Mixed Reality ARts Project

Augmented Reality education connects pixels to paper and allows participants to explore emerging media technology, wherever they live, learn and play!

What Only GIFs are Doing

The GIF is being adopted by artists as an art form distinct from those of animation, video, film and photography. And the smart-phone is priming the eye for this new relationship with images.

thumbnail GIF: Gerardo Juarez

GIFs (Graphics Interchange Format)

GIFs are a burgeoning art form and pop culture communication tool ubiquitous in contemporary life. They also provide unique opportunities for exploring visual and media literacy.

Workshopskaren darricadesSeptember 30, 2017GIF, photography, new media, media literacy, Ontario students, emoji-GIF, movement, time, students, ontario students, secondary school, tdsb, sequential art, media lit, 3, 1, 7, 5, 4, motion photographyComment

Map Your Position Project at Cedarbrae Library

As an Artist in the Library in the Fall of 2016, I had the pleasure of working with Cedarbrae Library’s Scarborough community members to explore the power of map-making as a communication tool.

Community Arts Projectkaren darricadesSeptember 9, 2017collage, photography, maps, community arts, library, archival images, something found, awareness campaign, then and now, changing maps, mapping change, 6, 1, 2, 4Comment