Friday, March 21, 2008

5D Conference - eNews - Feb 14





Art Directors Guild and University Art Museum, Cal State

University, Long Beach, launch inaugural international conference – 5D: The Future of Immersive Design


The 5D conference will take place at the Carpenter Performing Arts Center at CSU, Long Beach on October 4-5, 2008.


About University Art Museum (UAM)

California State University, Long Beach

A signature cultural landmark in Long Beach dedicated to contemporary art, the UAM is committed to showcasing artists who explore the boundaries between visual arts, music, popular culture, science, and technology and to exposing the next generation of artists, teachers, and scholars to the latest ideas of the field.


Chris Scoates, Director

Sarah G. Vinci, Director of Public Relations

www.csulb.edu/uam


About the Art Directors Guild:

The Art Directors Guild & Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists (Local 800 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, IATSE) represents 1,600 members who work throughout the United States, Canada and the rest of the world as Production Designers, Art Directors, Assistant Art Directors and Scenic, Title and Graphic Artists in Film, Television and Theater. The ADG Technology Committee has, since its inception 2 years ago, striven to inform its members, related guilds and students on the rapidly expanding uses of new technology tools and the new central role of design in the future of narrative media.


Tom Walsh, ADG President (Production Designer, Desperate Housewives)

Alex McDowell, Chairman, ADG Technology Committee (Production Designer, Watchmen, Minority Report)

www.artdirectors.org


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