Beth C. McLaughlin is artistic director and chief curator at Fuller Craft Museum in Brockton, Massachusetts (the recipient of ACC's 2020 Award of Distinction). Beth has held leadership and curatorial roles across the US, including the Oakland Museum of California, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, and Fuller Craft Museum. She has organized and curated over fifty exhibitions and has served as a juror for many cultural organizations, including American Craft Council, Fiber Art Now, and Massachusetts Cultural Council. Beth has been published in several publications, such as Crafting Democracy: Fiber Arts and Activism; Fiber Art Now; Jackrabbit Speaks: the Burning Man Newsletter; and American Craft magazine. She is passionate about expanding awareness of the craft field, promoting the makers, and exploring the transformative powers of handmade objects.

Shanai Matteson is an artist, writer, environmental activist, and cultural community organizer. Through slow and emergent arts activism, she tries to create a more caring and reciprocal culture, shifting narrative, challenging hierarchical power structures, and helping her community reimagine and transform the systems these shape. She is one of the co-founders of Water Bar & Public Studio. Her most recent arts work addresses resource extraction, rural identity, and community survival. She is a single mother and lives in rural Palisade, Minnesota.

Indira Allegra explores memorial as a genre and vital part of the human experience. Deeply informed by the ritual, relational, and performative aspects of weaving, Allegra explores the repetitive crossing of forces held under tension, be they material, social, or emotional. A leader in the performative craft movement, Allegra was winner of the 2019/2020 Burke Prize. They are a YBCA 100 Honoree, Fleishhacker Eureka Fellow, Lucas Artist Fellow, and part of ARTFORUM International’s “Best of 2020.”