Molly McGurk is a High School senior at Hillhouse High school and the Educational Center for the Arts. Molly is a multi-media artist that focuses on video installations, photography, and fiber arts. She is often inspired by historical art and design and her family.

Desirée Lynn Upchurch is the visionary behind Destruxion Clothing, an interdisciplinary fashion label that fuses interior design, graphic artistry, and construction engineering into wearable art.

With a Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design and a minor in Graphic Design, along with professional experience as a Field and Project Engineer, Desirée approaches fashion with a structural mindset, treating garments as both architecture and expression.

Ryan Minezzi has 20+ years of art teaching experience and couldn’t love what he does more! An alumni of Pratt Institute: School of Art & Design in Brooklyn, NY, Ryan joined the New Haven scene in 2022. He is excited to continue his work with the Eli Whitney family to spread the joys of working with mud. Currently serving as the lead visual art teacher at New Haven's Cooperative Arts & Humanities Magnet High School (COOP), Ryan brings a host of art & design skills, dad jokes, and joy to every group he gets to serve!