As a featured event in the Adler Planetarium's Adler After Dark programming, VGA presents a panel discussion titled: Chicago Made Video Games as New Media Art.

Speakers include developer and Bit Bash lead curator Rob Lach, Northwestern University academic, graphic designer and game developer Whitney Pow, game developer and Video Game Art Gallery artist-in-residence William Chyr, and Bit Bash organizer, Pedagogical Game Developer, and Interactive Artist Brice Puls. The discussion is moderated by VGA Director of Exhibitions and Programs Chaz Evans. Together the group will ask: as video games evolve, how are Chicago game developers using this new artistic medium to create diverse, experimental and conceptual gaming experiences?

@Johnson Star Theater, Alder Planetarium, 1300 S Lake Shore Dr, Chicago, IL 60605