo Showcase Features Student Work

A semester’s worth of hard work will be on exhibit when WCC’s Gallery One opens its doors to a one-day showcase of student photographs on Wednesday, Dec. 14.

WCC Talent Showcase Set For Nov. 17

The WCC Towsley Auditorium will resonate with the sounds and sights of talented students when the curtain goes up on the Fourth Annual WCC Talent Show Thursday, Nov. 17, at 6:00pm. The event is free and open to the public.

Middle East the Focus of Exhibition, Lectures, and Dinner Talk

Several public events are planned this November and December that highlight the illuminating Middle East travels of WCC humanities instructor Elisabeth Thoburn.

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WCC Photo Student Takes Top Honor In International Competition

WCC photography student Toko Shiiki has won first place in the 2011 International Photography Awards. Shiiki won in the People: Other Portrait—Non-Pro category.

Photography Class Travels to Turkey

Editor’s note: WCC photography instructor Terry Abrams led a trip to Turkey by his Digital Photography Abroad class in May. The following is a first-person account of the trip by Mike Wilkinson, a student.

Film Festival to Showcase Student Work

Since 2002, WCC’s digital video production program has gone through a lot of changes: more students, new full-time faculty, upgraded facilities including an editing lab and a green screen, and new top-of-the-line cameras, light kits, and software. One thing that hasn’t changed is the end-of-the-year Digital Video and Animation Festival, where the best of the students’ work is judged before an audience.

Student’s Film Shown at Ann Arbor Film Festival

For someone who enrolled in WCC’s digital video production program on an impulse, John Inwood is doing all right. He was nominated for an Emmy for one of his films, and his latest short film was recently shown at the Ann Arbor Film Festival.