NVCC to Host Third Annual Digital Arts Conference

(Waterbury, CT – April 2, 2004) – Annesa Hartman, manager of the Technology Learning Center at Landmark College in Vermont, will be the featured speaker at the third annual Digital Arts and Multimedia Technologies Conference, on Thursday, April 15 at Naugatuck Valley Community College, 750 Chase Parkway, Waterbury.

The conference, “Frontiers in Digital Imaging,” is sponsored by the college’s Multimedia Artists Association and the Digital Arts and Multimedia Technologies department and will take place in the Fine Arts Center, Mainstage Theatre and Leever Atrium. The conference will feature exhibits and live musical performances from 7 to 8 p.m., followed by Hartman’s talk from 8 to 9 p.m. Admission is free.

Hartman, author of the book “Producing Interactive Television,” was formerly the director and Softimage instructor for Mesmer Animation Labs in Seattle, and was co-founder and consultant for Sway Design, Inc. in New York. Specializing in graphic art production, corporate training, online learning and curriculum development, Hartman has developed and taught unique training programs for Accenture, Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, AOL/Moviefone, and Macromedia. She hold’s a master’s degree in Teaching with Internet Technologies.

At Landmark College, Hartman coordinates and instructs technology teaching and learning programs for the college’s faculty, staff, and students. She also teaches computer graphic courses online.

NVCC offers an associate’s degree in Digital Arts Technology, with options in audio/video, graphics/animation and multimedia/Web Authoring, and an associate’s degree in Fine Arts with a Multimedia Technology option. The college also offers a certificate in Multimedia Technology.

For more information about the conference or the academic programs, contact Antonio Biello at (203) 575-8152 or by email at abiello@nvcc.commnet.edu.