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Johnstown students this week had a chance to work with technologies used by Disney animators.
A class called “Games – The Intersection of Art and Technology” was held all week at Art Works in Johnstown, 413 Third Ave. in the city’s Cambria City section.
Drew Luciew, a senior interactive designer and developer at Concurrent Technologies Corp., led the class in designing video game characters and animating them.
“I had been passionate about students and gaming for a while,” Luciew said. “Then I was approached about doing a summer camp.”
The class started Monday and runs through today.
Students used state-of-the-art drawing pads and programs to learn about the intersection of technology and art.
“I wanted to do something different every day,” Luciew said.
“With working at CTC, we’re using the latest, greatest stuff. There’s a lot of applications for this technology if we had a formal program.”
The class is an offshoot of what is used at Greater Johns-town High School to get students exposed to available technology, said Pete Vizza, who works for the Pride and Tradition program at the school.
“It sounded like fun, and I like that I get to create anything I want,” said Luke Samay, 14, a student in the class.
All of the technology the students are using was provided by the high school, which received a grant for summer programs, Luciew said.
Tricia Patula, a commercial art and graphic design teacher at the high school who is working at the class, said, “It’s great to expose students to something real-world and tech-based.”
Luciew said this class is just a small part of what he wants to do.
“I’m looking at the next generation of students, and they have to be exposed to something different from what they get in a standard classroom,” Luciew said.
“I want to create an entrepreneurial pipeline so students can see how technology can lead to making a product.”
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