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Festival Of Lights
NEW LONDON, N.H. - The Colby-Sawyer College Communication Studies Program will present the Festival of Lights, the semi-annual exhibition of communication studies students' video productions. This year's festival will include the 28th edition of “Colby-Sawyer Insights,” a video news magazine about the college and surrounding communities, and a collaborative effort on four video productions focused on the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
The Festival of Lights will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 13, at 7 p.m. in Wheeler Hall, Ware Campus Center. The event is free and open to the public. The event is fully accessible.
The festival began in 1989 with the arrival of Professor of Humanities Don Coonley. The name was inspired by traditional festivals of light, conceived by ancient people in order to bring illumination and cheer into the long, dark nights of winter. Today, Colby-Sawyer's students use the screen to light up the winter with their semester's work.
“Colby-Sawyer Insights,” created by the Video I class, will present five six-minute features on various topics relevant to the Colby-Sawyer community. “Firehouse: New London,” documents students as emergency workers, produced by Molly Dunholter and John Manganello. “Judy in Residence,” a segment about Vice President for Advancement Judy Muyskens' experience as the first faculty-in-residence, is produced by Lauri Baudanza and Nick Cote. “Down the Drain,” by Ashley Goulter and Barbara Marty, features the origin and uses of campus water. “The Café at 420 Main,” which focuses on the new College Café in New London, is produced by Liz Luddy, and “The Art of Riding,” by Jackie Oddo and Erin Romano, covers the college's new Dressage Club.
The Video Production II class will address topics related to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in three documentaries and one original fictional video drama, “Hurricane Fallout.” The first of these documentaries, “Art After Katrina,” covers the displaced New Orleans artists who recently led a community art project at Colby-Sawyer College, and was produced by Tim Carleton, Gary Porter, Allison Stacey and Taylor Theall. “Animal Rescue” highlights New England residents who have adopted abandoned domestic animals from New Orleans and was produced by Nicole Eaton, John Nicholas, Will Peters and Katie Srednicki. Finally, “Northern Exposure,” which focuses on displaced New Orleans college students who now attend nearby schools, was produced by Tim Bradley, Asher Ellis, Joe Sampson and Saeka Yoshizaki.
Liz Luddy '07 of the Video Production I class shares her thoughts on the production process. “The course was far more work than I could have ever been prepared for; all the planning, taping and editing was a lot to juggle with four other classes,” she said. “Now that things are starting to come together, the project is very rewarding. It is really cool to see this six-minute piece come from absolutely nothing.”
To learn more about the Communication Studies Program, visit www.colby-sawyer.edu/humanities/communications.
