Spotlight on Students and Faculty

March 2025

Student Spotlight

Join Us at SURCA 2025!

Congratulations to our students showcasing their work at SURCA this year! We invite you to support their projects on March 24, 2025, from 3:30–4:45 PM in the CUB Senior Ballroom.

Featured projects from our students:

Tessiture in Bloom

A Virtual Reality (VR) experience exploring storytelling, spatial design, and music as catalysts for emotional transformation by Quinn Carrick (Director / Project Manager); Zach Heller (Lead Engineer), Midori Davis (Writer / Composer), Jaret Benson (3D Modeler), Evan Leyden (Lead Designer), Autumn Pierce (UX UI Designer/ Composer), Maya Gibbs (Level Designer / Composer).

Programming a Method for Documenting NetProv

Programming a Method for Documenting NetProv by James Lesperance. This project was awarded the Research Fellowship in April2024 and produced in open Web languages; the project provides a method for documenting Netprov performances as data visualizations. It was applied to Rob Wittig’s Grace, Wit, and Charm and can be viewed at The NEXT.

Faculty Spotlight

Faculty member Jacob Riddle currently has work being exhibited in Euphoria Starts Now, a group exhibition featuring 25 artists from the 2024 Open AIR MT Artist Residency. The exhibition will be on view at Bob’s Your Uncle in Missoula as part of Open AIR’s annual group show, celebrating diverse artistic voices.

Congratulations to Professor Dene Grigar on her inspiring TEDxTalk, “Making the Real Virtual and the Virtual Real,” presented on March 8. Her work continues to push the boundaries of digital storytelling and electronic literature, offering new insights into the evolving relationship between physical and virtual experiences.

Dene Grigar presenting her TedX Talk.

Showcase Opportunity

Students, if you are interested in having your work published in our department monthly newsletter, please submit a short bio and high-quality images.

If you are DTC Faculty and would like to be featured in the next faculty spotlight, please submit to: Application for the Faculty Spotlight.