ART × AI: Who Makes, Who Owns, Who Decides? – a VADATALKS Event

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VADA, The Visual Arts & Design Academy at SBHS invites you to the fourth gathering in our VADATALKS series. ART × AI: Who Makes, Who Owns, Who Decides? brings a philosopher of machine vision (Fabian Offert), a gallerist (Nathan Vonk), a Berlin‑based artist (Ulrike Kerber), an illustrator‑educator (Scott Anderson), and a media editor (Les Firestein) into one high‑energy, no‑jargon conversation.

Join the Friends of VADA for this intriguing event on Tuesday, October 7, at 6 p.m. at Santa Barbara High School with refreshments, conversation, and reception to follow. $25 admission. RSVP required at www.vadatalks.org.

Fabian Offert is an Assistant Professor of History and Theory of Digital Humanities at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Scott Anderson is Professor of Art at Westmont College and freelance illustrator. Ulrike Kerber PhD is an AI Designer & Researcher and Nathan Vonk is the owner of Sullivan Goss Gallery.

ABOUT VADATALKS and VADA
VADATalks is an ongoing series of events featuring renowned guests from all professions discussing how art has inspired the work they do.

The series is presented by VADA – The Visual Art & Design Academy of Santa Barbara High School and the Friends of VADA: a 501c3 raising awareness of and support for the creative students of Santa Barbara High School.

Established in 1999, VADA is a focussed learning community with about 225 students in 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th grade. VADA integrates rigorous academic coursework with project-based, career-focused art and design instruction, in a supportive and creative environment.

As a California Partnership Academy, and Career Technical Education Pathway, VADA has always been funded by a renewable three-way matching grant from the California Department of Education, the Santa Barbara Unified School District, and the Friends of VADA, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Private donations are critical for sustaining and enriching the program, funding a variety of essential elements including supplies, technology and equipment upgrades, staff training, and experiential learning opportunities for the students.

Learn more about VADA – www.vadasbhs.org.

VADA CAPITAL CAMPAIGN
The Friends of VADA (FOV) has launched a $10.75 million dollar capital fundraising campaign to expand and modernize the Academy’s aging buildings, transforming the campus into an integrated Design Lab and Art Studio. The new campus will provide the flexibility and space needed to prepare VADA’s creative minded students to flourish. FOV has successfully raised $7.25 million to enable commencement of construction on the new Design and Arts Lab with a completion date of December 2024. FOV continues to work with private, local, and state organizations to raise an additional $3.25 million to complete phase two of the project.

For more information, please visit https://www.vadasbhs.org/capital-campaign.

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Sponsored by Friends of VADA.