Milstein Program Skill Sessions
Milstein Program Skill Sessions (previously called "short courses") are optional hands-on sessions offered each year as part of the MStudio series. These skill sessions are designed to encourage students to step outside their comfort zones and try something new, and to have fun and bond with their Milstein peers while participating.
Previous Skill Sessions
Cooking Classes: Milstein Scholars learn hands-on kitchen skills that will allow them to cook nutritious, delicious meals for friends and family. Students cook and eat their own meals during this event. Previous topics have included Basic Knife Skills, Ramen, Omelettes, Stir Fry, Pizza and more!
Instructors: Toni Morrison Discovery Kitchen Chefs.
Volumetric Video Capture (AR Avatars): This workshop explored uses of accessible volumetric video tools for volumetric capture, to create small performance clips and digital avatars. While considering issues around technological embodiment, transformation, digital transmutation, and visibility, students collectively created a virtual “stage”- then individual volumetric avatars to populate it. https://milstein-copy.cargo.site/
Instructor: Anna Huff (Hamilton College)
Figure Drawing: This introduction to drawing for non-Art majors offered a chance for students to experiment with charcoal drawing in a casual and fun setting.
Instructor: Todd Miyashiro, Ithaca-based illustrator and Program Coordinator for the Milstein Program.
Audio Production: This two-part workshop examined the audio production process from conception to completion for all recording projects from recording your own voice or instrument, to recording a song or podcast. This skill session helped students assess their project’s scope, plan a workflow, and prepare for some of the challenges that might arise.
Instructor: Mary Lorson is a writer, composer, producer, and educator living in Ithaca.
Public Speaking: In this public speaking and enhanced communication workshop students learned how to overcome behavioral pitfalls, and boost their confidence presenting in any professional setting.
Eliza VanCort, Speaker, writer and consultant on communications, career and workplace issues, and women’s empowerment with a background in political science and the arts
Poetry Broadside Class: This two-part workshop introduced students to writing poetry and combining it with visual art to create broadsides. They learned some key poetry terms, workshopping skills, and fundamentals of visual design, and each walked away with both a digital and print version of their broadside.
Instructor: Dan Rosenburg (Poet, Cornell English)