Social Engagement Through Environmental Design

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Channel: Beach TV CSULB · 2018 · Education

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Jenna Didier is an artist whose work expanded, shifting focus to the public realm and social aesthetics in 2002 when she founded Materials & Applications to explore collaborative methodologies and new media/ technologies. She has been a guest lecturer at the Studio for Urban Projects in San Francisco, MIT Computation Lab, Taliesin West, The Storefront for Art and Architecture LA pop-up, AIA Mobius LA Conference, the MAK Center, CalArts, AltBuild Conference, and TED-LA amongst other venues. Beyond her role as director at M&A, Didier has created temporary art installations for the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Pomona College, the Rochester Arts Center, and the Instant Herlev Institute in Copenhagen. Didier received the Neutra Spirit Award in 2009 and a Public Art Network Award (with Oliver Hess) from Americans for the Arts for a site-specific public art project, Orit Haj, completed in 2012. She received a commendation from the County of Los Angeles for the same public art piece and has several permanent public art commissions nearing completion.

She is the president of Fountainhead Water Feature Design and has over twenty years experience in the water feature design and engineering industry.

Specialties: water systems engineering, environmental design, social engagement strategies, public art.

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