CATS+
| Date start | Apr 2022 |
| Type of Program | Education · Exhibition · Meetup · Professional Development · Residency |
| Parent program | Digital Arts |
| Staff | Jay Roff-Garcia · Programs and Events Manager Rachel Stuckey · Director of Digital Arts |
| Resources |
Program purpose
The Collaborative Art + Technology Situation (CATS+) is a program for artists interested in expanding their work in digital and new media. The CATS+ Residency Program is a paid opportunity that brings cohorts of artists and tech wizards together to learn and collaborate on new work. CATS+ promotes troubleshooting, curiosity, and critical thinking around emerging and ubiquitous technologies. We host artist-led workshops, gatherings, mentorships, public showcases, a media art studio, an online wiki to remove the mystery from tech by foregrounding human connection, process, and experimentation.
This program is open to artists of any field who are at emerging to more established career stages. An existing technology or media arts based practice is not required. Applications open twice a year for Spring and Fall cohorts.
CATS+ relies on MoHA’s strong network of mentors and tech wizards to share information, offer insights, and collaborate with residents. Interested in being one of our wizards? Join the MoHA Wizard Registry.
Learn more about past residents, the projects they created, and what they learned and shared through the CATS+ program below.
Residency Cohorts
2024
Fantastic Arcade x CATS+ 2024
Wenxiao Ding, Leo Flint, Lauren Schroeder, and Sihan Zhang
CATS+ Spring 2024
Sabine Brown, Victoria Cantu, Luna Davis, Cathy Le, Jay Thomas, and Mavyn Vu
2023
CATSmas+
Jess Bee, Emily Gilardi, Rose Ott, Stephanie Page, Celine Lassus, and Serena Zam
CATS+ Interactive Cinema
Sebastien Hubiera (Dust Bunny), Temitope Olujobi, Rose Ott, E Pettigrew, Cathryn Ploehn, and Miranda Viskatis
CATS+ Computer Club
Itai Almor, Jesse Cline, Kellyn Dassler, Sam Mayer, Sara Aleyce Roma, and Serena Zam
2022
CATS+ 1.0
Alex Goss, Andie Flores, Aryel René Jackson, Sam Lavigne, Celine Lassus, and Mark Yoder
| Current Opportunities |
| Opportunity | Description | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wizard Registry | If you're a tech wizard or an artist working with computers - we want to know about you! Tell us what you’re excited about and want to see/do by signing up on our Wizard Registry. | Educational, Open Call |
| Events |
| Articles |
| Date | Title | Author(s) | Category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01.29.24 | 'Onward' & Digital Content Creation Tools | Alex Goss | CATS+ CATS+ 1.0 |
| 01.29.24 | 'Onward' BTS | Aryel René Jackson | CATS+ CATS+ 1.0 |
| 02.01.24 | 3D Modeling & Photogrammetry | Jesse Cline | CATS+ CATS+ Computer Club |
| 01.18.24 | APD Decruitment Initiative | Andie Flores | CATS+ CATS+ 1.0 |
| 02.01.24 | CATS+ Dance: Logic Machine Coming On- and Offline with Virus | Itai Almor | CATS+ CATS+ Computer Club |
| 02.14.24 | Cable Taxonomy Guide | Zac Traeger | CATS+ CATS+ Interactive Cinema |
| 01.17.25 | Cardboard Paradise - How to Build a Real Digital World with VRChat | Lauren Schroeder | CATS+ Fantastic Arcade x CATS+ 2024 |
| 02.14.24 | Drive-In Orientation Curriculum | Rachel Stuckey | CATS+ CATS+ Interactive Cinema |
| 02.14.24 | Edward Normalhands Process Documentation | Bucky Miller | CATS+ CATSmas |
| 04.20.24 | Getting Started with TouchDesigner | Imoni McCorvey | CATS+ |
| 02.14.24 | Interactive Cinema Orientation - Next Steps | Rachel Stuckey | CATS+ CATS+ Interactive Cinema |
| 10.10.23 | Kit-bashing // input cycles | Sara Roma | CATS+ CATS+ Computer Club |
| 06.11.24 | Large-Scale Reactive Projection Mapping with TouchDesigner | Cathy Le | CATS+ CATS+ Spring 2024 |
| 06.11.24 | Laser Cutting, After Effects, Persona & Thought Process | Luna Davis | CATS+ CATS+ Spring 2024 |
| 06.12.24 | My Creative Process | Jay Thomas | CATS+ CATS+ Spring 2024 |
| 02.01.24 | P5.js as an Art Medium | Kristine Fernandez | CATS+ CATS+ Computer Club |
| 02.01.24 | Participatory performance as a CAT(s+ Resident) | Sam Mayer | CATS+ CATS+ Computer Club |
| 06.12.24 | Playing with onlinebedroom: How to Create Video Work | Victoria Cantu | CATS+ CATS+ Spring 2024 |
| 01.29.24 | Professional Practice Planning | Aryel René Jackson | CATS+ CATS+ 1.0 |
| 06.12.24 | Projection Mapping with Touch Designer Using KantanMapper | Mavyn Vu | CATS+ CATS+ Spring 2024 |
| 01.18.24 | Real Deepfakes and Fake Deepfakes | Sam Lavigne | CATS+ CATS+ 1.0 |
| 03.20.25 | Recoloring Art on the Fly for Dyebreaker | Walt Mitchell | CATS+ Fantastic Arcade x CATS+ 2024 |
| 02.14.24 | Signal Flow - Diagrams | Jay Roff-Garcia Rachel Stuckey | CATS+ CATS+ Interactive Cinema |
| 06.12.24 | So You Want to Be a Soundcloud Artist? | Mavyn Vu | CATS+ CATS+ Spring 2024 |
| 02.01.24 | Thermochromic Ink & Soft Interactivity | Serena Zam | CATS+ CATS+ Computer Club |
| 01.17.25 | Trashcan Dream: Creating a game with air pump controllers | Wenxiao Ding, Sihan Zhang | CATS+ Fantastic Arcade x CATS+ 2024 |
| 01.29.24 | WOYMU Planning Document | Celine Lassus Mark Yoder | CATS+ CATS+ 1.0 |
| 01.29.24 | What's on your mind, user? Workshop | Celine Lassus Mark Yoder | CATS+ CATS+ 1.0 |
