{"id":32,"date":"2017-10-19T15:48:35","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T15:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2017\/?p=32"},"modified":"2017-11-01T15:38:19","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T15:38:19","slug":"carson-center-aims-to-shape-future-of-media-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/research.unl.edu\/annualreport\/2017\/carson-center-aims-to-shape-future-of-media-arts\/","title":{"rendered":"Carson Center Aims to Shape Future of Media Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Megan Elliott<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Utah has Sundance. Nevada has Burning Man. The French Riviera has Cannes. Nebraska\u2019s Johnny Carson Center for Emerging Media Arts aims to make the state the next hot destination for media artists. The new program will welcome its first students in fall 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe challenge is to create something completely unique for the 21st century. That\u2019s a rare opportunity so everyone\u2019s keen to participate,\u201d said founding director Megan Elliott, who arrived in 2017 from the University of Technology Sydney in Australia.<\/p>\n

The prospect of shaping the future of media arts is attracting the industry\u2019s world leaders to Nebraska. Twelve experts participated in the Carson Conversations Forum in May. Speakers included Robert Tercek, author of Vaporized<\/em>; Roy Taylor, corporate vice president of AMD Radeon Technologies Group; and Charles Wang, deputy director of China\u2019s Advanced Innovation Center for Future Visual Entertainment.<\/p>\n

Speaking to a sold-out crowd of 170 university and community members, they emphasized the importance of meeting the challenges of a society in rapid transformation. Students must learn to not only use cutting-edge storytelling technologies \u2013 such as artificial intelligence, game engine and virtual production \u2013 but also to help shape the future of storytelling.<\/p>\n

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Theater student Adam Turner tests virtual reality equipment.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAbout 60 percent of the jobs that our graduates will be doing haven\u2019t been invented yet,\u201d Elliott said. \u201cSo we want to help students develop resilient and adaptive mindsets and skill sets so they can flourish in a time of constant change.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Carson Center interdisciplinary program will include storytelling, creative coding, virtual production and entrepreneurship. The facility will offer design labs, studios and virtual reality technologies. It is establishing strong industry collaborations to ensure graduates have the necessary skills and internship opportunities and to attract leading experts to instruct and mentor students.<\/p>\n

The program aims to offer coursework that fosters collaboration among students from many disciplines and to become a community resource in digital communication.<\/p>\n

The center is a $57 million university investment made possible by a $20 million gift from the Johnny Carson Foundation, named in honor of the late entertainment icon and Nebraska alumnus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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