My name is Joseph Sossi.  This is my first blog started in my first class, New Media, New Forms.  I am currently enrolled in the Masters in Art and Art Education with Initial Certification program at Teacher's College.  I received my BFA from SUNY Purchase with a concentration in painting.  Since then, I have been active as a painter and currently work out of my small studio in Brooklyn.  Although I have friends who are working with new media in one form or another, I have very limited experience with using new technologies in art.  My only real experience is with simple tasks with GIMP and Inkscape though even then, the work wasn't itself part of the art but in some way as support to my paintings or pictures.  I am super excited to learn about new media and how we can use these new resources as materials for projects and learning.