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Digital Media X 2011 draws artists to Edison campus March 11

Area high school and community college artists, illustrators, designers and videomakers will converge on the Piqua Main Campus of Edison Community College March 11 from 9 am to 2 pm for the 2011 edition of Digital Media X.

“Digital Media X exposes students to a professional conference atmosphere with keynotes, breakouts and demonstrations of the latest tools and trends in digital media,” said Brad Reed, Assistant Professor for Interactive Media at Edison. “DMX also gives students an audience for their work outside the classroom, and they can see what others in the field are doing. It’s a very energetic and exciting day.”

High school classes from all Shelby, Miami and Darke County schools are invited to attend, as are current Edison and other community college students interested in digital media as a career option.

The keynote will be a video teleconference with Sidney natives Bill and Turner Ross. The brothers are creators of the movie “45365,” a feature-length documentary about their hometown which they shot and edited using digital media tools. The film has garnered awards nationally and internationally, and is a favorite of notable critics such as Roger Ebert, who writes for the Chicago Sun-Times. The Ross brothers will be addressing DMX via teleconference from the site of their current project on the Texas-Mexico border.

Breakout sessions will feature hands-on demonstrations of digital media tools and techniques as well as discussions about career opportunities in the digital media field. Students who submit artwork prior to March 4 can have their work displayed and critiqued by Edison’s faculty. New to DMX this year is a college transfer midway, with representatives of Edison and partner colleges and universities, including the University of Cincinnati, Ohio University, Franklin University and the Savannah College of Art and Design.
Edison’s degree programs sponsoring DMX are the Internet Technologies and Interactive Media program, which will use the DMX event to debut a Digital Media Design and Development associate degree and six related certificates new for the 2011-12 academic year. Also sponsoring is the Commercial Art program under the direction of Associate Professor Michael Fleishman. Fleishman is an acclaimed illustrator and author, with six books in print.



 
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