Ryan Clancy is a filmmaker, educator, and programmer. His current practice explores themes related to addiction and attempts to identify symbiotic rel...

Ryan Clancy is a filmmaker, educator, and programmer. His current practice explores themes related to addiction and attempts to identify symbiotic relationships between internal experiences and the outside world. He has exhibited work at various cinemas, festivals, and galleries throughout the world, including the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Bauhaus Museum-Dessau, the Detroit Institute of Arts, Maysles Documentary Center, Prismatic Ground, and the Winnipeg Underground Film Festival. His work has been written about in Architecture Daily, Hyperallergic, and Screen Slate. He received his MFA in Film, Video, Animation, and New Genres from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Alex Fogarty is a professor of Graphic & Interactive Design within the School of Media Arts, Design & Entertainment at MSUM. Alex has nearly 20 years ...

Alex Fogarty is a professor of Graphic & Interactive Design within the School of Media Arts, Design & Entertainment at MSUM. Alex has nearly 20 years of experience working in web, television, and print design and production. She started her career in visual arts in the early 1990's, working for startups in web and book production in New York. Shifting her focus to design for children’s television, Alex was a background and character designer for Nick Jr. programming from 1998 to 2010. Since beginning teaching in 2010, her focus has been design and interactive technology, integrating web, mobile, geospatial, and immersive media into her work. In 2016 she received the MSUM Excellence Award in both Service to Students, and Cultural Champion.

Professor Ryan Jackson is the Co-Chair of Media Arts, Design. He teaches recording arts, sound design, legal issues, and helps coordinate event suppor...

Professor Ryan Jackson is the Co-Chair of Media Arts, Design. He teaches recording arts, sound design, legal issues, and helps coordinate event support across campus through the Audio Production & Entertainment Management Program and University Events staff.