:: Director of ARTS Lab
The University of New Mexico invites applications for the Director of ARTS Lab (Arts, Research, Technology, and Science Laboratory), starting in August 2008. This administrative appointment will come with a tenure-track/tenured academic appointment at the rank of Associate or full Professor in one or more schools or colleges at UNM, depending on the candidate’s qualifications. The ARTS Lab (Arts, Research, Technology, and Science Laboratory) is an interdisciplinary center for fostering research and economic development at the intersection of art, science, business and technology. The ARTS Lab was established in 2005 under the State of New Mexico’s Media Industries Strategy Project to be a key catalyst for an advanced digital media industry in New Mexico. ARTS Lab seeks to support innovation and growth in areas such as film, new media, simulation, telehealth, game technology, image processing, scientific visualization, national security applications, and new markets for content. As a center for both technology and the arts, New Mexico provides a dynamic environment for programs that stimulate economic development. The heart of ARTS Lab is the "Digital Media Garage," a black box space outfitted to support performance, experimentation and research in digital graphics, sound and real-time immersive projection systems. The 'Garage' includes a 15’ diameter hemispheric domed projection surface (the G-Dome), a Vicon Motion Capture system, 30' x 40' Green Screen Studio, an AV production suite and more. For more information, see the job description PDF.
:: R U GAME? Spring Game Design Class Begins
Game Development today brings together programmers, designers, artists and creative thinkers in a digital medium that's changing the world. During this hands-on production class, student teams will learn game design and production essentials from game industry pros, and build a playable demo using Microsoft's XNA tools for XBox game development.
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:: NM Media Industries Summit and Conference 2008
In January, "Media Industries 4 New Mexico's Future", the fourth annual Media Industries Conference (or "MISP" Conference for New Mexico's Media Industries Strategic Plan) was be hosted at UNM. Leaders from New Mexico's media business, government, education, and research organizations gathered to develop plans and proposals to build on the success of Governor Richardson's initiatives in film and media.
View photos of the event taken by ARTS Lab's Hue Walker Bumgarner-Kirby here.
:: Higher Ed Summit Presentations
View 2007 Higher Ed Summit presentation .pdfs from ARTS Lab, Sandia National Laboratories, the Creative Media Institute for Film and Digital Arts at NMSU, and Sony Pictures Imageworks.
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