Artists, Performers, & Lightning Talks

May 2, 2025

Opens at 1:00 p.m. Reception & Presentations 3 to 5:00 p.m.

Cal Poly Humboldt Library

Prior Year Programs

Each year, in addition to our poster presentations, Cal Poly Humboldt’s ideaFest also showcases creative works by visual and performing artists, musicians, filmmakers, and much more! Live performances and presentations happen during the event and are open to all.

Listed below are the projects and performers featured from 2023:

Humboldt Sculpture Walk

Library 1st Floor • Guided tours are at 12:00pm and 5:00pm

The sculpture walk will take you on a journey through the Library, as pieces are displayed in different locations appropriate for each piece. Once again, you will find that there is an abundance of high-quality art created on this campus. This is part of the annual Humboldt Sculpture Walk, presented by the Associated Student Sculptors, which is an event designed to showcase the wide variety of artwork produced by the Humboldt Sculptor program and usually occurs April to May of every year, closing with commencement. Guided tours are at 12:00 pm and 5:00pm. Coordinated by Sondra Schwetman, Humboldt Sculpture Lab (sondra.schwetman@humboldt.edu)

Dance Performances

Library 2nd Floor • 3:00 - 4:00 pm

Excerpts from the Dance Program's "Dance Visions" plus other student-created dance works in the styles of contemporary, Middle Eastern, and Jazz. Coordinated by Linda Maxwell, Theater Film & Dance, (Linda.Maxwell@humboldt.edu)

Musical Performances

Library 1st Floor • 2:00-4:00 pm

The music department will showcase Humboldt students as soloists, composers, and performers in chamber ensembles. Coordinated by Cindy Moyer of the Music Department, (Cindy.Moyer@humboldt.edu)

Nursing PSA Video Competition

Library 1st Floor Room 114 • 3:00-5:00 pm

Visit room 114 on the first floor of the library to view Cal Poly Humboldt Nursing Program students’ capstone poster presentations on evidence-based practice in healthcare. In addition, students will be sharing their public service announcement (PSA) videos created as part of the Making a World of Difference: Stories About Global Health exhibit and programming. Vote on your favorite PSAs to award cash prizes to our hard-working nursing students! Coordinated by Amanda Dinscore, Librarian for the College of Professional Studies (Amanda.Dinscore@humboldt.edu)

Film Department

Library 1st Floor Room 120 • 4:15 -5:00 pm

The Film Program will feature a variety of outstanding, entertaining, and thoughtful recent short films. These collaborative works of art demonstrate the accomplishments of Cal Poly Humboldt’s emerging filmmakers and their progression through our foundational Filmmaking I-IV production classes as well as various Film electives. Students hone creative and technical skills by producing original films and videos spanning the genres of narrative, documentary, social change and experimental. The films explore personal visions, social topics, internal worldscapes, and much more. They are the creative output of a diverse, talented, and extremely hard working group of up-and-coming filmmakers. Coordinated by Dave Jannetta, Film Professor and Program Lead, Art + Film Department (Dave.Jannetta@humboldt.edu).

Emerging Media for The Gallery

Library 3rd Floor • 4:00 -5:00 pm

As a practice for visual storytelling and sensory experience, these collaborative works of ‘emerging art’ and 'new media' un-work to renegotiate the borders of the screen that challenge human perception and demonstrate new narrative frame-works through 360-degree camera work and VR environments, the loveable kinesthetic grain of 16mm film, augmented reality and sonic labyrinths, screen sculpture and other works of analog and digital media translated through non-conventional presentation methods. Coordinated by Dr. Michelle L. Cartier, Film Program (Michelle.Cartier@humboldt.edu).

CIRM Bridges 3.0 Connect Lightning Talks

Library Fishbowl 2nd Floor • 3:00-5:00 pm

Cal Poly Humboldt CIRM Bridges scholars are pleased to present their research in regenerative medicine to our campus and community in 5-minute lightning talks with discussion to follow.

The Humboldt CIRM (California Institute for Regenerative Medicine) Bridges Programs supports student internships in research laboratories developing cell-based therapies to address unmet medical needs. This year’s CIRM Bridges student interns in regenerative medicine research are approaching the end of their 12-month internship in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine at one of our outstanding collaborating host institutions: The Stanford University Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine and The University of California Davis Stem Cell Program. They have received advanced training in the research methods and good manufacturing practices required to develop cellular-based therapies for emerging and unmet medical needs. Posters of the work will also be available for viewing.

Celebration of First-Year Writing

Library 2nd Floor • 3:00-5:00 pm

First-Year Composition and Rhetoric students at Cal Poly Humboldt will showcase digital multimodal projects including video, podcast, poetry, collage, and more. Come celebrate first-year student writing! Coordinated by Erin Sullivan, English Department (Erin.Sullivan@humboldt.edu)

Participating Classes:

English 103 – Jolien Olsen
English 103 – Erin Sullivan

Makerspace Showcase

Library 2nd Floor Room 205 • 3:00-5:00 pm

The ideaFest Makerspace Showcase highlights a diverse array of projects from students across disciplines, working with a variety of media, including crafts or art with maker elements (e.g. knitting or sewing), digital media projects (video, audio, graphics, coding, etc.), 3D models/printed objects, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, and many other ideas.

Presentations share the students’ process, including their inspiration, research, how-tos, lessons learned, and their maker statements.

The Makerspace provides a space and resources for students to make projects that connect with their coursework, hobbies, and creative self-expression. The Makerspace is also a place for collaboration and social learning, where varied interests and experiences intersect. Visit the Makerspace Showcase website for more information.

After Party with DJ Catboy Forever

Library 1st Floor Main Lobby • 5:00-5:30 pm

Celebrate the end of the semester and a successful ideaFest at the After Party! DJ Catboy Forever (Liam Boyd, Environmental Science & Management, Spring 2024) will share self-produced electronic music tracks as the culminating performance for their Library Scholar DJ Internship with the Makerspace.