We are NERDA.

Jeromie Dorrance / Secretary, Connections Guru
I make art.
And I was most voted most likely to be abducted by aliens in high school.

Liberty Shellman / Treasurer, Photography Goddess

Liberty is a fine arts major and a political science major at Metro State in Denver. When she isn't making art, talking about art (and/or politics), traveling the world to further her art and her socio-political ideas, she saves puppies for a living and throws a ball for her dog.

Ryan Jay Pattie / VP, Graphic Design Sorcerer

Ryan Jay Pattie was born and raised in Denver Colorado. He studies Fine Arts with a concentration in Digital Art at Metropolitan State College. He enjoys creating and viewing design and artwork, as well as story telling and not math. His favorite color is a secret. He also has a beagle.

Salina Gomez / President, Visionary Witch
Art is in my blood.

Some days I'm exalted about where technology is going. Other days I fret about carbon-based existence and question whether my art is part of the problem or part of the solution. The best days occur when I believe every action is pregnant with potential and its rate of realization is positively correlated with passion output.

Art is the dance of creation.

Rebecca Dolan / Advisor to NERDA

Assistant Professor & Coordinator of Digital Art at Metropolitan State College of Denver
Rebecca Dolan is an artist, educator and curator who lives and works in Denver, CO. She holds an M.F.A. from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Photography and Digital Imaging and teaches and coordinates the Digital Art program at the Metropolitan State College of Denver. Her work has been screened and exhibited nationally in venues including the National Gallery Film Theater in Washington, D.C. and the Renaissance Society in Chicago.