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 Craig Harris is a composer, new media artist, writer and arts development consultant. Craig creates work for concert and multimedia performance, dance, theater, documentary film and art installation; his research focuses on creativity and communication. His work has appeared at many international festivals and conferences, and his writings have been published in several field publications. Craig's composition The Hill Has Something to Say, based on a poem by Rita Dove, was premiered at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hull in 2000 by soprano Renée Fleming. His book Art and Innovation, documenting collaborations between artists and research scientists at Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC), was released in 1999 by MIT Press. Craig received his Ph.D. and Master of Music degrees in Composition at Eastman School of Music.
In the 1980s Craig became immersed in the emerging digital arts revolution as a composer, as a developer of computer-based music resources, and as an advocate for interdisciplinary collaboration. In his roles as President of the International Computer Music Association and as Executive Director of the International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology, Craig helped to bring artists, researchers, educators and technology developers together to establish a more effective and inclusive development environment through international conferences and festivals, publishing and strategic partnerships. In 1993 he founded one of the Internet's first peer-reviewed journal, Leonardo Electronic Almanac (LEA), published by MIT Press, serving people who are interested in the realm where art, science and technology converge.
Craig is a creative facility consultant, helping institutions to develop new facilities and programs. He has been Interim Director and Managing Director at the Playwrights' Center in Minneapolis, MN, and has served as Executive Director for the Minneapolis-based dance theatre company - Ballet of the Dolls, and as Executive Director of the Ritz Theater Foundation, where he completed a major renovation project converting a dilapidated historic 900-seat movie theater into a 240-seat multi-use performing arts venue. He worked with the University of Michigan, helping them to launch their Center for Performing Arts and Technology; with the Eastman School of Music Computer Music Studio, where he helped to develop one of the first computer music studios in a professional conservatory environment in the country; and with media arts institutions in Holland and Brazil to develop new media resources and programs.
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