Nathaniel Stern is an interdisciplinary artist, engineer, and researcher whose work explores how humans co-evolve with technology - especially artificial intelligence. His recent work focuses on how art can support thinking, creating, and making meaning with and about AI. Stern is a Professor of Art & Design (Creative Technologies) at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee (UWM), with a joint appointment in Mechanical Engineering. He is also Director of Academic Engagement and Creative Impact at UWM’s Lubar Entrepreneurship Center (LEC).

Liya Du and Alex Witteman are interdisciplinary artists whose work examines the relationships between people, place, and the built environment. Du explores motherhood, domestic labor, and memory through painting, installation, and artist books, while Witteman uses photography, sculpture, and performance to investigate human interactions with natural ecosystems and resources.