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

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.

A former merchant, Testa focuses on the relationship between people, products. She explores the impact of strategic changes in retail through internationalization, sustainability, channel shifts, and the employee experience.