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Meet the Artists

Lucha Rodríguez is a Venezuelan-Panamanian artist based in Atlanta, GA. The artist is known for her distinct "knife drawings" created with her inventive bas-relief technique on paper. She begins her work in the studio with a ritualized routine informed by her training as a certified hypnotherapist. Each cut into the paper requires unwavering precision and dexterity.

Evan Blackwell Helgeson is an artist based in Atlanta, GA. She received her M.F.A from the School of The Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts in Boston, MA; and her B.F.A from the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. Through her work, Evan explores the varied archives and practices of abstraction that permeate and inform personal experience, memory, culture, and history.

Artist Michi Meko, born in Florence, AL, received a BFA in Painting from the University of North Alabama. Today, Meko creates paintings and sculptures focusing on the African American experience of navigating public and wild spaces while remaining buoyant within them. He has most recently exhibited with Susan Inglett Gallery (New York), Kavi Gupta (Chicago), and the Richmond Museum of Fine Art. Meko has received many awards, including: the Atlanta Artadia Award, the Joan Mitchell Award, an Idea Capital Grant, and a Flux Projects Grant, among others. His work is in the permanent collections of the High Museum of Art and the Virginia Museum of Fine Art.

Giles Miller is a British designer, artist and creative whose work spans surface, architectural and sculptural projects. His eponymous and award-winning studio was set up in 2011 and produces projects for clients globally.

Meet the Chef

Chef Deborah VanTrece is one of the South’s best-known culinary personalities. In addition to being a James Beard Award semi-finalist and best-selling cookbook author, Chef VanTrece is a successful restaurateur, and the CEO and founder of the VanTrece Hospitality Group. Her unique or “global” approach to Soul Food is inspired by her decades-long career as an international flight attendant, fused with her family’s cultural traditions and the bounty of fresh ingredients grown year-round in Georgia. As a female African American business owner and a proud member of the LGBTQ+ community, Chef VanTrece is a passionate and vocal advocate for social justice issues, especially those that impact marginalized and vulnerable populations. She has been featured in virtually every major food and lifestyle publication, most recently the 2023 Michelin Guide.

Meet the Mixologist

Jim Meehan worked at some of New York City’s most revered restaurants and bars including Gramercy Tavern and the Pegu Club before opening the James Beard Award-winning bar PDT in 2007. Besides running bars, Meehan co-edited Food & Wine Cocktails and Mr. Boston Official Bartender’s Guide; and his own books, The PDT Cocktail Book, Meehan’s Bartender Manual and The Bartender’s Pantry, have become industry favorites worldwide. He and his family reside in Portland, Oregon where he writes and works with clients of his consulting firm, Mixography Inc.

Meet the Wine Director

Anthony Giglio is one of the most entertaining wine and spirits authorities on the planet. He has authored several books, including three editions of FOOD & WINE's Wine Guide; five editions of the Mr. Boston Official Bartender's Guide, and his highly regarded first book, Cocktails in New York.