Leonardo @ CAA 2005

Leonardo participated in the following sessions and events at the College Art Association conference in Atlanta, GA, February 16-19, 2005:

• Mentorship Roundtable
• Special Session: "Hybridity: Arts, Science and Cultural Effects"
• Town Hall Meeting
• Career Development Workshops
• ARTspace Lounge Screening featuring the work of Leonardo/ISAST members

Mentorship Roundtable

The Leonardo Mentorship Roundtable Discussion featured experienced art/science/technology faculty and specialists who shared their knowledge, experience, and perspectives with students, teachers and working artists interested in doing further experimental and scholarly work in the art/science/technology field.

Speakers for the Roundtable included: Andrea Polli, Ioannis Yessios, Kit Hughes, Brad Smith, Gabriel Harp, Steve Oscherwitz, Lorraine Walsh and Roger Malina.


             Further description of Mentorship Roundtable and reading lists.




Special Session: "Hybridity: Arts, Science and Cultural Effects"

Leonardo's special session "Hybridity: Arts, Sciences and Cultural Effects" was co-chaired by Yvonne Spielmann of the Braunschweig School of Art and Jay David Bolter of the Georgia Institute of Technology. Speakers in this session included Amy Ione, Diatrope Institute; Dan Sandin, University of Illinois at Chicago; Diane Gromala, Georgia Institute of Technology; and George Legrady, University of California at Santa Barbara.

             Further description of this panel and abstracts of papers




Town Hall Business Meeting

Members of the Leonardo network who attended the CAA conference gathered to discuss issues pertaining to Leonardo and the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology.




Career Development Workshops

Every year, the CAA conference features Career Development Workshops, in which students in art and art history meet one-on-one with advanced professionals in their field of interest. Seasoned professionals are matched up with students according to interest and specialty to critique portfolios, review CVs, guide through conference activities, introduce to other figures in the field, or other mentorship activities. These meetings are scheduled for a single 20-minute time slot during the Career Development Workshop. This year Leonardo participated in these workshops under the newly added Art/Science category.




ARTspace Lounge Screening

Featured the work of Leonardo/ISAST members: Luc Courchesne, David Rokeby, Bill Seaman, Regina Celia Pinto, Hellen Sky, Steve Mann and Paul Sermon. Curated by Timothy Allen Jackson.

Leonardo Education Forum

As an affiliated group of the College Art Association (CAA), Leonardo has joined the largest professional community of artists and art historians in the United States. In an effort to promote the advancement of scholarship in the field of art/science/technology, Leonardo and CAA have combined efforts to provide what is hoped to be a permanent forum at the annual CAA Conference.

In order to bridge the two networks, the Leonardo Education Forum has been brought together to help plan and develop Leonardo's activities with CAA.

The Leonardo Education Forum is open to all individuals who are members of both Leonardo and CAA.

              MORE INFORMATION about the Leonardo Education Forum, current members and how to join

Leonardo Educators and Students Program

The Leonardo Education Forum and conference activities are part of the Leonardo Educators and Students Program which also includes the Leonardo Abstract Service (LABS) and the Leonardo International Faculty Alerts List.