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Deana Igelsrud (She/Her)

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Deana Igelsrud is a Legislative & Political Advocate helping the Concept Art Association in their advocacy to protect human artists & creators from predatory extraction of their intellectual property, which is used as "data fuel" for unregulated GenAI. Most people know her as the Co-Chair for the Legislative Action Committee for the Los Angeles County Democratic Party (LACDP) which represents more than 3 million registered Democrats in LA County. She has a degree in Broadcast Electronic Communication Arts from SFSU (Magna Cum Laude ’96), with an emphasis in Directing & Producing. She was a Production Designer on a number of indie films, and has worked in both PR and in the Commercials Art Department at VFX powerhouse Industrial Light & Magic. As a graphic designer, she has designed political mail for several winning campaigns, and her team at LACDP won three National AAPC Pollie Awards. Her husband and brother-in-law are illustrators in the entertainment industry, and her stepfather is a professional guitarist. “Pretty much my entire family and everyone I know and love and care about is directly affected by this, so how could I not be involved.” #SupportHumanArtists #NoAI

PARTICIPANT SCHEDULE

The Fight for Artists Against GenAI

Ballroom G | Karla Ortiz | Mia Araujo | Ben Y. Zhao | Deana Igelsrud

This panel will cover the victories and challenges the art community has faced in the world of GenAI and the tools (Glaze, Nightshade, Hemlock) that can help us.

Each one of these panelists has helped shape the fight against unethical GenAI scraping and corporate overreach. Listen to how you can also join the fight to protect artists rights, human rights and combat overreaching and unethical GenAI

This panel’s guests are Ben Zhao (Professor at U of C + Creator of Glaze and Hemlock), Karla Ortiz Artist right’s advocate, plaintiff and Concept Artist for Film and games and Deana Igelsrud (Legislative & Political Advocate, Concept Art Association)

Moderated by Mia Araujo

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