Mathew Bethancourt
Assistant Professor
Media Design Programs Team, Visual & Performing Arts Unit
Hostos Community College, CUNY

Andy London
Lecturer
Media Design Programs Team, Visual & Performing Arts Unit
Hostos Community College, CUNY

Sarah Sandman
Assistant Professor
Media Design Programs Team, Visual & Performing Arts Unit
Hostos Community College, CUNY

Rees Shad
Chair of Humanities Department
Media Design Programs Team, Visual & Performing Arts Unit
Hostos Community College, CUNY

The Media Design Programs at Hostos Community College are empowering students to build creative capital in their local South Bronx community. Students’ professional and collaborative educational experiences are further enhanced by Media Design Immersions outside of the classroom and institution such as the Media Design Challenge, Hive Cooperative and Hostos Design Lab. Media Design Immersions provide high-impact learning and profound portfolio building opportunities through cross-cultural work exposure. These experiences have yielded public-facing media projects such as billboard designs on Madison Avenue, a series of educational games focused on math and science, the publication of a game design text book, a multimedia exhibition at a world renowned cultural institution and a short film and screening at a local Bronx gallery. In addition, the Media Design programs is launching the Hostos Design Incubator which, in collaboration with Lehman College and Macaulay Honors Institute, seeks to provide students with the space and instruction to create a new wave of design/tech industry in the South Bronx.

 

This research was presented at the Design Incubation Colloquium 1.2: New York City College of Technology on Friday, October 31, 2014.