On Wednesday, April 4th, we celebrated the artists of the “Art Out Of The Game” show and launched the PAX East 2012 season with a gala celebration!

Thank you to everyone who attended the party, and especially our sponsors, The New England Institute of Art and Great Eastern Technology!

The Artists and Curator:

The Most Excellent DJs:

Brad Porter of GET:

ART OUT OF THE GAME
March 19-April 11, 2012

Reception Wednesday, April 4th, 7-9pm – Free and open to the public!

The Gallery on the Plaza
10 Brookline Place West, Brookline, MA

Sponsored by the New England Institute of Art and Great Eastern Technologies

FEATURED ARTISTS:
Daniel Bradford
Phroilan Gardner
Ben Houge
Emily Lubanko
Michael James Meara
Elizabeth Popolo
Lauren Saint-Onge
Britton Snyder
Yoshi Yoshitani

Learn more about the show.

The gallery is open Monday-Friday 8am-8pm, and Saturday 8am-3pm.

Calling all New England Video Game Industry Artists!

The Gallery on the Plaza at 10 Brookline Place West in Brookline, MA is seeking work by video game industry artists and animators for a gallery show to run this Spring, 2012 titled “Art Out of the Game.”

Submissions in all 2D and 3D media will be considered, including but not limited to painting, sculpture, video, and documented performance.

We are only accepting work by New England artists who are actively employed by a game company OR who have published a game in the past, and we are seeking art that they do OUTSIDE of their professional game work–their personal artistic pursuits and interests.

 
REQUIREMENTS:
Send to JasonWiserArt@gmail.com in an email titled “Art Out of the Game”:
* 1-4 JPEGs of art being submitted (titled YourName_#_ArtTitle.jpg).
* Complete the Submission Form including artist information, Artist Statement (<300 words), and Itemized Insurance information.
* Artist CV or Resume.

Download: Art Out of the Game – Gallery Show – Submission Form

 
SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
* Please submit art between January 15 and Monday, February 27, 2012.
* If your work is accepted, it must be delivered ready-to-hang along with the a signed Exhibition Agreement, by March 13, 2012.

 
EXHIBITION DATES:
* The show is scheduled to run from mid March to early April.
* The reception will take place toward the end of the show, the first week of April.

 
Accepted artists are welcome to offer their work for sale at the gallery, and we will refer all sales inquiries to you or your designate. We ask to be able to display the work until the show ends. We also request the right to display digital copies of the work in perpetuity on an online gallery that will be available during and after the live show.

 
Submission and questions should be emailed to JasonWiserArt@gmail.com.

The new Game Concentration at NEiA has completed its first year, and an exciting year it has been as our game artists tackle new classes and challenges. We are thrilled to welcome to our teaching team veteran game designer Lenny Eusebi, 3D Guru Vinnie Lacour, and Animator Extraordinaire Ron Friedman, and appreciate all the support of our Advisory Committee members in game studios throughout New England!

INDUSTRY GAME TESTINMG ON CAMPUS:

In November 2011 we held an official focus testing session for local Indie Game Developer, Dejobaan Games. Twenty game and animation students spent an evening testing the new version of “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa A Reckless Disregard for Gravity” for Steam created by Dejobaan in partnership with Owlchemy labs.

Dejobaan Games Day: The Very Profesional Testing Team

A last minute update to the game meant an interesting hitch in the testing: how do we download 20 copies of the game simultaneously? It turns out we couldn’t, but the team solved the problem by downloading onto one machine and copying the source files to three thumbsticks that were then shared around the room. Finally, the game was available to all and high-flying hilarity ensued.

Who Is That Masked Game Tester?

Quotes from Dejobaan:
“Thanks to everyone’s thoughtful feedback! Jason and our faith in the students’ discretion made the event virtually hassle-free, with zero paperwork — no messy NDAs — just games…. We send a huge thanks to NEiA, or as we like to think of it now: NEiAaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!”

NEW GAME BY NEiA STUDENTS:

The Game Production Club completed a working draft of their wacky anti-tetris game “Minor Setback”. Look for more updates soon!

INDIECADE 2011:

In December 2011 a number of NEiA students and faculty participated in the annual holiday fundraiser for IndieCade. IndieCade is the Sundance Film Festival of the Independent Game Development world, and we were excited to submit art to their postcard raffle and poster contest. Here are a few of the cards we sent for this year’s theme “Lost in Space.”

Much thanks to Clara Fernandez at the MIT/Singapore Gambit Game Lab for including us in this year’s IndieCade fundraiser!

2011 Saw the released of Slam Bolt Scrappers on PlayStation 3 by Fire Hose Games. Our own game and animation faculty member Jason Wiser was a lead artist on the game, which is a mash-up of super-smash bros style brawling and a sort-of reverse tetris in which players build weapons out of blocks to attack the other player’s tower.

The game is now available on PSN for only $10!

Jason Wiser’s past credits include lead animator for the pre-development team on Dance Central by Harmonix. He is currently working as Art Director on Map Monsters, a geolocation game by the creators of Magic the Gathering, and he is the founder of Yaya Play, a development community focused on games for little kids.