Summer Camp: Session 3 - Space Walk: Digital Space

Each summer, 701 Center for Contemporary Art offers Youth Art Workshops. Children and teens ages 6 to 17 have the opportunity to get hands-on experience in the arts, creating artwork under the guidance of local artists and art instructors.

Ages 13-17

The class will explore the creative process of mark-making through computer science and technology by using commercial accelerometers in conjunction with an open source microprocessor. Family and friends will be invited on the last day of the workshop to see the students present an interdisciplinary performance where a digital painting is produced in real-time.

Instructor: MVS Chandrashekhar is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at University of South Carolina. Dr. Chandrashekhar received his Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and has a PhD in electrical engineering from Cornell University. Through USC’s College of Engineering and Computing, he has taught summer camps for high school students and has been hosting workshops and outreach activities for K-12 for ten years. Dr. Chandrashekhar has presented at many conferences, including TEDx in Columbia, SC.