Here’s a short list of digital tools which may help graduating fine arts students bridge the transition to adult working life. I’m currently co-teaching a Senior Project course for approximately 40 Fine Arts undergraduates in the Carnegie Mellon School of Art. In just a few months, these seniors, most of whom work in traditional 2D [...]

The School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University has announced a Tenure-Track Faculty Search in Design and Computation, for a position beginning August 2011: http://www.design.cmu.edu/show_job.php?id=795 The Position We are seeking a dynamic individual working in computational design to tackle global concerns, with experience in one or more of the following areas: information visualization and data [...]

What: Projects from “Special Topics in Interactive Art & Computational Design“ Where: Carnegie Mellon STUDIO for Creative Inquiry, CFA-111 When: Wednesday, 28 April 2010, 4:30-6:00pm Golan LEVIN (Associate Professor of Electronic Art) and Patrick Gage KELLEY (Teaching Assistant and PhD Student, CS), are proud to present capstone projects and other treats from our interdisciplinary Spring [...]

Image Retouching: A Critical Approach for Media Arts Educators I developed the following course unit on image tampering, retouching and manipulation for my Introduction to the Electronic Media Studio (EMS1) class at Carnegie Mellon. The semester course is intended for first-year students with little or no computer experience, and serves the purpose of introducing students [...]

Below are some resources about the “Chinese Painting Village” phenomenon, such as Dafen or Wushipu in Shenzhen, which employ about 10,000 artists and produce more than 60% of the world’s oil paintings. The information below may be ‘of interest’ to arts educators and/or students, particularly those studying painting. I am grateful to Clement Valla for [...]