Chelsea Hensbergen
Chelsea Hensbergen is a traveling artist and muralist and the creative force behind Earth and Ether Art. Known for “painting magic into the mundane”, she specializes in bright, vibrant, and colorful artwork rooted in themes of nature and fantasy. A Michigan native, most of her public murals can be found throughout the Metro Detroit area.
She currently resides in Michigan with her two cats, and in her spare time she loves puzzling, adventuring, and golfing.
Kati Hook
Kati Hook has been a landscape and engagement photographer for over 7 years. She has lived in Michigan in both the Upper and Lower Peninsulas, and has been fortunate to be able to capture so many beautiful Michigan moments in her time here.
She currently resides in Michigan with her two cats, and in her spare time she loves puzzling, adventuring, and golfing.
Nicole Ray
Nicole is an artist and illustrator living in southeast Michigan. She grew up in a small beach town in New York with her toes deep in the sand and her head buried in books. Nicole creates a whimsical line of art prints and paper goods under the name Sloe Gin Fizz.
From quirky animal and vegetable characters to nostalgia-filled interiors and calming views of nature, Nicole’s hand-drawn scenes are highly accessible, infused with a playful sense of humor and a strong narrative quality.
Nicole holds a BFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts, as well as a BA in History from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Nicole and her mister live in a log house on a lake just north of Ann Arbor with a spoiled border collie named Stella and an ever-expanding network of critter friends.
Josh Malerman
Michigan author Josh Malerman is a multi-hyphenate most famous as one of two singer/songwriters of the band The High Strung and as an author of horror fiction. Malerman’s 2014 debut was the New York Times best selling and Stoker Award-nominated Bird Box. Bird Box was adapted as a film in 2018 and was followed up by – among others – Black Mad Wheel (2017), Unbury Carol (2018), Malorie (2020), and Daphne (2022), in addition to several novellas and a litany of short stories.