PURPOSE & GOALS

Today’s artists use technology to create, enhance, and exhibit their work. Strong technology skills are an integral part of succeeding in post-secondary arts education programs and in the workplace. By providing state-ofthe-art technology and equipment for its students, OSA is preparing them for real-world applications in their chosen fields so they are ready for college or career on day one.

Ensuring that all school systems and structures are designed for transformational change is an ongoing challenge, but this is particularly true in the area of maintaining up-to-date technology. To prepare our students for post-secondary education and careers, we rely on a functioning network and reliable technology.

GOALS INCLUDE:

• Replace and update OSA’s aging technology infrastructure;

• Create a system of reliable technology supports to reduce class time interruptions;

• Ensure students and faculty have access to tools that are aligned with current industry standards;

• Equip a dedicated space for Visual Art and Media Arts; and

• Prepare students for post-secondary study and careers that reflect current and relevant approaches to combining art and technology.

The project will take place between mid-2023 and Summer 2024, and is two-fold:

1. NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE:

OSA’s project for 2023 includes a complete network refresh, including replacing switches, updating firewalls, routers, cloud-based tools, and management licensing. Our current wireless network is 10 years old. Providing up-to-date hardware for our students and faculty to access is not meaningful if our entire network is out of date and inefficient. Over the past two years, we have had many network interruptions, requiring numerous reboots weekly. These interruptions to class time have become untenable.

OSA’s campus extends across three sites (Fox Theater, Newberry Building, and San Pablo Avenue Visual Art/Media Arts Space), that each need network and technology updates. Investments in OSA’s technology refresh would be used to support the full network refresh and to replace, add, or update laptops, iPads, and other needed equipment in our Media Arts programming that includes Visual Art, Media Arts, and Audio Production and Engineering.

2. HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE UPGRADE:

OSA continues to need new hardware for faculty and students, in particular our Media Arts-related sub-pathways. The addition of up-to-date hardware and software would support daily arts and academic instruction for OSA students, members of the next generation of working artists and creative professionals.