Colin Brooks ↰

About

Colin is a developer and creative technologist working to make art more accessible through code. As the Head of Digital Development at the Whitney Museum of American Art, he leads the ongoing development of whitney.org and other public-facing digital products. Colin also collaborates with artists, conservators, and curators as part of the museum’s born-digital commission program, artport, and is a co-organizer of the upcoming show artport: A History of Internet Art.

Past

  • Office hour mentor with New Inc.
  • Taught at Pratt Institute and guest lectured at NYU (and other schools).
  • Presented at conferences including MCN and Museums and the Web.
  • MA in Art and Art Education from Columbia University in 2017.
  • Interned with The Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art in Digital Media and Education.
  • Taught teens darkroom photography at Youth in Focus.
  • Joined a youth sports tech startup.
  • Freelanced in Seattle and New Zealand.
  • BA in Computer Science and a concentration in Neuroscience from Grinnell College in 2013.

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