Harvestworks Digital Media Arts Center announces a partnership project with the Industrial + Technology Assistance Corporation (ITAC)
Creativity + Technology = Enterprise is a partnership project between Harvestworks, a cultural arts organization and ITAC (Industrial + Technology Assistance Corporation) a nonprofit consulting organization that helps early-stage technology and manufacturing firms launch innovative products in NYC. This exciting project will create a bridge between new technological tools and products being created by artists at Harvestworks and a marketplace looking for novel links to digital media, video and music.
This two-year project is supported by The Rockefeller Foundation’s New York City Cultural Innovation Fund and will provide an opportunity for artists to create of a new work of art, develop their creative tools and benefit from the advisory and professional services of ITAC.
Please see the Call For Proposals here - deadline to apply is Tue, Nov. 20.
About Harvestworks www.harvestworks.org
Harvestworks’ mission is to present experimental artworks created in collaboration with our Technology, Engineering, Art and Music (TEAM) Lab. The Harvestworks T.E.A.M Lab supports the creation of art works achieved through the use of new and evolving technologies and provides an environment for experimentation with project consultants, technicians, instructors and innovative practitioners in all branches of the electronic arts. Our programs are made possible with funds from New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Materials for the Arts, Jerome Foundation, the Edwards Foundation Arts Fund, Bloomberg Philanthropies and the Friends of Harvestworks.
About ITAC www.ITAC.org
Over its twenty five-year history, ITAC has assisted over 2,000 advanced manufacturing, technology firms and entrepreneurs, delivered significant measurable impact to its clients, and helped companies to raise $50 million in new funding. ITAC focuses on accelerating growth in NYC manufacturing and technology firms by providing management consulting, coaching, training, and project management services. As the NYS-designated Regional Technology Development Center (RTDC) and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Center for NYC, State-funded Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) specialists, ITAC professional staff and consultants, work hands-on with technology organizations, universities and other resources on product delineation, business concept, market research, and capital formation via engagements tailored to the specific needs of each client.
ITAC contact: Marion Cochran Lunt, Marketing and Communications Director, 646.545.2245, mlunt@itac.org