An experienced creative professional, Marcia Minter is an arts advocate and community leader deeply committed to social and cultural activism. Having served on numerous boards representing the interest of underrepresented voices, talents and citizen constituents, she co-founded Indigo Arts Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to the creative cultivation of artists of African descent. Minter spent her professional career as a Creative Director for some of the world’s most iconic brands. Currently she serves on the Maine Arts Commission, is a Trustee of the Portland Museum of Art and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Her expertise areas include Creative Strategy, Ideation, Curatorial and Exhibition planning and implementation.

American artist Daniel Minter is known for his work in painting and assemblage. His overall body of work often deals with themes of displacement and diaspora; ordinary/extraordinary blackness; spirituality in the Afro-Atlantic world; and the (re)creation of meanings of home. Minter works in varied media – canvas, wood, metal, paper, twine, rocks, nails, paint. Minter’s work has been featured in numerous institutions and galleries including the Seattle Art Museum, The Charles H. Wright Museum, and many others. He is a recipient of the 2021 Joyce Award. Minter is co-founder and Artist Director of Indigo Arts Alliance.

Art historian Jessamine Batario specializes in modern and contemporary art. She received her PhD in Art History from The University of Texas at Austin. Batario currently lives in Waterville, Maine, where she is the Linde Family Foundation Curator of Academic Engagement at the Colby College Museum of Art. She was the guest critic for the Rail in March 2020.