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  • PixelCorps: Computer Graphics Imaging
  • Advanced PixelCorps: CGA Production
  • MPAC Theater Institute: Stagecraft and Production
  • From the Garden to the Table: The Art of Local Produce
  • The Uncommon Entrepreneur: The Keys to Successful Business Management
  • HealthCorps: Tennis for Life
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▪What are they?   ANC Summer Institutes are intensive, two-week courses earning 5 credits (.5 Carnegie Units) for 60 hours of instruction. Courses are sponsored by the Academy of the New Church in conjunction with other educational organizations and businesses.

▪When do they take place? Summer 2008 offerings will take place July 14-25.

Classes run 9-3:30, with a half-hour for lunch (provided).

▪Who are they for? Summer Institutes are open to all ages, teens and up, including adults, and offer advanced skills to the motivated student. Class size is limited to provide an intimate environment of learning-by-doing, guided by instructors who are at the top of their field and who are passionate about what they do, using state-of-the-art equipment and outstanding facilities.

▪Where are they located? The campuses of the Academy of the New Church, Bryn Athyn College, and affiliated historic buildings, facilities and grounds, are conveniently located between the Willow Grove and Philadelphia interchanges of the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Facilities are state-of-the-art in a beautiful and peaceful setting.

▪Is housing available? Residence facilities are available on campus, and convenient to all course locations.

▪Is it expensive? All courses are only $525 for the full 60 hours of instruction. Lunch is included. Dorm accommodations, including breakfast and dinner, are only $600 for the two weeks.

How To Register

Courses of Study for the 2008 Summer Session:

Pixel Corps: Computer Graphics Imaging

Description: An introduction into the state-of-the-art software and skills used in computer graphics imaging. Students will gain mastery of key processes used in image creation, capture, manipulation, and synthesis from Alex and his Pixel Corps instructional staff.

Who is it for: Those with a significant interest in the production of computer graphics imaging and computer animation. Those interested in motion picture and video production, gaming and other forms of computer graphics imaging.

Topics Covered: Key Photoshop Skills; Green screen and Rotoscoping; HDR and Photogrammetry; Matchmoving; On-Set Skills; Modeling Techniques and 3D Scanning; Rigging and Animation; Particles and Effects; Rendering and Multipass.

 Facilitator: Alex Lindsay, founder and CEO, Pixel Corps

Register now for PixelCorps:Computer Graphics Imaging

Pixel Corps Advanced: Computer Graphics and Production

Description: This advanced course focuses on honing CGI skills and combining those skills in actual production. Students with fundamental skills in computer graphics software will hone those skills and combine them into production, under the direct guidance of Alex Lindsay.

Who is it for: Pixel Corps Summer Institute 2007 graduates; Those with a basic knowledge of Photoshop or other relevant imaging software, who are serious about developing production-level skills in computer graphics animation.

Topics Covered: The Integration of CGI Skills into Production

Facilitator: Alex Lindsay, founder and CEO, Pixel Corps

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MPAC Theater Arts Institute: Stagecraft and Production

Description: Where does the physical set come from? Where do the design ideas come from and how do we create so many vastly different realities on stage? The MPAC Stagecraft and Production Institute is a program uniquely focusing on stagecraft and the skills of producing sets for the stage. The course will take place in the beautiful Mitchell Performing Arts Center, beginning with design ideas and ending with a constructed set ready for the stage.

Who is it for? Aspiring actors, directors, techies and others who wish to learn about the process of creating sets for the theatrical productions. This class is for anyone interested in gaining general knowledge of stagecraft, and production management as well as for those with an interest in a particular area of stagecraft process.

Topics Covered: Set Design; Stagecraft; Prop Design; Set Decoration; Lighting; Sound;

Facilitator: Naomi Haus-Roth, Manager, Mitchell Performing Arts Center

Register now for the MPAC Stagecraft and Production Institute

From Garden  to Table: The Art of Local Produce

Description: Locally grown products for the table is a rapidly growing market, and for good reason. Locally harvested produce tastes and looks better, and is fresher and better for you.

It avoids the expense and risk of artificial pesticides and fertilizers, as well as reducing the environmental impact of transportation over long distances.  With the increasing focus on quality of life and sustainability, From the Garden to the Table instructors will teach you the facts behind this movement in agriculture and give you practical experience to improve your lifestyle.

Facilitator:  Danielle Odhner, owner, Glenhurst, Inc., Head Gardener, Bryn Athyn Cathedral

Register now for From the Garden to the Table: The Art of Local Produce

The Uncommon Entrepreneur: the Keys to Successful Business Management

Description: Do what you love, for a living. Using the Cairnwood Mansion operations as a model, this course uses hands-on exercises to develop healthy habits in planning, marketing, and employee, vendor and customer relations. With instruction by Cairnwood Director Evelyn Stephens, special guests and staff, graduates of this course will be ready to approach business planning realistically and with new eyes.

Who is it for:  Open to all ages teen and up, whether you are considering or involved in a business major, have dreams of building a business, or whether you are already engaged in a business but know you can refine your operations further. The Uncommon Entrepreneur is designed with a special emphasis on the motivation of the entrepreneur, exploring the intersection of a for-profit operation and its relation to society as a whole.

Topics Covered: The Business Plan; the Bottom Line in Not-For-Profit Operations; Entrepreneurial Vision

Facilitator:  Evelyn Stephens, Director, Cairnwood Mansion

Register now for The Uncommon Entrepreneur: The Keys to Successful Business Management

HealthCorps: Tennis for Life

Description: The 2008 HealthCorps Summer Institute will combine Tennis instruction and practice, aqua aerobics, yoga and other flexibility and meditation exercises, with Health Corps’ curriculum of Science, Nutrition, Fitness and Mental Resilience. All of these elements of fitness are dealt with in-depth by the team of instructors, and integrated to promote maximum understanding and habit-building for a long and healthy life.

Who is it for: All ages teen and up, who wish to develop a healthier lifestyle through exercise and diet; those who wish to significantly improve their understanding of fitness issues and how they intertwine in a healthy lifestyle; healthcare professionals and those interested in a career in the field of healthcare; coaches and coaches-in-training.

Topics Covered: Flexibility, Yoga and relaxation techniques; Tennis: strokes, practice matches, and competitive play; psychological aspects of competition; Aquarobics; Nutrition and Metabolism

Facilitator: Miki deBaise, Physical Education Chair, Academy of the New Church

Register now for HealthCorps: Tennis for Life