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Wes Larios (b.1992, Los Angeles, CA) is an artist and teacher. He studied at the San Francisco Art Institute, then moved to New Haven, Connecticut for graduate studies. After receiving his MFA in 2017, he moved to New York City and participated in the Whitney Independent Study Program. He is now... Continue reading »

Jackie Laurita Cortese is a sculpture artist and designer living and working in Los Angeles. She earned a MFA from the ceramics program at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan and her BFA in sculpture from Adelphi University in New York. She has exhibited her work with Steve Turner in Los... Continue reading »

Thomas Lawson is an artist with a diverse, project-driven output. He has exhibited paintings at MetroPictures in New York, Anthony Reynolds in London, David Kordansky Gallery and LAXART in Los Angeles, and in numerous other galleries and museums around the world, from the Metropolitan Museum of... Continue reading »

Tom Leeser is a digital media artist, educator, curator, and writer. He is Program Director of the Art and Technology Program and Director of the Center for Integrated Media at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).  Tom received his BFA and MFA from the San Francisco Art... Continue reading »