[Noisebridge-discuss] Teaching programming for artists and designers

[Scott Murray]

Hi, everyone,

My name is Scott Murray, and I'm new to the NoiseBridge list.  I  
recent met both Mitch and Rachel at the HOPE conference in NYC, both  
of whom encouraged me to get involved.

I'm currently a grad student in the dynamic media MFA program at the  
Massachusetts College of Art and Design in Boston, but I will moving  
back home to San Francisco in a few weeks.  Lately, I've been doing a  
lot of work in Processing, the free, open-source programming  
environment for artists and designers, and I'm interested in sharing  
my excitement for this tool with others.

So I'd like to put a question to the group:  If I were to offer an  
introductory Processing class or workshop sometime this Fall, would  
NoiseBridge be interested in helping me organize it?  I envision this  
as a very low cost class.  Essentially, I would need only a space with  
tables, chairs, and a projector (ideally).  Participants could bring  
their own laptops, and I would probably recommend a book or two.

I don't intend to make any money with this.  My goals would be (A) to  
get some experience teaching basic programming, and (B) to help people  
make cool stuff and express their ideas using code.

If you're new to Processing, I'll just say that it can be used to  
create beautiful digital art (both interactive/dynamic and not/ 
static), visualize data, interface with microcontrollers, and express  
itself using visuals and audio.  See processing.org for more about  
it.  Also, you can see some of my recent projects here:

	http://alignedleft.com/blog/category/projects/

I'd love to hear what you all think.  Thanks in advance.

	Best wishes,
	Scott Murray