#FeaturedArtistFriday: Visionary artist Mileece makes generative, interactive music with plants. We talked about the nature of consciousness, eco-psychology, solutions, parties, how to get people interested, her expanded vision of art, and much more with her. Read our interview on the blog: http://bit.ly/2frBZms

#FeaturedArtistFriday: David Knape is a Portland-based creative technologist. He uses his artistic abilities to develop mobile, web, and interactive applications. According to David, "Programming is a rich medium for creating, exploring, and refining systems. It is an ethereal world of logic, layers and patterns that provides opportunities for creative self-expression on many levels. When everything works, writing code feels like harnessing magic."⠀

How cool is this @GirlsWhoCode-inspired illustration by @rachellevit? ⠀ ⠀ We've compiled a list of extraordinary coding programs boosting diversity in tech around the world, on the blog: http://bit.ly/2e6WWPP

#FeaturedArtistFriday: Gene Kogan is a programmer and artist working with Machine Learning, who also teaches on the topic with a digital art focus.

Kadenze member Cameron Kinker never ceases to amaze us with her fantastic code art. This one's called "Framework Splash."

This awesome drawing by architect Edith Cherloaba was submitted for Cornish College of the Arts' Introduction to Graphic Illustration course.⠀ ⠀ See more of our top student work picks on the blog: http://bit.ly/2dMcEQ6

#FeaturedArtistFriday: Allison Parrish is a computer programmer, poet, educator and game designer who lives in Brooklyn. Her teaching and practice address the unusual phenomena that blossom when language and computers meet.⠀

Our featured artist of the month is contemporary artist Amélie Deschamps! In the tradition of artists like Bas Jan Ader, changing mediums is an essential condition of Deschamps’ work—a kind of shapeshifting she describes as “a need of a constant renewal. You cannot just sit with your ideas and make them like a castle you sit behind.” Read our exclusive interview with her on the blog: http://bit.ly/2dpqJGU

What does the fox say? Totally digging this illustration by Kadenze member Nicole Anderson, created for Cornish College of the Arts' "Intro to Graphic Illustration" course. She utilized "handmade and found textures, plus a vector element" for this project.

Join us for our next Twitter chat on digital arts, this Wednesday from 11:00 - 5:00 p.m. (PDT)! Get ready to discuss the digital arts industry, web design & development, graphic design & illustration, comics art, project management, and much more. Hope to see you chiming in! We are proud to announce the moderators who will be joining us for this exciting chat: Ellen Lupton, Director of the Graphic Design program at MICA, and Brockett Horne, Chair of Graphic Design at MICA ('MICA_GD' on Twitter) Matthew Silady, Chair of the Comics MFA program at California College of Arts ('Matt_Silady' on Twitter) Spencer Salazar, Special Faculty at California Institute of the Arts ('SpencerSalazar' on Twitter) Lonce Wyse, Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore

It's #NationalLiveCreativeDay! Why is creativity important to you?

Mike Tyka is a digital artist working with sculpture, painting, as well as a researcher at Google that helped develop Deep Dream and Inceptionism. Discover 15 other artists using #machinelearning to transform digital art on our blog: bit.ly/2cF34x7

Have you ever wanted to tell visual stories through the #comicbook medium? Turn your dreams into a reality by taking this amazing #comics course from California College of the Arts. Enroll here: bit.ly/2bX4293 Student work by Sarah Weikel.

Many visual masterpieces start with a single sketch. Graphic illustration by Kadenze student Ijeoma Ossi. 

Image Source: Nexus Interactive Arts

Our #FeaturedArtistFriday is award-winning artist Evan Boehm. Also known as the Creative Director of Nexus Interactive Arts, Boehm's work "focuses on the intersection between technology and storytelling." One of the most notable projects he directed includes Google's #MadeWithCode, an "initiative to inspire girls to learn to code and see it as a means to pursue their dreams." Pictured above is a super cute 3D character that accompanies the campaign.

Who said programming couldn't be creative? Explore coding within the context of the visual arts, with our course from UCLA Arts. Enroll now: http://bit.ly/2befJb2

Amazing digital art by designer and creative coder Peter Ha.