Tuesday, July 15, 2008

guest speaker Cynthia Lawson

Today at 4:30 Cynthia Lawson is speaking to the SOPIS program at Kellen Auditorium, 66 5th Ave. ground floor.

Cynthia is an artist, educator, & technologist. Cynthia is currently
Assistant Professor of the Integrated Design Curriculum at Parsons
The New School for Design in New York City.

Additionally she has traveled in Latin America and Japan to teach
courses and workshops. Her artwork has been exhibited and performed nationally and internationally, including The Modern Museum of Art (Bogota, Colombia), Exit Art Gallery, Macy Gallery, NY Arts Space, HEREart, UCLA Hammer Museum, CalArts, and RISD, amongst others. She has published and presented papers on electronic poetry, educational technology, and interdisciplinary design at various conferences and festivals worldwide. Cynthia holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from Universidad de los Andes, and an MPS from the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) at New York University.

To learn more about what Cynthia is doing, visit her website at:
www.cynthialawson.com

In this lecture Cynthia will present on her recent project:
In June 2008 she traveled with 13 students and 2 faculty from The New School to San Lucas Toliman, Guatemala to work with the women's artisan association "Ajkem'a Loy'a," in partnership with CARE. Cynthia's presentation will present this project as a case study for humanitarian design, addressing the tremendous opportunities, and challenges, that today's designers face when working in developing countries.
For more information on the project, visit its blog at: www.thenewschoolcollaborates.com

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