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The art of coding

The art of coding

Teachers from all over New Mexico recently attended the first-ever Computer Science for Art workshop during New Mexico Computer Science Professional Development Week at The University of New Mexico. The five-day Art with Computer Science workshop was taught by second-year grad student Amy Traylor, a masters of Fine Art student in Experimental Art and Technology who uses coding in her own work.

The art of teaching

The art of teaching

Teachers from all over New Mexico recently attended the first-ever Computer Science for Art workshop during New Mexico Computer Science Professional Development Week at The University of New Mexico. From top left clockwise are Santa Fe High School special education teacher Megan Prescott and language teacher Juliet Salazar, Belen High School digital arts and graphic design teacher Jerry Esquivel, and Santa Fe High School teacher Michelle Hogan.

Pixels instead of paint

Pixels instead of paint

The five-day Art with Computer Science workshop promoted the connection between computer science and art and more coding in New Mexico classrooms. An early introduction to principles of coding prepares students for the increasingly interdisciplinary demands of careers in the art world.

Coding to make art

Coding to make art

Four Suns, by Juliet Salazar, language teacher at Santa Fe High School, shows the art and coding used to make it side by side.

Teachers taking coding skills from UNM workshop back to classrooms

Workshop makes connection between computer science and art

By Mary Beth King June 12, 2019

Categories: Front Page Computer Science College of Fine Arts Arts Lab Media Arts

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