Sampada Aranke is Assistant Professor in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Theaster Gates is a social practice installation artist and Professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago. Michael D. Hall is Adjunct Curator of Folk and Self-Taught Art at the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio. Nancy Ireson is Deputy Director for Collections and Exhibitions and Gund Family Chief Curator at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia.
Zoé Whitley is Director of the Chisenhale Gallery, London. Amalia Wojciechowski is Exhibitions and Collections Research Assistant at the Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia.