Mia Araujo (She/Her)

Friday 10/24, 2:30PM-3:30PM

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

Sunday 10/26, 1:15PM-2:15PM

Finding Your Career on the Unbeaten Path

Room 107 | Lauren A Brown | Mia Araujo | Chrystin Garland | Shof | Brie E Henderson

This panel explores the less common ways to enter into the arts and entertainment industries, tailored specifically to a person’s individual skills/interests rather than the common fields most young professionals know and explore (character design/modeling, vis dev, concept art, animation, etc). Each panelist has found their way into their careers via more unconventional paths and methods, and have remained flexible in their field to find their own measure of success and joy.