Joan Washburn has been working in the art world since 1951. In 1971, she founded Washburn Gallery (1971-2024). For five decades, the gallery organized exhibitions by prominent American artists including Joshua Johnson, Alfred Stieglitz, Arshile Gorky, Georgia O'Keeffe, Jackson Pollock, Mark Rothko, Anne Ryan, David Smith, Leon Polk Smith, and Myron Stout. The gallery opened on Madison Avenue, then exhibited for 25 years at three locations on West 57th Street, until it moved to its final location at 177 10th Avenue in Chelsea in 2017. 

Amanda Millet-Sorsa is an artist, arts writer and arts worker based in New York. She has exhibited at Spring Projects DUMBO, The Socrates Sculpture Park, Governor's Island, and Time Equities Inc, among others. She has received grants through the Fulbright Scholar award for Brazil, Materials for the Arts, NYC Cultural Affairs, and Queens council on the arts . She holds an M.F.A from the New York Studio School, a B.A. from Brandeis University, and has been a contributor to the Brooklyn Rail since 2021.