{"667538":{"#nid":"667538","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Announcing Interdisciplinary Media Arts, a New Center at Georgia Tech","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EArt can be a powerful partner in sparking innovation and inspiring critical thinking about the impact of science and technology in an increasingly complex world. To support this crucial role for the arts at Georgia Tech, the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and the Georgia Tech Library are partnering to create a new center called Interdisciplinary Media Arts (IMA).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe center\u0027s focus is enhancing artistic expression on campus, preparing students for careers as creative makers and innovators, and helping faculty develop creative approaches to improving scientific and technological research and outreach.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/media-arts.gatech.edu\/\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003EIMA\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/a\u003Ewill be administratively housed in the Ivan Allen College and draw participants from across campus. It will seek to enhance opportunities for sciences and engineering faculty seeking to creatively enhance their scholarship, consider creative approaches to public engagement, and find new ways to think critically about the societal impacts of technological innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u201cArt is not new to the Ivan Allen College. We have been teaching visualization, AR\/VR, literary arts, poetry, science fiction, and the use of interactive media for a long time,\u201d said Kaye Husbands Fealing, dean and Ivan Allen Jr. Chair in the Ivan Allen College. \u201cHowever, this center does mark an important milestone in our continuing commitment to integrating inquiry in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and STEM disciplines.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/iac.gatech.edu\/feature-news\/2023\/04\/interdisciplinary-media-arts-launch\u0022\u003ERead the full story on the Ivan Allen College website.\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EArt can be a powerful partner in sparking innovation and inspiring critical thinking about the impact of science and technology in an increasingly complex world. To support this crucial role for the arts at Georgia Tech, the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and the Georgia Tech Library are partnering to create a new center called Interdisciplinary Media Arts (IMA).\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"To support the crucial role for the arts at Georgia Tech, the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and the Georgia Tech Library are partnering to create a new center called Interdisciplinary Media Arts (IMA)."}],"uid":"36009","created_gmt":"2023-04-26 18:11:42","changed_gmt":"2023-04-26 18:15:16","author":"cwhittle9","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2023-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2023-04-25T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"670635":{"id":"670635","type":"image","title":"Interdisciplinary Media Arts is a partnership of Ivan Allen College and the Georgia Tech Library.","body":null,"created":"1682532722","gmt_created":"2023-04-26 18:12:02","changed":"1682532722","gmt_changed":"2023-04-26 18:12:02","alt":"Collage of photos featuring media arts projects.","file":{"fid":"253534","name":"media arts 16x9.jpeg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/04\/26\/media%20arts%2016x9.jpeg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/2023\/04\/26\/media%20arts%2016x9.jpeg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1128073,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/2023\/04\/26\/media%20arts%2016x9.jpeg?itok=km-ycwYu"}}},"media_ids":["670635"],"related_links":[{"url":"https:\/\/media-arts.gatech.edu\/","title":"Media Arts Website"}],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1283","name":"School of Literature, Media, and Communication"}],"categories":[{"id":"42901","name":"Community"},{"id":"42891","name":"Georgia Tech Arts"},{"id":"42941","name":"Art Research"},{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"}],"keywords":[{"id":"192568","name":"media arts"},{"id":"192569","name":"georgia tech media arts"},{"id":"84601","name":"interdisciplinary arts and sciences"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39501","name":"People and Technology"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMichael Pearson\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmichael.pearson@iac.gatech.edu\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}