Amanda McDonald Crowley
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Amanda McDonald Crowley is a New York-based Australian art and technology, and curator
and facilitator who has created programs and events of new media art
, contemporary art and transdisciplinary work. She has been the Executive Director of Eyebeam Art and Technology Center since 2005.
Her contributions to the field of electronic art also include her work as Executive Producer of the 2004 edition of ISEA
which was held in Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland, and on a cruiser ferry in the Baltic Sea. She was also Director of the Australian Network for Art and Technology
(ANAT) and later, Associate Director of the Adelaide Festival 2002. She has worked throughout Europe and Asia, holding residencies in Berlin, Germany (1994/5), Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada (2002) and at The Sarai Programme at CSDS
in Delhi, India (2002/3). Amanda is also a Board member of NAMAC (National Alliance for Media Art + Culture).
Curator
A curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
and facilitator who has created programs and events of new media art
New media art
New media art is a genre that encompasses artworks created with new media technologies, including digital art, computer graphics, computer animation, virtual art, Internet art, interactive art, computer robotics, and art as biotechnology...
, contemporary art and transdisciplinary work. She has been the Executive Director of Eyebeam Art and Technology Center since 2005.
Her contributions to the field of electronic art also include her work as Executive Producer of the 2004 edition of ISEA
ISEA
ISEA, or Inter-Society for the Electronic Arts is "an international non-profit organization fostering interdisciplinary academic discourse and exchange among culturally diverse organizations and individuals working with art, science and emerging technologies." ISEA was founded in the Netherlands...
which was held in Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland, and on a cruiser ferry in the Baltic Sea. She was also Director of the Australian Network for Art and Technology
Australian network for art and technology
Australian Network for Art and Technology * bridging art, science & technology* enriching culture & industry* generating new creativities...
(ANAT) and later, Associate Director of the Adelaide Festival 2002. She has worked throughout Europe and Asia, holding residencies in Berlin, Germany (1994/5), Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada (2002) and at The Sarai Programme at CSDS
The Sarai Programme at CSDS
Sarai is a programme of the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies , Delhi. CSDS is an independent social science and humanities research centre, with traditions of dissent and a commitment to public intellectual commitment going back four decades....
in Delhi, India (2002/3). Amanda is also a Board member of NAMAC (National Alliance for Media Art + Culture).