Rulon-Maxwell had been teaching and performing professionally in the Valley since relocating to Arizona in 2005.

Roddy Nikpour is a Phoenix native and ASU alum. He works in public radio, teaches classes primarily in audio production, and helps administer online course instruction for the Cronkite School.

Melby is an accomplished producer, actress, and director as well as owner and head coach of Verve Studios.

Mikey Foster Estes is an artist and writer working across film/video, installation, photography, sculpture, and sound. Since Fall 2019 he has served as director of Gallery 100, Harry Wood Gallery, and Step Gallery.

Shawn Lawson is an artist creating the computational sublime. He live-codes real-time computer graphics and machine learning neural nets with his open source software. Lawson’s work critiques technology's impact on society.

Critically acclaimed performer, author and social engagement artist, RobertFaridKarimi, designs interactive immersive game-performance experiences to spark players to imagine worlds of mutual community nourishment.