LACMA Art + Technology Lab Announces 2018 Grant Recipients

(Los Angeles—June 14, 2018) The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2018 Art + Technology grants. The grant awards include monetary and in-kind support for projects that engage emerging technologies. LACMA issued the 2018 Request for Proposals in December, 2017, and the museum received over 430 submissions. The four grant recipients selected for 2018 will work with neural networks, genetic engineering, navigation systems, and bio-mimetic robotics.

The Art + Technology Lab and its artist projects enjoy the support of an advisory board composed of the leading innovators across a variety of technological industries. Advisory board members lend their experience and expertise and help drive the conversation around how museums will use new technology in the future. Announced today is the addition of two new board advisors:  Chris deFaria, President of DreamWorks Feature Animation Group and Farnaz Azmoodeh, Director of Engineering at Snap, Inc. These two partners join current advisory committee members representing Accenture, Google, Hyundai and SpaceX. Artists Micol Hebron and Dan Goods and technologist Chris DeFay are participating independent advisors. The Lab is part of The Hyundai Project: Art + Technology at LACMA, a joint initiative exploring the convergence of art and technology.

LACMA Art + Technology Lab Announces 2018 Grant Recipients DreamWorks Animation and Snap, Inc. Join Art + Technology Lab Advisory Board