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Pictures from the trash after my workshop with rural middle school students in Gilmore City, Iowa

I was invited to do a workshop at Gilmore City Elementary and Middle School for International Artist Day. The school has had all of their arts programs cut over the years but the super intendant wanted to make sure they had some sort of creative experience. The workshop focused on making collages using design principles …

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I was invited to be one of the presenting artists at the 2018 Iowa Arts Summit for my work with the Listening Instruments Invention Workshops. [all images taken from the Iowa Arts Council Facebook page]

In the summer of 2018 I put on a half day Listening Instruments Invention Workshop as part of the Iowa State Extension and Outreach 4H Design Camp. It included modified headphone experiments, a listening walk, and drawing sound maps influenced by the headphone-based experiences.

Part of an #ISUGD field study course  

Led a Code-for-Designers Designer[d] workshop for the Iowa State Graphic Design Social Club. It was a great fun group and we made so many interesting generative things!

I designed this rubber stamp to use my money as way to remind people to support local art and music. I like the idea of physical currency as a platform for spreading messages. Especially since the material itself caries loads of inherent meanings and biases depending on the words printed on it and the context …

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A generative experiment that resulted in a 36″x48″ poster exhibited in Des Moines, IA Process & Experimentation:

Presented Buoy Music and my interactive sound art workshop at the Des Moines Maker Fair, held at the Science Center of Iowa. I used the demonstration to talk about sound, art, technology, and interaction design.