Cal Maritime Dept. of Culture and Communication

Excellent crosshatching drawing by Jay Olson, a student in the Intro to Visual Arts course. This week we have been practicing different drawing techniques including crosshatching, gesture drawing, and figure drawing. #CalMaritime

"The more hers there are, the more engineers and scientists that are Latin are out there, the more chances we have for those kids to have la chispa, where they say, 'I want to be that," she said.

Another great session from our friends at ErmeNautica Saperi in Rotta. This seminar is in Italian but we've also participated in multilingual conversations between the crew underway in Italy and our in-class students here. Hoping for more collaboration to come!

So exciting for our friends at Williams-Mystic! #maritimeculture "The $4.9 million grant was awarded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of its Just Futures Initiative, which in summer 2020 invited 38 colleges and universities to submit project proposals that would address the long-existing fault lines of racism, inequality and injustice that challenge ideas of democracy and civil society."

If we keep telling would-be J.D. Salingers and Hannah Arendts to choose high-paying careers over their passions, I fear a future devoid of art. If we continue to encourage students to choose the technical over the analytical, I fear a future where history’s mistakes are repeated.

Welcome back to #calmaritime for Spring 2021! -the Geese

We're here for you!

#calmaritime student Nick Paz created a photo series of BIPOC Bay Area surfers for his final project in Maritime Arts HUM 115. "Growing up in a Spanish-speaking household, 2 hours from the nearest beach, I never thought I’d become a surfer. Though I visited areas where I could snorkel and swam competitively, it took me some time for me to try my hand at riding waves. All the surfers I saw as a kid fit the same stereotype blonde, tan, and with the world’s best waves right b...eyond their backyards. It took me many years of saving gas money for beach trips, navigating struggling with the tribal nature of surfing, and slogging through commuter traffic for me to finally feel like I belonged in the waves. I had no idea there were other surfers of backgrounds similar to mine out there, but as a photographer, I started seeing more and more diversity in the water. With racial tensions brought to light in 2020, I wanted to highlight some of the lack of diversity and share BIPOC experiences in one of the nation’s most exclusive social arenas." Nick Paz This is an ongoing project, you can check out more of his photos on Instagram @thesaltypaz

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"A Pirate's Life for Me" -- a pirate ballad from the point of view of sailors gone "on the account." Written, performed and recorded by #CalMaritime students in HUM 350: Maritime Culture, who were inspired by the work of, and an intimate class conversation with, Prof Marcus Rediker (see post, Oct 21).

A #CalMaritime student project is going live! Help it go viral with your #SFseastory. As part of a project for Dr Dewey’s HUM350 class, Maritime Culture, Cadet Sophie Scopazzi has built a website and is seeking #seastories from people in and around San Francisco bay. Take a look and submit your own!

Happy Halloween!

Today we had a very special session with ErmeNautica Saperi in Rotta, a maritime interdisciplinary project from new friends at La Sapienza University of Rome. Ermenautica looks at the Sea as an ethnographic research field and aims at creating interactions and connections among the communities on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea. We talked to them today (via Zoom) as part of Dr Dewey's regular "Maritime Culture" class.

On Monday, we were thrilled to welcome a special guest to Dr. Dewey's Maritime Culture (HUM 350) meeting on Zoom. Another way we're finding the silver linings to remote teaching! Read the story here! https://www.csum.edu///guest-lecture-maritime-culture.html

We’d love for every current and former Keelhauler to attend the forum. #keelhaulerfamily

Cal Maritime alumna breaks the internet schooling sexist troll over grammar. Thank you, CAPTAIN McCue!

Amazing students making amazing art thanks to our amazing art instructor Lauren Hartman.

#maritimeculture online! Join San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park for chantey singing -- and more -- this weekend!

To work or to fight, or to produce top-notch video, Cal Maritime cadets are READY!

#maritimeculture "On this day, 23 August 1851, a violent riot broke out in Sydney, Australia when police tried to arrest Michael Knight, a sailor who was wearing women's clothing. To cheers of the locals, Knight decked the officer who attempted to arrest him and headed to a church, where he disturbed the service and began abusing the parishioners, until he was arrested. On hearing of the arrest, hundreds of sailors assembled and began attacking police officers and police stations, freeing all prisoners along the way."