At the 2010 College Art Association Conference, Holmes will deliver a talk titled “Beyond Eco-Art: Twenty-First-Century Eco-visualization.”  The presentation is part of the “Intersections of Art and Design” panel which will be chaired by Debra Riley Parr (Columbia College Chicago).  All details follow below.

Time and Location:
When: Friday, February 12, 6:30 PM–9:00 PM
Where: Grand A, Gold Level, East Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago

Panel details:

Session title: Intersections of Art and Design

Chair: Debra Riley Parr, Columbia College Chicago

Recycle, Reuse, Readymade
Amanda Gluibizzi, Ohio State University

Environmental Affections: Women, Art, and Ecology
Adrian Parr, University of Cincinnati

An Art and Design Imperative: Ecomodernism Hybrid
Eric Benson, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Beyond Eco-Art: Twenty-First-Century Eco-visualization
Tiffany G. Holmes, School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Discussant:Annette Ferrara, IDEO

On January 19th, Tiffany Holmes successfully defended her PhD dissertation “Eco-visualization: Combining art and technology to reduce energy consumption,” at the University of Plymouth in the UK.  Examiners included Malcolm Miles, Professor of Cultural Theory from the University of Plymouth, and Tim Cooper, Head of the Center for Sustainable Consumption and Senior Lecturer in Consumer Studies, Sheffield Hallam University.

Oral examiners recommend Holmes be awarded the PhD degree at the University of Plymouth pending a few minor corrections.  The official award should come within 3-4 weeks.

Holmes’ PhD was earned via the Znode, a collaboration between the ICS: Institute for Cultural Studies, University of the Arts, Zurich and the Arts Department, University of Plymouth, UK.