Friday, November 12, 2021

IGNITE featuring Jennifer and Kevin McCoy (New York)

Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, CEMA 101

"Inhabiting the World (we made)" - Jennifer and Kevin McCoy are media artists whose works extends from film and video to installation and generative software. Their work often reconfigures viewing conventions to tease out the gap between representation and lived experience. To this end, they build active systems for art creation and viewing.

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Friday, November 5, 2021

First Friday Play Scapes!

Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, CEMA 101

This First Friday, from 4 to 8 pm, get your play on at the Carson Center! We will be exhibiting playscapes from our Games, Play, and Performance class under the guidance of JCCEMA artist-in-residence and advisory board member, Erica Larsen-Dockray.

Five groups of students have designed play experiences beckoning you to tap into your playful side with a variety of themes that incorporate research in playwork, art, and interactivity.

Come join in on the Play Time!

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Friday, October 1, 2021

IGNITE featuring Seed&Spark's Bri Castellini

Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, CEMA 101

Thinking about making a movie, show, XR experience, or web series? Great! We wanna watch it. But first, how are you going to get if off the ground?

We’ve got answers!

Our Art of the Pitch workshop is about connecting what you really want to do with your careerー and how you have to be prepared to pitch to different audiences along the way.

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Friday, October 15, 2021

IGNITE featuring Robert Twomey

Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, CEMA 101

Communion and Cohabitation
How best to prepare for a future living, working, and learning with machines? What new possibilities arise with the advent of always-on intelligent assistants, affordable co-robotic platforms, and creative AI? As we invite smart technologies into our homes, workplaces, and intimate lives, we should ask ourselves to reimagine the terms of our interactions with machines.

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Friday, October 22, 2021

IGNITE featuring Jinku Kim

Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, CEMA 101

Connecting Media: Exploration of Sound Arts - This talk overviews several of Kim's past projects and inspirations towards becoming a multidisciplinary artist. In discussing how innovative media has guided his career, Kim hopes that students will also learn to appreciate the approachability and diverse collaboration that is in sound art.

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Friday, October 29, 2021

IGNITE featuring Ross Media Arts Center Geske Cinema Showcase Artists

Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, CEMA 101

Chris Innis, ACE, is the Academy-Award® winning editor and founder of Grindhouse Releasing, and Academy-Award® winning film editor of the critically-acclaimed thriller,

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Friday, October 8, 2021

IGNITE featuring Erin Keating

Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, CEMA 101

Erin Keating leads development and production of Snap Originals, original shows created exclusively for Snapchat. She is responsible for helping to shape the creative strategy and execution of made-for-mobile shows for Snapchat’s 293 million daily active users.

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Friday, September 2, 2022

IGNITE featuring producer & Carson School alumna Tory Lenosky

Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts, CEMA 101

Please join us for a talk by Ross Media Arts Center Geske Cinema Showcase guest producer and University of Nebraska-Lincoln Johnny Carson School of Theatre and Film alumna, Tory Lenosky (B.F.A, 2007). Originally from Omaha, Emmy-nominated producer Lenosky has worked as a producer on 22 movies. She most recently produced the 2022 New York Times Critic’s Pick feature film “Resurrection” (starring Rebecca Hall and Tim Roth), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and will play at The Ross Media Arts Center September 2-15.

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March 1, 2023

IGNITE featuring Dr. Gigi Johnson

CEMA 101

Join us for IGNITE featuring Gigi Louisa Johnson, EdD, who has had 10 careers so far. She is a creative technologist and experience builder with more than 25 years of experience in the media and technology industries. At Maremel’s Rethink Next Lab, she runs collaborative futures programs with global and regional partners. She speaks frequently at conferences and events on AI, transforming media technology, and the future of creative work. She has been the host and producer of the Creative Innovators Podcast for three seasons and the Innovating Music Podcast for seven seasons.

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March 24, 2023

IGNITE featuring Erik Weaver

CEMA 101

Join us for this IGNITE colloquium where we will be hearing from Erik Weaver, a specialist focused on the intersection of cloud and the music and entertainment (M&E) industry. He is currently running Virtual & Adaptive production for the Entertainment Technology Center at the University of Southern California (ETC).

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