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Born 1983 in No Water Mesa, Arizona, Melissa S. Cody is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. In 2007, Cody received a bachelor’s degree in Studio Arts and Museum Studies from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Born in China and currently based in the United States, Hong Hong works across image-making, writing, and movement through repetition, disruption, duration, accumulation, limitation and translation.

Paul Andrew Wandless is an artist, author and educator. Wandless's sculptures and prints feature ceramic processes, printmaking methods, and a wide variety of sculptural techniques and mediums.

Roberto Benavidez is a figurative sculptor specializing in the piñata form. Originally from Texas, Benavidez moved to California in 2000 and took night classes in bronze casting at Pasadena City College. He later switched to paper, a more accessible material than bronze, ultimately deciding to focus on the piñata technique.

Loretta Pettway Bennett is a direct descendent of Dinah Miller, the earliest quilter from Gee's Bend, Ala., whose name is known today. Bennett continues to create handstitched quilts in the tradition taught to her by her mother, Qunnie Pettway, and passed down through her family for many generations.