CODAME launches new opportunities for its 300+ Artists

SAN FRANCISCO - Aug. 22, 2020 - PRLog -- CODAME, the organization behind the popular and highly anticipated annual ART+TECH Festival in San Francisco, today unveiled new initiatives to better support and showcase the work of its 300+ artists. CODAME announced the launch of an online store (http://shop.codame.com), a full calendar of virtual workshops (https://codame.com/workshops) and virtual galleries to showcase the artwork created by the artists and by the attendees of their workshops.

"While we dearly miss meeting and interacting with our art+tech community in person, moving our initiatives online has opened up additional opportunities for CODAME and our Artists. We are connected in some ways even more than before, expanding our reach by collaborating with Artists and communities all over the world." - Bruno Fonzi, CODAME co-founder.

The CODAME Gallery initial launch is featuring the work of Char Stiles, Ilithya, Jordan Gray, Mark Klink, PSKL, Snow Yunxue Fu, Yağmur Uyanik, and Joey Verbeke. Physical and digital prints of their art, and other merchandise and crypto art is available for the first time in the new CODAME Store and via partnerships with some of the most successful Blockchain Art Platforms, including SuperRare, KnownOrigin and Async Art.

"CODAME collaborates with an amazing and diverse group of artists from around the world to push the boundaries of Art and Technology," said Lisa Kolb, CODAME Curator/Program Director. "With such a wide variety of genres and methods including Generative Art, AI and Augmented/Virtual Reality, it's exciting to curate and showcase the artists' work in new ways."

CODAME workshops are a key aspect of the organization's mission, teaching the value of art and demystifying technology by providing accessible, inclusive visual media workshops creating connections through the community. Virtual workshop class offerings include: Coding with Shaders, Generative Drawing, Collaborative Storytelling, Virtual Reality Sketching, Sound Space Music, Making Art with Artificial Intelligence and Building Interactive Installations.

"CODAME has been an amazing platform on which to develop and virtually teach my Introduction to Shader Programming workshops to students from around the world," said Char Stiles, CODAME Artist and Instructor. "Through it I have taught creators of all disciplines, levels, and backgrounds in this kind of new-age, one-room schoolhouse. I'm thrilled that CODAME has created virtual exhibits to allow the students to showcase their works—many for the first time. I'm also looking forward to seeing my work offered in a physical form in the CODAME Shop, as it has never left the screen. I'm psyched to see my work on some socks!"