APSE — A Project Studio Environment

Fall Projects

Color Schemes
  Series of paintings related to color and form  
 
Crew Advancement Project
  Team growth and building the rowing community at The Evergreen State College  
 
Dimensions of Solitude
  Series of three short stories, with accompanying photographs, focusing on different aspects of being alone  
 
E-Liberate
  Online deliberation using Roberts Rules of Order  
 
Finding Alternative
  Script writing  
 
A Foray in Flash
   is a crash course in Flash animation. Self-learning Flash from books and tutelage from peers with the objective of creating a full length episode of an ongoing cartoon series. See Run and Gun Pictures  
 
Kanekami
  Fundraising Database  
 
Matryoshka
  An experiment in creating art collectively. The first round builds on this quote by Jean Baudrillard: "We are no longer a part of the drama of alienation; we live in the ecstasy of communication. And that ecstasy is obscene."  
 
Organix Mechanix Sound Project
  Computer music / sound production  
 
Philosophy in Film
  Research paper  
 
Youth Arts Center
  Launching a non-profit arts organization and facility in Olympia, Washington.

We are interested in working with a diverse set of projects. Ideally the projects will support communities or positive social change. These could include community information systems, art projects, community development and service, policy development, citizen science, media, plan development public deliberation, and many others. Students — and groups — who have done preparatory work in other programs or elsewhere are especially encouraged to enroll for the APSE program to continue their project work.The faculty will also identify several project possibilities. The program will consider research and theory in addition to pragmatic project work. APSE will constitute a single supportive enterprise and meet as a group throughout all three quarters on a regular scheduled basis.

A critical part of Evergreen's education involves working on projects. In fact this is one area in which many Evergreen students truly excel: student teams apply what they've learned while playing a strong role in their own ongoing education. In fact in cases like these, faculty members often take a back seat, helping to facilitate the project by bringing in resources or new information and educational opportunities on an as needed basis.

Students will be expected to participate in developing shared resources, planning the curriculum, etc. Students from the various teams will keep abreast of progress in the other projects and interact with them in various capacities throughout the three quarters.

The faculty member will act primarily as a facilitator. Some of the additional skills that a faculty member might help cultivate include quantitative and qualitative research, media, computer, leadership, team-building, community development, and theoretical and pragmatic information and knowledge in specific content areas. As a group we will explore how workshops, guest speakers, field trips, videos, etc. can support our work.

Part of our focus will be on strengthening Evergreen's capacity for supporting and sustaining multi-year team project work as key component of its academic program. (For example, we could even help seek outside funding.) We intend to explore the idea of an ongoing APSE as an approach that could ultimately play a useful ongoing role in Evergreen's Evening and Weekend Studies and other areas within the college. One obvious avenue is working with the Center for Community-Based Learning and Action. We would also want to explore opportunities for collaboration with other programs, planning units, and Evergreen Centers. Ideally this would result in an approach that is successful among students, faculty and the community. Ideally APSE will become well-integrated within Evergreen's framework and reflect Evergreen's core values every quarter of every year (including summer).