Foundation News


Posted: August 3, 2016

Connecting People: Jon Ippolito on Harold Cohen

Here’s one example of how our diverse art collection leads to connections between people and ideas: Jon Ippolito, the recipient of our 2015 Arts Writing Award in Digital Art to an established ...

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Posted: July 18, 2016

Thoma Foundation Announces Participation in EXPO Chicago

The Foundation announces our participation in this year’s EXPO Chicago Special Exhibitions program with a booth featuring Daniel Rozin’s Selfish Gene Mirror (2015) from the Foundation’s Digital Art collection. Visit us at Booth 120 ...

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Posted: July 16, 2016

Thoma Foundation Announces Research Fellow in Twentieth-Century Abstract Painting

The Foundation announces that Jennifer Cohen has been named our first Research Fellow in Twentieth-Century Abstract Painting. Jennifer is a Ph.D. Candidate in Art History at the University of Chicago where she ...

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Posted: July 9, 2016

Acquisition Highlight: Laura Splan’s Squint

Recently acquired by the Foundation, Laura Splan’s Squint is a contemporary tapestry that bridges our Digital and Op Art collections. Squint is a work of optical art, in the sense that the artist’s eye behaviors are ...

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Posted: July 6, 2016

LECTURE: Pamela McCorduck on Harold Cohen

“The First Robot Artist”: On the Life and Work of Harold Cohen and His Artificially Intelligent Painting Program Aaron Saturday August 6, 2016, 2-4 p.m. Art House, 231 Delgado Street, Santa Fe, NM ...

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Posted: June 30, 2016

New Mexico Highlands University Students Visit Mouse in the Machine at Art House

Finding Inspiration in Technology Students from the Cultural Technology program at New Mexico Highlands University (NMHU) recently visited our new Mouse in the Machine exhibition at Art House to find inspiration for their work and to ...

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Posted: June 7, 2016

Interview with Richard Lowenberg

Richard Lowenberg, Director of the 1st-Mile Institute and the organizer of the New (+Old) Media: Restoration, Preservation, Archiving & Access workshops at the 2016 CURRENTS International New Media Festival in Santa Fe, ...

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Posted: May 31, 2016

Interview with 2016 Digital Arts Writing Awards Recipient, Christiane Paul

Christiane Paul received the $40,000 award ($30,000 award plus the opportunity for a $10,000 project grant) for an established arts writer in the U.S. who has made significant contributions to writing about digital art. Christiane ...

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Posted: May 26, 2016

2016 CURRENTS New Media Festival

The Foundation is excited to support the 2016 CURRENTS New Media Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico. CURRENTS brings together the work of established and emerging new media artists from New Mexico, ...

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Posted: May 24, 2016

Interview with 2016 Digital Arts Writing Awards Recipient, Nora Khan

Nora Khan received the $20,000 award ($15,000 award plus the opportunity for a $5,000 project grant) for an emerging arts writer in the U.S. who demonstrates great promise in writing about digital art. Nora ...

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