G-Team Talk to Sugar Gamers

The G-Team, a group of Columbia College Interactive Arts and Media students and a core team of six high school girls who are part of the 3G Summit: The Future of Girls, Gaming and Gender , recently got together with Sugar Gamers. Sugar Gamers is a grass roots organization that brings together girls who game both on and off line. Keisha Howard, the founder of Sugar Gamers talked to the G-Team about how she started Sugar Gamers. Over the hour, the conversation turned from gaming to 'geeks' to feminism.

To Have and To Hold

Here is a video documentary trailer of the film that pays hommage to vinyl records. Check it out.

To Have & To Hold - Taster Tape from Jony Lyle on Vimeo.

Betsy Odom's Love/Hate Relationship with Softball and Other Curiosities

Betsy Odom, adjunct faculty in the Art + Design department at Columbia College Chicago, sat down with me to discuss her work.

3G Girls Discuss Gaming

Several of the high school girls who will be attending the 3G Summit: The Future of Girls, Gaming and Gender in August on the Columbia College campus got together recently to discuss their perspectives and experiences in online gaming. Columbia College's upcoming 3G Summit looks at the gap between genders and the widely-held claim that young men are more commonly interested and active in gaming over young women.

Fernando Jones' Blues Camp

Blues musician Fernando Jones, a Columbia College adjunct music faculty member, talks about his work in promoting and preserving the Blues traditions with today’s youth and creating his first Blues Camp for students in grades 6-12 scheduled for July 4-9 in Chicago. With participants selected during open auditions this past spring, students will receive free instrumental, vocal, and music writing instruction in a hands-on environment. Held on the Columbia College campus, the camp will culminate with a public concert in Chicago’s nearby Grant Park.

3G Summit: The Future of Girls, Gaming and Gender