Danez Smith is the author of Bluff, Don’t Call Us Dead, winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection and a finalist for the National Book Award, and [insert] boy, winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award. They live in Minneapolis.

Francesco Simeti lives and works in New York. He is currently working on a public installation for the Los Angeles Metro.  Francesco has had solo exhibitions at venues such as XNL, Piacenza (2022), Francesca Minini, Milano (2021), Assembly Room, New York, (2019); Open Source Gallery, New York (2017); Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Palermo (2012); and Artists Space, New York (2009). His work has been included in group exhibitions at PAC, MIlano (2022), MACTE, Termoli (2022), Magazzino d’Arte Italian, Cold Spring, NY, (2020); Museo Civico di Castelbuono, Palermo (2019); ICA Singapore (2017); Palazzo Reale, Milan (2016); and Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Turin (2014). He has also exhibited work at the Triennale di Milano (2014 and 2013). He works with the gallery Francesca Minini in Italy, and is involved in ongoing design collaboration with Maharam, New York.