Public Presentations and Panels
Panelist, Remixing Our Senses, M.I.T. Hacking Arts Conference, November 19, 2016
Keynote Lecturer, Augmented Reality Art as a Guerilla Medium, Poor Media Expo, Agency for Poor Media, Maria-Theresiastraat 123, 3000 Leuven, Belgium, October 14, 2016.
Panalist, Let’s Talk About Creating and Maintaining Tech-based Public Artworks, Americans for the Arts 2016 Annual Convention, Public Art Preconference, The Present & Presence of Public Art, June 16, 2016.
Presenter, New England Foundation for the Arts, Public Art Discussion Series: Making Art Happen, November 4, 2015.
Moderator, Creativity, Curatorship and Commerce in the Age of New Media Art, presented by the Boston Art Dealers Association, Panelists included Laura Blereau, Brian Knep, Manual de Santaren and Matthew Teitelbaum, Bartos Theater, M.I.T. November 1, 2015
Moderator, Mind Into Matter, Panel with 3 artists from +/-, Wilde Auditorium, University of Hartford, Hartford, CT, September 15, 2015.
Panelist, cultureNOW: Public Art as Placemaking on panel with Julie Burros, City of Boston, Chief of Arts and Culture, Ross Miller, Artist, Kawandeep Virdee, Artist, BSA Space, 290 Congress Street, Boston, February 11, 2015.
Panelist, A Conversation About the Intersection of Technology and Art in Public Places, Catalyst Conversations, MIT List Visual Arts Center, Bartos Theatre, June 10, 2014
Panelist, Computer Preservation and a Digital Arts Museum, Art Technology New England, Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA, April 23, 2014
Lecturer, The Past and Future of Interactive Media Art, Fitchburg State University, 2013 Communication Media Lecture Series, November 20, 2013
Panelist, Video In Art Installation, Art Technology New England, Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA, October 23, 2013
Lecturer, Urban Screens, Public Art, Wentworth College, Empowering the Humanities: Digital Humanities Speaker Series, April2, 2013.
Lecturer, History Of Interactivity In Galleries, Art Technology New England, Boston Cyberarts Gallery, Jamaica Plain, MA, March 27, 2013
Moderator, New Works in Digital + Media Arts from RISD, Digitize This: Exploring/Exploiting the Rise of Digital Arts & Digital Humanities Conference, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA, November 2 & 3, 2012
Panelist, Art On the Marquee: Creating and Programming Video for Unique Urban Spaces, Digitize This: Exploring/Exploiting the Rise of Digital Arts & Digital Humanities Conference, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA, November 2 & 3, 2012
Lecturer, TEDxBoston, Urban Screens: A new kind of public art, whether we like it or not, Seaport World Trade Center, Boston, June 22, 2012, http://tedxboston.org/speaker/fifield
Panelist, Radius Professional Practice Forum, The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum, with Eva Lee and Steven Sacks, February 27, 2010
Keynote Speaker, Who’s Afraid of New Media, Daylong seminar exploring the world of new media, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, February 21, 2010
Moderator, Video Art in the Boston Area, panel discussion with Fred Barzyk and Otto Piene, DeCordova Museum, January 31, 2010
Moderater, Navigating Cyberworlds, panel discussion with: Mark Skwarek, Tamiko Thiel, HongLei, Jeff Lipsy, Boston University, April 27, 2009
Panelist, New Media Curious, Axiom panel, Fall 2008
Interviewer, Conversations with Cliff Evans as part of the exhibition, Cliff Evans: Empyrean, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, December 20, 2007
Panelist, Moving Images in Public Space, Image Radio Symposium, Van Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, Netherlands, November 3, 2007
Panelist, Reading Digital Literature conference, Brown University, Providence, RI, October 6, 2007
Moderator, Creativity and Game Design, organized and moderated panel for Powering Up: Boston’s Digital Game Industry , organized by Boston Cyberarts, Create Boston and Northeastern University, April 21, 2007
Lecturer, The History of Interactive Installation Art, Art Interactive, Cambridge, March 29, 2007
Moderator, Art, Artists and Technology: Transformation Before Our Eyes, Panel at Art Interactive, 130 Bishop Allen Drive, Cambridge, October 16, 2006
2006 SIGGRAPH Art Gallery Committee, secured $10,000 in sponsorship from the Boston Redevelopment Authority for the opening event for the Art Gallery and Emerging Technology Gallery, July 30 – August 3, 2006
Juror, Rockefeller Foundation New Media Arts Fellowships, National Video Resources, NYC, NY February 7 – 10, 2006
Lecturer, Studio for Interrelated Media, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA November 22, 2005
Juror, Emerging Fields panel, Creative Capitol Foundation, NYC, NY, October 27 – 29, 2005
Moderator, Art, Artists and Technology: Transformation Before Our Eyes, organized by the New Center for Arts and Culture, Art Interactive, Cambridge, MA October 16, 2005
Lecturer, Digital Expression class, Harvard University, Cambridge MA October 6, 2005
Juror, Presenting Panel, National Endowment for the Arts, Washington, DC, July 19 – 22, 2005
Juror, Traveling Scholars award, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, March 16, 2005
Juror, Do While Studio residency panel, Do While Studio, Boston, MA, March 2, 2005
Lecturer, Comparative Media Studies, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge MA, February 10,2005
Lecturer, The Boston Cyberarts Festival, The Sea Level Exchange, Braintree MA, February 8, 2005
Lecturer, Interactivity in Fine Arts, Koopman Endowed Chair at the University of Hartford School of Art, CT. Public Lecture, October 28, 2004
Lecturer, Digital Expression class, Harvard University, Cambridge MA October 14, 2004
Panelist, Art&D panel discussion, La Société des arts technologiques (SAT), Montreal, Canada Saturday October 2 2004
Juror, SIGGRAPH 2004, Synaethesia Exhibition for screen based art, Los Angeles, CA, August 8 – 12, 2004
Interviewer, In conversation with William J. Mitchell about his book ME++: The Cyborg Self and the Networked City, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, January 28, 2004
Lecturer, Digital Expression class, Harvard University, Cambridge MA January 16, 2004
Moderator, Boston Art Dealers Association (BADA) panel discussion on Technology in the Arts, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston MA, October 18, 2003
Keynote speaker, Visual Improvisation Symposium, Cambridge, MA, May 4, 2003
Panelist, Southern Graphics Conference, Making Histories: Revolution and Representation, Digital Aesthetics panel, Boston University, Boston, MA, April 2, 2003
Juror, Copley Society, Boston, MA, Manifest exhibition, January, 27 2003
Panelist, Association of Moving Image Archivists, Roots of New Media, Boston, MA, November 11, 2002
Panelist, Brandeis University. Waltham, MA. November 6, 2002
Participant, Digital Dialogues: Technology and the Hand, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME, September 26 – 29, 2002
Juror: Boston Society of Architects, Build Boston competition, Boston MA, September 25, 2002
Moderator, Art and Technology panel organized for the Arts and Business Council of Greater Boston, Roxbury, MA Cyberarts and the Creative Economy Initiative, July 31, 2002
Lecturer, Entrepreneurs on the Edge, Newtonville, MA, April 25, 2002
Lecturer, Hartford Art School, Hartford, CT, April 23, 2002.
Panelist, Electronic Literature Organization State of the Arts Conference UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, March 17, 2002
Lecturer, The Creative Economy, Cape Cod Arts Foundation, Cape Cod Community College, West Barnstable, MA, March 20, 2002
Panelist, WGBH-TV Broadcast TV seminar, Boston, MA, February 19, 2002
Panelist, Open Source Architecture: Building Eyebeam, Parsons School of Design, NYC, NY, December 1, 2001
Participant, Harvard University Art Museums, Digital Imagery for Works of Art conference, Cambridge, MA, November 19 – 20, 2001
Ford Hall Forum panelist, The Creative Economy Initiative: The Role of the Arts and Culture in New England’s Economic Competitiveness, November 2001
Panelist, Science/Technology/Design as Seen in Museums of Contemporary Art, Society for the Social Studies of Science conference, Cambridge, MA November 1, 2001
Panelist, Linking Arts, Culture and Economic Development, Massachusetts Cultural Council Conference, Bridgewater State College, October 11 2001
Panelist, Fast Forward Video: The Electronic Arts in conjunction with the exhibition, Fred Barzyk, The Search for a Personal Vision in Broadcast Television, Haggerty Museum, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, September 8, 2001
Participant, eNarrative 2, Workshop on Hypertext, Narrative, Flash, Time, Boston, MA February 24 – 25, 2001
Respondent, Traveling Without a Map: Real and Imagined Obstacles for Public Art in Boston and Massachusetts, Urban Arts Institute at Massachusetts College of Art, Boston, MA, April 29, 2000.
Moderator, Optimizing Your Presence on the Web, Arts and the Media conference, Cambridge Center for adult Education, Cambridge, MA, March 18, 2000
Speaker, Alliance for Community Media Spring Conference, University of Massachusetts, Boston, MA, March 17, 2000
Speaker, Electronics Alive: National Computer Artists Invitational, University of Tampa, Tampa, FL, March 2, 2000
Keynote Lecturer, Vermont Millennium Art Project Conference, Killington, VT, November 22, 1999
Presenter, Media Kunst Aktuell exhibition of new German video, CD Rom and web media art, Goethe Institut Boston, MA October 1999
Lecturer, University of Southern Maine Art Gallery, Gorham, ME, October 5, 1999
Keynote Lecturer, External Communications: Utilizing Technology in Museum Programs, New England Museum Association Conference, The Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, NH, May 24, 1999
Panelist, Internet marketing and Online art Exhibits, Arts and the Media conference, Cambridge Center for adult Education, Cambridge, MA, March 27, 1999
Panelist, Alternative Ways to publicize Your Work, Arts and the Media conference, Cambridge Center for adult Education, Cambridge, MA, March 28, 1998
Jurist, Maine Arts Commission Individual Artists Fellowships, Portland, ME, October 15, 1997
Panelist, Media for the New Millennium, McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, September 14, 1997
Jury Panelist for Technology Links – New Images Through New Tools, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA 1995
Lecturer, ELECTROPHOTOXEROGRAPHCOPYINSTANTART, The Society of Photographic Educators National Conference, Philadelphia, PA, 1983