Current Leonardo Affiliates
Donau University, Center for Image Science is an international platform for research and innovative
teaching on all forms of images. As repositories of knowledge and instruments of communication the
importance of image media continues to grow in our globalized society.
Images form both networks of societal cohesion and have the power to
ignite political and religious passions. Images create values and are a
core resource for elaborating and communicating new scientific theories.
Today the dynamics of the media revolution are re-defining many issues
that image science engages with. In almost every field practical and
theoretical knowledge about how images originate, function, are
exploited, their history and their effects is an essential prerequisite
for acquiring image competence in the digital age.
http://www.donau-uni.ac.at/en/department/bildwissenschaft/index.php
The Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Caldas, in Colombia, intends to develop academic processes aimed at providing an educational service with quality criteria, so that through a holistic concept of the individual humanities, that create science, arts and technology for the service of society, for the development of the society and the consolidation of a national identity. The School has major strengths in the research of arts, design, philosophy and educational studies, we work on academic programs in fields such as visual arts, performing arts, music, philosophy, modern languages, literature, educational research and visual design, creating spaces for cultural and academic projection for creating a dynamic interrelation in art, science and technology in the region and the country. It is of great interest to University of Caldas to carry out work between the institutions to achieve the proposed targets.
http://www.ucaldas.edu.co/facultad_artes/
The Arizona State University Art Museum in the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts is a center for learning, innovation and creative research that brings national and international art and artists to the Phoenix AZ area while also supporting local artists and their work. A leader in multiple fields, including digital art, social residency and social practice as an agent of change, the museum models an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to art, often by engaging the public directly in the process.
http://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/
The School of Visual Arts MFA Computer Art department is dedicated to producing digital artists of the highest caliber. This is accomplished through a progressive curriculum; a faculty comprised of well-known artists, curators and professionals; state-of-the-art facilities and our location in New York. Following a broad curriculum, including studio work, art history and programming, each student’s education is individually tailored from over forty course offerings per semester. While multidisciplinary in nature, areas of specialization include animation, motion graphics, video art, interactive media, installation/digital fine art and performance. Graduate student creative work has appeared in many international venues, including the Student Academy Awards, SIGGRAPH Electronic Theater and Art Show, Prix Ars Electronica, Whitney Biennial, Annecy, Ottawa and the New York Animation Festivals. Students come from all over the world geographically and bring diverse cultural heritages and artistic influences to their studies.
http://mfaca.sva.edu/
Founded in 1996 by the Ujwal Trust, Srishti School of Art, Design & Technology is an innovative and progressive institution for art and design. Srishti offers a strong foundation in liberal arts and humanities, and interdisciplinary platforms for critical design thinking. Srishti offers a number of undergraduate and graduate level programs in Product & Interface Design, Furniture & Interior Design, Animation, Digital Video Production, Textile Design, and an interdisciplinary lab called Sangama. Srishti has set up the Center for Experimental Media Arts (CEMA) and the Center for Education, Training, Research and Development (CERTAD) to innovate and propagate new models of creative practice, pedagogy and applications. The Srishti Labs, a not-for-profit company promoted by Srishti, offers a suite of custom design research and exploration services to enrich early-phase technological innovation in the business and social sectors. Through its artists-in-residence and research associate programs, Srishti supports new and critical innovations in the field of art and culture.
http://srishti.ac.in/
eDream, the Emerging Digital Research and Education in Arts Media Institute, was founded in January 2009 at the University of Illinois by the Office of the Provost to serve as an international center for envisioning and practicing the emerging digital arts. eDream sponsors visiting artists and scholars, conducts active research programs, contributes to significant creative productions, and fosters new academic programming. Led by Donna Cox, Guy Garnett, Bob Patterson, and Kelly Searsmith, eDream is housed at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications and draws upon the unique strengths of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The Institute is developing international partnerships, which include the Cyprus Institute, and seeking collaborators for research projects, scholarly exchange, and creative production. In April 2010, eDream lead the Arts for HASTAC 2010.
http://edream.illinois.edu/
Evolutionary Systems Group (ESG), directed by Pier Augusto Bertacchini, Eleonora Bilotta and Pietro Pantano, is an interdisciplinary group of professors and researchers operating in a broad scientific area characterized by interdisciplinarity.
The group operates at the University of Calabria (Italy) and aims at promoting scientific exchange and high formation through the Doctoral School "Archimede" in Science, Communication and Technologies; a PhD course in "Psychology of Programming and Artificial Intelligence"; a Laboratory of Psychology; a strong relationship with other PhD courses held at national and international universities; and international projects in collaboration with other universities and research centers (i.e. "Scientific Scenarios and Art" project in the Culture 2007-2013 Programme). ESG research is theoretical and applied, covering various fields, including Digital Edutainment and Science Communication; Scientific Visualization and Digital Art; Evolutionary and Generative Music; Mathematical Modelling of Natural and Artificial Behaviour; Cultural Heritage and Educational Technologies. Leonardo/ISAST welcomes the University of Calabria Evolutionary Systems Group as a new Affiliate Member.
http://galileo.cincom.unical.it/
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The Master of Fine Arts in Sound at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago is a unique program in the creative use of sound that goes well beyond the boundaries of a typical program in visual art, music, or multimedia. Students may pursue the creation and recording of audio work; the composition of music in numerous genres; live performance, improvisation, and audio installation; the integration of sound in other media, such as video, film, performance, and web-based art; designing and building software and hardware instruments; live and recorded electroacoustic music; and the use of distribution technologies such as radio, internet, and others.
http://www.saic.edu
The Herb Alpert School of Music at California Institute of the Arts offers undergraduate and graduate studies in Performer-Composer including African American Improvisational Music, Composition including Experimental Sound Practices, Jazz, Programs in Performance: African Music and Dance, Balinese and Javanese Music and Dance, Brass, Guitar, Harp, North Indian Music, Percussion, Piano/Keyboard and Collaborative Keyboard, Strings, Voice, Winds, World Music and World Percussion; Music Technology: Interaction, Intelligence and Design; and Musical Arts Programs. All interact in a lively, interdisciplinary atmosphere guided by principles of artistic excellence, experimentation, critical reflection and independent inquiry. Students work alongside faculty to explore new musical possibilities and contribute to the evolution of music practice as composers, performers and producers who will help shape the global musical landscape of tomorrow.
http://music.calarts.edu/
The Art | Sci Center at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is dedicated to pursuing and promoting the evolving "Third Culture" by facilitating the infinite potential of collaborations between (media) arts and (bio/nano) sciences. The center's affiliation with the California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) offers access to cutting edge researchers and their laboratories and a dedicated gallery for exhibitions. Here too the center hosts the Sci|Art NanoLab Summer Institute for high school students by introducing them to the vast possibilities in the quantum field of artscience for the present/future generations. In cooperation with CNSI, the UCLA School of the Arts and the Department of Design | Media Arts, the Art | Sci Center supports visiting research scholars, and artists in residency from around the world. The center hosts lectures, mixers, and symposia to bring artists and scientists together in order to mesh these cultures and inspire individuals to think about art and science as already interrelated and relevant to our society.
http://artsci.ucla.edu
Emily Carr University of Art + Design, established in 1925, is a world leader in education and research. Encouraging experimentation at the intersection of art, design, media and technology, our learning community merges research, critical theory and studio practice in an interdisciplinary environment. Alumni and faculty are internationally recognized as award-winning creators and thought leaders who have enormous impact on both the cultural sector and economy. We engage students, industry, and society to continuously explore and think differently about creativity and how it shapes our world.
http://ecuad.ca
Since mid-2008, the Multimedia Engineering Program at the Universidad Autonoma de Occidente in Cali, Colombia and the research group in telematics and informatics GITI have been researching interdisciplinary studies in various areas such as: virtual reality, telemedicine, augmented reality, tangible interaction and computer graphics. Based on its technology infrastructure, the program is recognized as one of the most important and innovative programs in new media and engineering in Latin America.
http://www.uao.edu.co
Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD) University is Canada's "university of the imagination." The University, founded in 1876, is dedicated to art and design education, practice and research and to knowledge and invention across a wide range of disciplines. OCAD University is building on its traditional, studio-based strengths, adding new approaches to learning that champion cross-disciplinary practice, collaboration and the integration of emerging technologies. In the Age of Imagination, OCAD University community members will be uniquely qualified to act as catalysts for the next advances in culture, technology and quality of life for all Canadians.
http://www.ocad.ca
Founded in 2008, the Multimedia Engineering program of the San Buenaventura University in Cali, Colombia, is one of the most innovative undergraduate programs in Latin America. Honoring its strong interdisciplinary focus, it combines courses in engineering, design and communication. Over the course of nine semesters, the program explores from theoretical and practical perspectives, the fields of digital and interactive arts, video game design, mobile application design (Apple developers and others), educational software, animation, web and digital production services. The program has also a permanent compromise in promoting Cali and Southwestern Colombia as a destination of research and development in multimedia technologies.
http://www.usbcali.edu.co
Created in 1997, CFC Media Lab provides a unique training, research and production think-tank environment for emerging new media content developers, practitioners and companies. Graduates of this internationally acclaimed and award-winning facility emerge as leaders in the world of interactive media, produce innovative projects and start up 21st-century companies. CFC Media Lab has graduated More than 200 professionals through the lab?s various programs and services including TELUS Interactive Art & Entertainment Program (IAEP), Interactive Project Lab (IPL), Interactive Narrative Feature Program (INFP), and NBC Universal Multiplatform Matchmaking Program (MMP). Over 100 interactive new media content products have been developed and delivered in a variety of platforms. Recent productions have been seen at SJ01 Biennale, 2010 Cultural Olympiad. Also include the ground-breaking interactive film, Late Fragment, and the dynamic mobile visualization project of WHAT?S YOUR ESSENTIAL CINEMA? co-produced by CFC Media Lab and TIFF. http://www.cfccreates.com
For over two decades The Australian Network for Art & Technology (ANAT) has provided leadership and support to media artists and creative practitioners pursuing innovative projects in Australia and beyond. ANAT’s programs include immersive cross-disciplinary residencies, professional development labs, online research tools, publications, seminars and workshops. ANAT operates at the cross roads of academia, culture and business, pursuing transdisciplinary research and development relationships that involve creativity across technology, science and the arts. ANAT is an expert facilitator, diplomatically ensuring successful partnerships across this diverse network while always pursuing the best outcomes for creative practitioners. ANAT has aided innovation, from enabling artists to impact significantly on digital media development through to ground-breaking methods of ensuring successful cross-disciplinary research in scientific and technological labs. Navigating a path to the future, ANAT promotes creative practitioners as leaders, whose voice impacts culture, community and the economy. ANAT gives these creative practitioners the freedom to pursue their unbounded curiosity across disciplines and in so doing enabling them to impact every aspect of our lives.
http://www.anat.org.au
As the largest of the five schools at The University of San Francisco (USF), the College of Arts and Sciences is at the center of undergraduate life. All undergraduates take several classes through the College to meet core requirements. In keeping with the USF mission, ethical learning is encouraged through service projects, interdisciplinary programs, and study abroad opportunities. The College of Arts and Sciences offers graduate programs that provide knowledge, training and experience in 15 unique fields. With a commitment to a more humane and just world, USF graduate students forge academic and professional connections that last a lifetime. The major in Philosophy enables students to address contemporary philosophical questions and also to study how they have been treated historically in both western and non-western philosophies.Through its curriculum and research opportunities, the Environmental Science program provides students with a strong scientific and technological background for understanding and addressing the environmental challenges we face. With accomplished faculty, small studio classes, and an innovative focus on social justice and community engagement, the Department of Art + Architecture holds unique appeal among educational institutions in the Bay Area. http://www.usfca.edu/artsci/
Pomona College offers approximately 1,500 students--evenly divided between men and women--a comprehensive curriculum in the arts, humanities, social sciences and natural sciences. With a student-faculty ratio of eight to one, students have the opportunity to work closely and collaboratively with professors who are also top scholars in their fields. Students and faculty challenge each other in laboratories, classrooms, and co-curricular activities. As the founding member of The Claremont Colleges, a unique consortium of seven independent institutions on adjoining campuses, Pomona offers its students the personal experience of a small, academically superb liberal arts college and the breadth of resources normally associated with major universities.
http://pomona.edu
The Master's of Fine Arts, Electronic Media Arts & Design program of the University of Denver is a high-residency program that fuses the practical and theoretical aspects of Electronic Media Arts and Design. It emphasizes the production of electronic works that critically engage with the global cultural dialogue. Within this context, the program provides an opportunity for research and further development of creativity, knowledge and skills in electronic media arts and design. The eMAD MFA program also calls on students to critically reflect upon their own practices within the context of art and design. The eMAD MFA program provides motivated and dedicated individuals the opportunity to work closely with professionally active faculty members who are committed to mentoring students in order to further develop the students’ creative critical practice and to foster the ability of students to become leaders in the field. The Bachelor of Fine Arts, Electronic Media Arts & Design degree is for students looking to enter the fields of design or new media-based fine art as professionals upon graduation, or continue their studies in a new media based Master's of Fine Arts program. The eMAD BFA program provides intensive training in design principles, visual communication, critical approaches, the use of computers and design software, and professional design practices. While preparing students for a professional career in design, the program also caters to students pursuing an independent art life as exhibiting electronic media artists. Students have 24-hour access to the Leo block Digital Art Student Studio. They participate in a group exhibition at the end of the senior year.
http://www.du.edu/art/
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