Philadelphia based artist Lauren Putty White has an M.F.A. in dance from Montclair State University and a B.F.A. in Modern Dance Performance from University of the Arts. Having performed internationally with Parsons dance company and PHILADANCO, White has also choreographed for Ballet X, Grace DanceTheatre, Bryn Mawr College, Drexel University and Washington and Lee University. She has taught at University of the Arts, Temple University and for the School District of Philadelphia. White co-founded Putty Dance Project, with her jazz musician husband, producing critically acclaimed live jazz and improvisational dance works. They have presented at the Kimmel Center, Baltimore Dance Invitational, Boston Contemporary Dance Festival and Stockton University Performing Arts Center. Recently, White has been the featured dance soloist with the Sun Ra Arkestra at Carnegie Hall and SummerStage in NYC, a guest teacher at Cornell University and collaborator with Melanie George at the National Center for Choreography in Akron. Aside from making guest appearances with Philadelphia jazz greats such as Denise King, White also has written for thINKingDANCE online publication. She currently teaches workshops in her methodology Free Form Body Motifs, specializing in movement improvisation to Free Jazz music and is a Teaching Specialist in Dance at Stockton University!

Erik Ruin is a Michigan-raised, Philadelphia-based printmaker, shadow puppeteer, paper-cut artist, etc., who has been lauded by the New York Times for his "spell-binding cut-paper animations." His work oscillates between the poles of apocalyptic anxieties and utopian yearnings, with an emphasis on empathy, transcendence and obsessive detail. He frequently works collaboratively with musicians, theater performers, other artists and activist campaigns. He is a founding member of the international Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, and co-author of the book Paths Toward Utopia: Graphic Explorations of Everyday Anarchism (w/ Cindy Milstein, PM Press, 2012). Current projects include the Ominous Cloud Ensemble, an ever-evolving, collectively-improvising large ensemble for projections and sic.

Cory Kram is a multi-disciplinary, community teaching-artist living in Philadelphia who specializes in sculpture, painting, and fiber. She is greatly inspired by the ephemeral images and objects that lie on the everyday plane of modern existence and often incorporates found materials in her practice. Cory has previously exhibited at galleries including Vox Populi, Philadelphia, PA; Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Le Petit Versailles, NYC; among others. Her work has also been shown overseas in Romania and Denmark. In Philadelphia, Cory actively contributes to the arts community through teaching workshops and curating art exhibits for non-profits such as The Kensington Storefront and Broad Street Ministry. Her involvement extends beyond traditional art spaces; she is deeply committed to community engagement, social justice and collaborative art. Twice a month, Cory facilitates the community art table at Prevention Point during Womxn's Night. She is also a board member at The Soapbox Community Print Shop and Zine Library. Currently, she works for Mural Arts as a studio teaching artist and site supervisor for their same-day-pay program, Color Me Back.