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Saturday, 17.6.06, 16:00
Sergey Courtyard, Heleni Hamalka 13, Jerusalem,
@Sugia 2 event
Elizabeth Slagus
Elizabeth Slagus will provide an overview of Eyebeam Education
Studio's programming and explore some of the overarching themes
they've covered the last few years via project samples and
demonstrations of some of the tools. She will also discuss the
opportunities provided for artists via professional development and
Teaching Artist positions, as well as the new Education Fellow
position.
Since 1999, Liz Slagus has developed and managed various Eyebeam
Education programs, from school, youth, & family-related courses and
workshops to broader issues of new and digital literacies and
learning and teaching practices. Liz has organized and spoken on
several panels regarding art and technology education programming,
including AAM and NYCMER. She has taught new media art courses for
the University of Connecticut and the University of Rochester via
Eyebeam and has consulted for many organizations and schools within
New York City regarding art and technology education and
programming. Liz holds a Bachelor's Degree in Art History and
Anthropology from Bucknell University and a Master's Degree in
Visual Arts Administration from New York University.
Current programs:
After-School Atelier
Girls-Eye View
Digital Day Camp
New Media Collaborative
Circuit
Educators for Digital Literacy
The Upgrade!
Summer School
Holiday Hackshop
University collaborations
Community outreach
DIY kits
Upgrade! is an international, emerging
network of autonomous nodes united by art, technology, and a commitment to
bridging cultural divides. Its decentralized, non-hierarchical structure
ensures that Upgrade! (i) operates according to local interests and their
available resources; and (ii) reflects current creative engagement with
cutting edge technologies. While individual nodes present new media
projects, engage in informal critique, and foster dialogue and
collaboration between individual artists, Upgrade! International functions
as an online, global network that gathers annually in different cities to
meet one another, showcase local art, and work on the agenda for the
following year.
Current Nodes: Amserdam (Netherlands), Boston
(United States), Caracs (Venezuela), Chicago (United States), Lisbon
(Portugal), Johannesburg (South Africa), Istanbul (Turkey), Montreal
(Canada), Munich (Germany), New York (United States), Oklahoma City (United
States), Salvador (Brazil), Scotland, Seoul (South Korea), Sofia
(Bulgaria), Tel Aviv-Jerusalem (Israel), and Vancouver (Canada).
Future Nodes: Athens (Greece), Liverpool
(United Kingdom), Berlin (Germany), Paris (France), Skopje (Macedonia),
Vienna (Austria) will launch in the near future.
Organizations: Eyebeam, Turbulence.org, New
Media Scotland, Art Centre Nabi, The Western Front, The Society for Arts
and Technology (SAT), InterSpace, i-camp, DCA, CCA, No-Org.net, Art
Interactive, NOMAD/santralistanbul, program angels/lothringer13, Open-Node.com,
t-u-b-e, C-M.TV, Lisboa 20, AT. joburg, and the University of the
Witwatersrand.
Upgrade! Background: Since April 1999, a
group of new media artists and curators have gathered in New York City. The
first meeting took place at a bar in the east village with Tim Whidden
& Mark River [MTAA], Mark Napier and founder Yael Kanarek. Upgrade! New
York partnered with Eyebeam in March 2000.
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