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Abhishek Tuiwala is a conceptual artist from Gujarat, India. After receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in sculpture, he was awarded a scholarship to attend the Pratt School of Art's Masters in Fine Arts program, where he was recognized as an exemplary student by the Dean and Chairperson. Abhishek specializes in metal works, wood works, installation and graphite drawings. He has been widely recognized in the art community for his masterful sculptures, earning numerous awards nationally and internationally. His sculptures have been featured in exhibitions across the US, India and South Korea, and he has received scholarships, grants and publications.

Beth Shook considers herself a native of the southwest, having lived her most reckless and influential years in El Paso, Texas. She earned her BFA from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1985. Under the instruction of the most accomplished professors, she discover clay, developed her skills as a craftsman, and a near obsession with the drawn line. In 1990, she received her MFA in Ceramics from Arizona State University. She recently returned to drawing - her first love. Her teaching career spanned 30 years with the Maricopa Community Colleges. Ms. Shook maintains a studio in Gilbert, Arizona.

Harry Leeds is a writer and registered nurse. When he isn't slinging meds on the floor, he publishes works in the likes of FENCE and the Black Warrior Review. He edits Mumbermag with DA Powell. He had an honorable mention in Best American Essays. He lived in Eastern Europe for a few years, including Albania. He's got a memoir in verse about nursing and a regular memoir about Eastern Europe. There was an MFA from the University of Florida too.

Janelle Cordero is an interdisciplinary artist and educator living in Spokane, WA. Her writing has been published in dozens of literary journals, including Harpur Palate, Autofocus and Hobart, while her paintings have been featured in venues throughout the Pacific Northwest. Janelle is the author of four books of poetry, including Impossible Years (Vegetarian Alcoholic Press, 2022).

Kevin Sloan (b.1958, Des Moines, IA) is a Denver-based artist working in acrylic on canvas and recently, mixed media sculpture. Sloan’s work investigates the relationship between the natural world's marvel and the modern era’s blunt reality, using observed and invented environments and objects. He earned a BFA from Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, and an MFA from the University of Arizona. His work is found in numerous private and public collections worldwide including the Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Tucson Museum of Art; Museum of Fine Arts Santa Fe; and the Tampa Museum of Art, Florida.

L.I. Henley hails from the Mojave Desert of California. A visual artist and writer, she is the author of many books including Starshine Road, which won the 2017 Perugia Press Prize, and the poetry and art book From the moon, as I fell with artist Zara Kand. A childhood spent in the desert attracted her to the risk, disappointment, and surprise of mixed media. Her artwork has appeared in Waxwing, Thrush, The Indianapolis Review, Candyfloss, Arthole, Adroit, Up the Staircase Quarterly, and Meat for Tea. She is the creator of Paper Dolls & Books.

Rose B. Simpson (b. 1983, Santa Clara Pueblo, NM) has a BFA and an MA in Creative Writing from the Institute of American Indian Art, and an MFA from RISD. Her work is in museum collections of the Denver Art Museum; ICA Boston; Guggenheim, NY; MCA Chicago; MFA Boston; Pomona College Museum of Art, Claremont, CA; Portland Art Museum, OR; Princeton University Art Museum; and SFMOMA. Simpson has had recent solo exhibitions at ICA Boston; The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia; and the Nevada Art Museum, Reno. Simpson lives and works on her ancestral homelands of Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico. Rose. B Simpson's Collection of Work

Tom Eckert received his M.F.A. degree from Arizona State University, His sculptural pieces, include laminating, bending, carving, turning and painting. He exhibited in over 300 national and international exhibitions since 1966.