Laura Korynta is a multimedia artist specializing in eco-arts, puppetry, and comics/zines. She uses her art to investigate how to build connections with ourselves, each other, and the natural world. After spending 8 years as a licensed ESL teacher in both public schools and overseas, she discovered her real passion is helping students tell their [...]
Malia Araki Burkhart
“Ms. Malia” is a multidisciplinary performance artist, visual artist, songwriter, director, and teaching artist. She is also a Somatic Massage therapist, urban farmer, and parent. Malia loves creating art with students of all ages, kids and adults. She teaches students how to make and perform with hand-puppets, masks, giant puppets, set-design and props, and more. [...]
Christopher Lutter-Gardella
For three decades Chris has been working to inspire and facilitate original thinking in the realms of theatrical, educational and public-art design. Chris received a 2006 Bush Artist Fellowship, a 2008 Public Art Saint Paul Sustainable Practices Fellowship and a 2012 McKnight Theater Artist Fellowship. In 2016 Chris founded Big Animal Productions LLC, a public [...]



