Brian Seth Hurst
Brian Seth Hurst is an award-winning multi-disciplinary producer, writer, and strategist. He has spent his career at the forefront of innovation and storytelling. His work in theater, television, emerging & new media, and immersive media has enabled the building and extension of story worlds and brands. He has held industry leadership positions at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Board of Governors and Second Vice Chair), the Producers Guild of America (Board and Chairman, New Media Council), and the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (Board and Digital Ambassador) among others. Brian is also co-author with the late Olivia Newton-John of the best-selling children's book "A Pig Tale" from Simon & Schuster and the spiritual book "WHOLE," a collection of essays on life's challenges, as well as the forthcoming "Whole Companion Workbook." He currently serves on the Executive Council of XRInclusion.org as director of brand and communications and serves as a council member for OAcademy, the global music conservatory, contributing his expertise in emerging technologies relative to collaboration, content, and distribution. Recently, he successfully returned to the stage as a performer after a 40-year absence in a one-man show "Full Circle - A Magical Musical Night 40 Years in the Making."
Joshua Staman
Joshua Staman is an award-winning writer, director, and producer who currently oversees creative development for Meticulous Media and Lunchbox Labs. He is the writer and executive producer of the series and upcoming feature Weird Waters, and the YouTube series Windy Weatherfoot.
Leah Ollman
Leah Ollman has been writing about art for more than 35 years. Her reviews and features have appeared regularly in the Los Angeles Times and Art in America, as well as in Photograph, The Brooklyn Rail, Paris Review Daily, Contemporary Art Review Los Angeles (CARLA), ARTnews, American Craft, and many other publications. She has written essays for books on William Kentridge, Alison Rossiter, Julie Blackmon, Michael Light, Chris McCaw, Klea McKenna, Michal Chelbin and others, and contributed to numerous exhibition catalogues. She earned her M.A. in Art History from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Scripps College. Her book, Ensnaring the Moment: On the Intersection of Poetry and Photography, will be published by Saint Lucy Books in 2025. Books and exhibition catalogues featuring her writing include Klea McKenna: Witness Mark, Betye Saar: Serious Moonlight, Alison Rossiter: Expired Paper, William Kentridge: Weighing...and Wanting, Julie Blackmon: Midwest Materials, The Photographs of John Brill, Michal Chelbin: Strangely Familiar, and Camera as Weapon: Worker Photography Between the Wars.
