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Dr.
Baxter Garcia, Art-Tech CTO, along with James Alan Longo from LELA (www.LE-LA.org),
will be invited guests at a special Seminar in Art & Technology
sponsored by the Faculty of Fine Arts, Rajamangala University of
Technology, Thanyaburi, (FFARMUTT) on March 22-23.
Baxter
and Al have been active in Thailand over the past year conducting
the
LELA Art Therapy Program for tsunami relief, in collaboration
with several Thai universities. FFARMUTT has
recently reorganized and is exploring the possibility of integrating
a broad range of digital new media courses into its revamped curriculum.
Such an initiative is timely; ICT technologies have an
expanding influence throughout Thailand, encouraged by government
agencies such as
Ministry of Information and Communication
Technology,
NECTEC and government-sponsored programs like SchoolNet,
the BudgetPC Initiative and the
Royal Thai Distance Learning
Foundation .
In a rapidly globalizing world, Thailand has joined an expanding group of
Asian nations including
Singapore, Malaysia, China and S. Korea as a serious competitor in
many high-tech fields such as web services, mobile computing and
digital multimedia. To maintain global competitiveness, Thai
universities will need to focus on a spectrum of digital
technologies overlapping various academic disciplines including
engineering, computer science and digital/new media arts.
FFARMUTT anticipates expanding its core curriculum with new media
course offerings including:
Arts
Technological Enterprise
Electronic Commerce in Arts Technology
Innovative Arts Technology
Digital Design
Digital Animation
Digital Photography
Digital Video
Internet Telecommunication Media Design
Multimedia Design Technology
Web Graphic Design
International Arts Technological Business
Space Arts Technology
Interactive Multimedia Design
Multimedia Game Design
Art-Tech will bring its depth of experience and its network of
connections with individuals and organizations in the new media
world, from Hollywood to Silicon Valley, in the US, Europe and
beyond, to bear in helping
FFARMUTT to design and implement a cutting-edge curriculum in new
media and digital arts. We are honored and privileged to work
with the distinguished faculty at
FFARMUTT and their colleagues at Rajamangala University of
Technology in their efforts to provide Thai students with tools and
skills that will make them competitive in today's global
technology-driven marketplace.
INTERESTED IN COLLABORATING WITH ART-TECH'S
PACIFIC RIM INITIATIVE ?
Art-Tech welcomes inquiries from individuals and
organizations whose activities and interests overlap with ours.
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