artist bios
Karima Afghoul
Karima Afghoul is a second-year undergraduate BFA student in Design at Concordia University. She mainly focuses on graphic design as she tries to approach the practice with a more sustainable perspective. Karima has also a good amount of experience in social media design as well as branding. As she explores different areas of design, she started dabbling in web and user experience design which allows her to create more user-centric and holistic designs. In her free time, she enjoys spending time in nature and finding new brunch spots in the city.
John Mendoza
John Mendoza is primarily a graphic designer but has interests in venturing in other areas of design. He is particularly interested in the collaborative nature of design and its link in all fields, which compelled him to pursue higher education. Today, he is currently studying Design at Concordia University as an undergrad while working as a visual communication lab coordinator where he oversees the many talented students and their projects to provide support ranging from technical to conceptual.
Ursula J'vlyn d'Ark
Season 2017-2018.
October
Trevor Butterworth
October 2017
October 25th, Convergence Sci-Art Art-Sci Conferences. Trevor Butterworth, Sense About Science USA.
Trevor Butterworth.
The Sleep of Reason Produce Monsters:
Science and the Scientific Method in Popular Imagination.
Film & Production: Alexander Touilatos - Play The Mind
Convergence, Perceptions of Neuroscience, in partnership with the Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience (BRaIN) Program, and the Faculty of Fine Arts of Concordia University, has the pleasure to introduce our new conferences series focused on the crossover of science, the arts and communication: "Convergence Sci-Art Art-Sci Conferences."
This Wednesday, October 25th, 2017, at 6 PM, Trevor Butterworth, Executive Director of Sense About Science USA, will offer the introductory talk to our series, "The Sleep of Reason Produce Monsters: Science and Scientific Method in the Popular Imagination."
Trevor Butterworth has written for the New Yorker Online, the Harvard Business Review, Newsweek, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, and many other publications. He was educated at Trinity College Dublin, Georgetown University, and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, and is currently a visiting fellow at Cornell University.His works focus on statistical literacy, clinical trial transparency, and science communication. Headdress the relationship between media and science, focusing on the bidirectional influence between science, arts and communication, as well as people’s perception of science.
Promotional Video. Film & Production: Alexander Touilatos - Play The Mind
