Chicle (any/all pronouns) is an artist and educator from Chicago, IL and now based in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Chicle's work aims to upend the image of the meek working-class Latino through work that is historically informed and traditionally abstract. While challenging politics of respectability and seeking non-conventional forms and fusions to tell stories, they reach back and learn from migrant ancestors and pay homage to their Mesoamerican roots by way of interdisciplinary practices that explore people’s relationship to (or perception of) culture, time, objects, labor, power, and class. After graduating from Columbia College Chicago in 2013 Chicle has been working primarily as a teaching artist, photojournalist, and filmmaker. ​​​​​​​

Rebel Betty is an AfroIndigenous Puerto Rican poet, multidisciplinary artist, and cultural worker based in Chicago. Rebel is using a multidisciplinary approach to depict the magic and movement of Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities and to trace back ancestral forms of resistance and culture through storytelling and archiving moments in history. Her visual art, organizing, and cultural work center on the preservation of culture in Black and Brown communities through facilitated dialogue, poetry, music, education, and the arts. Rebel’s visual art makes use of historical archives and contemporary photography to create colorful and impactful multimedia collages and videos that speak truth to power and document the power and beauty of Black, Brown, and Indigenous communities.