Working on art

on April 22, 2011 in Art, Blog, Creativity

When you feel like a superhero it’s hard not to indulge in sharing why you feel so great. Solving technical problems makes you feel like a genius when you get it. I’ve had two days straight of amazing progress. One thing after another fell into place. It all took a lot of research, trial and error, moving step-by-step, not biting off too much at a time. Most of that was[…] Keep reading →

Another donation — over 5% there!

on April 3, 2011 in Art, Creativity, Education

Another supporter donated! Please think about donating and supporting the arts, students, and New York City! Actually, don’t just think about it. Do it 😉 Here’s the post about the project and the kickstarter page.

Donations begun. You can be next!

on April 2, 2011 in Art, Education

Already $178 donated for the biggest best most beautiful public art piece New York will see this year! Student-built! You can be next! Please contribute to this awesome project! See this morning’s post.

My next big beautiful public art piece! (please contribute!)

on April 2, 2011 in Art, Creativity, Education, Entrepreneurship

My next big beautiful public art piece will be with my Parsons class in Union Square. You can help make New York more beautiful, give people something to enjoy in their busy days, help students learn and build experience. Visit the project’s Kickstarter page and donate! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/492851406/big-beautiful-public-art-by-parsons-class-in-union About this project: We are 18 young talented art students and 2 professors in a class together at Parsons The New School of[…] Keep reading →

Teaching is awesome and inspiring

on March 8, 2011 in Art, Blog, Creativity, Education

Class at Parsons today was awesome and inspiring. The project due today — a linear zoetrope for each group, internally lit — was a big challenge. At the beginning of class a couple groups appeared to be having trouble — missed communications, etc. They grouped together, rallied, figured out what they could do during class, and, by the end, nearly every group was nearly finished. I expect each will be[…] Keep reading →

Parsons Class

on February 7, 2011 in Art, Creativity, Education

The Parsons Class I’m co-teaching this semester has a blog. So far it just has a few pictures from the zoetropes a few students did. The results from that first assignment were incredible — tremendous variety of solutions to the various challenges of physical animation devices and animations: materials, sizes, quality versus quick and dirty, colors, contrast, motion, repetition, etc. I can’t wait to see the results of the later[…] Keep reading →

Joshua Spodek’s Art Resume

on January 10, 2011 in Art, Creativity, Education

Joshua Spodek EDUCATION 2006 MBA, Columbia Business School New York 1999 PhD, Astrophysics, Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences New York 1993-94 MA, Physics (Completed at Columbia), University of Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences Philadelphia 1993 BA, Physics, Columbia College New York 1991 L’Institut Brittanique, University of London Paris EXHIBITIONS 2017 The Museum of Math, Dance New York 2011-12 District 36, Elements New York 2011 Union Square Subway[…] Keep reading →

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