Bonnie L. Mitchell
Photo copyright 2014
Most Recent Affiliation(s):
- Bowling Green State University, School of Art, Digital Arts, Professor
Other / Past Affiliation(s):
- Syracuse University, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Computer Graphics, Professor
Location:
- Bowling Green, Ohio, United States of America
Website:
Bio:
SIGGRAPH 2020
Bonnie Mitchell’s research and creative interests include creating visual music animation and interactive immersive installation art, developing digital humanities archives and engaging in cross-disciplinary collaboration. Ms. Mitchell’s artwork explores perception and natural phenomena through experiential relationships to our physical and psychological environment. Ms. Mitchell’s work has been exhibited internationally at venues such as SIGGRAPH, ISEA, Ars Electronica, and many more. She is currently writing a book on animation as a fine art form for Bloomsbury Press in London. Besides teaching, Bonnie Mitchell is the president and art director of CreativeMyndz Multimedia Studios in Bowling Green which produced the Core Concepts in Art series, Buildings Across Time DVD, Art Showcase DVD and the Core Concepts in Humanities series published by McGraw-Hill and Glencoe in NY and LA. She also produced the Gateways to Art multimedia materials published through Thames and Hudson in London. Bonnie Mitchell also served on the Executive Board of ISEA and SIGGRAPH, curated the 2006 SIGGRAPH and GRAPHITE exhibitions and has been a member of numerous professional international committees.
SIGGRAPH 2001
Bonnie Mitchell is an Assistant Professor at Bowling Green State University in the School of Art, Division of Computer Art. She currently teaches 3D modeling/animation, and interactive multimedia (CD and WWW). She received her MFA in Visual Design/Computer Art from the University of Oregon in 1992.
SIGGRAPH 1997
Bonnie Mitchell is an Assistant Professor at Syracuse University where she teaches Computer Graphics in the Art Media Studies Department. She received her MFA in Visual Design with an emphasis in Computer Art from the University of Oregon in 1992. She is currently teaching 2D and 3D computer animation, interactive multimedia which include Internet technologies and computer graphics theory. She is best known for the creative development of numerous collaborative Internet art projects including the International Collaborative ChainArt Project, Digital Journey, Diversive Paths, and ChainReaction. These works have won many awards and have been published in numerous journals and books worldwide ChainReaction was exhibited at SIGGRAPH 95 and ISEA 95 and presented at the College Art Association, the National Art Academy, and typoMedia in Frankfurt Germany.
Bonnie Mitchell is currently a member of the SIGGRAPH Education and Communications Committee where she coordinates the Online Education Directory, the Art and Design Resources, the Career Resources and other SIGGRAPH WWW Projects. She is the art director of the redesign of the SIGGRAPH WWW site. She has presented at SIGGRAPH, College Art Association, SIGSCE, SIGGRAPH, Chicago Woman’s Art Caucus, RIT, the National Art Academy, Foundation Art Theory Education Conference, ISEA, typoMedia, as well as numerous other conferences on issues related to interactive design and collaborative art on the Internet. She is an active computer artist and her work is currently on tour in the UK as part of the “ArCade II” Show.
SIGGRAPH 1996
Bonnie Mitchell is an assistant professor at Syracuse University where she teaches Computer Graphics in the Art Media Studies department. Her areas of interest are interactive multimedia design, 3d and 2d computer animation, and digital imaging. She received her MFA in Visual Design – Computer Art at the University of Oregon in 1992. She is internationally known for development of numerous collaborative art projects including: the International Collaborative ChainArt Project, Digital Journey, Diversive Paths, and ChainReaction. These works have won awards and have been published in numerous journals and books worldwide. Bonnie Mitchell is also the Director at Large on the SIGGRAPH Executive Committee where she coordinates projects such as the WWW Education Directory, the Art and Design Resources, and the WWW Career Opportunities. She is coordinator of the SIGGRAPH Art and Design Online Forum and is co-chair of the SIGGRAPH Multimedia Committee. She has presented at numerous conferences on issues related to interactive design and collaborative art on the Internet. She is an active computer artist and recently exhibited an interactive computer art installation at the Artemisia Gallery in Chicago.
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Course Organizer:
- SIGGRAPH 1996, "Creative Design for the Internet"
- SIGGRAPH 1997, "Creative Design for the World Wide Web"
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Artwork(s):
Animation/Video(s):
Experience(s):
![ACM SIGGRAPH History Archive: From Memory to Experience](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023-Image-Not-Available-150x150.png)
Type: [SIGGRAPHVillage]
ACM SIGGRAPH History Archive: From Memory to Experience
[Mitchell] [Searleman] [Brown] [Segal]
Entry No.: [22]
[SIGGRAPH 2023]
![Catch a Falling Star: the People of SIGGRAPH game](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2023-History-Symons_Catch-a-Falling-Star-the-People-of-SIGGRAPH-game-150x150.jpg)
Type: [History]
Catch a Falling Star: the People of SIGGRAPH game
[Laney] [Mitchell] [Searleman] [Xu] [Kim] [Feibush] [Symons]
[SIGGRAPH 2023]
![Computer Graphics Timeline: from 1974 to 2023](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2023-History-Mitchell_Computer-Graphics-Timeline-from-1974-to-2023-150x150.jpg)
Type: [History]
Computer Graphics Timeline: from 1974 to 2023
[Mitchell] [Searleman] [Pratt] [Laney]
[SIGGRAPH 2023]
![DAC: Digital Arts Community and SIGGRAPH'23 Creative Content Overview](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023-Image-Not-Available-150x150.png)
Type: [SIGGRAPHVillage]
DAC: Digital Arts Community and SIGGRAPH'23 Creative Content Overview
[Xu] [Gallegos] [Gollifer] [Huffman] [Mitchell] [Pandilovski] [Rincon] [Searleman] [Szabo]
Entry No.: [03]
[SIGGRAPH 2023]
![SIGGRAPH Publications: 50 Years of Innovation and Creativity](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2023-History-Mitchell_SIGGRAPH-Publications-50-Years-of-Innovation-and-Creativity-150x150.jpg)
Type: [History]
SIGGRAPH Publications: 50 Years of Innovation and Creativity
[Mitchell]
[SIGGRAPH 2023]
![The Art of Expanded Animation](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2023-Image-Not-Available-150x150.png)
Type: [SIGGRAPHVillage]
The Art of Expanded Animation
[Xu] [Mitchell] [Hagler]
Entry No.: [24]
[SIGGRAPH 2023]
![Vulture Culture - A Visual History of SIGGRAPH Collectibles](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/2023-History-Mitchell_Vulture-Culture-A-Visual-History-of-SIGGRAPH-Collectibles-150x150.jpg)
Type: [History]
Vulture Culture - A Visual History of SIGGRAPH Collectibles
[Mitchell] [Afroozan] [Vento]
[SIGGRAPH 2023]
![Digital Arts: Networking with the Year-Round ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community and Partners](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [SIGGRAPHVillage]
Digital Arts: Networking with the Year-Round ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community and Partners
[Szabo] [Xu] [DeYoung] [Mitchell] [Searleman]
[SIGGRAPH 2022]
![Digital Arts: Programs of the Year-Round ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [SIGGRAPHVillage]
Digital Arts: Programs of the Year-Round ACM SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community
[Szabo] [Xu] [Gallegos] [Mitchell] [Searleman] [Gollifer]
[SIGGRAPH 2022]
![Digital Arts: The Earth, Our Home - Art, Technology, and Critical Action Online Exhibition, Part 1](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [SIGGRAPHVillage]
Digital Arts: The Earth, Our Home - Art, Technology, and Critical Action Online Exhibition, Part 1
[Mitchell] [Searleman] [Kermani] [Aguilera] [Cornell] [Holland] [Vrolijk] [Sorensen] [Rubin]
[SIGGRAPH 2022]
![Digital Arts: The Earth, Our Home - Art, Technology, and Critical Action Online Exhibition, Part 2](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [SIGGRAPHVillage]
Digital Arts: The Earth, Our Home - Art, Technology, and Critical Action Online Exhibition, Part 2
[Mitchell] [Searleman] [Aguilera] [Kermani] [Cornell] [Holland] [Vrolijk] [Sorensen] [Rubin]
[SIGGRAPH 2022]
![History: Archiving Our Past - ACM SIGGRAPH History Online Archives.](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/2022-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [SIGGRAPHVillage]
History: Archiving Our Past - ACM SIGGRAPH History Online Archives.
[Mitchell] [Searleman]
[SIGGRAPH 2022]
Learning Category: Presentation(s):
![Sisters of Code](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/SIGGRAPH2021_Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Retrospective]
Sisters of Code Presenter(s): [Akhlaq] [Franco] [James] [Mitchell] [Searleman]
[SIGGRAPH 2021]
![Exploring Shifting Ground: Creative Intersections Between Experimental Animation and Audio](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2009-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Exploring Shifting Ground: Creative Intersections Between Experimental Animation and Audio Presenter(s): [Mitchell] [Lillios]
[SIGGRAPH 2009]
![Artistic expression using Second Life in the classroom](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/2008-Talks-Mitchell_Artistic-Expression-using-Second-Life-in-the-Classroom-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Talks (Sketches)]
Artistic expression using Second Life in the classroom Presenter(s): [Mitchell] [Eber] [Fontana]
[SIGGRAPH 2008]
![Teaching Gems for Art and Design](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2002-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-1-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Educator’s Forum]
Teaching Gems for Art and Design Presenter(s): [Eber] [Mitchell] [Elliott-Famularo]
[SIGGRAPH 2002]
![Creative Design for the World Wide Web](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1997-02-Course-Cover-reative-Design-for-the-World-Wide-Web-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Creative Design for the World Wide Web Organizer(s): [Mitchell]
Presenter(s): [Mitchell] [Weinman]
Entry No.: [02]
[SIGGRAPH 1997]
![Creative Design for the Internet](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/1996-03-Course-Cover-Creative-Design-for-the-Internet-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Courses]
Creative Design for the Internet Organizer(s): [Mitchell]
Presenter(s): [Mitchell] [Farris] [Foley]
Entry No.: [03]
[SIGGRAPH 1996]
![Artistic Interactive Multimedia - Designing, Authoring, and Expressing Artistic Content](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1995-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Educator’s Forum]
Artistic Interactive Multimedia - Designing, Authoring, and Expressing Artistic Content Presenter(s): [Mitchell]
[SIGGRAPH 1995]
![Developing Artistic Interactive Multimedia on the World Wide Web](https://history.siggraph.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/1995-SIGGRAPH-Image-Not-Available-150x150.jpg)
Type: [Educator’s Forum]
Developing Artistic Interactive Multimedia on the World Wide Web Presenter(s): [Mitchell]
[SIGGRAPH 1995]
Role(s):
- ACM SIGGRAPH Village Presenter
- Animation Director
- Archive Contributor
- Archive Director
- Art Show Art Reviewer
- Art Show Artist
- Art Show Collection Curator
- Art Show Jury Member
- Art Show Organizing Committee Chair
- Art Show Organizing Committee Member
- Birds of Feather Presenter
- Computer Animation Jury Member
- Course Organizer
- Course Presenter
- Educator's Forum Presenter
- Emerging Technologies Jury Member
- History Contributor
- Retrospective Presenter
- Talk (Sketch) Presenter
- Talks (Sketches) Jury Member
- Talks (Sketches) Organizing Committee Member