The theme of this year's ASTE Conference is Create ~ Collaborate ~ Innovate, and the ASTE as ART project is designed to bring this theme to life! Artist Dr. Craig Harris along with support from Keynote Dr. Jason Ohler will gather from ASTE participants responses to the questions below, and then will create a performance piece to share with the ASTE membership during the General Session on Tuesday morning.
- What are the challenges to the future of education?
- What changes do we need to make to get there?
- What does school and education look like in the year 2022, ten years from now?
All ASTE participants are encouraged to send their responses in an audio file ahead of time or be interviewed by Jason on Monday during the ASTE Conference. Files can be sent to mary.wegner@aste.org.
Artist in Residence: Dr. Craig Harris
Craig Harris is a composer, new media artist, writer and arts/community development consultant. Craig creates work for concert and multimedia performance, dance, theater and art installation; his research focuses on creativity and communication. His artwork and research have appeared at many international festivals and conferences, and his writings have been published in several field publications. Craig's composition The Hill Has Something to Say, based on a poem by Rita Dove, was commissioned by soprano Renée Fleming and premiered at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hull in 2000. His book Art and Innovation, documenting collaborations between artists and research scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), was released in 1999 by MIT Press. He received his Ph.D. and Master of Music degrees in Composition at Eastman School of Music.
In the 1980's Craig became immersed in the emerging digital arts revolution as a composer, as a developer of computer-based music resources, and as an advocate for interdisciplinary collaboration. In his roles as President of the International Computer Music Association and as Executive Director of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology (ISAST), Craig helped to bring artists, researchers, educators and technology developers together to establish a more effective and inclusive development environment through international conferences and festivals, publishing and strategic partnerships. In 1993 he founded one of the Internet's first peer-reviewed journal - Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA), published by MIT Press - serving those who are interested in the realm where art, science and technology converge.
Craig has worked with many artists, arts organizations and communities on such projects as leading an initiative to renovate a dilapidated historic movie theater to serve as a multi-use performing arts venue; working with Eastman School of Music to develop one of the first computer music studios in a professional conservatory in the country; helping the University of Michigan launch their Center for Performing Arts and Technology; and helping Marcy Open School in Minneapolis to create a sustainable program for K-8 arts integration and artist residency partnerships.
