Ariel Baron Robins is an artist, educator, and curator with more than a decade of teaching experience in digital art, video, and animation. She began teaching digital art at Florida Atlantic University in 2011 and has taught at Miami Dade College, Broward College, Florida International University, Hillsborough Community College, and the University of South Florida. Her courses examine animation within contemporary fine art and its development in the post internet era. Her pedagogy emphasizes the relationship between technology and fine art through self directed learning, peer teaching, and critique based practice. She integrates emerging tools including generative AI, AR, and metaverse platforms, guiding students to explore new visual languages while critically examining how these technologies shape artistic production. Baron Robins holds an MFA in Interdisciplinary Studies from the University of South Florida and a BFA in Painting and Drawing from the University of Mississippi. She is a Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor at Florida International University, Curator in Residence at Lynn University NFT Art Museum and on the board of trustees at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami.
