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SUMMARY:“Please Touch the Art\,” - College of Design
DESCRIPTION:“Please Touch the Art\,” an interactive installation that invites viewers to engage physically and emotionally with the artwork\, will be exhibited April 6–9 in Gallery 181 at the Iowa State University College of Design. \nThis master of fine arts thesis exhibition by Parisa Keshavarziyan\, graduate student in integrated visual arts\, challenges traditional boundaries between artwork and audience\, she says in her artist statement—emphasizing participation\, communication and shared experience. \n“Through interaction\, each visitor contributes to the evolving nature of the work\, making the exhibition itself a living\, collective process.” \nA public reception will be from 5:30–7 p.m. Wednesday\, April 8\, in the gallery. \nAbout the artist\nKeshavarziyan is a Persian artist from Tehran\, Iran\, whose work centers on storytelling\, symbolism and audience engagement. She received her undergraduate degree in urban planning from Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran. While her academic background began in planning and design\, her practice gradually shifted toward studio art\, where she continues to explore narrative\, communication and user experience through visual media. \nKeshavarziyan’s work spans photography\, animation\, 3D art and stop-motion\, integrating design and multimedia to create immersive and engaging experiences. She received the Photography Prize from the Iran Ba Mast Project in 2019. \nSince enrolling at Iowa State University in 2023\, Keshavarzian has served as an art history teaching assistant and as a graduate assistant with the College of Design’s student success team. She presented at the ISU Graduate and Professional Student Senate Research Conference in both 2025 and 2026 and has led a stop-motion workshop for students. \nHer work has been selected for recent exhibitions including the “Art\, Music\, Poetry Exhibition” at the Memorial Union Art Gallery and the “Spring 2025 IVA Graduate Exhibition” in Gallery 181\, both last spring\, and the “Embodied” exhibition at Mainframe Studios in Des Moines in February. \nContacts\nParisa Keshavarziyan\, Integrated Visual Arts Graduate Student\, Department of Art and Visual Culture\, amouei@iastate.edu\nHeather Sauer\, Director of Strategic Communications\, College of Design\, hsauer@iastate.edu
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/please-touch-the-art-college-of-design/2026-04-09/
LOCATION:Gallery 181 – College of Design\, 715 Bissell Road\, Ames\, IA\, 50011\, United States
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SUMMARY:"Please Touch the Art\," - College of Design Reception
DESCRIPTION:“Please Touch the Art\,” an interactive installation that invites viewers to engage physically and emotionally with the artwork\, will be exhibited April 6–9 in Gallery 181 at the Iowa State University College of Design. \nThis master of fine arts thesis exhibition by Parisa Keshavarziyan\, graduate student in integrated visual arts\, challenges traditional boundaries between artwork and audience\, she says in her artist statement—emphasizing participation\, communication and shared experience. \n“Through interaction\, each visitor contributes to the evolving nature of the work\, making the exhibition itself a living\, collective process.” \nA public reception will be from 5:30–7 p.m. Wed.\, April 8\, in the gallery.
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/please-touch-the-art-college-of-design-reception/
LOCATION:Gallery 181 – College of Design\, 715 Bissell Road\, Ames\, IA\, 50011\, United States
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SUMMARY:“Please Touch the Art\,” - College of Design
DESCRIPTION:“Please Touch the Art\,” an interactive installation that invites viewers to engage physically and emotionally with the artwork\, will be exhibited April 6–9 in Gallery 181 at the Iowa State University College of Design. \nThis master of fine arts thesis exhibition by Parisa Keshavarziyan\, graduate student in integrated visual arts\, challenges traditional boundaries between artwork and audience\, she says in her artist statement—emphasizing participation\, communication and shared experience. \n“Through interaction\, each visitor contributes to the evolving nature of the work\, making the exhibition itself a living\, collective process.” \nA public reception will be from 5:30–7 p.m. Wednesday\, April 8\, in the gallery. \nAbout the artist\nKeshavarziyan is a Persian artist from Tehran\, Iran\, whose work centers on storytelling\, symbolism and audience engagement. She received her undergraduate degree in urban planning from Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran. While her academic background began in planning and design\, her practice gradually shifted toward studio art\, where she continues to explore narrative\, communication and user experience through visual media. \nKeshavarziyan’s work spans photography\, animation\, 3D art and stop-motion\, integrating design and multimedia to create immersive and engaging experiences. She received the Photography Prize from the Iran Ba Mast Project in 2019. \nSince enrolling at Iowa State University in 2023\, Keshavarzian has served as an art history teaching assistant and as a graduate assistant with the College of Design’s student success team. She presented at the ISU Graduate and Professional Student Senate Research Conference in both 2025 and 2026 and has led a stop-motion workshop for students. \nHer work has been selected for recent exhibitions including the “Art\, Music\, Poetry Exhibition” at the Memorial Union Art Gallery and the “Spring 2025 IVA Graduate Exhibition” in Gallery 181\, both last spring\, and the “Embodied” exhibition at Mainframe Studios in Des Moines in February. \nContacts\nParisa Keshavarziyan\, Integrated Visual Arts Graduate Student\, Department of Art and Visual Culture\, amouei@iastate.edu\nHeather Sauer\, Director of Strategic Communications\, College of Design\, hsauer@iastate.edu
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/please-touch-the-art-college-of-design/2026-04-08/
LOCATION:Gallery 181 – College of Design\, 715 Bissell Road\, Ames\, IA\, 50011\, United States
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SUMMARY:“Please Touch the Art\,” - College of Design
DESCRIPTION:“Please Touch the Art\,” an interactive installation that invites viewers to engage physically and emotionally with the artwork\, will be exhibited April 6–9 in Gallery 181 at the Iowa State University College of Design. \nThis master of fine arts thesis exhibition by Parisa Keshavarziyan\, graduate student in integrated visual arts\, challenges traditional boundaries between artwork and audience\, she says in her artist statement—emphasizing participation\, communication and shared experience. \n“Through interaction\, each visitor contributes to the evolving nature of the work\, making the exhibition itself a living\, collective process.” \nA public reception will be from 5:30–7 p.m. Wednesday\, April 8\, in the gallery. \nAbout the artist\nKeshavarziyan is a Persian artist from Tehran\, Iran\, whose work centers on storytelling\, symbolism and audience engagement. She received her undergraduate degree in urban planning from Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran. While her academic background began in planning and design\, her practice gradually shifted toward studio art\, where she continues to explore narrative\, communication and user experience through visual media. \nKeshavarziyan’s work spans photography\, animation\, 3D art and stop-motion\, integrating design and multimedia to create immersive and engaging experiences. She received the Photography Prize from the Iran Ba Mast Project in 2019. \nSince enrolling at Iowa State University in 2023\, Keshavarzian has served as an art history teaching assistant and as a graduate assistant with the College of Design’s student success team. She presented at the ISU Graduate and Professional Student Senate Research Conference in both 2025 and 2026 and has led a stop-motion workshop for students. \nHer work has been selected for recent exhibitions including the “Art\, Music\, Poetry Exhibition” at the Memorial Union Art Gallery and the “Spring 2025 IVA Graduate Exhibition” in Gallery 181\, both last spring\, and the “Embodied” exhibition at Mainframe Studios in Des Moines in February. \nContacts\nParisa Keshavarziyan\, Integrated Visual Arts Graduate Student\, Department of Art and Visual Culture\, amouei@iastate.edu\nHeather Sauer\, Director of Strategic Communications\, College of Design\, hsauer@iastate.edu
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/please-touch-the-art-college-of-design/2026-04-07/
LOCATION:Gallery 181 – College of Design\, 715 Bissell Road\, Ames\, IA\, 50011\, United States
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SUMMARY:“Please Touch the Art\,” - College of Design
DESCRIPTION:“Please Touch the Art\,” an interactive installation that invites viewers to engage physically and emotionally with the artwork\, will be exhibited April 6–9 in Gallery 181 at the Iowa State University College of Design. \nThis master of fine arts thesis exhibition by Parisa Keshavarziyan\, graduate student in integrated visual arts\, challenges traditional boundaries between artwork and audience\, she says in her artist statement—emphasizing participation\, communication and shared experience. \n“Through interaction\, each visitor contributes to the evolving nature of the work\, making the exhibition itself a living\, collective process.” \nA public reception will be from 5:30–7 p.m. Wednesday\, April 8\, in the gallery. \nAbout the artist\nKeshavarziyan is a Persian artist from Tehran\, Iran\, whose work centers on storytelling\, symbolism and audience engagement. She received her undergraduate degree in urban planning from Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran. While her academic background began in planning and design\, her practice gradually shifted toward studio art\, where she continues to explore narrative\, communication and user experience through visual media. \nKeshavarziyan’s work spans photography\, animation\, 3D art and stop-motion\, integrating design and multimedia to create immersive and engaging experiences. She received the Photography Prize from the Iran Ba Mast Project in 2019. \nSince enrolling at Iowa State University in 2023\, Keshavarzian has served as an art history teaching assistant and as a graduate assistant with the College of Design’s student success team. She presented at the ISU Graduate and Professional Student Senate Research Conference in both 2025 and 2026 and has led a stop-motion workshop for students. \nHer work has been selected for recent exhibitions including the “Art\, Music\, Poetry Exhibition” at the Memorial Union Art Gallery and the “Spring 2025 IVA Graduate Exhibition” in Gallery 181\, both last spring\, and the “Embodied” exhibition at Mainframe Studios in Des Moines in February. \nContacts\nParisa Keshavarziyan\, Integrated Visual Arts Graduate Student\, Department of Art and Visual Culture\, amouei@iastate.edu\nHeather Sauer\, Director of Strategic Communications\, College of Design\, hsauer@iastate.edu
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/please-touch-the-art-college-of-design/2026-04-06/
LOCATION:Gallery 181 – College of Design\, 715 Bissell Road\, Ames\, IA\, 50011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Reception: Future Forest: Digital Echoes - ISU College of Design\, Gallery 181
DESCRIPTION:Interdisciplinary artist Amenda Tate\, a 2023 Iowa State University integrated visual arts graduate and current PhD student in human computer interaction\, will unveil an interactive exhibition Nov. 10–13 at the ISU College of Design. \nIn “Future Forest: Digital Echoes\,” Tate invites visitors to wander through a paper-and-light ecosystem that reacts to presence — each visit changes the forest and every visitor leaves a trace. The installation\, a design research project for her PhD studies that also integrates knowledge gained through participatory practices in museum education\, will be on display beginning at noon Monday\, Nov. 10\, in the College of Design’s Gallery 181. \nRegular exhibition hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily. A closing reception will be from 5 – 7 p.m. Thurs.\, Nov. 13. \nUsing both scientific and aesthetic processes\, Tate creates work that explores movement\, our relationship to technology and the understanding of what it means to be human\, including the ways in which “humanness” can be denied. She uses custom-designed technology\, traditional mediums and social interactions to foster connection. \nTate describes “Future Forest” as part ritual\, part experiment and part myth. In the artist statement accompanying the show\, she notes that visitors will experience interwoven stories that unfold out of order: “ ‘The Waxen Grove\,’ where ancestral spirits are preserved in wax and light; ‘The Translucent Shrine\,’ where machines resurrect belief; and ‘The Resonant Core\,’ where your movement becomes memory. Experience. Interact. Leave a digital echo.” \nSupport for the project has been provided by the Iowa Arts Council\, which exists within the Iowa Economic Development Authority. Follow the project’s progression at @futureforest_dsm on Instagram. \nAbout the artist\nTate received a master of fine arts in integrated visual arts from Iowa State in 2023. While pursing her PhD in human computer interaction\, she also serves as docent and tours program manager at the Des Moines Art Center. A 2019-2020 Iowa Arts Council Fellow\, she has work featured in the “State of the Arts: Iowa’s Artist Fellows” exhibition Nov. 7–29 at Mainframe Studios in Des Moines. She has been an artist-in-residence with the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center and Ballet Des Moines\, and her work has been published in The New York Times\, the Denver Post\, the Des Moines Register\, Better Homes & Gardens and Popular Science. \nAmong Tate’s honors are two Editor’s Choice Awards at the 2018 New York International Maker Faire and a special recognition award in the 2017 International RobotArt competition. She received a 2020 project grant and a 2021 Iowa Arts & Culture Resilience Grant\, both awarded by the Iowa Arts Council in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work is in the collections of Arrow Electronics\, The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines and Banker’s Trust. \nContacts\nAmenda Tate\, PhD Student\, Human Computer Interaction\, atate@iastate.edu\nHeather Sauer\, Director of Strategic Communications\, College of Design\, hsauer@iastate.edu
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/reception-future-forest-digital-echoes-isu-college-of-design-gallery-181/
LOCATION:Gallery 181 – College of Design\, 715 Bissell Road\, Ames\, IA\, 50011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Future Forest: Digital Echoes - ISU College of Design\, Gallery 181
DESCRIPTION:Interdisciplinary artist Amenda Tate\, a 2023 Iowa State University integrated visual arts graduate and current PhD student in human computer interaction\, will unveil an interactive exhibition Nov. 10–13 at the ISU College of Design. \nIn “Future Forest: Digital Echoes\,” Tate invites visitors to wander through a paper-and-light ecosystem that reacts to presence — each visit changes the forest and every visitor leaves a trace. The installation\, a design research project for her PhD studies that also integrates knowledge gained through participatory practices in museum education\, will be on display beginning at noon Monday\, Nov. 10\, in the College of Design’s Gallery 181. \nRegular exhibition hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily. A closing reception will be from 5 – 7 p.m. Thurs.\, Nov. 13. \nUsing both scientific and aesthetic processes\, Tate creates work that explores movement\, our relationship to technology and the understanding of what it means to be human\, including the ways in which “humanness” can be denied. She uses custom-designed technology\, traditional mediums and social interactions to foster connection. \nTate describes “Future Forest” as part ritual\, part experiment and part myth. In the artist statement accompanying the show\, she notes that visitors will experience interwoven stories that unfold out of order: “ ‘The Waxen Grove\,’ where ancestral spirits are preserved in wax and light; ‘The Translucent Shrine\,’ where machines resurrect belief; and ‘The Resonant Core\,’ where your movement becomes memory. Experience. Interact. Leave a digital echo.” \nSupport for the project has been provided by the Iowa Arts Council\, which exists within the Iowa Economic Development Authority. Follow the project’s progression at @futureforest_dsm on Instagram. \nAbout the artist\nTate received a master of fine arts in integrated visual arts from Iowa State in 2023. While pursing her PhD in human computer interaction\, she also serves as docent and tours program manager at the Des Moines Art Center. A 2019-2020 Iowa Arts Council Fellow\, she has work featured in the “State of the Arts: Iowa’s Artist Fellows” exhibition Nov. 7–29 at Mainframe Studios in Des Moines. She has been an artist-in-residence with the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center and Ballet Des Moines\, and her work has been published in The New York Times\, the Denver Post\, the Des Moines Register\, Better Homes & Gardens and Popular Science. \nAmong Tate’s honors are two Editor’s Choice Awards at the 2018 New York International Maker Faire and a special recognition award in the 2017 International RobotArt competition. She received a 2020 project grant and a 2021 Iowa Arts & Culture Resilience Grant\, both awarded by the Iowa Arts Council in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work is in the collections of Arrow Electronics\, The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines and Banker’s Trust. \nContacts\nAmenda Tate\, PhD Student\, Human Computer Interaction\, atate@iastate.edu\nHeather Sauer\, Director of Strategic Communications\, College of Design\, hsauer@iastate.edu
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/exhibit-future-forest-digital-echoes-isu-college-of-design/2025-11-13/
LOCATION:Gallery 181 – College of Design\, 715 Bissell Road\, Ames\, IA\, 50011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Future Forest: Digital Echoes - ISU College of Design\, Gallery 181
DESCRIPTION:Interdisciplinary artist Amenda Tate\, a 2023 Iowa State University integrated visual arts graduate and current PhD student in human computer interaction\, will unveil an interactive exhibition Nov. 10–13 at the ISU College of Design. \nIn “Future Forest: Digital Echoes\,” Tate invites visitors to wander through a paper-and-light ecosystem that reacts to presence — each visit changes the forest and every visitor leaves a trace. The installation\, a design research project for her PhD studies that also integrates knowledge gained through participatory practices in museum education\, will be on display beginning at noon Monday\, Nov. 10\, in the College of Design’s Gallery 181. \nRegular exhibition hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily. A closing reception will be from 5 – 7 p.m. Thurs.\, Nov. 13. \nUsing both scientific and aesthetic processes\, Tate creates work that explores movement\, our relationship to technology and the understanding of what it means to be human\, including the ways in which “humanness” can be denied. She uses custom-designed technology\, traditional mediums and social interactions to foster connection. \nTate describes “Future Forest” as part ritual\, part experiment and part myth. In the artist statement accompanying the show\, she notes that visitors will experience interwoven stories that unfold out of order: “ ‘The Waxen Grove\,’ where ancestral spirits are preserved in wax and light; ‘The Translucent Shrine\,’ where machines resurrect belief; and ‘The Resonant Core\,’ where your movement becomes memory. Experience. Interact. Leave a digital echo.” \nSupport for the project has been provided by the Iowa Arts Council\, which exists within the Iowa Economic Development Authority. Follow the project’s progression at @futureforest_dsm on Instagram. \nAbout the artist\nTate received a master of fine arts in integrated visual arts from Iowa State in 2023. While pursing her PhD in human computer interaction\, she also serves as docent and tours program manager at the Des Moines Art Center. A 2019-2020 Iowa Arts Council Fellow\, she has work featured in the “State of the Arts: Iowa’s Artist Fellows” exhibition Nov. 7–29 at Mainframe Studios in Des Moines. She has been an artist-in-residence with the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center and Ballet Des Moines\, and her work has been published in The New York Times\, the Denver Post\, the Des Moines Register\, Better Homes & Gardens and Popular Science. \nAmong Tate’s honors are two Editor’s Choice Awards at the 2018 New York International Maker Faire and a special recognition award in the 2017 International RobotArt competition. She received a 2020 project grant and a 2021 Iowa Arts & Culture Resilience Grant\, both awarded by the Iowa Arts Council in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work is in the collections of Arrow Electronics\, The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines and Banker’s Trust. \nContacts\nAmenda Tate\, PhD Student\, Human Computer Interaction\, atate@iastate.edu\nHeather Sauer\, Director of Strategic Communications\, College of Design\, hsauer@iastate.edu
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/exhibit-future-forest-digital-echoes-isu-college-of-design/2025-11-12/
LOCATION:Gallery 181 – College of Design\, 715 Bissell Road\, Ames\, IA\, 50011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Future Forest: Digital Echoes - ISU College of Design\, Gallery 181
DESCRIPTION:Interdisciplinary artist Amenda Tate\, a 2023 Iowa State University integrated visual arts graduate and current PhD student in human computer interaction\, will unveil an interactive exhibition Nov. 10–13 at the ISU College of Design. \nIn “Future Forest: Digital Echoes\,” Tate invites visitors to wander through a paper-and-light ecosystem that reacts to presence — each visit changes the forest and every visitor leaves a trace. The installation\, a design research project for her PhD studies that also integrates knowledge gained through participatory practices in museum education\, will be on display beginning at noon Monday\, Nov. 10\, in the College of Design’s Gallery 181. \nRegular exhibition hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily. A closing reception will be from 5 – 7 p.m. Thurs.\, Nov. 13. \nUsing both scientific and aesthetic processes\, Tate creates work that explores movement\, our relationship to technology and the understanding of what it means to be human\, including the ways in which “humanness” can be denied. She uses custom-designed technology\, traditional mediums and social interactions to foster connection. \nTate describes “Future Forest” as part ritual\, part experiment and part myth. In the artist statement accompanying the show\, she notes that visitors will experience interwoven stories that unfold out of order: “ ‘The Waxen Grove\,’ where ancestral spirits are preserved in wax and light; ‘The Translucent Shrine\,’ where machines resurrect belief; and ‘The Resonant Core\,’ where your movement becomes memory. Experience. Interact. Leave a digital echo.” \nSupport for the project has been provided by the Iowa Arts Council\, which exists within the Iowa Economic Development Authority. Follow the project’s progression at @futureforest_dsm on Instagram. \nAbout the artist\nTate received a master of fine arts in integrated visual arts from Iowa State in 2023. While pursing her PhD in human computer interaction\, she also serves as docent and tours program manager at the Des Moines Art Center. A 2019-2020 Iowa Arts Council Fellow\, she has work featured in the “State of the Arts: Iowa’s Artist Fellows” exhibition Nov. 7–29 at Mainframe Studios in Des Moines. She has been an artist-in-residence with the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center and Ballet Des Moines\, and her work has been published in The New York Times\, the Denver Post\, the Des Moines Register\, Better Homes & Gardens and Popular Science. \nAmong Tate’s honors are two Editor’s Choice Awards at the 2018 New York International Maker Faire and a special recognition award in the 2017 International RobotArt competition. She received a 2020 project grant and a 2021 Iowa Arts & Culture Resilience Grant\, both awarded by the Iowa Arts Council in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work is in the collections of Arrow Electronics\, The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines and Banker’s Trust. \nContacts\nAmenda Tate\, PhD Student\, Human Computer Interaction\, atate@iastate.edu\nHeather Sauer\, Director of Strategic Communications\, College of Design\, hsauer@iastate.edu
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/exhibit-future-forest-digital-echoes-isu-college-of-design/2025-11-11/
LOCATION:Gallery 181 – College of Design\, 715 Bissell Road\, Ames\, IA\, 50011\, United States
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SUMMARY:Exhibit: Future Forest: Digital Echoes - ISU College of Design\, Gallery 181
DESCRIPTION:Interdisciplinary artist Amenda Tate\, a 2023 Iowa State University integrated visual arts graduate and current PhD student in human computer interaction\, will unveil an interactive exhibition Nov. 10–13 at the ISU College of Design. \nIn “Future Forest: Digital Echoes\,” Tate invites visitors to wander through a paper-and-light ecosystem that reacts to presence — each visit changes the forest and every visitor leaves a trace. The installation\, a design research project for her PhD studies that also integrates knowledge gained through participatory practices in museum education\, will be on display beginning at noon Monday\, Nov. 10\, in the College of Design’s Gallery 181. \nRegular exhibition hours are 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. daily. A closing reception will be from 5 – 7 p.m. Thurs.\, Nov. 13. \nUsing both scientific and aesthetic processes\, Tate creates work that explores movement\, our relationship to technology and the understanding of what it means to be human\, including the ways in which “humanness” can be denied. She uses custom-designed technology\, traditional mediums and social interactions to foster connection. \nTate describes “Future Forest” as part ritual\, part experiment and part myth. In the artist statement accompanying the show\, she notes that visitors will experience interwoven stories that unfold out of order: “ ‘The Waxen Grove\,’ where ancestral spirits are preserved in wax and light; ‘The Translucent Shrine\,’ where machines resurrect belief; and ‘The Resonant Core\,’ where your movement becomes memory. Experience. Interact. Leave a digital echo.” \nSupport for the project has been provided by the Iowa Arts Council\, which exists within the Iowa Economic Development Authority. Follow the project’s progression at @futureforest_dsm on Instagram. \nAbout the artist\nTate received a master of fine arts in integrated visual arts from Iowa State in 2023. While pursing her PhD in human computer interaction\, she also serves as docent and tours program manager at the Des Moines Art Center. A 2019-2020 Iowa Arts Council Fellow\, she has work featured in the “State of the Arts: Iowa’s Artist Fellows” exhibition Nov. 7–29 at Mainframe Studios in Des Moines. She has been an artist-in-residence with the New York Mills Regional Cultural Center and Ballet Des Moines\, and her work has been published in The New York Times\, the Denver Post\, the Des Moines Register\, Better Homes & Gardens and Popular Science. \nAmong Tate’s honors are two Editor’s Choice Awards at the 2018 New York International Maker Faire and a special recognition award in the 2017 International RobotArt competition. She received a 2020 project grant and a 2021 Iowa Arts & Culture Resilience Grant\, both awarded by the Iowa Arts Council in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Her work is in the collections of Arrow Electronics\, The Community Foundation of Greater Des Moines and Banker’s Trust. \nContacts\nAmenda Tate\, PhD Student\, Human Computer Interaction\, atate@iastate.edu\nHeather Sauer\, Director of Strategic Communications\, College of Design\, hsauer@iastate.edu
URL:https://calendar.amesart.org/event/exhibit-future-forest-digital-echoes-isu-college-of-design/2025-11-10/
LOCATION:Gallery 181 – College of Design\, 715 Bissell Road\, Ames\, IA\, 50011\, United States
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