[Leonardo/ISAST Network] Join Leonardo Education Forum at CAA Conference, Dallas, TX, Feb 20-23

[Leonardo/ISAST]

The 96th annual conference of the College Art Association happens 
February 20--23, 2008, in Dallas, TX. The Leonardo Education Forum (LEF) 
will participate in a professional development roundtable, hold a 
business meeting, and present a wearable technology fashion show. All 
events are free to conference attendees.

Join the Leonardo Education Forum at these scheduled events:

Leonardo Business Meeting
Wednesday, February 20, 5:30–7:00 PM
Adam's Mark Hotel, Dallas Ballroom D3, 1st Floor

All current members of Leonardo Education Forum and Leonardo/ISAST and 
those interested in joining are invited to attend.
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Professional Development Roundtable
Thursday, February 21, 12:30–2:00 PM
Adam's Mark Hotel, Remington Room, 4th Floor

Join colleagues in informal discussions of the challenges, 
opportunities, and issues that affect careers. Roundtable leaders will 
address a wide range of topics that relate to career choices, 
professional life, and work strategies. Share ideas, concerns, 
solutions, and experiences with emerging, mid-career, and senior 
colleagues in small open, frank discussion groups. LEF Chair Eddie 
Shanken will lead a discussion on education at the intersections of art, 
science and technology.
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Performance/Exhibition: Social Fabrics: Wearable + Media + Interconnectivity
Friday, February 22, 2008, 5:30–7:00 PM
Adam’s Mark Hotel, Remington, 4th Floor
Curated by Susan Ryan and Patrick Lichty
Presented by the Leonardo Education Forum together with the Center for 
Interactive Arts and Engineering, the University of Texas at Dallas, and 
the College of Art + Design at Louisiana State University.

Social Fabrics: Wearable + Media + Interconnectivity is a time-based art 
exhibition, designed as a modified runway show, of art as wearable media 
and technology. Social Fabrics demonstrates convergences between 
individual expression and statement making on the one hand, and the 
phenomenology of network society on the other. Technological garments or 
accessories with social capabilities are presented alongside works that 
critique the implications of our digital media-infused and 
fashion-driven lifestyles. Artworks are objects, systems, 
mini-performances and interactive events. For more information, visit 
http://www.socialfabrics.org/.
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About the Leonardo Education Forum

The Leonardo Education Forum (LEF) promotes the advancement of artistic 
research and academic scholarship at the intersections of art, science, 
and technology. Serving practitioners, scholars, and students who are 
members of the Leonardo community, LEF provides a forum for 
collaboration and exchange with other scholarly communities, including 
the College Art Association of America (CAA), of which it is an 
affiliate society.

The Leonardo Education Forum is open to all individuals who are members 
of Leonardo.

For more information about the Leonardo Education Forum, please visit: 
http://artsci.ucla.edu/LEF/
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Leonardo/ISAST is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. Donations are 
tax-deductible in the U.S. To learn more about Leonardo/ISAST's 
projects, programs and activities, visit http://leonardo.info