Edmund Harriss is a mathematical artist and clinical assistant professor of mathematics at the University of Arkansas. He is the discoverer of the Harriss spiral and the creator of Curvahedra, a mathematical construction toy, and is co-author of the mathematical coloring books Patterns of the Universe and Visions of the Universe. He lives in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Houston Hughes is a poetry slam artist and has produced hundreds of live shows, the critically acclaimed album Growing Up, Not Old, and his TedX talk on storytelling. He lives in, and loves, Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Brian Rea is an artist best known for illustration the New York Times' Modern Love column. He is also the former art director for the Op-Ed page of the New York Times. He has produced drawings and designs for books, murals, fashion, posters, music videos, and magazines around the world.

His work has appeared in Playboy, Vanity Fair, the New York Times, the Atlantic Monthly, OutsideMagazine, Men's Journal, and Time, among others, and his design clients include Marni, Herman Miller, Kate Spade, Honda, Billabong, Random House, and MTV.

His drawings and paintings have been exhibited in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Mexico City, and Barcelona. He is currently an adjunct associate professor at Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles.