Art Center Workshops

”Art and Technology”
Thursday, May 9
6-8 PM

Workshop by Joshua T. Berglan and Cedric Briand

“Art and Technology” is a workshop exploring some of the ways that technology has infiltrated traditional art forms, as well as how advances in tech have created new art forms and enhanced others. We will delve into topics related to music, filmmaking online media, and other themes related to the intersection of art and technology. You can attend the workshop in person or you may attend by Zoom. You are encouraged to preregister using this address (https://65010.blackbaudhosting.com/65010/Art--Technology).

Joshua T. Berglan, widely recognized as “The World’s Mayor,” is a dynamic figure in the realm of media and a fervent advocate for social causes (joshua@joshuatberglan.com). His passion for media literacy, particularly in empowering inner-city youth, people with mental health issues, ex-convicts, HIV-affected individuals, and trafficking victims, forms the core of his mission. Through his expertise in the future of media, Joshua emphasizes how media serves as a powerful vehicle for realizing dreams and creating opportunities to monetize one’s talents and intellectual property, without the necessity of a degree or substantial financial investment.

Cedric Briand is a French/Breton expat currently living in the Minneapolis South Metro, and Greenvale Manitou is his main music project, which he created and leads (greenvale.manitou@gmail.com). Cedric comes with eclectic tastes and loves to fuse World music with popular Western genres. His lyrics show hints of poetry and sociopolitical comments--something he acquired from the French chanson. As a teenager, he was trained by several professional North and Central African percussionists. His favorite signature is to play djembe or dun dun, but he also likes to incorporate Celtic, Nordic, Latin, Asian, or Native American vibes and beats to his game. As a matter of fact, he very often plays his guitars and writes his lyrics as if they were a percussion ensemble. To Cedric, poetry often blooms best when rhythmic patterns come first.

This artist development workshop is funded by the Southeastern Minnesota Arts Council.

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