Arcadia Library Lecture: Generative AI & Black Creativity

Wednesday, Nov 29 | Noon–1:00 p.m. | Virtual

Dr. Nettrice R. Gaskins presents this year’s Arcadia Library Lecture, which explores generative artificial intelligence in the arts, how it can be used as part of an artist's creative practice, and how it can be used to address historical blind spots in digital art based on race and gender. There will be a Q&A at the end of the program.​

 Dr. Nettrice R. Gaskins is an African American digital artist, educator, academic, and cultural critic. In her work, she explores "techno-vernacular creativity" and Afrofuturism. Dr. Gaskins teaches, writes, "fabs,” and makes art using algorithms and machine learning. She earned a BFA in Computer Graphics from Pratt Institute in 1992, and an MFA in Art and Technology from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1994. She received a doctorate in Digital Media from Georgia Institute of Technology in 2014. Currently, Dr. Gaskins is a 2021 Ford Global Fellow and the assistant director of the Lesley STEAM Learning Lab at Lesley University. 

A link will be sent to registrants prior to the program from [log in to unmask]. The program will be recorded. A link to the recording will be sent to everyone who registers for the program.

The Arcadia Library Lecture is generously supported by the Arcadia Foundation.

Neural Swamp, 2021, by Martine Syms (Jointly commissioned and owned by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo) © Martine Syms.

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