THE GRIND CONVENTION IS DEDICATED TO THE SPIRIT OF THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS AND THOSE WOMEN WHO STOOD BESIDE THEM WITHOUT ANY RECOGNITION OR REWARD, BUT DID IT ANYWAY. THE GRIND CONVENTION EMBODIES CAMPFIRE STORIES, WORKSHOPS, AND A LABORATORY TO DISTILL SOME OF THE GRIT AND GRIND OF PEOPLE WHO MADE A WAY OUT OF NOW WAY. ALTHOUGH THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS […]
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Siggraph 202o on Capitol Hill By Kevin Clark 08.16.19 As a workforce placement specialist in new media I attend many, many conferences, some are purely for work and some I actually enjoy. Siggraph is one of those conferences in the latter category. As we look forward to Siggraph 2020 in D.C. we also take a look back at what we […]
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How do students get involved with the State of California Create California Campaign. We have the student capability to get involved as a challenged based learning module, and to create a production to project management pathway for students to become fluent in the language of business of the business of the tech-creative entertainment industry. @LACountyArtsEd and @LACountyArts staff were grateful […]
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Kevin Clark, Dakar Media Academy The Unusual Experience is accelerated by a discussion between stakeholders in digital media workforce placement and community college student entitled, The Next Big Thing. One of the outcomes is planned tour entitled “Unusual Experience, a virtual and physical tour where students and mentors can co-create, design and build of a new media Labster. Some of the […]
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PARTICIPANTS DAKAR MEDIA TEAM INTRODUCTION VIA ZOOM JESSICA KU KIM, HOST JEFFREY THOMPSON DO WE STILL NEED DIVERSITY & INCLUSION MK. HALEY DISNEY IMAGINEER ERIC ELDER UNREAL ENGINE CERTIFICATION TO WORKFORCE MEIA JOHNSON LOS ANGELES COUNTY ARTS ED COLLECTIVE FIELD SCAN RECOMMENDATIONS SIMONE NELSON WHERE ARE THE COLLABORATORS CORY DAVIS AT&T’S ROAD MAP TO MORE SUBMISSION IN XR/NEW MEDIA […]
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Kevin Clark/Dakar Media Academy 8/8/2019 Last weeks annual ACM SIGGRAPH conference was something to be hold. Its the preeminent gathering of computer graphics pioneers in the world. Full stop. As such, it is something of a time machine, a visit to SIGGRAPH affords a glimpse at where industries that rely on computer graphics will be in over the next decade, […]
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Kevin Clark/Dakar Media Academy 8/2/2019 The Dakar Media Academy has just wrapped its capture of the 2019 SIGGRAPH at the LA Convention Center delivered a host of new and emerging game-changers for the creative-tech industry, chief among them were; real-time live and games programming during the conference, which shined a light on topics including but not limited to facial animation, AI, ethics, […]
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Our two latest trait releases have been focused on uncoupling proteins. But what’s the difference between UCP1 and UCP2? ♂️♀️ Both scientific blogs and traits are now live on #truefeed, but here’s a starter @fitnessgenes #FitnessGenes #DNA #Genetics #Health #Fitness pic.twitter.com/63TXpQLBB7 — Alex Auld (@alex_auld) July 25, 2019
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Health is Wealth…..I love doing the unexpected. #MoveWithHart #HustleHart https://t.co/cTLJ3SRFxR — Kevin Hart (@KevinHart4real) March 19, 2017 Dakar Media Academy in partnership with From The Heart Productions held its first Project Management Masterclass at Red Flight Innovation screening room in Hollywood. The class was attended by 13 mentors and three students to focus on the process of rapid ideation, […]
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Thursday July 25th Robinne Burrell and Red Flight Innovation will host the Dakar Media Academy for a pre-production brainstorming session spotlighting Ted Lai, APPLE, Access To Innovation, and the American Heart Association/ NFL Play 60 Campaign. The American Heart Association and the National Football League Work With Discovery Education to Take Students on a Virtual Field Trip Inspired by Super […]
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