Eyebeam is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2011-2012 Student Residency. This year, five high school students will participate in the residency, having previously produced exceptional work at Eyebeam's Digital Day Camp 2011. Over the course of a year, they will create work exploring topics as diverse as video production, dance, activism, game design, and textile technology under the direction of Kyle Kessler (Production Assistant) and mentorship support from Eyebeam Residents and Fellows including Mary Mattingly, Slava Balasanov, and Carrie Mae Rose.

Eyebeam Art and Technology Center and The Institute of Play, have collaborated to design three workshops at Quest to Learn, a brand-new NYC public school.

Students will work on topics like video remix, sound design, and the engineering of paper folding. Workshop learning standards include: digital tool use, the process of iterating and prototyping ideas, and critical-thinking and problem-solving. This program is offered to students at Q2L during Early-Release Wednesdays throughout December.

Workshops offered to Q2L students include:

"Urban Attractors and Private Distractors" will explore custom and behavior in relation to culturally determined understandings and distinctions between concepts of public/private and inside/outside in physical space/cyberspace. Eng’s project will include local workshops and online collaborations with groups of young people in NYC.