The BCS CAS SG is pleased to announce that our Autumn Programme will launch with a presentation by the internationally-renowned artist and illustrator Barbara Nessim. Barbara is visiting the UK briefly and we are lucky to have this opportunity to hear her speak and to see her work. This talk is free and members of the public are welcome to attend. Wednesday 2 September 2009 6:30 for 7:00pm Birbeck College, Centre for Film and Visual Media 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD Nearest tubes - Euston Square, Warren Street & Russell Square Map: http://www.bbk.ac.uk/maps/interactive Barbara Nessim "My introduction to the computer began when Peter Spackman, the then Director of the Council of the Arts at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, invited me to present my work to the students at The Visible Language Workshop, a new MIT graduate program. In turn, the students would teach me how to use the computer to create my work. I was both excited by the challenge and skeptical as to how a computer could be used to create art. This was 1980, before the Mac and the IBM PC. I already had 20 years experience as a fine artist and illustrator. This talk takes us through the years before and after the introduction of the computer, as an added artistic "super" tool. It covers the early computers from 1981 to the present, as well as detailing the many creative ways the art developed into hardcopy. I will also discuss the ideas central to my fine art exhibitions as well as reveal the anatomy and concept behind my published illustrations." Internationally-renowned artist, illustrator and educator Barbara Nessim has been a visionary in the art world for decades. Original in her creativity, she has an extensive resume of accomplishments, and a portfolio of work that’s been showcased in prominent museums, galleries and private collections worldwide. Educated at Pratt Institute in New York, Barbara was quickly recognized for her distinctive style, and became one of the first female freelance illustrators of her time. In 1980, she embraced the use of the computer in her fine art and illustration, a topic upon which she has frequently lectured. Barbara has also taught at the School of Visual Arts, Pratt Institute and Parsons The New School for Design, where she served as Chairperson of Illustration. Today Barbara’s focus is on several commissions for buildings in New York City. http://www.barbaranessim.com CAS Autumn Programme: Wed 02 Sep - Barbara Nessim Wed 14 Oct - Roman Versotko - note second Wednesday Wed 04 Nov - unconfimed Wed 02 Dec - Iris Asaf CAS - supporting the computer arts for over 40 years The BCS CAS SG is a British Computer Society Specialist Group http://www.computer-arts-society.org ==== Paul Brown - based in the UK July - Sept 2009 mailto:[log in to unmask] == http://www.paul-brown.com UK Mobile +44 (0)794 104 8228 == USA fax +1 309 216 9900 Skype paul-g-brown ==== Visiting Professor - Sussex University http://www.cogs.susx.ac.uk/ccnr/research/creativity.html ====