Digital Arts Symposium 2007

Digital Arts Symposium 2007 Storytelling through Design -- March 5 & 6
North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem, NC
The Digital Arts Symposium 2007 is a project of the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, in collaboration with the Center for Design Innovation and the North Carolina School of the Arts.

The 2007 Digital Arts Symposium will celebrate the iterative, narrative process of design. Speakers will describe experiences in researching, rendering and casting ideas for and with clients. Design professional, artist and student exhibitors will display sketches, computer models and real-world prototypes that emerged as they evolved designs from concept to art, product, service, or business strategy. The event will tell a larger story of design as we practice it in the Piedmont Triad and showcase the richness of talent in the Piedmont Triad.

The Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts provides strategic and financial support for creative projects that are associated with the North Carolina School of the Arts. As a progressive, thoughtful and broadly capable advocate of the arts and for the individual artist, we believe that providing assistance to innovative and imaginative endeavors - especially those that challenge what is expected, daring to be unconventional in direction - can invigorate and advance the artistic energies of a society in ways that benefit everyone.

The Center for Design Innovation (CDI) is an interinstitutional center of the University of North Carolina. The CDI's mission is to promote economic development by accelerating the growth of creative industries within North Carolina's Piedmont Triad region. Academic and industry partners work together to support existing businesses, spawn new businesses, and sustain human resources through educational programs. The Center for Design Innovation has a special focus on digital design strategies and techniques. Founding institutions are the North Carolina School of the Arts, Winston-Salem State University, and Forsyth Technical Community College.

The North Carolina School of the Arts is the University of North Carolina’s conservatory for the arts, dedicated entirely to the professional training of students possessing exceptional talents in the performing, visual and moving image arts. Students enter NCSA when they are ready for focused, intense professional development at the baccalaureate level and in select programs at the master’s and high school levels in its schools of Dance, Design and Production, Drama, Filmmaking, and Music.

DESIGNERS EXPO
March 5th from 1pm – 7pm & March 6th from 10am – 4pm
Eisenberg Social Hall, Lower Level Hanes Student Commons, North Carolina School of the Arts

Free and open to the public, no ticket is required to attend the Designer Expo.

Exhibitors include a sample of Piedmont Triad artists and designers from different industry and art segments. Walk through the Expo, speak to the designers, and hear the many stories related to their work. Learn about the creative design process and the tools they use to realize their creations.

Exhibitors include: Ad Club of the Triad/EKA, Apple Rock Displays, Art in the Air/Fairway, Austin Harris, BE Aerospace, BizLife, Brayton International, Brooks Design, Calloway Johnson Moore West, Creative and Design Roundtable, Fifth Letter, Gentry Visualizations, Graphically Speaking, Ka-Thoom! Graphics, Leap Frog, Mayer, Moser, Phoenix, Metropolis Architecture, Mullen, Nyght Falcon, OptiVia Out of Our Minds Animation, Pearman Arts, Symetri, Technipix, Volvo Trucks, WFU Bio-Medical Imaging, Workplace Strategies

STUDENT DESIGN EXPO
March 6th from 8am – 1pm
Lobby of Performance Place, North Carolina School of the Arts

Come see what the next generation of artists and designers are doing at some of our local institutions of higher education and learn more about the programs that are available.

Exhibitors include:

North Carolina School of the Arts
Winston-Salem State University
Forsyth Technical Community College
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
High Point University

SYMPOSIUM
March 6th from 9am – 12:45pm
Proscenium Thrust, Performance Place North Carolina School of the Arts
(Tickets required)

Featured Presenters

Kevin Brooks -- View Bio - Principle Staff Researcher / Designer for Motorola and professional storyteller
Presentation Title: A Storyteller in the Technical Court – Telling stories for Research and Design

Adam Burke -- View Bio - Animator with Pixar Animation Studios
Presentation Title: Designing Cars – A behind the scenes look at some of the design concepts used in the making of Disney•Pixar's film Cars, and how design is utilized in the film making process at Pixar to help support the stories we want to tell.

Breakout Sessions
1) Scientific Visualization
2) Design of Prints on Fabric and Other Surfaces for the Hospitality and Gaming Industries
3) Photography
4) Center for Design Innovation
5) Diversity in Design
6) Behavioral Web Design
7) Advice on Starting Your Career in Design
8) Sound Design

To view the Events Schedule CLICK HERE!

2007 DIGITAL ARTS SYMPOSIUM AND EXPO SPONSORS
Special thanks go out to all who participated in the development of the 2007 Digital Arts Symposium and Expo!

Lead Sponsor
Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts

The Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts provides strategic and financial support for creative projects that are associated with the North Carolina School of the Arts. As a progressive, thoughtful and broadly capable advocate of the arts and for the individual artist, we believe that providing assistance to innovative and imaginative endeavors - especially those that challenge what is expected, daring to be unconventional in direction - can invigorate and advance the artistic energies of a society in ways that benefit everyone.

Design Expo Sponsor
Piedmont Triad Partnership

The Piedmont Triad Partnership, one of seven regional economic development partnerships in North Carolina, is the economic development organization representing the 12-county Piedmont Triad region. The Partnership teams with the local economic development offices and the North Carolina Department of Commerce to market the Triad domestically and internationally to attract business investment and stimulate job creation in the region. The PTP is also the lead organization for the U.S. Department of Labor-funded Workforce Innovations in Regional Economic Development (WIRED) initiative, which supports the development of a comprehensive, fully-integrated regional economic development and workforce development strategy for the Piedmont Triad. The Piedmont Triad includes the counties of Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, and Yadkin.

Supporting Sponsors
Ad Club of the Triad
The Creativity and Design Roundtable
Fifth Letter
EdKemp Associates
Redburn Design Studio