Eastern Connecticut State University Student Ross Harney of Niantic Participates in Art Event

WILLIMANTIC, CT (04/05/2011)(readMedia)-- June Bisantz, professor of digital art and design at Eastern Connecticut State University, and Harrison Judd, photographer and digital archivist to Maurice Sendak, produced "The Screen Project," Connecticut's first Urban Screens event, on Feb. 11–21. The event was held at five locations on Main Street in Willimantic.

The ECSU Design Group, a team of 10 student artists from Eastern Connecticut State University's Digital Art and Design program who designed promotional materials and billboards for the event, also exhibited.

Ross Harney '11 of Niantic participated in the event. Harney is majoring in Visual Arts. Harney contributed video toward the project..

The project included video, animation, moving text and poetry by New York City artists Holly Anderson, Caroline Beasely-Baker, and Flash Rosenberg; Texas artist Sev Coursen; and Connecticut artists Sue Berg and Rachel Siporin, as well as Bisantz and Judd.

"The Screen Project" was invited to become a global partner of the Streaming Museum, which presents art in public space and cyberspace on seven continents. This partnership means the Screen Project will connect eastern Connecticut globally, introducing a new way of using illumination, architecture and art in public spaces to connect local and global communities.

For more information on "The Screen Project," visit http://www.thescreenproject.com.

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Eastern Connecticut State University is part of the Connecticut State University System (CSUS) and is the state's public liberal arts university. Eastern serves more than 5,600 students each year on its Willimantic campus.

Posted Tuesday April 05, 2011 at 10:04 am by Eastern Connecticut State University
Last Updated Wednesday April 06, 2011 at 12:35 am