Wayne Adams
Wayne Adams is a Brooklyn-based artist who received his B.F.A. from Calvin College and M.F.A. from Washington University in St. Louis in 2000. Adams has exhibited throughout the Midwest, New York and Vienna, Austria. Recent shows include, “The Strange Place,” Alogon Gallery, Chicago, IL (2008); "Really?" New York Center for Art and Media Studies, NYC (2007); Pole Position, Brooklyn, NY (2006). Adams co-founded umami clothing company in 2008.Vito Aiuto
Vito was born in Tecumseh, Michigan, and attended Western Michigan University where he developed a love for writing poetry. His first book of poems, Self-Portrait as Jerry Quarry, was published by New Issues Press in 2002. A self-described agnostic, Vito experienced a spiritual conversion at the age of 20 and soon after enrolled at Princeton Theological Seminary to study theology and prepare for ordained ministry. Currently he is the senior pastor of Resurrection Presbyterian Church, a church he planted in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY, in 2005.The Reverend Thomas Vito Aiuto and his wife Monique, have performed and recorded as The Welcome Wagon.
Alf Bishai
Alf is a composer and music theorist who teaching at NYU. His score for The Dueling Accountant won "Best Score" at the Long Island International Film Expo. He is currently the music director of Trinity Grace Church in Chelsea.Squire Broel
Squire Broel is an artist, designer and illustrator creating a language of hopefulness and beauty amidst our frenetic, culturally -driven reality in materials as diverse as canvas, wood bronze, fabric, and glass. Broel works in series and repetition to delve into the subjects and themes of his art; ever-working to distill the spirit of the thing.Broel's work is in numerous private and public collections throughout the US and he has participated in solo and group exhibitions throughout the Pacific Northwest, Canada, Austria, Vietnam, China and Indonesia.
While his work is exhibited internationally, Broel lives and works in Walla Walla, Washington. His current work continues in a variety of dimensions to explore the derivations of his abstract floral paintings. Moving between works of large-scale and diminutive stature celebrates the inherent physicality of the creative process itself, and how changes in process build and affect meaning.
John Farkas
John Farkas graduated from the University of Wisconsin in 1988 with degrees in Theatre and English. He and his wife Renee then joined the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ where John developed special projects and directed creative communication for FamilyLife. In 1995 he was invited to serve as the Pastor of Creative Arts at Fellowship Bible Church in Little Rock, Arkansas. He now works in Nashville continuting to serve the Arts and Artists.Kevin Gosa
An award-winning saxophonist, Kevin holds a masters degree in music and is active in NYC performing at the Joyce SoHo, Living Room, Knitting Factory and other venues across the country. While currently gigging most frequently with Jake Armerding, he performs in many genres, from bluegrass to contemporary classical and beyond. He is Conference and Membership Director for IAM.Alisa Harris
Alisa Harris has a B.A. in English from Hillsdale College in Michigan. She is a reporter for WORLD, writes for Patrol and Curator magazine, and teaches a journalism class at The King's College. She writes from quirky coffee shops in Brooklyn, New York.Merrily Kerr
Merrily Kerr is an art critic and writer living in New York City. She writes regularly for Time Out New York and creates on-line art reviews on video available on her website. Merrily leads gallery and museum tours for individuals and groups and teaches at Marymount Manhattan College.Samuel Kho
Samuel Kho co-founded 100 Stewards in 2006, with the hope of bringing collectors and artists together. Kho has worked for a variety of galleries in Asia, New York and Los Angeles. After completion of his graduate degree, one of his activities will be curating shows in 2009 for an alternative space in Greenwich Village, New York City.Linnea Kickasola
Linnea Leonard Kickasola is an opera singer who has performed leading and supporting roles in the U.S. and Europe with companies such as the Chattanooga Opera, Lyric Opera of Waco, Delphi Theatre, Operafestival di Roma, and the Sound Symphony Orchestra. She was a 2007-2008 Resident Artist with the Opera Company of Brooklyn.Joe Kickasola
Joe Kickasola is a filmmaker, author, and college professor, living in New York City. His book The Films of Krzysztof Kieslowski: The Liminal Image won the 2006 Spiritus Award for best writing on religion and film. He currently directs the Baylor Communication in New York program for Baylor University.Mark Meehan
Mark is currently Dean of Community Life and Professor of Business at Nyack College in New York, where he has also served as Dean of the School of Business. He has led several initiatives in the MBA program at Nyack, incorporating creativity courses into the curriculum and advocating for business leaders to become creative catalysts.Brooke Rogers
www.brooke-rogers.comCaleb Seeling
Caleb Seeling is Senior Editor at NavPress.David Sessions
David Sessions is the editor of Patrol, a culture magazine based in New York. He is a frequent contributor to Slate, and an occasional music columnist for the Christian newsweekly World. Sessions graduated from Patrick Henry College in 2008 with a B.A. in journalism. He grew up in Fairfield, Texas.Louisa St. Pierre
Louisa Saint Pierre is hybrid Illustrator, Director of Illustration and Interactive at BA Reps and Boutique, and manager of Spread ArtCulture Magazine. Her illustration is inspired by Byzantine religious art, Folk Art, Pop Art, Blake, Beardsley, and Klimt and personal accolades include a "Henry", the Greetings Card Industry's Oscar, Gold for Best Design in Museum Shops, Images: The Best of British Illustration, Archive 200 Best Illustrators, American Illustration and The Society of Illustrators.During her tenure as Chair of The Society of Artists’ Agents, pro actively campaigning for the rights and profile of artists, she developed The SAA Awards, cultivating sponsors, large cash prizes, and an exhibition at The London Transport Museum. The winning art appeared ubiquitously on the Underground.
She exhibits and lectures worldwide, has judged numerous competitions, and been involved with prominent industry events: Art After Dark at The Guggenheim, Cross Pollination at The Royal College, Love or Money: the Value of Authorial Illustration; The Future of Illustration for GAG; Urban Vinyl at Soho House for The Creative Social, Spread ArtCulture Magazine at The Chelsea Art Museum, Shepard Fairey at The Shore Club, Art Basel, and the ICON 5 Conference.
Christy Tennant
Christy Tennant is a writer and musician who also still acts every once in a while. She has contributed to Discipleship Journal, Pray, Bible Study Magazine, and Comment, and she blogs on ConversantLife.com. She holds (loosely) credits at two different colleges, which she hopes will not expire before she manages to graduate, probably in her next life. She takes the Staten Island ferry several times a week to get to her job on staff with International Arts Movement and lives in "the forgotten borough" with her dog, cat and a steady stream of visitors. You can read/hear/see more at www.christytennant.com.Brie Walker
Brie Walker is a writer, director and performer from Austin, Texas, whose work focuses on the development of new plays and “community-engaged” theatre. She holds an MA in Educational Theatre from NYU where she co-founded a laboratory workshop for students exploring “devising” techniques, and performed in two seasons of New Plays for Young Audiences, workshopping with playwrights including Byrony Lavery, Y.York, Susan Zeder, and Laurie Brooks. Her own work has been performed in Austin’s FronteraFest fringe theatre festival and HopeArts festival, and in New York at New Dramatists, NYU’s Theatrix Festival of New Work, The Village Church, and by Threads Theater Company.Brie currently works for Fiscal Management Associates, LLC, a consulting firm that provides training in fiscal management for nonprofit organizations, while continuing to write and experiment with approaches to devising new plays.
