Selected Honors, Awards, & Speaking Engagements

2023

Artist Talk: The Endless Mile (Another Line of Becoming), Expanded Animation Symposium, Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria; Sept 8 — 10

Invited Speaker: The Art of Expanded Animation, ACM SIGGRAPH 2023 Conference; Los Angeles, CA; Aug 6 — 10

Invited Speaker: Lightning Fields: Blockchains, NFTs, and the Future of Digital Arts Practice, ACM SIGGRAPH 2023 Conference; Los Angeles, CA; Aug 6 — 10

Moderator/ Organizer: Finding Appeal: Creative Careers in Animation, Computer Graphics, and Interactive Techniques, ACM SIGGRAPH 2023 Conference; Los Angeles, CA; Aug 6 — 10

Moderator/ Organizer: The Phantasmagoric Dispositif: Collapsing Time and Space, ACM SIGGRAPH SPARKS (Short Presentations of Artworks & Research for the Kindred Spirit); Jun 30

Artist Talk: Effervescent Shadow Bazaar, Society for Animation Studies, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ; Jun 12 — 16

Artist Talk: The Endless Mile (Another Line of Becoming), MODE Summit 2023, Moore College of Art & Design, Philadelphia, PA; Jun 8 — 10

Invited Speaker: Effervescent Shadow Bazaar: An Immersive Art and Music Experience, ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Innovation, Research, and Experiences in Education (SOIREE); Jan 27

2022

Visiting Artist / Guest Critic: Yale University School of Art; Dec 1—2

Moderator/ Organizer: NFTs and the Non-fungible Experience, ACM SIGGRAPH SPARKS (Short Presentations of Artworks & Research for the Kindred Spirit); Sept 30

Panelist: The Accursed Share of Non-fungibles: What NFTs and Blockchains Suggest for Arts Practice, Pedagogy, and the General Economy, ACM SIGGRAPH 2022 Conference; Vancouver, BC.  Aug 8 — 11

Moderator/ Organizer: Onward! Creative Careers in Animation, Computer Graphics, and Interactive Techniques, ACM SIGGRAPH 2022 Conference; Vancouver, BC.  Aug 8 — 11

Invited Speaker: The Bully Puppet: Caricature, Parody, and Satirical Animation Against a Tyranny of Images, University Film & Video Association Annual Conference, SUNY Fredonia, NY; July 25 — 30

Artist Talk: Animation Unlocked, Society for Animation Studies, Teeside University, Middlesbrough, UK; June 26 — July 3

Moderator/ Organizer: Experimental and Expanded Animation: Exploring Artistic Possibilities, ACM SIGGRAPH SPARKS (Short Presentations of Artworks & Research for the Kindred Spirit); May 27

Invited Speaker: Expanding the Integrative Design, Arts and Technology Network, ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Innovation, Research, and Experiences in Education (SOIREE); May 13

Host: SIGGRAPH Spotlight Podcast; Apr 4

2021

Visiting Artist / Guest Critic: Yale University School of Art; Dec 13—14

Invited Speaker: animaScapes: Animation and Beyond Symposium, CINANIMA International Animated Film Festival of Espinho, Portugal; Nov 9

Artist Talk: University of Tampa, Department of Film, Animation, and New Media; Sept 20

Session Chair: Taking the Leap, ACM SIGGRAPH 2021 Conference; Aug 9—13

Panelist: Birds of a Feather: Massive Collaborative Animation Projects, ACM SIGGRAPH 2021 Conference; Aug 9—13

Artist Talk: University Film & Video Association Virtual Conference, University Film & Video Association. July 27 – 30

Artist Talk: Animate Energies, Society for Animation Studies; Jun 15

Invited Speaker: MODE Summit 2021, Boston, MA/Virtual; Jun 10

Artist Talk: Yale University School of Art, Digital Animation; Apr 13

Artist Talk: Tyler School of Art, Temple University; Apr 7

2020

Artist Talk: Vision 20/20: Hindsight, Insight, and Foresight in XR and Immersive Learning Virtual

Conference, Immersive Learning Research Network Virtual Conference. Jun 21–25

Panelist: University Film & Video Association Virtual Conference, University Film & Video Association. Jul 26-31

Panelist: Birds of a Feather: Massive Collaborative Animation Projects, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2020 Conference; Daegu, South Korea. Dec 10

Panelist: Birds of a Feather: Massive Collaborative Animation Projects, ACM SIGGRAPH 2020 Conference; Los Angeles, CA. Aug 27

Artist Talk: Spring Lecture Series, Carnegie Mellon University School of Art; Pittsburgh, PA. Feb 25

Curator Talk: Real Strange: How Real-time Graphics are Transforming Art Practice, Artspace New Haven, CT. Feb 29

Speaker: Creative Thinkers Summit, Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ; February 1, 2020

Speaker: The Future of Creativity: A Dialogue with CMU Faculty, Los Angeles, CA; January 30, 2020

2019

Speaker: Strange Loops, Curators Talk, Artspace New Haven, CT; December 14, 2019

Speaker: “Labyrinths: An Exhibition Platform for Artists in Virtual Reality,” MODE Summit, Wellington, New Zealand

Design/Publications Chair and Panel Moderator: IEEE Games, Entertainment, and Media Conference, New Haven, CT

2018

Visiting Artist: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

Visiting Artist: The New School / Parsons, New York, NY

2017

Panelist: "Re-Animators," B3 Biennial of the Moving Image, Frankfurt, Germany

Visiting Artist Lecture: Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA

Panelist: "Massive Collaborative Animation Project," SIGGRAPH 2017 Conference, Los Angeles, CA

Panelist: "Blended Reality Future," EDUCAUSE Annual Conference, Philadelphia, PA

2016        

Visiting Artist Lecture: Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Visiting Artist Lecture: Landmark College, Putney, VT

Lightning Round Speaker: Yale Tech Summit, New Haven, CT

2015        

Arts Chair and Panel Moderator: IEEE Games, Entertainment, and Media Conference, Toronto, Ontario

Teaching Artist in Residence: Hui No'eau, Maui, HI

Visiting Artist Lecture: Lyme Academy College of Fine Art, Lyme, CT

2014         

Teaching Artist in Residence, Hui No’eau, Maui, HI

Artist Fellowship, Connecticut Office of the Arts, CT

2013        

Visiting Artist Lecture: Norwalk Community College, Norwalk, CT