{"id":3868,"date":"2018-11-15T17:13:36","date_gmt":"2018-11-15T17:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/?p=3868"},"modified":"2018-11-15T17:16:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T17:16:44","slug":"innovator-in-residence-program-fosters-culture-of-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/atb\/2018\/11\/15\/innovator-in-residence-program-fosters-culture-of-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovator-in-Residence Program Fosters Culture of Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Miriam Brown \u201921<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sound artist, performer, and composer Reiko Yamada has built her career around pushing past disciplinary boundaries. In Block 4, Yamada will bring her expertise to Colorado College as the latest innovator-in-residence.<\/p>\n

Innovation at CC launched its Innovator-in-Residence Program two years ago to give students the opportunities to collaborate and connect with people who are particularly groundbreaking in their work. While innovators are on campus \u2014 which can range from a week to a block \u2014 they give lectures, participate in panels, collaborate with students on class projects, and provide guidance through more casual conversations.<\/p>\n

Even though Yamada is not yet present on campus, she is already pushing students and faculty to collaborate and problem-solve in different ways. Jane Hilberry, professor of English, is teaching a class next block on contemporary poetry. Iddo Aharony, professor of music, is teaching a class on songwriting. Hilberry and Aharony have never collaborated before, but Yamada\u2019s presence was the impetus for them to join forces in a combined class project where students will create a musical piece with lyrics. Yamada will use her experience as a sound artist and performer to help the students think critically about their sounds and how they convey meaning.<\/p>\n

But Yamada\u2019s presence will not just be limited to music. She will also be working with Professor Sara Hanson\u2019s molecular biology genomics lab, where she will help students to transform genetic code into music and sound.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think there\u2019s something really valuable in completely reframing the way that you look at something,\u201d says Jessica Hunter-Larsen, associate director of Innovation at CC. \u201cHuge creative leaps have happened because people have been able to go totally outside of a discipline or set of protocols or practices and get information from other places.\u201d<\/p>\n

Yamada will present her own work, specifically her latest project on fruit flies called \u201cSmall, Small Things\u201d on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 5:15 p.m. in Cornerstone Arts Center. Immediately following her presentation, artists Virgil Ortiz and Eiko Otake will join her for a panel about their creative processes, moderated by Hunter-Larsen and Hilberry.<\/p>\n

Hunter-Larsen says that this is still the beginning for the Innovator-in-Residence Program, and they hope to use it in even bigger ways in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cSometimes when you\u2019re able to bring somebody from another area … it can be a catalyst and a place to focus so that we are all pushed to find new ways of doing things or to collaborate differently,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By\u00a0Miriam Brown \u201921 Sound artist, performer, and composer Reiko Yamada has built her career around pushing past disciplinary boundaries. In Block 4, Yamada will bring her expertise to Colorado College as the latest innovator-in-residence. Innovation at CC launched its Innovator-in-Residence Program two years ago to give students the opportunities to collaborate and connect with people … <\/p>\n

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