The Azarian McCullough Gallery at St Thomas Aquinas College is pleased to present an exhibition of Creative Technology: Art and the Digital Future through December 18th. A reception is scheduled for Wednesday, November 28th from 4:30pm-6:30pm and is open to the public. The Gallery is open Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 1:30-4:30 or by appointment.
Systems, connections, conduits. Art in this digital age immerses itself in the networks that allow the movement and transfer of global knowledge and information. Technological changes also provide new tools for self-expression, whether it be tapping into social networks, exploring interactivity or bridging the digital divide.
In the 2011 State of the Union address, President Barack Obama set a mandate to ramp up technological innovation in STEM fields (science, technology, engineering and math). That same year John Maeda, as president of the Rhode Island School of Design, initiated the STEM to STEAM movement, campaigning to add “arts” to STEM. STEAM contends that design thinking and creativity are essential components of innovation.
Utilizing creative coding and interactivity, artists working in the area of creative technology continue the project-based inquiry long practiced in the art studio. Tech-based art making practices are interactive by nature and are able to expand and explore the role of user input and augmentation. Conceptually, much of this art also delves into questions of global connections and the digital systems, both seen and unseen, that are the information portals of the 21st century world.
This group show features the work of James Yuxi Cao, Dahye Kim, Catherine Lan, Jeremiah Teipen, Maciej Toporowicz, Tansy Xiao, and Jing Zhou. Curated by Nina Bellisio and Catherine Lan.
The Azarian McCullough Art Gallery (AMAG) is located at the base of Costello Tower on the campus of St. Thomas Aquinas College. Admission is always free and open to the public. For more information about the Azarian McCullough Art Gallery, including upcoming exhibits, visit www.stac.edu/amag or contact: Timothy Hull, Director of the Azarian McCullough Art Gallery at thull@stac.edu
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