Mason Dixon

Written by Jameson Wallace
Professor, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Advertisers designing retail spaces have coined the term "Experience Design" to describe the full coordination of the digital technology used in the store.

Event producers on

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Urban food gardens : fastest green strategy for Chicago neighborhoods to keep Artists in the face of the Olympics : http://bit.ly/mEG16

A Growing Movement: Urban Farming In Chicago
http://www.progressillinois.com/2008/09/09/features/growing-movement

About Chicago ARTillery
http://chicagoartillery.org/

Chicago ARTillery is a collective and network of mostly Logan Square Artists whose works are based on community involvement, education, and the democratic process. The works made are either in a… Continue

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Motion Graphics Panel Proposals at SXSW need your vote to become a reality:

+ Artware and the Future of Soul
Visualization leads software design, yet the tools for visualization are primarily designed by engineers for business purpose. How can Artist’s re-envision ways of creating with computers that are more appropriate to their practice? How can technology help us to preserve those thi… Continue

Motion Graphics Festival 2009
New Motion + New Sound + New Code
Atlanta, GA :: July 11-12
http://www.MGFest.com

On July 11th and 12th the Atlanta Motion Graphics Festival showcases explosive artists and motion picture creators. Artists being showcased include: Shepard Fairey, Nine Inch Nails, David Byrne, Chuck D of Public Enemy, KRS-One, Addictive TV, Digital Kitchen, The Mill, Passion Pict… Continue

Wanted to point out this project:
http://chicago.thepublicschool.org

The basic premise of the school is that there is no pre-determined curriculum... instead people propose classes that they would be interested in taking. After that, if more people want to take the class, then The Public School will organize and offer it.

It seems like it has application to all sorts of local spaces. Imagine if threeWalls, Messhall, Chicago Art Dept, student groups were all contributing? The cultural center, n… Continue