Joseph Sim
Adjunct Faculty
MFA, Cranbrook Academy of Art; MS, Illinois State University; BFA Illinois State University
Exploring the connection of learning experiences with visual language, particularly spacial recognition in the visual arts and the effects of learning differences in visual perception.
Professional Experience
Professional art installation specialist and collection service active in southeastern Michigan. Clients included major corporations such, Compuware, Honigman, Jaffe-Raitt-Heuer & Weiss and Mercedes-Benz Financial Services. Sim also teaches at Oakland Community College where, besides teaching art, he developed a new course devoted to the culture and history of ancient Egypt. Throughout the 1990s, Sim was instrumental in the the development of a new impact floor design incorporating recycles shoes, SmartCells, created to minimize impact related injuries and fatigue reduction.
Significant Publications, Presentations and Exhibitions
National Geographic, “Earth Almanac”, Vol. 192, No. 3, September, 1997
CNN Earth Matters, “Rebounding Sneakers”, June-July, 1996
CNN Headline News, June 7, 1996
