From Words to Art: Butte College Students Explore Human Creativity in prompt Exhibition

What happens when one student imagines a work of art, and another interprets the idea, bringing it to life through a different creative medium? That's the idea behind prompt, a collaborative student exhibition exploring creativity, artistic interpretation and the influence of artificial intelligence.

On display November 30 through December 10 in the Arts Building hallways at Butte College, prompt brings together students from a variety of creative disciplines in a project connected to this year's Book in Common, The AI Con.

The project began with Art History students describing imagined artworks through written prompts. Students in other creative disciplines then took those descriptions and transformed them into their own visual and musical interpretations.

The result is an exhibition that makes the creative process visible, showing how an initial idea can take on new meaning as it moves between people, disciplines and artistic mediums.

While the project explores the growing impact of artificial intelligence on the creative industries, its focus is firmly on the human side of creativity. prompt highlights the work, collaboration and authorship that can often go unseen in generative AI outputs. It also provides a space for students to experiment, play with ideas and express the wide range of perspectives they hold about AI and its role in creative work.

More than an exhibition, prompt is an opportunity to see what happens when students share ideas, take creative risks and build something together.

The community is invited to experience the exhibition and celebrate the students' work at a reception on Thursday, December 10, from noon to 3:00 p.m. The exhibition and reception are free and open to the public.

The event is ADA-compliant. Anyone requiring a specific accommodation or adjustment should contact the Arts/Performing Arts Departments at 530-895-2404 or 530-895-2994, or email jacobal@butte.edu or lanamsa@butte.edu at least five business days before the event.