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Karen Kornblum Berntsen and User Interface Design

Karen Kornblum Berntsen and User Interface Design

Karen Kornblum Berntsen is a professional designer and an Associate Teaching Professor in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. She has taught classes in interaction design, typography and the visual display of complex information. She has received numerous national and international design awards for her work, some of which was included in the opening of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago.

Recently, AMT-Lab Contributor Kate Martin caught up with Berntsen to talk about how technology informs her work.

Connecting Artists with Communities: Interview with Springboard for the Arts' Laura Zabel

Connecting Artists with Communities: Interview with Springboard for the Arts' Laura Zabel

Laura Zabel, Executive Director of Springboard for the Arts, recently sat down with former AMT-Lab Chief Editor Stewart Urist to talk about the organization’s focus on the relationship between artists and their communities. Listen to their complete talk here.

Productive Talk and the Digital Arts Conversation : An Interview with Lynne Conner

Recently AMT Lab Contributor Stewart Urist sat down to talk with Lynne Conner, a professor at Colby College and author of the book Audience Engagement and the Role of Arts Talk in the Digital Era.  What followed was a rousing conversation about her book as well as the idea of meaningful audience engagement and how arts organizations are--and are not--doing this correctly.

Interweaving Social: An Interview With The Royal Shakespeare Company's Sarah Ellis, Part 3

Interweaving Social: An Interview With The Royal Shakespeare Company's Sarah Ellis, Part 3

In the final part of her interview Digital Producer Sarah Ellis of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) expands upon the technical aspects of ‘Midsummers Night’s Dreaming’ and the complexities surrounding artist rights in the social media realm. Together with Google, the RSC expanded the theatre experience into social media, prompting narration, content creation, and collaboration among audience members and the story’s characters.

Interview with Michael Mael: Technology as a Tool to Reach New Audiences

Interview with Michael Mael: Technology as a Tool to Reach New Audiences

AMT Lab Editor Stewart Urist sat down with the Executive Director of Washington National Opera, Michael Mael, for a wide ranging discussion about his career and the opportunities technology brings to the arts.

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Interweaving Social: An Interview With The Royal Shakespeare Company's Sarah Ellis, Part 2

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Interweaving Social: An Interview With The Royal Shakespeare Company's Sarah Ellis, Part 2

In the second part of her interview, Sarah Ellis, the Digital Producer of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), expands upon the intricacies of introducing both audiences and actors into the world of a digital play. ‘Midsummer’s Nights Dreaming’ was an innovative digital experiment which explored storytelling and audience engagement online using social media.

Click here to read the interview. 

Interweaving Social: An Interview With The Royal Shakespeare Company's Sarah Ellis, Part 2

Interweaving Social: An Interview With The Royal Shakespeare Company's Sarah Ellis, Part 2

In the second part of her interview, Sarah Ellis, the Digital Producer of the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), expands upon the intricacies of introducing both audiences and actors into the world of a digital play. ‘Midsummer’s Nights Dreaming’ was an innovative digital experiment which explored storytelling and audience engagement online using social media.

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Interweaving Social: An Interview With The Cleveland Museum Of Art's Reena Goodwin, Part2

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Interweaving Social: An Interview With The Cleveland Museum Of Art's Reena Goodwin, Part2

In the second part of her interview, Reena S. Goodwin, the Digital Communications Manager at the Cleveland Museum of Art, expands on the use of social media for museum events, the challenges associated with social media, and making “connections with audiences, not for them.” Click here to read the full interview. 

Interweaving Social: An Interview With The Cleveland Museum Of Art's Reena S. Goodwin, Part 2

Interweaving Social: An Interview With The Cleveland Museum Of Art's Reena S. Goodwin, Part 2

In the second part of her interview, Reena S. Goodwin, the Digital Communications Manager at the Cleveland Museum of Art, expands on the use of social media for museum events, the challenges associated with social media, and making “connections with audiences, not for them.” 

Interweaving Social: An Interview with the Cleveland Museum of Art's Reena Goodwin, Part 1

Interweaving Social: An Interview with the Cleveland Museum of Art's Reena Goodwin, Part 1

Reena S. Goodwin, the Cleveland Museum of Arts’ Digital Communications Manager shares approaches social media as a natural extension of the museum, uniquely reinforcing the museum’s physical experience, sense of community, and creative voice. AMT Lab’s Kristen Sorek West spoke to Ms. Goodwin to learn more about the museum’s approach to social media both online and in the museum.