With apologies for duplicate postings, here is the schedule for the upcoming CAL SIG meeting.
We look forward to seeing you in Southern California for this jam-packed meeting put together by Maureen Burns, Humanities Curator of the Visual Resources Collection, UC Irvine. Please RSVP to Diana Folsom, CAL SIG Co-Chair at folsom at lacma.org. MCN CAL SIG Summer Meeting Thursday, June 7, 2007 The Convergence of the Arts and Sciences The California Special Interest Group (CAL SIG) of the Museum Computer Network is planning a summer meeting in which members can explore the convergence of the arts and the sciences in both museums and educational contexts. A tour of Orange County's Discovery Science Center will be combined with tours of the Beall Center for Art + Technology and the Maya Lin Plaza at UC Irvine by Eleanore Stewart, Director. Robert Nideffer, a Studio Art and Computer Science faculty member, will demonstrate and discuss how dynamic, interactive, and immersive computer game technology may be used for educational purposes in museums, in particularly UCI's partnership with the Discovery Science Center on the development of DinoQuest. 10:00-12:00 Discovery Science Center, Santa Ana * Admission $12.95 * Directions: http://64.143.71.42/visit/index.htm * Dino Quest (http://64.143.71.42/exhibits/dinoQuest.htm) 12:00-1:30 Lunch on Your Own * at Taco Bell/Pizza Hut Express on the DSC 1st Floor * in Santa Ana and Orange County http://www.orangecounty.net/cities/SantaAna.html * near UC Irvine the University Center recommended * on campus the CyberA Caf? or http://www.placestoeat.uci.edu/ Drive to UC Irvine (allow 30 minutes) * general directions http://www.uci.edu/freewaydirections.shtml * campus map http://today.uci.edu/pdf/UCI_07_map_campus.pdf * visitor information (including hotels) http://www.uci.edu/community.shtml UC Irvine * HIB Room 135 (at the ring road level about the middle of the building) * Humanities Instructional Building (HIB) (building 610 on the campus map) * Detailed directions to HIB from the two closest parking lots: http://www.arts.uci.edu/vrc/page2a.htm * Campus parking $7 1:30-2:30 CAL SIG Business Meeting Margaret Kendrick, CAL SIG Co-Chair 2:30-3:30 Robert Nideffer on Dino Quest, Museums and Gaming Ph.D., M.F.A. University of California, Santa Barbara Associate Professor of Studio Art and of Information and Computer Science Electronic Intermedia, Interface Theory and Design, Technology and Culture, Contemporary Social Theory 3:30-4:00 Eleanore Stewart on the Beall Center for Art and Technology (http://beallcenter.uci.edu/) The Director of the Beall Center for Art and Technology will discuss the Center's mission and then lead the group on a tour of the current exhibition ALAVs 2.0 (Autonomous Light Air Vessels) (http://beallcenter.uci.edu/exhibitions/jedberk.pdf). The exhibit is the work a young artist, Jed Berk, who uses sensor and communication technologies to create "transitional species." As part of the Beall Center tour, the group will also visit the Arts Plaza designed by artist Maya Lin. 4:00-6:00 Tour of the Maya Lin Plaza (http://www.arts.uci.edu/article.php?a_id=878) Reception at the Beall Sponsored by UCI Visual Resources Collection ...................................................... Optional Evening Events in the Area Urinetown: The Musical, 8 PM UCI Claire Trevor Theatre (http://drama.arts.uci.edu/onStage.html) Chris Burden A Tale of Two Cities Mary Heilmann To Be Someone Orange County Museum of Art (free admission 11-8) (http://www.ocma.net/) All Shook Up, Broadway Series, Segerstrom Hall, 7:30 PM Carmina Burana, Pacific Symphony, Segerstrom Concert Hall, 8 PM Orange County Performing Arts Center (http://www.ocpac.org/) ..................................................................................................... Contact Maureen Burns for local information or questions maburns at uci.edu, 949-824-8027 Margaret Kendrick Documentation Specialist Collections Information & Access SFMOMA (415) 538-2681 mkendrick at sfmoma.org The information contained in this electronic mail message (including any attachments) is confidential information that may be covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 USC Sections 2510-2521, intended only for the use of the individual or entity named above, and may be privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, or copying of this communication, or the taking of any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify me and delete the original message. Thank you
