Leonardo da Vinci

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Leonardo to AI: The Evolution of Art & Technology

Saturday, Nov. 9

12:30 p.m. CT - MCC STEM Art & Technology Exhibition (Fountain Court)

2:30 p.m. CT - "Leonardo to AI" Presentation (Witherspoon Concert Hall)

Joslyn Art Museum
2200 Dodge Street, Omaha, NE 68102 (map)

FREE and open to the public.

Leonardo da Vinci seamlessly integrated art and science to develop a wholly unique way of seeing the world. Throughout history, artists embraced new technologies of all kinds to help achieve their vision. With generative artificial intelligence pushing the boundaries of what it means to create, what benefits are there for artists? And what guardrails might we need to put in place?

Join us as we explore the evolution of art and technology from the Renaissance to today. This event includes a special sneak preview of the upcoming PBS documentary Leonardo da Vinci, directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David McMahon.

Featured panelists:

• Taylor J. Acosta, PhD, Chief Curator & Willis A. Strauss Curator of European Art at The Joslyn Art Museum
• Adrian R. Duran, PhD, Professor of Art History, School of the Arts, University of Nebraska Omaha
• Tim Guthrie, MFA, Joella Cohen Endowed Chair in Journalism and Professor and Program Director for Film, Department of Computer Science, Journalism and Film at Creighton University
• Genevieve Randall, Music Director and Classical Host, Nebraska Public Media (moderator)

Come early to experience an Art & Technology Exhibition run by MCC STEM from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. that will explore the intersection of digital art, artificial intelligence (AI) and virtual reality (VR).

Or explore The Joslyn’s galleries, including paintings and sculptures from the Italian Renaissance, and a tactile display of Leonardo’s Mona Lisa to experience through touch and sound. Admission to The Joslyn is always free.

ASL interpretation will be available for the presentation, and all videos will be shown with open captions.

Presented by Nebraska Public Media in partnership with The Joslyn Art Museum.

About the Film

Leonardo da Vinci
A film by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns & David McMahon

A 15th-century polymath of soaring imagination, Leonardo created some of history’s most revered works of art. Through his paintings and expansive writings, Leonardo da Vinci explores one of humankind’s most curious and innovative minds.

Leonardo da Vinci premieres Monday, Nov. 18 and Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. CT on Nebraska Public Media, PBS.org and the PBS app.

Corporate funding for Leonardo da Vinci was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and by The Better Angels Society and by its individual members The Paul and Sandra Montrone Family; Stephen A. Schwarzman; Diane and Hal Brierley; Carol and Ned Spieker; Michael and Sandy Collins; Mario J. Gabelli; The Lynch Foundation; McCloskey Family Charitable Trust; Cappy and Janie McGarr; and John and Leslie McQuown. Funding was also provided by Gilbert S. Omenn and Martha Darling; the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; and the Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation.