2025 Fall Workshop
THE PHILOSOPHY OF HEALING
About
Founded by Visual Communications faculty in 1999, the workshop brings top professionals from around the world to join our professors as we push students to identify, observe and artfully communicate the core of who we are and the issues we face in everyday life. In the process, students learn to better use still photography, audio, video, motion graphics, design and words to become exceptional storytellers who engage the community.
This year’s workshop involved more than 90 students whose efforts ranged from content collection to working behind the scenes on social media, copy editing, and multimedia production.
On behalf of all of us at VIS, thank you for taking the time to look at our work. We hope you might lose yourself as you walk in the footsteps of our subjects, experiencing their world and understanding yours just a little bit better.
2025 Stories
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QUIET FIELDS, GENTLE HERDS
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HATCHING INNOVATION
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INNER POWER
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DOUG’S FISH FRY
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ROOMMATES
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SCENES FROM SKANEATELES
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PRINTING A LEGACY
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BENEATH THE SURFACE
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COME AND UNITE
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BEYOND THE PITCH
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TRASH TO TREASURE
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FRIENDS OF ELI
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UNBURNED
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SWEET SKANEATELES
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EXPANDING HORIZONS
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LIGHT OF THE COMMUNITY
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THE LAST SHOT
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COMMUNITY ON A PLATE
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A DRIVE THRU SKAN ELLUS
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BREWING A LEGACY
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TROUBLED WATERS
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SUSTAINING THE SOURCE
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HIS LAST SHOT
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PAPAVERO’S PEOPLE: CLAY’S PLAYGROUND
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COZY NIGHT IN
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A FAMILIAR FACE
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GROWING TOGETHER: THE PLAY2LEARN STORY
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THRIFTING FOR HOPE
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A DELICATE TOUCH
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GLASS VENOM
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FARM-TABLE-FARM
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STAYING AFLOAT
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FAMILY ORIENTED
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CAFÉ LOW-CAL
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“I LIKE STUFF (ESPECIALLY MY STUFF)”
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FUN THROTTLE
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ODD SKAN
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BAKED INTO THE JOB
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WHAT CRIME?
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PASSING THE LIGHT
2025 Coaches

Heather
Ainsworth

Mylz
Blake

A.J.
Chavar

Mark
DiOrio

Graham
Dickie

Darren
Durlach

Linda D.
Epstein

Shweta
Gulati

Kenny
Holston

Josh
Ives

Eric
Jackson

Lynn
Johnson

Liam
Kennedy

Marilu
Lopez Fretts

Michelle
McLoughlin

Joe
McNally

Laura
Oliverio

Zach
Ornitz

Luke
Rafferty

Mike
Roy

Chip
Somodevilla

Lauren
Steel

Shira
Stoll

David
Sutherland
2025 Faculty/Staff

Seth
Gitner

Jon
Glass

Ken
Harper

Greg
Munno

Paula
Nelson

Milton
Santiago

Michael
Snyder

Renée
Stevens

Claudia
Strong

Bruce
Strong

Jason
Webb
Credits
Digital & Social Media Team
Noah Love, Brooke Vaccaro and Sophia Zaninovich
Writing & Editing Team
Ankit Bandyopadhyay, Ryann Phillips, Madelyn Taylor and Remi Turner
