Brian Franklin
Professor of Expanded Media
Wonsook Kim School of Art
Office
CVA Center For The Visual Arts 214a
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- About
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Biography
Brian Franklin received an MFA from Penn State University and teaches classes in expanded media and digital fabrication at Illinois State University. His interdisciplinary work has been shown in venues ranging from traditional galleries and festivals to impromptu takeovers of public space in the United States, Europe and Asia.
Current Courses
371.001Digital 3D
284.001Expanded Media I
444.001Studio Work: Sculpture
MFA New Media
Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA
BFA Media Arts
State University of New York at Fredonia
Fredonia, NY
Outstanding Service Award
Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts
2024
University Teaching Grant
Center for Integrated Professional Development
2024
Emerging Administrator Fellow
National Council of Arts Administrators
2023
Bronze Award
United Design Alliance
2021
Bronze Award
United Design Alliance
2021
STA 100
Society of Typographic Arts
2021
Presentations
Experiments in Interactivity. UCDA Design Educators Summit: IMMERSE. UCDA. (2024)
Mind Palace. Mind Palace Artist Talk. Millikin Unversity. (2024)
For Those Who Don't Yet Have the Words. Biggin Gallery. (2023)
Repetition is a Form of Change. Sixteenth International Conference on Design Principles and Practices. University of Newcastle. (2022)
Sabbatical Research. Sabbatical Talks. Wonsook Kim School of Art. (2021)
Sacred Texts. Within the Frame. ACM Siggraph SPARKS. (2021)
Sacred Texts. The 9th Congress of the International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR). International Association of Societies of Design Research (IASDR). (2021)
Grants & Contracts
Experiment in Interactivity. Center for Integrated Professional Development. Illinois State University. (2024)
Dean's Faculty Professional Development and Travel Award. Wonsook Kim College of Fine Arts. Illinois State University. (2021)