Biography Indigo Conat-Naar is an interdisciplinary artist whose work highlights the fleeting intersections of being, memory, and place that arise from encountering objects in the world. Conat-Naar’s practice begins with rigorous observation and reflection, pushing against the limits of perception to better understand the internal worlds of other people and objects. She grew up in St. Petersburg, …
Biography Claudia is a filmmaker, digital media artist and researcher who creates experimental narrative short films. Her work is designed to invite and challenge viewers to reconsider how we view our desires, fears and connections to each other. Claudia holds a BA in Video Production from Indiana University and a PhD in Technology from Purdue University where she …
Biography R.J. Maupin is a PhD student in Design History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her research focuses on American glass production during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with a particular interest in how glassblowing has been publicly enacted through demonstrations—both in industrial and studio contexts. Her research is grounded in her experiences working at a glass …
Biography Abegael Uffelman is a glass and mixed media artist, who connects optical illusions to societal disparities within identity, politics, and social interaction. Uffelman earned her BFA with a minor in art history from Tyler School of Art, Temple University in 2019. She has a passion for bridging communities with the arts and recently worked at …