Open Youth Networks consults with and provides services to non-profits and schools locally in Chicago and nationally. Please do not hesitate to contact us with your advice, comments, and inquiries.

Open Youth Networks

Interactive Arts and Media Department
Columbia College
916 S. Wabash, Suite 101
Chicago, IL 60605

Phone: 312-369-7572

ANNETTE BARBIER
Chair
abarbier[at]colum[dot]ed

MINDY FABER

Academic Manager, IAM and Founder of Open Youth Networks
mfaber[at]colum[dot]edu

Open Youth Networks can be found on:

Facebook (openyouthnetworks)
Twitter (IAMColumbia)
Ning (Art Education 2.0, Five Freedoms Network, Classroom 2.0, Global Education Collaborative, Illinois Computing Educators and Chicago Youth Voices Network

THE OPEN YOUTH NETWORKS CADRE

The Cadre acts as advisors, teaching artists, visiting lecturers, allies and researchers for Open Youth Networks.

Jonathan McIntosh, Political Remix Artist and Lead Facilitator for FURI
jonnymcintosh@gmail.com

Jonathan McIntosh is a digital media artist, photographer, and activist living in New York City. Jonathan’s digital video work focuses primarily on transforming corporate media images by remixing them to tell alternative political and cultural narratives. This Political Remix Video work has appeared in independent film festivals, on community TV programs and at new media conferences. He curated the Political Remix program at the 24/7 DIY video Summit and has an active blog on remix. Jonathan is a advisor for Remix America, a site created by Norman Lear. Jonathan’s documentary photography has been published globally in both print and online publications and has also found its way into the pages of children’s textbooks, independent films, dissertations and onto the covers of academic texts. Jonathan is also the winner of the “Best People Photograph Award” in the 2005 Wikimania Media Competition. Jonathan currently teaches art and technology courses at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston.

Kathleen Tyner is an assistant professor in the Department of Radio, Television and Film at the University of Texas-Austin. She is author, editor and co-editor of numerous books, articles, and curricular materials about media education, including Literacy in a Digital World: Teaching and Learning in the Age of Information and the award-winning, Scanning Television II. Tyner is instrumental in developing new media education programs, policies and projects internationally and consults with groups to conduct research and development for new media and technology projects across the United States.

Youth Leadership Council

Marisol Becerra
Xavi Macias
Ameenah Muhammad
Sadia Nawab
Zane Scheuerlein