The New Media Caucus invites New Media Caucus members to join our committees. This gives members an opportunity to take an active role in our organization, and contribute to our initiatives. There are many opportunities for engagement in our community, and for professional development through participation in it. Through their increased engagement in the organization over time, committee members often evolve their roles in the organization, becoming members of the Board of Directors, or Officers of the organization. The following committees are seeking new members: Events and Exhibitions Members of the Events and Exhibitions Committee coordinate the NMC panels workshops…
Professor of New Media (any rank), Zayed University
The College of Arts and Creative Enterprises seeks a qualified candidate to teach in the Department of Arts and Digital Media in the area of New Media and Visual Art, with an appointment on the Dubai campus starting preferably January 2019. The Requirements Applicants must have earned a terminal degree in New Media, Multimedia, Fine Art, or a related field and demonstrate a strong record of professional or artistic activity and accomplishments. The successful applicant will have a record of teaching and will be expected to teach both introductory and advanced level courses. Experience with graduate programs would be an…
Caltech Art + Research Residency Program Call for Applications
The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) seeks applications for an artist residency, which is part of a new program in visual culture being developed jointly by Caltech’s Division of the Humanities and Social Sciences and The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens (“The Huntington”). The Caltech Art + Research Residency Program provides an artist the opportunity to develop a project in conversation with the Caltech research community and share it publicly through Caltech’s public programs. It supports artists and other creative practitioners whose work involves research and experimentation and engages art, humanities, science and technology in society. Applications Due:…
NMC Advisory Board Activities
The New Media Caucus (NMC) is honored and excited to announce the formation and activities of the inaugural Advisory Board. Voted in by the Board of Directors last February, the members of the Advisory Board are Hasan Elahi, internationally recognized media artist and Associate Professor of the University of Maryland; Sue Gollifer, pioneer of early computer art, Director of ISEA International and academic staff at the University of Brighton in the UK; and Guna Nadarajan, theorist, curator, and Dean and Professor at the Penny W. Stamps School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan. Together, they have already shared their expertise to strengthen the NMC by helping with the mission revision and strategic planning, management…
Call for Submissions: CURRENTS NEW MEDIA festival 2019
Call to artists for an INTERNATIONAL NEW MEDIA ART FESTIVAL 2019 SANTA FE. This is a curated art exhibition. Travel expenses and housing provided for selected installation artists. Festival Dates: June 7 – 23, 2019 This year’s categories include: Interactive Environments CURRENTS Entrance Design Installations (Interactive and Non-Interactive) Outdoor Installations and Projections Virtual/Augmented/Mixed Reality Environments Robotics Multimedia Performance Digitally Generated Objects (i.e. 3D Printing) Interactive Installations for Children Single Channel Video and Animation Experimental Documentary To apply, please read our submission guidelines on our website: https://currentsnewmedia.org/guidelines-2019/ About: CURRENTS serves as a platform for artistic experimentation. It promotes exploration into all forms…
AWMAT 2019 – Impact!: How women in media arts, science and technology influence the community
Alliance of Women in Media Arts and Technology (AWMAT) 2019: Impact!: How women in media arts, science and technology influence the community. Impact! explores how the creative and innovative works of women in media arts, technology and engineering influence the general community. New forms of artistic representation in multimedia art are highlighted through interactive installations, virtual reality, demos and sonic arts. Emphasis will be placed on how these new forms work in conjunction with technology to shape our culture. Now accepting submissions for papers, installations, demonstrations, sound art/concert works and workshops. Key Dates: Paper/Extended Abstract Deadline: October 15, 2018 Workshop…
VisArts Call for Video, Sound Art, and New Media
Frame & Frequency 4 Vol. 2 is an ongoing International Video and Sound Art Exchange program presented concurrently at VisArts in our In(Site) Project Gallery in Rockville, MD and at PLECTO Galeria in Medellín, Colombia, opening October 26, 2018. Video, sound art (up to 8 channels), film, and new media work will be accepted: experimental, documentary, animation, narrative, non-narrative, multimedia, virtual reality, augmented reality, net art, interactive media, etc. All foreign language moving image artworks must have English subtitles. Submission specifications: Deadline for submissions is October 15, 2018. Video/Sound Art: You may submit up to 3 works. Videos must be…
Call for Artists: The Cube Art Project #4
The Cube Art Project (CAP) Biannual International Digital Art Competition hosts it’s third exhibition on the Cube October 4, 2018. ALL ARTISTS are welcome including MACAA members (membership NOT required). We will host a screening event in conjunction with the 2018 Mid-America College Art Association Conference, Techne Expanding. We are seeking video art, animations, motion graphics, and other projects for screening on our large three dimensional monitor (the Cube). This 750 sq. ft. screen is seen by hundreds of people on a slow day, but it’s also right next to the Pinnacle Bank Arena which hosts enormous events that draws…
Member Spotlight: KT Duffy
KT Duffy (b. 1987) is a new media artist and educator from Chicago, IL. They received their MFA in Interdisciplinary Art from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Duffy is currently an Assistant Professor of Art and Technology at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, IL. Duffy’s interest in emerging technologies and their relationship to the evolution of the human animal is what drives their practice.Their work culminates in carnal and colorful transmedia mashups that protrude outside of easy definition and circle cheekily around deep issues of humanity. I had the opportunity recently to chat with Duffy via Skype, and…
Call for Submissions | Beyond Survival: Public Funding for the Arts and Humanities – Art Journal Open
Three decades into the long culture wars, how are artists, scholars, and cultural organizations navigating shifting political, community, and financial tides? Where have we encountered friction or congruence between federal priorities and our work at state, local, and community levels? Has our work changed – in structure, presentation, or substance – in response to these priorities? Despite threats of elimination earlier in the year, federal funding for the arts and humanities has been preserved—at least for now. While rightly celebrating this collective accomplishment, we must also acknowledge that ideological pressures on US cultural policy are performed as much through selective…