Keynote Speakers

Amy Youngs, The Ohio State University

“Amy Youngs directs the Foundation Program and teaches in the art and technology area in the Department of Art. She uses electronics, kinetics, insects, plants and pixels to create artwork about the changing relationships between technology, nature and self.”

Learn more at: http://arts.osu.edu/2faculty/a_faculty_profiles/art_fac_profiles/youngs_amy.html

Julia Marshall, San Francisco State University “

Julia has been a practicing art educator for 27 years. She began her teaching career as an artist-in-the-schools when she worked with LEAP, Imagination in Learning in San Francisco, CA and as an artist-in-the-museum with The Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, and the Bay Area Children’s Museum in Sausalito, CA.”

Learn more at:
http://art.sfsu.edu/faculty/163/julia-marshall

Bruce Uhrmacher, Denver University

Bruce Uhrmacher is Professor of Education and Chair of Curriculum and Instruction, Morgridge College of Education. Research interests include alternative education, Waldorf schools, curriculum theory and practice, and understanding teaching, curriculum, and learning from artistic and aesthetic viewpoints.

Learn more at:
https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/port?portfolio=buhrmach

Sara Heimbecker, University of Northern Colorado

Sara Heimbecker, musicologist and cellist, recently received a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois. She completed her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at the University of Northern Colorado where she was recognized as an outstanding scholar and performer. After receiving a Fulbright Scholarship, Sara researched the music of Hans Rott, a contemporary of Gustav Mahler’s, in Vienna, Austria.

Learn more at:
http://www.unco.edu/arts/music/music_faculty/heimbecker.html