Chelsea Cantrell is a Lecturer in Digital Arts & Sciences at the University of Florida's Digital Worlds Institute. She specializes in character animation, digital illustration, 2D animation, and virtual reality storytelling. Her work spans educational motion graphics, Netflix productions, and collaborative projects with institutions like the Florida Museum of Natural History. Education: BFA in Animation (Savannah College of Art and Design) and MFA in Illustration (SCAD). Her MFA thesis explored VR storytelling using traditional techniques in emergent media. Professional Experience: Motion graphics animator at Digital Worlds since 2015, art director for print publications, and freelance illustrator/animater. She teaches courses such as Digital Visualization, Principles of 2D Animation, and hosts workshops inviting industry professionals to engage students. Additional Work: Custom mural artist blending fantasy and nature themes, offering plein air painting, cyanotype services, and collaborative client-driven projects. Her murals emphasize storytelling through immersive visual narratives.
Dr. Moritz Riesenbeck is an academic staff member for fundamentals of design and prototyping at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart , focusing on architecture and design departments. His work bridges architecture , sound art , performance , and transdisciplinary practices , often exploring repetition as an artistic resource and spatial sound installations. Education: Academy Certificate and Master's from Düsseldorf Art Academy (2018–2022) Master's from Münster Art Academy (2013–2018) B.A. in Architecture from Münster School of Architecture (2011–2017) Riesenbeck's research integrates design prototyping , ambient music , and collaborative art projects . His publications and exhibitions emphasize site-specific installations , transdisciplinary collaborations , and experimental audio-visual formats . Recent projects include the Nakagin Series (2023) and Zerfallend (2022), which combine sound, architecture, and performance. Scientific Awards include the Kunstpreis Junger Westen (2024), Kunstpreis des Landtags NRW (2022), and the 74th International Bergischer Art Prize (2020). He co-founded About Repetition e.V. (2022) and contributes to the Sono-Kollektiv (2022–2024).
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Tomasz Dobiszewski is an Assistant Professor at the Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland, within the Faculty of Graphics and Media Art 's Media Art Department . He works across photography, video, and multimedia installations to explore perception limitations, time-space relationships, and digital-physical intersections. Education: MA from University of Arts in Poznań (2005), PhD from Eugeniusz Geppert Academy (2018) Key Research: Visual cognition, intermedia art, AI integration, and imperceptible phenomena visualization His artistic practice reveals a consistent exploration of perception paradoxes and media taming through projects like: Tracking the Sun (2022) - Using solar exposure to create negative-burned records Designations (2013) - Word-shaped lens photography based on Wittgensteinian concepts Blackout Group collaborations (2023) - 3D printing and AI experiments Scientific Awards: 2017 - Jerzy Grotowski Scholarship 2012 - Minister of Culture and National Heritage Scholarship His recent works showcase AI's artistic potential through projects like Album Primo-Avrilesque (2023) and The Sixth Obstruction (2024), while maintaining analog techniques in works such as Shadowplay (2010) and Palingenesis (2004).
Mary Shannon Johnstone is a tenured Professor of Art at Meredith College whose photographic work addresses animal overpopulation and ethical treatment. Her acclaimed projects include Landfill Dogs featuring shelter dogs at reclamation sites and Breeding Ignorance documenting euthanasia procedures. Johnstone's artistic practice combines documentary photography with social advocacy, creating visual narratives about roadside zoos, shelter systems, and interspecies relationships. Her work has been featured in ABC World News, CNN, and numerous exhibitions raising awareness about animal welfare. She holds an MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Her creative research extends to alternative processes including cyanotype memorials using animal ashes.
Michèle Lazenby is a Senior Lecturer (part-time) in Film and Photography at Sheffield Hallam University since 2008. Her practice bridges art and ecology through camera-less photography, sound, and installation. She holds a BA (Hons) Fine Art from Glasgow School of Art and an MSc Electronic Imaging from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art. Research interests include animism, interspecies communication, and phenomenological engagement with nature. She has led residencies in Mexico and Scotland, setting a world record for the longest camera obscura negative (8.5m) and documenting previously unknown insect behaviors. Her work appears in collections like the Wellcome Trust. Teaching focuses on BA Photography, guiding final-year independent projects and curating exhibitions such as 'Northern Light: Contemporary Landscape Photography' (2016). She co-founded the Media Arts Research Walking Group and participates in WREN (Wellbeing & Nature Engagement).
Cindy Stillwell is a Professor and Program Director of the MFA in Science & Natural History Filmmaking at Montana State University's School of Film & Photography within the College of Arts & Architecture. She is also affiliated with the Ivan Doig Center for the Study of the Lands and Peoples of the North American West and was previously a member of the University Film and Video Association from 2005 to 2023. Professor Stillwell earned her M.F.A. in Film from New York University in 1996 and her B.F.A. in Photography from the University of Georgia in 1991. Her work focuses on human and nonhuman relationships within the natural world, with particular attention to flora and fauna. She specializes in analog filmmaking techniques including hand processing super 8 and 16mm film, cameraless motion picture processes using cyanotype animation, and eco-processing techniques that utilize plant-based developers foraged on-site. Her recent creative output shows a strong trend toward environmental observation through alternative film processes, with numerous works exploring botanical subjects through hand-processed film techniques. She has created a distinctive body of work that bridges documentary, experimental, and personal essay forms, often incorporating mixed media approaches that blend film, photography, and painting. Emmy Award Nomination (2016) E. B. Craney Broadcasting Award (2016) Best Experimental Documentary, BZN International Film Festival (2021) Multiple artist residencies at MacDowell Colony, Ucross Foundation, and Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Selections at Sundance Film Festival, Museum of Modern Art, and international festivals worldwide Professor Stillwell actively mentors students through the MFA program she directs and maintains an active production schedule with numerous current projects including the 'Forget Me Not' series of flower films and 'Mojave Dreams,' an experimental documentary about Joshua Trees in the Mojave desert. Her work with Hybrid Media, LLC demonstrates her commitment to both artistic practice and practical film production. She leads the 'Forget Me Not' project, which involves growing a 'developers garden' of plants used to create eco-friendly film developers, and continues to explore the intersection of art, science, and environmental observation through her filmmaking practice.
