Abstract
With the advent of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), the Mississippi State University (MSU) libraries developed programming that offered creative approaches to artmaking while engaging students in its ethical use and applications. The library worked with Department of Art faculty to host Ardith Goodwin, a Mobile, Alabama artist. Goodwin incorporates both analog painting methods and AI in her studio practice. While visiting MSU, she applied her creative acumen to lead workshops and deliver an artist’s talk centered on her creative processes and character development. We paired Goodwin’s workshop with a tutorial on copyright, Fair Use, and AI by the MSU Libraries Copyright and Information Policy Officer. Ms. Goodwin presented in the following courses: Digital Drawing, Global Contemporary Art, and Visualizing Resistance in the Global South. During these classes, students first learned the “language” of AI and copyright. After establishing a working vocabulary, students then learned from Ms. Goodwin how to use Midjourney, an AI-based art-making application. Through the workshops, students learned what questions to ask themselves about copyright and fair use and how this applies to their professional studio careers, how to craft simple prompts in Midjourney (like a “blue dog eating a hot dog.”), how to blend images of their own work to blend into a new, AI-assisted image.
Presenters
Corinne KennedyCreative Inquiry Coordinator, MSU Libraries, Mississippi State University, Mississippi, United States Aaron Mc Elfish
Student, MFA, Mississippi State Univeristy, Mississippi, United States Jenna Altomonte
Ohio University
Details
Presentation Type
Paper Presentation in a Themed Session
Theme
2024 Special Focus—Images and Imaginaries from Artificial Intelligence
KEYWORDS
Visual Plagiarism, AI Art, Digital Image, Digital Art, Creative Inquiry
