Czeslawa Wojtkowski

@cwojtk0396-stlouis-4741

Czeslawa Wojtkowski is a multi-disciplinary new media and fiber artist whose work explores non-binary and transfemme experiences concerning femmephobia, sexual violence, and revenge. In 2019, they completed their BFA at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and earned an MFA in Visual Arts at the Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts in 2025. They have exhibited at the Kemper Art Museum (St. Louis), ACRE Projects (Chicago), and the House for an Art Lover's Studio Pavilion (Glasgow). They received the 2025 Fine Arts Work Center Award from Washington University in St. Louis, for which they attended and completed a week-long residency at the historic Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA. Currently, their practice continues to pursue research and material concerns begun in their MFA thesis, investigating non-normative femme identities through collage techniques, embellishment, and fabric fetishism.

Forsyth School

@forsythschool-stlouis

Forsyth School fosters a spirit of curiosity and joy, empowering children age 2 through Grade 6 to pursue challenges with confidence. At Forsyth, our talented and caring faculty encourage students to explore and question, enabling them to learn deeply. Each child's unique identity is known, celebrated, and nurtured by our supportive community. The results are profound: children take risks, pursue challenges, and find joy in learning. The "Forsyth experience" is enriched by the school's unique campus, location, and commitment to the natural world. Forsyth's values are the essential beliefs that describe our culture and characterize what we uphold: *We create an environment that encourages children to develop the confidence, courage, and resilience to persevere and embrace challenges in a *continually evolving world. *We celebrate each individual’s unique identity and ensure a diverse, equitable, and inclusive community to which all belong. *We practice kindness and compassion in our interactions with each other, our community, and the natural world. *We believe curiosity is the foundation for inquiry, innovation, and creativity. We encourage questioning in our search for knowledge, understanding, and excellence.

Alex Lush

@obscura_arts-stlouis-2100

My name is Alex — and I am a 24 year old realism and digital artist based right here in saint louis! I have been creating art since I was 14, always drawn to the way that detail of an art piece could tell a whole story without needing words. My pencil work leans into realism, but I also use my iPad to do digital art to explore themes of darkness, identity, and atmosphere. I use art as a mental health coping mechanism; diagnosed with BPD, Depression and anxiety last year, I have a lot of problems regulating emotions, and doing art quiets my mind. As a local artist, I am always trying to evolve and looking for new ways to connect with not only other artists, but through visual language too.

St. Louis Independent Comics Expo

@slice-stlouis

The St. Louis Independent Comics Expo (SLICE) is an exposition of zines, chapbooks, lit mags, poetry, comics, small press authors, indie publishers, and print culture.

Nicolette Emanuelle

@nicolette-stlouis-2523

Nicolette Emanuelle is a multi-disciplinary performance artist based in St. Louis, MO. Their work spans circus arts, acting, producing, music performance, and music composition. Nicolette uses their diverse skill set to create meaningful, collaborative projects that explore identity, culture, and belonging. Their most recent project, What Are You?, is an exploration of racial identity, drawing from their experiences growing up as a Lumbee in the South. Nicolette began their artistic journey as a classically trained cellist and self-taught singer/songwriter, writing and performing piano-driven music often compared to Tori Amos and Nick Cave. Over time, they expanded their repertoire to include circus arts like clowning, stilt walking, and aerial performance. By combining elements from their varied artistic background, Nicolette creates productions that balance dark and whimsical visuals with absurdity and humor to address social justice themes. In addition to their personal projects, Nicolette contributes to other works through composition, teaching, and performance. They are always seeking collaborations in projects that promote social justice, especially at the intersections of race, gender and/or sexuality.

Theatre Guild of Webster Groves

@theatreguildofwebstergroves-stlouis

The Theatre Guild of Webster Groves has been providing community theatre to the St. Louis area since 1926.

Bradley (McCrae) McClendon

@mccrae-stlouis-2521

Multidisciplinary artist born blind in one eye. Muralist, Videographer, Musician, Writer, Director, and Artist, McCrae has worked all across the USA from Tampa, Florida to Los Angeles, California. Currently residing in St Louis, he co-owns and operates Garden Heart Productions with a second location in Chicago, Illinois.

Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center - El Sistema STL

@lnacstl-stlouis

Inspired by Venezuela’s El Sistema, our program was founded in 2009 and became one of the first official El Sistema “nucleos” in the U.S. The original El Sistema was created to empower children in poverty through ensemble music education—an approach that has impacted over 4 million youth worldwide. We proudly carry this legacy forward. The Lemp Neighborhood Arts Center Orchestral program is a social-change-through-music program rooted in the belief that access to high-quality music education can transform lives. We provide professional, college-level music training—completely free—to youth in St. Louis, with a focus on communities that have historically been underserved. Through orchestral performance, music theory, private lessons, and ensemble work, students gain discipline, confidence, and community. Our goal isn’t just to increase diversity in classical music—we aim to replace despair with creative engagement and personal growth.

Community Health Commission of Missouri

@chcm_air-stlouis

CHCM is a Missouri-based organization dedicated to achieving zero health disparities by promoting equity-centered, trauma-informed care. We power the connection of community and systems to co-create innovative solutions that yield health equity in all policy and outcomes.