the voice summer 2011

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Spring is a time or new beginnings. With new beginningsusually come bittersweet endings. Every quarter, studentswork hard, putting in long hours, going through sleeplessnights and having to juggle classes and homework withmaybe several jobs at the same time. Every year, they puttogether their own exceptional projects rom each course to

build their portolio. They create their own side projects toorm structure and help develop their crat.

The Ai Austin instrutors push them weekbyweek improvingtheir skills and preparing them or later challenges. They trainthem or the uture and their potential careers. They share theircurrent job experiences in the hopes to carry on the knowledgeo how it is to be truly ullled in the real world.

They endure it all to get to this very moment...Excited, nervous, and proud these are only some o thewords that could describe the amilies and riends that attended the graduation ceremony held on June 15, 2011 at thePhillips Event Center in Austin, TX. By 5:00pm, thirty eagergraduates were in a private room away rom the audience

waiting or their time to arrive.As an aspiring graduate, it was easy to be eager or the

ceremony to begin. Some o the students o the graduating class are good riends o mine so I elt reminiscent o aproud sister cheering on with all o the others. Having beenthere through some o the challenges that they had surpassed was something that I elt privileged to be a part o.

From Let; Garrett Gosdin, Travis Carlisle, Bret Yancy, Preston Jinnette, Anton Curley

Graduation:The Wait Is Over

SPRING QUARTER 2011


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HAPPENING AT AI AUSTIN

Student groups Shudder Budder and the Ai Austin Film Clubhosted the Digital Rumble Wednesday May 18th to showcasethe hard work o uture photography and lm alumni. Laughterand chatter lled the halls o Ai as students and sta membersgathered or a showing o work rom young and talented artists.Free pizza and drinks were available to the viewers.

The short lms presented contained a wide variety o lms,including zombie, action, and comedy shorts. A documentaryshort o a local underground metal scene captured a number ounexpected reactions as well. One student stated, I can relate

The Art Institute o Austin hosted a Veterans Day Dinner onMay 10, 2011 to support all o the veterans that attend classes

on campus. The Veterans Dinners are held quarterly to allow those students who have served or are on reserve tocome together.

Digital Rumble Veterans Dinner

and appreciate some o the emotions that were expressed during the interviews being a metal enthusiast mysel. It was kindaunny watching everyones shocked reactions to some o what

was said.I you enjoyed the short lms, then photography had just

as much to oer. Student photographers captured images oabstract, nature, landscapes, andsports images. Photo essays included a documentary o a localphotographer and a documentary o a ew proud students playing or the University o Texas atAustin Longhorn Marching Band.One Ai viewer commented, Iveexperienced perorming in ront

o big crowds or my high schoolmarching band. Once you stepout onto the eld, the adrenalinerush was overwhelming. I canteven imagine how much greaterthe rush would be or a crowd that massive.

Overall the Rumble was a success. Even weeks ater the showthere were still talks o what had been seen that aternoon. Thehope o another is denitely in the air.

By Maria OropezoBy Kasey Villarrea

Phtographs By Verania Rivera

Short Film The ScoutFeatured by Anton Curley

Student Work by Deidra Kahlig

President Monica Jes began the dinner by thanking thosewho attended and opening up the oor to discussion overthe new changes in legislation regarding the dierent unding. The Yellow Ribbon Program and VA orms were some othe main topics.

The administration wanted to make sure the veterans werebeing taken care o to the best o their ability. They invitedspecial guest speaker Bobbie Evans to come speak to themabout PTSD. She discussed the dierent trauma levels andhow it was not a onesizetsall deal, that everyone hastheir own experiences and everyone has their own activa

tions or it and that coming together to discuss it helps.Among the aculty we want to be there, even i it is just totalk, Susan Turner adds in.

The idea urther turned into a club that could come aboutbetween the Veterans. I thought it was cool, very inormative, useul and could help us change or the better, DetrickJales, whom is enlisted in the Navy, said ater the dinner. He

was quite excited to hear a ormation o a Veterans Clubbeing considered. So keep your eyes open, there could beanother new club ormed by next quarter.


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On Tuesday April 26, 2011 The Art Institute o Austin heldPizza with the Pros. Special guest David Karabinas, Production Manager at The Texas Crew, Inc. was the Pro o this lecture.

As the students consumed ree pizza, David started o bydescribing the details o what his job entails. They lm and

produce television documentaries and eatures or manyclients including NBC Sports, 60 Minutes, Dateline NBC, MTV,CocaCola, NFL Network, and Fox Sports.

Once he went through the work he does, it was time or thestudents to ask questions. What audio do yall deal with?one student asked. David explained how it was not only lmengineers they use, but audio engineers as well. They usequite a bit o audio men as well as cameramen, especially onthe eld.

Pride Alliance held their nal meeting in a bit o an unexpected way: they wanted to end the quarter in a un, yetproductive event. For their last meeting, they held a PaintWar; a Paint War that would be a un way to show our prideand have a great time together without excluding anyone, as

Ai Austin student Leah Short said.

Pizza With the Pros Pride Alliance Vs. Paint

By Kasey VillarrealBy Kasey Villarrea

Phtographs By Kasey Villarrea

Texas Crew Inc.

I thought it was very interesting. Especially when he talkedabout the dierent experiences he has had working at TexasCrew, Huck Medrano says.

Even though I am not a lm major, I ound the talk veryinteresting. The speaker was able to clearly answer the questions asked and gave a good idea on what to expect with thatjob position. I think it was really helpul to more than just lm

students, Ai student Pedro Zendejas said.One main thing that David wanted the students to takewith them was the quality o their work. His crew gives theirbest quality whether the job they are working on is goingto be seen by 2 people or by thousands o people. It is hardto come across, but it stands out rom our crew. At the endo the day it is not how much you get paid or i you want todo the job, it is that you put the same quality o work into allyour projects.

The Paint War was held o campus, over o o ShorelineDrive. The hidden idea behind the idea o having a Paint Warwas an alternative to having shorts printed ater the budget

cut, Short says. Ater abouteleven people showed up,the paint was opened and thewar began. The paint ew inall directions. The color o therainbow was seen on clothes,aces, grass, and even cameras. There were a ew unexpected changes to plan at the

last minute, but overall we had a good turnout, made someawesome shirts, met some new riends, and had the coolestendoquarter meeting ever! Short adds.

Everyone seemed to enjoy it, and nobody even mindedhaving the paint slung over them, covering them rom headto toe. So i youre looking or new ideas in your clubs, thismight be inspiring as an idea to keep in mind.


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AI AUSTIN SPOTLIGHT

AI Austin FASHION : Tired of Your Wardrobe?

Teacher Prole Student ProleNatalie Davis has been a GraphicDesign teacher or 4 years. Her previousteachers made her the instructor that

she is today because they challengedher, pushed her creativity, This madeher a better designer as well as abetter person.

She is not only an instructor but also a member o AmericanInstitute o Graphic Art or AIGA. Natalie says that she joinedAIGA to, meet other creatives, learn rom their experiences,and share my own. Davis says. It also opens many opportunitiesor student designers. I asked her what made her want to cometo the Art Institute to teach and she relied, I wanted to join AiAustin because it is a resh program thats willing to take risksand teach a current/relevant curriculum. Davis said.

She enjoys movies that have very elaborate production designand costumes. In the Aeroplane and Over the Sea by NeutralMilk Hotel is a song rom her play list. Natalie says that it washard to pick her number one book o all time so she gave meher top two avorites, A Natural History o the Senses by AianeAckerman and Proust was a Neuroscientist by Jonah Lehrer.Natalies avorite quote is Beore you can break the rules, you

have to know and understand the rules.

Monique Johnson knew she wantedto obtain a Bachelors o Science inAudio Production since she was twowhen her stepather sat her in ront othe stereo with a giant pair o headphones. Since then, she has alwayshad a love or music.

Moe Johnson was amongst the rst students to attend TheArt Institute o Austin. In March o 2008, she was the rst tobe apart o the studenthousing program and is currently going on her second year as Resident Advisor. Ater she graduates she would like to work as a live sound live sound tech ather church or manage current and upcoming artists. Moesmost memorable moment at Ai Austin was watching the sea

son premier o The Ofce at the student lounge and watching Accepted outside on the inatable screen. Her avoriteholiday is Thanksgiving but not because o the ood or theootball games, but to give thanks and to be with amily. Sheis a person who truly appreciates all genres o music, rommountain men music to jazz. The one person who inspiresher to be successul is her mom. She is so proud o Moniqueor being the rst in their amily to do so.

By Verania Rivera

Photograph By Verania Rivera

By Verania Rivera

Photograph By Verania Rivera

By Catie Warrick

The time has come tomix things up! Rearranging your closet can bevery tricky. I its not anatural ability to createan outt that ows, thenit can sometimes eel likeyoure in a neverending

battle. I want to gothrough a couple o easysteps that can go a longway with any wardrobe.I youre on a budget, youwould want to nd yourmost versatile pieces.These are going to begarments that can betransormed rom a nicebrunch with the amily togoing out with the girls.

When you go in yourcloset, ask yoursel: whatdo you see? Do you see

trendy, ashy clothingthats only going to lastuntil next season? I thatsthe case, you need toinvest in more classic .To go into more detail o

what a classic piece is,think o a white buttondown shirt. This is apiece you can wear withanything, anytime o theyear. Also a pair o darkwash jeans. A nice pair odenim can go a long way.

As long as you choose apair with no holes, rips,and denitely no ading,these can create an easytransition or any event.I always preer a solidcolor with no extravagant detail. It has to beable to transition romday to night, season toseason, and year to year.Once you have your

classic pieces, theres noneed or more buying.

Try and invest morein those rather thanspending a ton on a pairo Harem pants that are

going to ade into whatused to be in a mattermonths. The key is tonever blow your moneyon something that is hotright now.

Practicing ways tomanage your money by

investing in classic piecesand buying cheap trendsis a great way to stay ontop. Its all about balancewhen picking out the nextbest outt. You want tomix classic pieces withtrendy accessories tocreate something uniqueand un or any occasion.

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By Roxie Serna

Photographs By Kasey Villarreal & Mandy Berna

As the anticipation thickened so did the crowd. Some guestseven had to remain standing against the wall due to the lacko chairs available. The auditorium was immediately lled withenthusiastic shouts and applauses when the graduating classwas welomed out.

As the academic directors and aculty were introduced, Ithought o how I would eel when it would be my turn to lookacross at them during my ceremony. I imagined Id be overwhelmed with gratitude and appreciation toward them andId hoped they would be just as proud to stand beore us.

Amongst the speakers included in the ceremony was the

Mayor oRound Rock,Mr. Alan McGraw. Mr.McGraw brought warm enthusiasm and words o wisdom through hispersonal experiences.

Travis Carlisle received the honor in being the studentspeaker. His speech was short but to the point. Carlisleencouraged students to create their own success whatever

that may be and to always love what you do. He closed with aquote rom Conucius, I you love what you do you will neverwork a day in your lie. I denitely hope that this is the caseor all o these students and uture graduates o Ai Austin.

While each o the graduates names were being called towalk across the stage, heartelt cheers rom riends and am

AITIOVE

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ily while each diploma was passed. When the nal recipient

was seated, the graduates were asked to rise or one lasttime as students and move orward into the world as alumni.Time seems to pass aster the closer one gets graduat

ing but its amazing how much one accomplishesduringtheirhard working years as students. A great deal o time hasbeen sacriced and so much eorts are put into everyday tohelp develop their promising uture. Congratulations to theArt Institutes graduating class o 2010 and 2011!


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ENTERTAINMENT

Battle o the Bands June 2011 was a musical event to beremembered by all o those who attended. Several bands like

Chasing Lions, F.B.C, and Parking, prepared themselves orthe anxious crowd. Students along with the bands supporters talked about their avorite bands that were to perorm.

Chasing Lionsstarted the show o with a bang. Ater aperormance like theirs most would swear they had beenplaying together or years, but you would be surprised toknow that they had just recently started playing together.Chance Sampson rom Chasing Lionssays Weve just startedup recently about 3 months ago and we have grown a lotduring that time. As a perormer, playing at the school hasreally helped us start out.

The Art Institute o Austin has helped out with its nu

merous events or many o aspiring bands and solo artiststhroughout the years. Open Mic Nights are held once amonth to make it easier or artists to get over their stageright and also allows them to get some good exposure.

BATTLE OF THE BANDS

Playing at Ai Austin was a great way or us to break the ice, itall worked out really well. Chase said.

Chasing Lionswasnt the only band that stormed the stagethat day with their presence. F.B.C also known as Fly Boysfor Christ, was able to bring their A game even though theywerent exactly perorming or the type o crowd that theyare used to. The students at the Art Institute are not our normal crowd, but perorming in ront o them gave us a taste ohow it is when you push yoursel out o your comort zone.Ronald Taylor said. When perorming a ew o their most wellknown songs F.B.C had a tremendous amount o energy thatlet the crowd wanting more. You control the crowd withyour energy. I youre not condent when youre in ront o

By Mariah Howard

Photogaphs By Mariah Howar

the crowd your perormance wont be as powerul. Taylor said

Battle o The Bands was an event to be remembered along

with the several bands that were brave enough to take the mic

PRIDE ALLIANCE STUDENT CLUB


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COMICS

By Andrew Pechin By Jef Flanagan


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Renegade Austin

Free Comic Book Day

Austin held its second Renegade Festival downtown at theAustin Palmer Events Center on May 21 and 22. Renegade, isa huge crat air that takes place in cities all over the UnitedStates, including Chicago, San Francisco and Boston. Design

ers rom all over come to join in to make a little prot and gaina little publicity. Items range rom posters, plates and clothesto wallets, and even jewelry.

Free Comic Book Day is a single day held in May when participating comic book specialty shops across North America

and around the world give away comic books absolutely ree.I attended ree comic book day and it was amazing. A ewbookstores were participating in this event but it seems likeevery one shows their support in some way. I went to Hal PriceBooks and they had crates near the ront o the store ull o

comics that were given by illustrators/creators o comics. Comics are given to the store to help promote their work.

I also went to the Rogues Gallery where they were giving out ve comics per person. Many comic lovers broughttheir younger children to get their rst comics and they wereecstatic. I thought it was awesome and a good promotion orthe store because its kind o out o the way. Who doesnt likeree stu? Paige Greeneld, comic book enthusiast, said.

Free Comic Book Day is an enjoyable view inton the world ocomics and is denitely an event to mark on your calender ornext year!

Groups o students rom The Art Institute o Austin ventureddown to the Palmer Events Center to see the big craze. With a

ree entrance ee, it wasnt hard to get their attention, especially since it gave a nice break rom the heat outside. Renegade

Crat Fair was so rereshing even in 101 degree weather, Aistudent Mandy Bernal, o The Art Institute o Austin, says.

A couple o hours o wondering through the booths werejust enough to get many inspirations or upcoming projects.I thought it was a great mix o inspiration, great tactile design

and crats or your brain to east on! A good place to networkand nd original handmade gits. Scout Chavers, another Aistudent adds.

The next Renegade Crat air cruising through Austin willnot be until the end o November 2011. So keep it in mind or

when you need to go git shopping, and rumors o The ArtIntistitutes own AIGA possibly planning a booth there!

By Kasey Villarrea

Phtographs By Kasey Villarrea

By Verania River

AROUND TOWN

I attended ree comic book day and

it was amazing.


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Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Coat a baking pan with some nonstick cooking spray.In a dish combine the chips, oregano, cumin, and pepper. Break and lightly beat the egg in a separatedish. Dip the thawed chicken pieces in egg, and coat with the tortilla chip mixture. Place the coated chicken pieces in the pan. Bake about 25 minutes or so depending big the size o the chicken pieces. Serve ona bed o romaine and i youd like you can add some tomatoes and avocados into the mix.

Photo & Recipe by Deidra Kahlig

Tortilla Crusted Chicken

INGREDIENTS

HOW TO

1 cup nely crushed multigrain tortilla chips

1/2 tsp dried oregano, crushed

1/4 tsp ground cumin

1/4 tsp black pepper

1 egg

4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves(roughly 1/4 pounds) rozen chicken tenderswork just as well

Shredded romaine

Salsa or diced up tomato

Avocado chunks

CROSSWORDPUZZLE

RECIPE

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Film Reviews

We are in summer blockbuster season yet again. Thankully,Hollywood is apparently back on track ater a tepid seasonlast year (all lms called Inception aside):

Director J.J. Abrams Super 8 is the story o a group oyoung wannabe lmmakers in a small Ohio town who suddenly nd themselves in a plot straight out o the Romeroesque short they are attempting to make: a mysterious trainaccident, a military coverup, and an alien cube recoveredrom the wreckage. J.J. Abrams draws inspiration rom theSpielberg lms o the 70s and 80s, playing homage to thelikes o Close Encounters o the Third Kind and E.T., but hethankully avoids the pitall o melodramatic sentimental

ity that oten undercuts the sincerity o Spielbergs work.Abrams rmly grounds the lm in the emotions o his characters. Even as the town is plagued by a seemingly extraterrestrial menace, it never loses ocus o main character Joe Lamb(played by newcomer Joel Courtney) as he deals with hismothers death and relationships with his best riend Charles(Riley Griths), ather (Kyle Chandler), and new love interestAlice (Elle Fanning). Even though it occasionally indulges inexcessive and unnecessary action set pieces (Abrams stillcannot seem to avoid those in his lms), the perormances

are solid all around especially rom actors so young.I still marvel that they manage to avoid spending the whole

lm screaming in each others aces (yet another improvement over the work o Spielberg.) Fanning in particular recallsa young Sissy Spacek. For me at least, it was a wellcratedbit o nostalgia, as i I had rewatched a avorite lm rom the80s and discovered it was even better than I remembered(and believe me, that almost never happens.)

X-Men: First Class, on the other hand, rests rmly in therealm o comic book sized emotions and ambitions. Thelm ollows Charles Xavier (James McAvoy) as he begins thejourney that will lead him to create Xaviers School or Gited

Youngsters with the help o his adopted sister Raven (Jennier Lawrence) ater they are recruited to stop the villainousSebastian Shaw (Kevin Bacon) by CIA agent Moira MacTaggert (Rose Byrne).

Meanwhile, Charles orms a close bond with new ally, ErikLehnsherr (Michael Fassbender), even as the latters past asa Holocaust survivor/human test subject threaten to sendthem on drastically dierent paths (can we say: Magneto,

the Master o Magnetism?) Anyone who is amiliar with thecomics or the previous lms knows where this is going, butdirector Matthew Vaughn brings a 60s air that keeps thingsinteresting even i they are never particularly deep.

It is a welcome change ater the garish and bland sciencection trappings o Bryan Singers tenure as X-Men director.Shaw attempts to use the Cuban Missile Crisis to his advan

tage, and he sports a Nehru jacket and stealth nuclear subhidden in his yacht. Telepathic villainess Emma Frost (JanuaryJones, very much at home here ater her time on Mad Men)sports outts that would have made Emma Peel envious. Allo this makes or an enjoyable summer lm. I it has any major aws, it is that it relies too heavily on callbacks to Singerslms. I eel a ull reboot is in store, and the lm cannot makeup its mind whether it is that or a mere prequel. Marvel is stilla bit short o nding an equivalent to Christopher Nolans Batman lms, but they are getting there.

By David Derli


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Music Reviews

For those o us that could deal with a little less pop artistryin their lives, two alternative giants have recently releasednew albums:

TV on the Radio ollows up 2008s Dear Science withtheir new album Nine Types o Light. It is a logical progression that has brought them rom the abstract punk noise otheir earlier albums to ully eshed experimentation o thisnew album. They may have lost some o the distortion, but

they still crat songs o controlled chaos around samples ohorns and wailing saxophones. It is not many bands that canturn out prog rock numbers like Killer Crane as readily asthey do Princestyle unk songs like New Cannonball Blues.They o course still remember their roots with the anarchy otracks like Caeinated Consciousness.

However, whether they are reerencing the 80s with Repetition or creating beauty out o electronic uzz on All Falls

Down, TV on the Radio manages to always sound exactlylike themselves and their various experiments are never justposturing. The deluxe edition even includes two remixes othe song Will Do, and the Switch Remix runs circles aroundthe original.

The band Low also continues to push the envelope o its ownsound on their new album, CMon. While not as successul as the masterpiece Drums and Guns, it still eatures the

band mostly awake rom the ten year minimalist daydream otheir early career. Loud guitars, loud or Low anyway, eatureheavily in menacing tracks such as Witches and Especially Me.

They return to their stripped down roots on songs like

$20 and Majesty/Magic, and Alan Sparhawk and Mimi

Parkers vocals are still harmonized, beautiul desolation. Onlybythenumber tracks such as Try to Sleep and You SeeEverything hold the album back. However, Low more thanmakes up or these missteps with the eight minute opusNothing But Heart. The song starts slowly and quietly andbuilds to noisy ury by the end, a commentary on Lows musical career it seems. Somethings Turning Over closes thealbum perectly. Though it is not the best Low album, it is stilla really good album and still worth a listen when you need alittle icy chill out during your hot summer nights.

By David Derlie


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STAFF LISTING

Editor:Roxie Serna

Writers:Sarah GuerreroMariah HowardDavid DerlieMaria OropezaVerania RiveraRoxie SernaKasey VillarrealCatie Warrick

Contributers:Mandy BernalJe FlanaganDeidra KahligAndrew Pechin

Advisor:Dustin Villarreal

Questions? Comments?Or i you are interested in joiningthe ofcial Ai Newspaper,The Voice, you can contactAdvisor Dustin Villarreal [email protected].

See aiprograms.ino or programduration, tuition, ees, and other costs,median debt, ederal salary data, alumnisuccess, and otherimportant inormation.

The inormation and opinions expressedand/or any artwork displayed in thispublication represent the independentopinions an ideas o individual studentsattending The Art Institute o Austin anddo not represent the opinions or ideas o

The Art Institute o Austin.

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