• Read more about Meki J Toalepai

Meki is an individual artist who is diversified in traditional cultural arts and mainstream arts. He is an accomplished musician, singer, dancer, emcee, speaker and cultural ambassador who uses his artistic abilities for education, entertainment and instruction. He also serves as the Director of Meki's Tamure Polynesian Arts Group, Inc. which is a 501c3 nonprofit whose mission is to perpetuate the cultural arts of Polynesia. Meki is also the Director of Island Breeze Band which is a cover band providing music for all occasions.

• Read more about Mandy Morrison

Mandy Morrison uses aspects of narrative to create video and performance work that explore how the body projects itself in varying contexts. Her performance, video and film pieces have been exhibited and screened internationally in galleries, museums, and festivals including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the Kunstlerhaus e.V., Hamburg, and CINESONIKA in Vancouver. Her work has been written about in Artforum, Frieze magazine, the New Art Examiner, Szene Hamburg and Art Papers.

• Read more about PLANTA

My present artistic inquiry explores the visceral and analytical impact of narrative and aesthetic forms. My images are provoked by identity, ancient narrative and colloquial expression. My work is also inspired by the aesthetics and influences of popular culture, cinema, celebrity, music and social media. 

• Read more about Dave Martinek

I begin my work on a granular level to rebelliously find within myself the rough and the unsocialized facts of my own fears and human nature to embrace, hug, kiss, and bring to the surface of my work by creating a partnership with the piece I am courting.

• Read more about Krissy

Krissy Harris (they/them) is a dance artist and educator based in Maryland. They hold a MFA in Dance from the University of Maryland School of Theatre, Dance, & Performance Studies, where their dance research branched out into Women, Gender, and Sexuality studies, Journalism studies, and Digital Interdisciplinary Art Practice. They have a passion for dance teaching to a broad range of experience levels and age populations.