Qianqian (Q) Ye is a Chinese artist, creative technologist, and educator based in Los Angeles. Trained as an architect, she creates digital, physical, and social spaces that explore the relationships between technology and systems of power. Her recent collaborative project, The Future of Memory, received the Mozilla Creative Media Award. At the Processing Foundation, Qianqian serves as the Lead of p5.js, an open-source art and education platform that prioritizes access and diversity in learning to code, reaching over 5 million users. She teaches creative coding as an Adjunct Associate Professor at USC Media Arts + Practice and 3D Arts at Parsons School of Design. Most recently, she was a NYU ITP/IMA Project Fellow and a Senior Civic Media Fellow at the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab.
Qianqian Ye has been a guest on 1 episode.
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Episode 274: Qianqian Ye on p5.js
June 20th, 2025 | 33 mins 53 secs
Richard talks with artist and technologist Qianqian “Q” Ye about leading p5.js, open-source care work, decentralizing leadership, and building an inclusive, sustainable coding community.