Speaker: Theodore Forbes
April 13-17, 2010
Denver, Colorado, USA

Speakers: Biography

Theodore Forbes

Multimedia Producer
Dallas Museum of Art
IT
1717 N. Harwood St.
Dallas TX
75201 USA
http://www.dallasmuseumofart.org

Ted Forbes is the Multimedia Producer for the Dallas Museum of Art. His duties include production of interactive and digital content including exhibition Web sites, teaching materials, in-gallery interactive content (kiosks and touch screens), and video production. He is currently working on two major projects for the Museum - DallasMuseumOfArt.tv, the online hub for Museum multimedia content and DallasMuseumOfArt.mobi, the mobile content distribution interface.

Forbes has been an adjunct faculty member at Brookhaven College since 2003 teaching interactive and Web design. After graduating from the University of North Texas in 1996, he worked in the tech industry as a producer for iSong.com creating and producing music education software. In the late 90's iSong was purchased by Hal Leonard and Forbes went on to lead his own design studio for the next 7 years designing both print and interactive content for a multitude of clients including Microsoft, Best Buy, The Public Broadcast, the Dallas Opera, the Science Place, the Illustrators Partnership of America and RasGas LNG in Doha, Qatar.

Forbes was recognized in 2005 winning two gold light bulbs including an unanimous best in show judges gold in the Dallas Show and served on the Board of Directors for the Dallas Society of Visual Communications from 2001-2006.

Theodore will lead Handheld Coding Workshop. [Workshop]