University of New Mexico
PROJECTS | 2021
FutureFabric
Marilyn Zimmerman, Jose Orosco, Jennifer Valdez
FutureFabric is an online portal and curriculum that focuses on bio-based textiles and materials to teach young learners about biomaterials.
Finalist Team
Instructor - 2021
Andrea Polli
Andrea Polli is an environmental artist working at the intersection of art, science, and technology. Her interdisciplinary research has been presented as public artworks, media installations, community projects, performances, broadcasts, mobile and geolocative media, publications, and through the curation and organization of public exhibitions and events. Andrea creates artworks designed to raise awareness of environmental issues. Often these works express scientific data obtained through her collaborations with scientists and engineers and have taken the form of sound art, vehicle-based works, public light works, mobile media experiences, and bioart and design. Andrea holds an MFA in time arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a PhD in practice-led research from the University of Plymouth in the UK.
TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Amy Pilling, Max Falk, and Rosemary Morgan