Apply For Creative Code Immersive

Looking for a creative outlet? ⚡️ Connect and experiment with fellow artists in our Immersive Program! Artists and creative technologists from around the world can now join our interactive, project-driven 12-week course.

Gray Area's Immersive is a 12 week course in creative code and immersive art. Our expert instructors guide participants through a sequence of topics that are designed to both lead to mastery of core techniques and strengthen students’ professional practice in the field of art and technology. Over the course of the program, students learn the technical skills and the creative inspiration to design, prototype and install an interactive artwork in a final public showcase attended by the creative community, industry, and museum professionals.

Online classes start September 8, so enroll today!

Program Features

• Extend your art practice into the digital realm
• Learn how to create an interactive experience
• Scope the production of technical artworks
• Develop your artistic sensibility
• Historical understanding of creative code
• Collaborate using a javascript framework
• Learn how to teach others artistic coding
• Be able to troubleshoot and solve problems independently
• Over 100 hours of classroom instruction
• A network of peers, alumni, and creative code professionals
• Professional development with leaders in the field
• Low enrollment fee of $4,000 (monthly payment terms are available)

Prerequisites

The Creative Code Immersive is designed to help introduce new mediums to artists, though the pace of the program requires a certain amount of foundational knowledge in both HTML & Javascript development. To help us gauge your coding skill level we require all applicants to take both the w3schools Javascript Quiz and w3schools HTML Quiz. Once you have completed these tests, select Check Your Answers and save a pdf of your results.

Syllabus

Week 1: Web Skills
Week 2: Javascript I
Week 3: P5.js
Week 4: Web Audio (Sound Art)
Week 5: 3D for the Web (with A-Frame)
Week 6: Physical Computing I
Week 7: Node.js
Week 8: Physical Computing II
Week 9: Projection Mapping
Week 10: Interactive Environments
Week 11: Development Week
Week 12: Final Project Public Showcase

Dates 2020 Fall Session Classes: September 8th – November 14th, 2020

Showcase: December 2nd & 3rd, 2020

Visit our 2020 Spring Showcase here. Classes are held online Tuesdays & Thursdays (6–9pm) & Saturdays (12–4pm)

The application deadline is rolling and kept open until all seats have been filled. Check out our Academic Calendar for more details.