Presenters
Dr. Rebecka Black (Art History, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design)
Becky is an art history educator who holds a Ph.D. in Art History and Education from The University of Arizona. She is a generalist whose art historical research focuses on issues of power and identity in British commissioned depictions of World War I, World War II and the Holocaust. Becky has taught art history, art education, and art appreciation courses since 2013 and has extensive museum experience, working with the Menil Collection, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Jewish History Museum and Holocaust History Center in Tucson, Arizona, and Historic Denver’s Molly Brown House Museum.
R. Alan Brooks (Creative Writing, Regis University)
R. Alan Brooks teaches graphic novel writing for Regis University’s MFA program, and Lighthouse Writers Workshop. He’s the author of “The Burning Metronome” and “Anguish Garden” - graphic novels featuring social commentary. His award-winning weekly comic for The Colorado Sun, “What’d I Miss?” has been praised for its direct engagement with social issues. His TED Talk on the importance of art reached 1 million views in 2 months. His graphic novel work is featured in the Denver Art Museum's renovated Western exhibit. He hosts the Denver Museum of Contemporary Art's "How Art Is Born" podcast, as well as his own “MotherF**ker In A Cape” comics podcast, and has written comic books for Pop Culture Classroom, Zenescope Entertainment, and more.
Sean Brown (Animation and Game Art, Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design)
I am a technical artist. I can create the image on paper, and build the computer with which I then use to create the 3D model. Then off to texture mapping and rigging which precedes my true love, animation. At heart, I am a problem solver who just happens to be an artist as well. Let me tell ya, it is a beautiful combination. From commercials to architectural visualization, product development, game development, and mobile app development, as a Tech artist I usually meander between problems to solve.
Alyse Knorr (English Department, Regis University)
Alyse Knorr writes poetry, fiction and non-fiction through her perspective as a Southern queer woman. Alyse Knorr writes poetry, fiction and non-fiction through her perspective as a Southern queer woman. Her writing employs hybrid narrative forms such as the novel-in-verse and offers innovative new approaches to character, setting and the lyric address. In her scholarly work, Knorr researches the historical lineage of women’s erotic writing and the ways that sincerity is coded, revealed and intellectualized in literature by queer women.\Her non-fiction book Super Mario Bros. 3(Boss Fight Books 2016) blends memoir, academic research, and investigative journalism to tell the story of one of the most influential video games of all time.
Neal Schlein (Librarian, Regis University; Associate, Denver Museum of Miniatures, Dolls and Toys)
Neal is a Research Support Librarian with Regis University with extensive experience working in public libraries as a presenter. He enjoys games of all sorts.