Coding and the arts : connecting CS to drawing music animation and more While there are books that discuss the intersection of the arts and computer science (CS) there are none written for K 12 teachers that cover the content overlaps between CS and the arts beyond a single programming environment and that feature approaches and examples of practicing artists. Coding and the Arts fills that gap. CS sometimes gets a bad rap as dry isolated and uninteresting work the pursuit of analytically minded techies working alone. In reality programming is deeply creative and enables artists of all types to discover new ways to express themselves. In this book youll explore how to apply computation to stretch the possibilities in many art forms as well as how to pave the way for entirely new ones. By approaching programming tools as artistic media youll connect the dots between programming creativity and artistic expression. Along the way youll learn from a diverse set of computational artists and teachers who are using technology to push the bounds of traditional artistic media. The book also offers strategies for supporting students in developing as computational artists including the attitudes and practices that will help them as artists and computer scientists