Emmons received a BFA from Ohio Wesleyan University and a MA and MFA from the University of Iowa. He has held solo exhibitions in, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and San Francisco, among other locations. His work has been included in group exhibitions in innovative commercial galleries, artist-run spaces, and non-profit institutions both in the US and abroad. Emmons has received numerous awards including a Fellowship in the Arts from the Independence Foundation; an Individual Creative Artist Fellowship from the Pennsylvania Arts Council; and a Fellowship at the MacDowell Colony.

MFA, Painting, Cranbrook Academy of Art. 2001. BFA, Painting, Washington University. 2001. Post-Graduate Apprenticeship, The Fabric Workshop and Museum.

Richard Hricko has exhibited extensively both nationally and internationally. His work is represented in many public and private collections, including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Woodmere Art Museum, Delaware Art Museum, and International Southern Graphics Council. His awards include two West Virginia Arts and Humanities Council Artist-in Residence Grants, a Pennsylvania Arts Council Individual Artist Fellowship, National Endowment for the Arts/Mid-Atlantic Regional Artist Fellowship, Brandywine Institute Visiting Artist Fellowship, and several Temple University research grants.

Shelley Thorstensen received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, cum laude, in painting from Syracuse University, and later on obtained a Master of Fine Arts degree from the Tyler School of Art of Temple University winning the Lester & Viola Hecht Award for Printmaking. As such she is the recipient of numerous awards, exhibitions, publications, panel discussions, reviews, teaching, and gallery representation.