Patterned after the Royal Academy of the Arts, ASoIA is a vehicle for attaining fame in one's chosen field. Artists/Sculptors, Poets/Writers and Architects need a venue for displaying their works, and this is it. Only those devoted to their craft, the few with the energy required to attain the pinnacle of success are invited to join. "Not easy, not cheap, not attainable without hard work" is the group's motto, as is "the Best Art, always, no compromise."

AIGA, the professional association for design, believes designers serve a critical role as communicators, educators and innovators. AIGA sets the national agenda for the role of design in economic, social, political, cultural and creative contexts. Founded in 1914 as the American Institute of Graphic Arts, AIGA remains the oldest and largest professional membership organization for design and is now known simply as ”AIGA, the professional association for design.“ AIGA’s mission is to advance des …

Odyssey of the Mind After School provides creative problem-solving activities for students kdg-college. Teams of 5-7 students form, learn teamwork, brainstorming, and how to think of solutions for difficult problems that would be considered creative and “wow” audiences. There are 5 long-term problems teams can choose to solve that take many weeks/months to complete. Their solution must be presented in an 8 minute play which includes designing and making costumes, props, backdrops, writing script …

This is for anyone and everyone interested in learning how to design and develop web sites and applications. This includes HTML 4 & 5, CSS, Javascript, JQuery, SQL, and languages such as PHP, Java, and C#.   Mobile considerations will be discussed. We will cover patterns and practices, SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle), CLC (Creative Life Cycle), system modelling and architecture, object-oriented design, relational modeling, web hosting, deployment, and administration, etc. Other skills tou …