Core Team Leaders

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Robin Kingsburgh
Toronto, Canada

  • Robin Kingsburgh is a trained astronomer (Ph.D. in Astronomy, 1992, University College London), and a trained painter. Her artistic education comes from studies at the University of Toronto, as well as in the U.K. and France, and has paralleled her scientific development. She has longstanding interests in the intersections of art, science and education. She currently teaches various Natural Science courses at York University, Toronto, including Understanding Colour, a course on the science of colour, as well as The History of Astronomy and The Nature of Time. She has curated numerous shows and events in the Toronto area, featuring artwork inspired by the ideas and methodologies of science. She is President of the Colour Research Society of Canada, a Board member of the Inter Society Colour Council, a member of the Ontario Society of Artists, and a Section editor for Color, Culture and Science Journal.

Foundations
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Maggie Maggio
Portland, Oregon USA

  • Maggie Maggio retired from architecture in 2015 and now spends her time advocating for the integration of art and science in color education programs world-wide.

    After graduating with a BS in Interior Design from Drexel University and a Masters in Architecture from Syracuse University, Maggie spent thirty years working with and teaching color to artists and designers.

    She is the co-chair of the International Colour Association (AIC) Study Group on Color Education and is currently chairing the Colour Literacy Project, an educational initiative of the Inter-Society Color Council (ISCC) and the AIC to develop state-of-the-art resources for teaching 21st century color.

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Luanne Stovall
Houston, Texas USA

  • Luanne Stovall is an artist and color theorist with an MFA in painting from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She attended the New York Studio School and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine. Luanne is a member of the Colour Literacy Project (CLP) Core Team and a Lecturer in the School of Design and Creative Technologies at the University of Texas in Austin. She has designed and taught color courses and workshops in many locations including UT Austin, The Contemporary Austin, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Wellesley College, and MIT Sloan School of Business. She is the Host of the Colour Literacy Forums, Coordinator of the CLP Post-Secondary Partners Network, and team lead for the Inter-Society Color Council’s Fluorescent Friday series. Luanne’s paintings and works on paper have been exhibited widely, and are in private and public collections, including the Art Museum of South Texas; El Paso Museum of Art; Blanton Museum, Austin, TX; Moakley Cancer Care Center, Boston; and the Estee Lauder Collection.

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Ingrid Calvo Ivanovic
Santiago, Chile

  • Colour Designer, Researcher & Consultant. PhD in Design Research, Politecnico di Milano. MA in Visual Studies. Member of the Executive Committee of the International Colour Association (AIC).

    Member of the Editorial Board of the Wiley Color Research & Application Journal. Member of the Study Group on Colour Education (SGCE) and the Study Group on Environmental Colour Design (ECD) of AIC. Member of the Design Committee of the National Agency for Research and Development (ANID), Chile. Assistant Professor of the Design Department of Universidad de Chile, and Invited Lecturer at Politecnico di Milano.

    For more than 15 years, Ingrid has been a full-time colour researcher and epistemologist, developing methodologies for its study, teaching, and application in design, architecture, art, and curatorial studies. Ingrid has presented specialized conferences and workshops in different countries in America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania.


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