AI, CODE, & ART Summer Institute 2025:
STUDENT Showcase

AI, Code, & Art Summer Institute is a pre-college program exploring the social impacts and possibilities of making with software. Led by software artists Lauren Lee McCarthy and Casey Reas, Social Software is housed with the Department of Design | Media Arts at UCLA, one of the nation’s top art and tech departments offering a comprehensive, multidisciplinary education in media creation, which fosters individual exploration and innovative thinking.

The institute culminates in a final exhibition and the creation of portfolio-ready work that students can include in college applications for related fields. You can see some of this work below!

The 2025 session offered two tracks: AI & Art and Code & Art.

Instructional Team:

• Aurora Mititelu - Instructor, AI & Art

• Chelly Jin - Instructor, Code & Art

• Dina Alkhateeb - Program Assistant, AI & Art

• Caroline Park - Program Assistant, Code & Art

Explore the 2025 cohort’s projects below: