Location: MECA Osher Hall (522 Congress Street, Portland, ME)

ALEXANDER ROSE | Creative Director at the Long Now Foundation | Art For the Next 10,000 Years

As the director of Long Now, Alexander Rose has facilitated projects such as the 10,000 Year Clock, The Rosetta Project, Long Bets, Seminars About Long Term Thinking, Long Server and countless others. Alexander shares several design patents on the 10,000 Year Clock with Danny Hillis, the first prototype of which is in the Science Museum of London. His experience also includes serving as an artist-in-residence at Silicon Graphics Inc., a project manager for Shamrock Communications, and a founding partner of Inertia Labs. Alexander has attended the Art Center College of Design and graduated with a bachelor of arts honors degree from Carnegie Mellon University in Industrial Design in 1995.

MECA’s Visiting Artist and Guest Lecture Series invites professional artists, educators, curators, thought leaders, and creative entrepreneurs to present on topics of interest and importance to the MECA community. All lectures in this series are open to the public at no charge. RSVPs to  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it are encouraged, as seating is limited. Call 207.699.5010 for more information.