Our Instructors - Boulder Digital Arts

Meet Our World-Class Instructors

Based in the technology mecca of Boulder, Colorado, BDA leverages the world-class talent in the area so that our students can learn from some of the best instructors in the world! All BDA instructors are working professionals who have deep knowledge and real-world experience and insights in the subjects they teach.

Chris Carruth

Christopher is an artist, technologist, and educator, who has been a Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder (CMCI, Information Science) for over 10 years. He draws from an interdisciplinary background in information science, digital culture, participatory design, and critical pedagogy. His current research interests, and practice, are related to the promise + peril, of an increasingly technologized world, with deep-learning and large-language models (Generative AI) being a key thread of interest.

Gretchen Troop

Gretchen's primary business is Gretchen Troop Photography, a wedding/portraiture/landscape/music photography business based in Boulder. In addition she runs a successful digital graphic design business, GT Digital Studio, specializing in Photoshop design, video production, animation, UI/UX, HTML and WordPress. Gretchen combines her passion for the landscape with her skills in photographing people, founded on her Bachelors of Science degree in Photography from Syracuse University. Gretchen is also a passionate teacher who brings both her deep knowledge and a fun interactive approach which helps her students retain what they learn.

Mike Scalisi

Mike Scalisi of Pixel Mill Studios is a skilled editor, director and motion graphics artist with over 8 years of professional experience creating everything from corporate videos to broadcast television series to feature length documentaries. In 2009 he worked as an editor and motion graphics artist on the Academy Award winning documentary "The Cove" which was produced right here in Boulder. Mike works daily with Adobe creative apps such as After Effects , Photoshop, and Premiere as well as Apple's Final Cut Studio to create visually stunning videos for local and international clients.