Faculty
Diane Mitchell
Associate Professor
MFA, Michigan State University
Exhibiting visual artist and designer/producer of mixed media for commercial and educational projects.In her graduate studies she focused on experimental film and digital design. In the late ‘80s she initiated a New York City based project to examine the effects of gentrification on racial and ethnic dynamics of a neighborhood and curated the exhibition Tompkins Square: Past and Present at the New York Public library and the Municipal Art Society. At her professional design studio she has directed numerous award winning projects using photography, graphics, animation, film and video for corporate and non-profit clients. She is presently collaborating on research design for the Multi Gen study Do More, Do Less, a study of Millennials and GenX preferred learning styles in inter-generational management teams.
Courses Taught
- Media Practices: Design
- The Design Process
- Projects in Multi-Image
- The Moving Image
- Foundations of Media Design
- Principles of Motion Design
- Projects in Motion Design
- Media Practices: Design
Research Interests
- Creating mediated experiences between people and their environment
- Media design processes
- Intermedia practices
- Cross-generational media practices
Professional Affiliations
- AIGA, the professional association for design
- College Art Association
- Blue Door Artist Association
Recent Presentations/Exhibits
- The Temperament of Space
- Reversed Perception
- Double Exposure
- Elements III
- The Puzzle of Collective Aesthetics
- Peaceable Paradox: views of China
- A Chance to Linger
Awards and Honors
- National Endowment for the Arts: Design Advancement
- New York State Council on the Arts: Architectural, Planning & Design
- New York Council for the Humanities
- The Vincent Astor Foundation
- J.M. Kaplan Fund
- The New School, Technology Initiative Fund