CODAsummit: Art, Technology and Place
September 29 – October 1, 2026
Santa Fe, NM
Industry Presentations
20-minute presentations with top companies in the public art industry that collaborate with artists to create successful artwork installations. Six presentations, two tracks running simultaneously. See the agenda for the time and location of these presentations.
Extending Public Art into Immersive Digital Space
Leah Brown – IMX3
Public art is no longer limited to physical locations. This talk explores how IMX3 enables artists, cities, and institutions to preserve, expand, and reimagine public art for global audiences.
Transforming Public Space and the Monumental : Why Monumental delivers BIG!
Chen Huan – Jiangxi Toqine Metal Crafts
Leah Poller – Artist / Sculptor
Toqine, the world’s largest bronze art foundry, with 40 + years of experience in executing work at monumental scale is unparallelled when size matters and when delivering on time and on budget is mission-critical. The presentation will discuss the challenges of major artworks and solutions for successful collaborations among all involved.
The Last Train: Story Telling and Community Gathering Place in Ft Worth
Brian McCutcheon – President, Ignition Arts, LLC
Sedrick Huckaby – Artist / Painter
Sedrick Huckaby is an artist whose paintings and drawings metaphorically express universal themes of faith, family, community and heritage. He is also a founder of Kinfolk House, a collaborative project space that features exhibitions, events and educational programs in the Polytechnic Heights neighborhood of Ft. Worth. Ignition Arts will join Mr Huckaby in discussing his project “The Last Train”, a public artwork that is designed to symbolize a type of spiritual chariot that has come to take earthly citizens to a heavenly place and the impact of his work in the community.
The Expanded Image: Photography, Sound, and Spatial Experience
Gavin Downey – Group Product Manager at Epson America Inc.
Mona Kuhn – Photographer and Visual Artist
Gavin Downey from Epson America Inc. will introduce and discuss collaboration with artist Mona Kuhn, an internationally recognized photographer and visual artist celebrated for her poetic exploration of the human form, nature, and architecture. With exhibitions at leading museums around the world and an expanding practice in immersive visual installations, Mona’s work exemplifies the transformative power of art, technology, and storytelling.
A Carver and a Robot Walk into the Studio….
Mr Keppie – VP Art & Design, Monumental Labs
Chet Lubarsky – Sales Manager, Monumental Labs
Stone is one of humanity’s oldest materials. The machines shaping it are brand new. Join us to discover how our technology, carvers, and robots are all redefining what stone can do — and how that amplifies what you can conceive, create, and leave behind in the new machine age.
When Artists Ask for the Impossible: Engineering the Edge of Reality
Alireza Lahijanian – Co-Founder, Rbhu Engineering
Selinda Martinez – Co-Founder, Rbhu Engineering
Artists expand boundaries and dream up forms that defy physics and convention. This talk explores how engineers transform ambitious concepts into safe, buildable realities, balancing creativity with constraints through innovative systems, clear collaboration, and strategic problem-solving at the boundary of art and structure.
Reshaping Public Space Through Interaction
Hamie Robitaille – Co-Founder and Creative Director, TRANSVERSAL
Ganesh Baron Aloir – Co-Founder and Technology Director, TRANSVERSAL
Public spaces are often designed for movement rather than interaction. Through a selection of large-scale installations, TRANSVERSAL explores how immersive, responsive artworks can foster curiosity, participation, and human connection. This talk examines how interaction design and real-time technologies transform public spaces into shared experiences, revealing the role of interactive art in placemaking, cultural identity, tourism, and urban wellbeing.
Where Machine Precision Meets the Human Hand: The Atelier as Artist’s Studio
Christopher Testa – Director of Creative Partnerships, Johnson Atelier
For over 50 years, Johnson Atelier has mastered the delicate balance between technical precision and artistic intuition. But how do you truly collaborate with an artist without overshadowing their vision? In this presentation, we’ll explore the philosophy and practice of functioning as an extension of an artist’s studio, not a service provider. Using two concurrent commissions as case studies – Roberto Lugo’s “Alfarero del Barrio (Village Potter)” at Madison Square Park and Adrián Villar Rojas’s “First Gods, Lost Animals” at the Aspen Art Museum – we’ll unpack how the Atelier’s team works side-by-side with artists to amplify their creative ambitions.
Pushing the Conventions of Mosaic Fabrication
Ed Marquand – Owner and Creative Director, Tieton Mosaic
Tieton Mosaic designs and fabricates public art and mosaic murals. Its nimble and unusual approach to materials and technology are extending the creative possibilities available to the many artists, designers, and architects they work with. The studio has also changed the trajectory of the small town where it is located. Its inspirational story shows how the fabrication of artwork can be transformational to a small community.
Making the Immaterial: Fabricating “A Very Long Now”
Cory Constantine – CEO/Founder 900 North Studios
Alicia Eggert – Artist
Alicia Eggert and her fabrication partner 900 North Studios unpack the making of “A Very Long Now,” a public artwork in Fort Worth, Texas. They follow the project across three states — the conceptual ideas Eggert has developed over years, the physical realization of the sculpture, and its return to the immaterial as it lives on through audience interaction online. A look at the artist–fabricator relationship and the full arc of a contemporary public artwork.
The Material That Lets Public Art Be Ambitious Without Becoming a Liability
Andrew Sova – Principal, Winsor Fireform
Porcelain enamel is one of the rare public art materials that satisfies both artists and agencies. Winsor Fireform, founded in 1983 and trusted by LA Metro, Sound Transit, and MTA, will show how glass fused to steel delivers saturated color, photographic fidelity, precise line work, gloss, and dimensional depth, while giving facilities teams non-combustible, graffiti-resistant, scratch-resistant, UV-stable, low-maintenance performance backed by a 25-year fade warranty.
Thriving For Creativity: Unlocking Creative Potential in the Southwest
Shani Harvie – Creative Industries Division Director
Arlen Nelson – Creative Industries Coordinator
This presentation from the EDNM Creative Industries Division offers an upbeat glimpse into the evolving world of creative business across New Mexico. Attendees explore broad ideas about leveraging creative economic ecosystems alongside traditional development tools and business resources. The session highlights dynamic pathways for navigating opportunity and momentum within New Mexico’s creative landscape and the wider US Southwest.
September 29 – October 1, 2026 | Santa Fe, NM