Champlain College Partners With South End Art Hop

Two-day Festival Features Student, Faculty and Staff Art and Game Animation

BURLINGTON, VT (09/03/2010)(readMedia)-- A creative mix of art will showcase the talents of Champlain College students, alumni, faculty and staff during the 18th annual South End Art Hop on Sept. 10 and 11.

Champlain College's Communication and Creative Media (CCM) Division is again the academic partner of the annual weekend arts event that brings thousands of people to Burlington's South End to experience the work of hundreds of local artists displaying their work in 100-plus expected and unexpected business and studio locations along Pine Street and the city.

Along with the traditional paintings and sculptures in the juried art show and sale, there will also be outdoor sculptures, musical jam sessions, dance, yoga, a make-your-own art and photography opportunities during the two-day celebration. Most events and galleries are free.

This year, Art Hop also features a "Kids Hop," at the Art Hop tent behind the Maltex Building on Pine Street. Davis Studios will be presenting a variety of art based activities for children on Saturday, Sept. 11, from 9 a.m. to noon.

Champlain College's Art Hop site is located at Champlain Valley Millworks, 16 Kilburn St. and will be open Friday from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. On display will be a collection of graphic design, painting, sculpture, photography, live musical performance, performance art and computer-based media.

There will be an interactive performance piece entitled "Identity Theft" by Assistant Dean of CCM Eric Ronis, and an Irish music performance by O'hAnleigh. Many artists and students will be on hand to talk about their work. Also showing during the weekend – a movie featuring Game Art student work from Amanda Crispel, Champlain College's program director of Game Design, and Game Art and Animation.

Champlain College's Emergent Media Center will showcase its new online game "Breakaway" a collaborative project with the United Nations and Population Media Center and its Google Map project in partnership with the City of Burlington.

The CCM Division at Champlain has experienced more change in the past decade than it had in the previous 100, and in CCM, students learn the newest trends in these professions. "Nowhere else in the country can you study this broad range of majors under one roof," said Jeff Rutenbeck, dean of the division. "We're committed to providing the most up-to-date and professionally relevant programs, and we constantly work at developing additional programs that are just as innovative."

CCM offers the following majors: Broadcasting, Communication, Digital Filmmaking, Game Art and Animation, Game Design, Graphic Design and Digital Media, Professional Writing, and Public Relations. Champlain College is also offering a residential Masters in Fine Art degree program beginning this fall.

For more information about digital art, video gaming and multi-media projects at Champlain College visit www.champlain.edu. For more information and Art Hop schedule, visit www.seaba.com.

Champlain College, founded in 1878 in Burlington, Vt., offers a distinctive educational approach to professionally focused majors, developing life skills and leadership based on critical and creative thinking. To learn more about Champlain College and to get information about applying, visit go.champlain.edu/admission or call 800-570-5858 or visit www.champlain.edu.