VRA LA 2019: Announcing Convocation Speaker Dan Goods
The VRA Executive Board is pleased to announce that our VRA LA 2019 Annual Conference Convocation speaker is Dan Goods.
Dan Goods is an independent artist and the Visual Strategist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. During the day he runs The Studio at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, leading a team developing creative ways of communicating and working to transform complex concepts into compelling stories that can be universally understood. In his leadership role there, Goods uses his artistic talents and passion for creating experiences where people are reminded of the gift and privilege of being alive. After hours, he works on a wide range of personal creative projects. Currently he is collaborating with others on new public art pieces in San Diego and San Francisco and is developing the “Museum of Awe,” an experience of art, science, theater and surprise, with David Delgado and Ivan Amato. Goods won an International Design Excellence Award for his work on the eCLOUD, a 110-foot-long digital sculpture at the San Jose International Airport. He has worked on other large-scale art projects at the Atlanta International Airport, at SIAS International University in China and for BMW in Paris, and has shown his work in museums around the world.
Goods was named “One of the Most Interesting People in Los Angeles” by LA Weekly and has been profiled in The Los Angeles Times, Leonardo magazine and the National Endowment for the Arts Magazine. He is also on the board of the Caltech Management Association and ITACCUS (International Astronautical Federation’s Technical Activities Committee for the Cultural Utilization of Space), and is an advisor to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s Art and Technology program.
Dan Goods was born in Palmer, Alaska and was raised in Salem, Oregon. In 2002 he graduated valedictorian from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, CA. Goods explains his life and career in one sentence: “After doing the dishes, reading bedtime stories to my kids, and spending time with my wife, I work on other creative problem solving projects around the world.” He lives in Altadena, CA with his wife and three children.
We hope that you will join us at the Convocation on Wednesday, March 27th, to hear Dan Goods speak about his unusual journey and how he has found that innovation, passion, and creativity can be unleashed to understand what it means to be you and what it means to be human. His talk will follow the 2019 VRA Awards ceremony, with a reception afterwards.
You can learn more about Dan Goods and his work at his website: http://www.directedplay.com/
We look forward to seeing you in Los Angeles March 26th-29th! For more information about the conference program, travel logistics, accommodations, etc., please visit the VRA 2019 Annual Conference website. As always, if you have any questions please email me.
Contributor:
Jacob Esselstrom
Vice President for Conference Program, VRA Executive Board