101 - AI in Creative Practice: Possibilities and Workflows

Artificial intelligence is reshaping how we create, design, and think about art in the 21st century. But how do we navigate this evolving landscape in a way that aligns with our values, intentions, and creative goals?
This three-hour interactive workshop invites you to engage with AI as a co-creator, collaborator, and conversation starter in the creative process. Through a mix of technical education, workflow demonstration and thought-provoking discussion, you’ll explore the possibilities and limitations of generative AI for creative work and ultimately decide for yourself how it might fit into your own practice.

What You'll Gain From This Workshop:

• An overview of tools and platforms: Explore a range of accessible AI-powered tools commonly used in creative areas, from visual arts to storytelling, music, and design.
• A universal framework: Understand how generative AI works and develop a framework for effectively incorporating generative AI platforms of any kind into your existing practice.
• Practical experience: Try your hand at creating with generative AI under guided instruction, experimenting with how these technologies can support or challenge your creative ideas.
• Critical insights on ethics: Discuss some of the key considerations surrounding AI in creative practices, including originality, cultural ownership, intellectual property, and bias, and reflect on the role of AI in your creative decisions.
• Creative contemplation: Examine examples of AI-generated and augmented work, while also interrogating the boundaries of human creativity and technology.

This workshop is not here to decide for you. Instead, it offers space to reflect, experiment, and make your own informed decisions about how (or if) AI has a place in your creative journey.

Who Is This For?
This workshop is open to anyone curious about the relationship between creativity and technology, from artists exploring innovative tools, to designers, educators, students, and creatives across all disciplines. No prior experience with AI is needed, just an open mind, critical thinking skills, and a willingness to question, explore, and create.

101 skill development workshops give you the basic skills you need to start your new creative journey.

Each workshop is delivered by an experienced facilitator and to participate in the workshops, intermediate computer skills, a willingness to learn and a little patience will see you underway.

Participants must be over 16 years of age.

Please read through our Getting Started at The Edge page which includes terms of use. You’ll find answers to age restrictions, what to bring, what to do if you’re running late, refunds and more.

Please consult our conditions of entry and Ticketing Terms and Conditions before making your booking.

Please become a State Library member before you arrive. If you already have a State Library member account, make sure you know your login details as you may be required to login during the workshop to access State Library computers, and to make bookings for equipment.

Please contact us if you need support to participate in this event and consult State Library of Queensland's conditions of entry before making your booking.

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Digital Media Lab, The Edge, State Library of Queensland, South Brisbane, Australia

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