PROGRAMMING IS A POETRY. IT COMBINES LOGIC, STRUCTURE,
ORGANIZATION, AND CHAOS ALL INTO ONE PACKAGE.
THIS CLASS SHOWCASES HOW YOU CAN LEARN TO PROGRAM AND APPLY TO USING
A CREATIVE ELEMENT. WE WILL TAKE PARTICIPANTS THROUGH THE JOURNEY OF
LEARNING PROCESSING AND CREATING A PROGRAMMATIC DRAWING. THEY WILL
LEARN STROKES, STYLES, FUNCTIONS, VARIABLES, CONDITIONALS, LOOPS,
OPERATORS, AND ANIMATION!
USING THE GENERATIVE ART LENS, THE COURSE WILL INTRODUCE STUDENTS TO
THE OPEN SOURCE PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE PROCESSING WHERE THEY CAN CREATE
ART WITH CODING. PROCESSING WAS DEVELOPED AS A LANGUAGE FOR ARTISTS
THROUGH A PROJECT AT MIT, SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO TEACH PROGRAMMING
SKILLS VIA THE INSTANT FEEDBACK OF VISUALS.
“THERE IS NO RIGHT OR WRONG WAY TO BE A GENERATIVE ARTIST. THERE ARE
NO RULES OR RECIPES. GENERATIVE ART IS ABOUT THE ORGANIC, THE
EMERGENT, THE BEAUTIFUL, THE IMPRECISE, AND THE UNEXPECTED. IT’S
ABOUT EXPLORING THESE WITHIN A WORLD OF LOGIC AND PRECISE
MECHANICS.”
PROGRAMMING IS A TOOL THAT CAN ALLOW ONE TO CREATE AN ACCURATE MODEL
TO AN ABSTRACT DRAWING. TRADITIONALLY PROGRAMMING HAS BEEN VIEWED AS
HIGHLY LOGICAL AND HAS OFTEN MADE PROGRAMMING UNATTRACTIVE TO MORE
CREATIVE THINKERS AND THIS IS A WASTE.
IT IS BUILT OFF OF THE MORE POWERFUL LANGUAGE OF JAVA BUT SIMPLIFIED
AND APPLIED. AS IT HAS GROWN IN POPULARITY, IT HAS BEEN ENHANCED WITH
THIRD-PARTY LIBRARIES AND BE PUT TO MORE SOPHISTICATED USES INCLUDING
API’S, DRAWING IN 3D, AND READING XML. THEREFORE, IT IS THE PERFECT
INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING FOR STUDENTS GETTING STARTED. STUDENTS ARE
ABLE TO LEARN THE CORE PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS WILL SEEING THE APPLIED
VISUAL.
FREE KIDS TICKETS SPONSORED BY CHARLOTTE WOMEN IN TECH
[http://charlottewomenintech.com]. RECOMMENDED AGES 7 AND UP FOR THIS
INTRO TO PROGRAMMING COURSE.
EQUIPMENT: BRING YOUR LAPTOP!
THIS WORKSHOP IS HOSTED BY PINCKNEY MARKETING
[https://pinckneymarketing.com] BEHIND THE PANTHERS PRACTICE FIELDS IN
THE CEDAR HILL BUILDING.
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