The District House is a members only benefit of District216. Come and go as you please, meet amazing members + founders, and interact with speakers on a variety of topics.

Topic: "Mental Wellness through Art, Music, Movement and Writing"

Members are Free to attend The District House evenings, and are prioritized when we reach capacity.

Guests Welcome to purchase $50 tickets to The District House evenings.

Note: We will be filming the speaker for the District216 Change Your Lens Series. Refreshments provided.

Speaker: Marco Pinter

SPEAKER BIO

Marco Pinter works at the intersection of art and healthcare. He creates artwork and performances which fuse physical kinetic form with live visualizations. He is also the founder and CEO of MindClay, creating mental wellness interventions based in visual art, music, movement and writing. Pinter has a PhD in Media Arts and Technology from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and an undergraduate degree from Cornell University. His artistic research has been supported by grants from the David Bermant Foundation, the Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, the Santa Barbara Arts Collaborative, and the UC Institute for Research in the Arts. He has exhibited artwork and performances at cities around the world, including Dubai, New York, Montreal, Tehran, Hong Kong, Anaheim, San Diego and Santa Barbara. He was a founding engineer at InTouch Health, through its recent acquisition by Teladoc, the world's largest telehealth and tele-mental wellness company. He is also founder and co-curator of the Museum of Sensory & Movement Experiences, a Santa Barbara-based museum dedicated to interactive and media artworks. Pinter is a contributing author to The McGraw Hill Multimedia Handbook and The Ultimate Multimedia Handbook. He is an inventor on over 100 patents in the areas of live video technology, robotics, interactivity and telepresence.