Jenny B Kowalski

A hand holding a postcard-size cross stitched image of the Toronto Skyline and a large QR code, held in front of the Toronto skyline

A blonde child in a blue jacket and yellow dress draws in the beach sand with a stick

A close-up photo of shiny jewel stickers on a partially used sticker sheet in the sunlight of a window

Had an absolutely incredible time at the Mothra artist-parent residency last week!

Photo 1: Stitched the Toronto skyline as seen from Ward's Island

Photo 2: Drawing snowflakes in the sand

Photo 3: Photo credit to Izzy (age 4.5)

The word love over and over and over in radiating circles on a symmetrical four-heart background in blue and pink; graphic design poster

For Valentine's Day — look for the love.

#love #loveislove #lovelovelove

Graphic for CAA 113 2025 conference in New York, February 12–16. Orange and white text on a blue and white water color background

Screenshot of digital program for CAA 113 2025 conference. 6 sessions listed for session scheduled for Thursday, February 13 from 4:30 - 6pm in NY Hilton Midtown Concourse A. Session is “the Hydra: the Many Approaches to Generative AI in the Art and Design Classroom” CHAIR Mary F. Zawadzki University of Mississippi PRESENTATIONS Brushstrokes and Bytes: Evolving a Limited Al Use Policy in Art Appreciation Courses Ansley Simmons, Albany State University Art History by Bot?: Grading Generative A.I.'s Notetaking, Researching, and Writing Skills Dr. Kris K. Belden-Adams, PhD, University of Mississippi Exploring UX Design Trainees with Generative Al: A Pedagogical Perspective Yi-Fan Chen, Farmingdale State College - SUNY Generative Al Goes to the Historical Society Gretchen R. Sinnett, Salem State University First Things First: Scaffolding assignments to foster creativity and critical thinking around generative Al Jennifer Kowalski, Lehigh University Staging Irishness: Stereotype, Identity, and Generative Al Judith M Stapleton, University of Notre Dame Unleashing Creativity and Precision: Al Tools in Graphic Design Education Golnoush Behmanesh, Georgia State University

Excited to be presenting at CAA! My presentation on Thursday, 2/13 is “First Things First: Scaffolding assignments to foster creativity and critical thinking around generative Al”

#CAA113 #academia #designeducation #ai #pedagogy

Main text says: It's not "Diversity", it's Patriotic Variety. Bottom text says: I can't believe it's not DEIA! Vintage-style graphic with red and white stripes, a blue band, and red and blue stars.

Main text says: It's not "Equity", it's Liberty Fellowship. Bottom text says: I can't believe it's not DEIA! Vintage-style graphic with red and white stripes, a blue band, and red and blue stars.

Main text says: It's not it's "Inclusion", it's Good-Old-Fashioned Welcoming. Bottom text says: I can't believe it's not DEIA! Vintage-style graphic with red and white stripes, a blue band, and red and blue stars.

Main text says: It's not "Accessibility", it's Attainable Freedom. Bottom text says: I can't believe it's not DEIA! Vintage-style graphic with red and white stripes, a blue band, and red and blue stars.

Ok. So we can't use certain words now.

But Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility ARE American Values.

So these graphics propose some alternative language.

#DEI #DEIA #Diversity #Equity #Inclusion #Accessibility #a11y #academia #academic #academics #protest

Pixelated, slightly distorted view of a girl on her father's shoulders at night, looking up

more distorted image of a pixelated girl on her father's shoulders

Abstract view of pixels, dark on left, pinkish on right. More distortion from previous images

Genuary Day 31: Pixel sorting.

Family fireworks, exploding

#genuary #genuary31 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

cartoon-like top-down illustration of intersecting roads on a green ground surrounded by trees and intersecting rivers

cartoon-like top-down illustration of intersecting roads on a green ground surrounded by trees and intersecting rivers

cartoon-like top-down illustration of intersecting roads on a green ground surrounded by trees and intersecting rivers

cartoon-like top-down illustration of intersecting roads on a green ground surrounded by trees and intersecting rivers

Genuary Day 30: Abstract map.

#genuary #genuary30 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Fanned-out pile of "pages" looking like open spreads from a book, showing different amounts of text "Bear with me in this long-winded and fragrant metaphor; for you will find that almost all the virtues of the perfect wine-glass have a parallel in typography."

Fanned-out pile of "pages" looking like open spreads from a book, showing different amounts of text "Bear with me in this long-winded and fragrant metaphor; for you will find that almost all the virtues of the perfect wine-glass have a parallel in typography."

Fanned-out pile of "pages" looking like open spreads from a book, showing different amounts of text "Bear with me in this long-winded and fragrant metaphor; for you will find that almost all the virtues of the perfect wine-glass have a parallel in typography."

Fanned-out pile of "pages" looking like open spreads from a book, on the left is the word "Be"and the right page shows text "Bear with me in this long-winded and fragrant metaphor; for you will find that almost all the virtues of the perfect wine-glass have a parallel in typography."

Genuary Day 29: Grid-based graphic design.

#genuary #genuary29 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

large colorful capital letters scrolling up, spelling DOOM

Colorful letters spell DOOM or MOOD in overlapping yellow, pink, and light and dark blue

Colorful letters spell DOOM or MOOD in overlapping yellow, pink, and light and dark blue

Colorful letters spell DOOM or MOOD in overlapping yellow, pink, and light and dark blue

Genuary Day 28: Infinite Scroll.

Doom Scroll.

#genuary #genuary28 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Dense plaid-like pattern of reds, blues, and purples

Unusual black shape made from overlapping thick red and blue squiggly shapes

Unusual black shape made from overlapping red and blue thick squiggly lines

Dense plaid-like pattern of reds, blues, and purples

Genuary Day 27: Make something interesting with no randomness or noise or trig.

Same code, different scales.

#genuary #genuary27 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

I use p5.js: p5js.org, This particular sketch is made with the beginShape() function, I created a bunch of vertices within two for loops so it connects one line between a ton of points. thecodingtrain.com is a great resource to learn more about creative coding!

Dense kaleidoscope image made from overlapping red and blue text on white: history doesn't repeat but it often rhymes

Dense kaleidoscope image made from overlapping red and blue text on white: history history history

Dense kaleidoscope image made from overlapping red and blue text on white: again and again

Image made from overlapping red and blue text on white: history repeats

Genuary Day 26: Symmetry.

“History Doesn't Repeat Itself, but It Often Rhymes” – Mark Twain

#genuary #genuary26 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Dense white line on red resembling a shredded, crumbling tapestry or flag

Dense white line on dark blue resembling a shredded, crumbling tapestry or flag

Dense red line on white resembling a shredded, crumbling tapestry or flag

Dense dark blue line on white resembling a shredded, crumbling tapestry or flag

Genuary Day 25: One line that may or may not intersect itself

#genuary #genuary25 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Dense pattern of overlapping blue and red rectangles, slightly off-balance

Pattern of overlapping blue and red rectangles, slightly off-balance

Dense pattern of overlapping blue and red rectangles, slightly off-balance

Pattern of overlapping blue and red rectangles, slightly off-balance

Genuary Day 24: Geometric art - pick either a circle, rectangle, or triangle and use only that geometric shape.

#genuary #genuary24 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Slightly transparent graphic representation of a brutalist building made from overlapping cubes at different angles and heights. Dark blue background, bright red ground at the bottom.

Slightly transparent graphic representation of a brutalist building made from overlapping cubes at different angles and heights. Dark blue background, bright red ground at the bottom.

Slightly transparent graphic representation of a brutalist building made from overlapping cubes at different angles and heights. Dark blue background, bright red ground at the bottom.

Slightly transparent graphic representation of a brutalist building made from overlapping cubes at different angles and heights. Dark blue background, bright red ground at the bottom.

Genuary Day 23: Inspired by brutalism.

#genuary #genuary23 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Abstract composition of red-to-black gradients with a bright light in upper left corner

Abstract composition of overlapping red-to-purple-to-blue gradients intersecting

Dark abstract composition of black to red gradients with a bright light in the bottom right corner

Abstract composition of overlapping red to purple gradient with light at the top center

Genuary Day 22: Gradients only.

#genuary #genuary22 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Densely-packed image of infinite red, white, and blue circles saying "WTF", "ugh" (grunt), "sigh", and "USA"

Genuary Day 21: Create a collision detection system (no libraries allowed).

Circle packing of frustrations.

#genuary #genuary21 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

White columns in a circle collapse one-by-one into a dark blue on a red background.

White columns in a circle collapse one-by-one into a dark blue on a red background.

White columns in a circle collapse one-by-one into a dark blue on a red background.

White columns in a circle collapse one-by-one into a dark blue on a red background.

Genuary Day 20: Generative Architecture.

Sinking, collapsing columns in red, white, and blue.

#genuary #genuary20 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Geometric composition of mixed-up black and white checkerboard patterns slightly shifted forward and back in space

Geometric composition of mixed-up black and white checkerboard patterns slightly shifted forward and back in space

Geometric composition of mixed-up black and white checkerboard patterns slightly shifted forward and back in space

Geometric composition of mixed-up black and white checkerboard patterns slightly shifted forward and back in space

Genuary Day 19: Op Art.

#genuary #genuary19 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Flowing abstract composition in shades of blue, like quick-moving waves

Flowing abstract composition in shades of blue, like quick-moving waves

Flowing abstract composition in shades of blue, like quick-moving waves

Flowing abstract composition in shades of blue, like quick-moving waves

Genuary Day 18: What does wind look like?

#genuary #genuary18 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Series of dandelion-like circular shapes in black and yellow on white

Series of dandelion-like circular shapes in white and yellow on black

Series of dandelion-like circular shapes in white and black on yellow

Series of dandelion-like circular shapes in white and yellow on black

Genuary Day 17: What happens if pi=4?

#genuary #genuary17 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Overlapping triangles in a rainbow of pink through blue

Overlapping triangles in blues and greens

Overlapping triangles in orange, green and purple

Genuary Day 16: Generative palette.

#genuary #genuary16 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Circular shape with repeating patterns of red and green

Circular shape with repeating patterns of red and green

Circular shape with repeating patterns of red and green

Circular shape with repeating patterns of red and green

Genuary Day 15: Design a rug.

Exploring round rug concepts.

#genuary #genuary15 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Black and white symmetrical composition resembling a kaleidoscope or geometric Rorschach test

Black and white symmetrical composition resembling a kaleidoscope or geometric Rorschach test

Black and white symmetrical composition resembling a kaleidoscope or geometric Rorschach test

Black and white symmetrical composition resembling eyes

Genuary Day 14: Pure black and white. No gray.

#genuary #genuary14 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Bird-like abstract composition made from triangles

Bird-like abstract composition made from triangles

Bird-like or vegetable-like abstract composition made from triangles

Bird-like abstract composition made from triangles

Genuary Day 13: Triangles and nothing else.

#genuary #genuary13 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Quilt-like dense pattern of textured rectangles in blue, orange, and green

Quilt-like dense pattern of textured rectangles in blue, orange, and green

Quilt-like dense pattern of textured rectangles in blue, orange, and green

Quilt-like dense pattern of textured rectangles in blue, orange, and green

Genuary Day 12: Subdivision.

#genuary #genuary11 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Dense pattern of blue overlapping square checkboxes

Dense pattern of blue overlapping square checkboxes

Pattern of blue overlapping square checkboxes

Pattern of blue overlapping square checkboxes

Genuary Day 11: Impossible day - Try to do something that feels impossible for you to do.

What's impossible? Completing everything on my to-do list.

#genuary #genuary11 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

abstract composition of lines made from dense overlapping shapes in green

abstract composition of lines made from dots in purple

abstract composition of lines made from dots of purple, yellow, and green

abstract composition of dense overlapping green and black

Genuary Day 10: You can only use TAU in your code, no other number allowed.

#genuary #genuary10 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Simple repeating pattern of circles and curved lines in dark blues on teal

repeating pattern of purple and teal dots with short lines on light blue

Flower-like geometric repeating pattern of purple and green dots

Simple repeating pattern of purple and green on a purple background

Genuary Day 9: The textile design patterns of public transport seating.

#genuary #genuary9 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

10 columns of tightly packed overlapping dots, in a color palette and style resembling a pointillist painting by Georges Seurat

10 columns of tightly packed overlapping dots, in a color palette and style resembling a pointillist painting by Georges Seurat

10 columns of tightly packed overlapping dots, in a color palette and style resembling a pointillist painting by Georges Seurat

10 columns of tightly packed overlapping dots, in a color palette and style resembling a pointillist painting by Georges Seurat

Genuary Day 8: Draw one million of something.

#genuary #genuary8 #generativeart #creativecoding #p5js

Knit-like pattern made of purple "less than" and "greater than" symbols

Knit-like pattern made of blue "less than" and "greater than" symbols, thin to thick to thin to thick to thin

Knit-like pattern made of blue "less than" and "greater than" symbols in darker, lighter, and darker shades

Knit-like pattern made of pink "less than" and "greater than" symbols in increasingly darker shades

Genuary Day 7: Use software that is not intended to create art or images.

Bass pattern images created in google docs.

#genuary #genuary7 #generativeart