Exploring Digital Media and Creative Practices: An Interview with Bob Sweeny

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In today’s rapidly evolving world, digital media continues to reshape how we learn, teach, and create. To explore these intersections, I sat down with Robert (Bob) Sweeny, a professor of art education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. With nearly two decades of experience, Bob is not only a leader in his field but also the founder of the Digital Visual Study Research Group. His latest book, Digital Visual Art Education: Making, Learning, and Teaching Through Digital Media, delves deep into the complexities of integrating digital media into art education.

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Exploring the Intersection of Technology and Art Education with Ryan Patton

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Ryan Patton is an associate professor and undergraduate program director of Art Education at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU). With a career spanning over two decades, Ryan has become a leading voice in exploring the dynamic intersection of technology and art education. His research and teaching delve into the evolving role of digital media, human-computer interaction, and the ethical and educational implications of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the arts and education. In this interview, Ryan reflects on digital art education's past, present, and future, offering valuable insights into how technology shapes the way we learn and create.

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Misrecollection of forgetting’ -The absent minded programmers guide to machine learning

“Programming is forgetting” teaches Allison Parrish, an NY-based artist, and programmer (Parrish, 2016). What she means is that by translating functions, actions and material into the digital world by programming we make compromises and forget the complexity of the world.

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