ASU’s two newest Innovation Zones empower students, faculty, staff and community partners to make a positive impact through design and the arts. The ASU Mesa Center for Creative Technology provides immersive, cutting-edge facilities in downtown Mesa where creative industries and technology interact. The Herberger Institute Creative Economy Hub™ in Los Angeles connects the creative industry in California with ASU.
ASU fellow and astronaut Sian Proctor shared her story at a weeklong Immersive Storytelling Project held at the ASU Media and Immersive eXperience Center in Mesa , hosted by The Sidney Poitier New American Film School with participation from Apple. The event included 23 students from ASU, Morehouse College, Spelman College, Clark Atlanta University and Drexel University. The group heard from experts in the industry and got hands-on experience with the extended-reality technology available at the MIX Center. Photo by Charlie Leight/ASU News
ASU FIDM Museum in Los Angeles recently launched “Fashion Statements,” its highly anticipated inaugural fashion exhibition under the ASU banner, drawing LA’s fashion elite. Guest contributor Johnny Valencia, pictured, was one of several leading experts in fashion, art and culture invited to select pieces from the ASU FIDM Museum’s extensive collection for the exhibition and offer personal interpretations and perspectives on style and creativity. ASU FIDM, the new fashion school at ASU’s Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts, operates from both Phoenix and Los Angeles. Photo by Monica Orozco
