Ron Hutt is an internationally active artist whose recent locationally based live performances, titled Volume, are a lavishly layered mix of video, animation and sound that reveal his creative process to the audience. In tandem to his career an artist and digital, visual and auditory strategist, Hutt worked professionally as an Art Therapist and Director of the Adjunct Therapies Department at Michael Reese Hospital, Chicago. After graduating from the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) with an M.F.A in Art and Technology Hutt taught courses at SAIC in digital imaging and web design. At the University of Rhode Island (URI) Hutt achieved the rank of Full Professor with notable achievements including authoring a Digital Art and Design curriculum for the Art and Art History Department, a program which included courses in 2D digital imaging and animations, web design, mobile app game design, and 3D modeling in MAYA.