Dale Nigel Goble was born in Edmonton, Alberta in the Spring of 1972 and has loved drawing and painting since a very young age. With a continuing drive and passion to excel in commercial and fine art, Dale has always found himself with a deep desire to prosper with his own creative vision allowing himself greater room for creative self expression.

After winning the prestigious Bank of America Achievement Award for excellence in Art and Design at the young age of 18, and a fortunate lunch with the late Henry Geldzahler arranged by friends Gordon Johnston and Raine Dowell , Goble was more and more convinced that a successful life in art was very much a possibility and set out to develop and refine his talent.

The artwork and illustration of dng has been featured in numerous magazines, newspapers, television, print and digital media both locally and internationally. dng has worked on both private and commercial projects with clients such as, bacardi, heineken music, labatts, hayes, flosport, aritzia, and many others. His artwork appears in private collections internationally and corporate collections across Western Canada.

dng’s personal style is emerging through the desire to find and create beauty and meaning in the commonplace, in the single object and symbolic storytelling, creating a majority of the works combining traditional mediums with new production methods.

“To create a thing of beauty, to inspire and remind oneself and others that beauty is is all around us if only we learn to see.”

Isaac Wiebe is a Web Designer/Developer living on Vancouver Island, BC. He serves full-time at Camp Qwanoes, and spends his free time as lead-developer of Wall Blank. He finds great joy in code, coffee, and his trusty Mac.

I have been photographing since I was kid and discovered my dad’s Minolta 35mm. From there I took photography classes in high school, worked a part-time job at a photo store, and later graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a Bachelor’s in Imaging & Photographic Technology. Today, photography resides in every facet of my personal and professional life, especially lately, as I transition to photography as a full-time career. I feel lucky with where I’m at, what I’ve learned, and the talent that I have.

I strive for my photography to evoke a strong feeling or mood that comes from a unique perspective on the world around us. One of my favorite themes is the concept of “past life.” Examining textures, objects, and scenes that have an aura of a forgotten vibrance and life. All of my work exhibits my penchant for bold contrast and color, and an exacting attention to detail and simplicity.

www.jmvdigital.com

Matthew Pamer (publicdomaindesign.com) is a designer living in Charlottesville, VA.

Kate Castelli (katecastelli.com) is a fine art illustrator living and working in Boston. Her work evolves from an organic process of layering ephemera and has a strong narrative vein. Her creative process is fuelled by her constant wanderings, rock and roll, and plenty of coffee.

Casie Towsley is a portrait photographer in Fort Wayne, Indiana who strives to bring out the true personality of her subjects.

Brendan Kiefer (brendankiefer.com) is an illustrator and cartoonist living in Texas.

Lauren Lenartowski is a Graphic Design student at the Illinois Institute of Art in Schaumburg. She plans on graduating in 2010 with her Bachelors of Fine Arts.

Carrie Anne is a librarian who loves thrifting, day trips, and building terrariums. When she’s not flickring she’s probably cooking or taking photos. She lives happily in California with her husband and three cats.

Dan Nickel works as a freelance graphic designer and photographer in Boulder, Colorado. Both he and his wife Cathy are avid cooks and wine connoisseurs and have one dog named Copper.

Joe Lieske has been traveling and experiencing a different kind of existence for the past year. In this transition and adventure he continues to work on photography and writing which can be followed at vagabondedslurpee.blogspot.com.

Joshua Longbrake is a photographer and graduate student at Mars Hill Graduate School in Seattle, WA. He is engaged to be married to Mackenzie Rollins, who will take on his last name with valor and triumph! More of his photography and meanderings can be seen on his blog (thelongbrake.com).

Shawn Kelley (shawnmk.com) is the founder and principal curator of Wall Blank. His loves include design, photography, architecture and old buildings. And his wife and kids. Actually the other way around.

Sarah Axelson holds a bachelors in Interior Design from the Savannah College of Art and Design but has abandoned her training to pursue Graphic Design. She hopes to someday commit herself fully to the design of stationery, concert posters, wrapping paper, refrigerator magnets and other frivolity. You can find her any morning at the drive-thru of Starbucks and any afternoon trying to trick someone into another coffee run.

Zach Bulick (zachbulick.com) is a designer/artist living in the greater Vancouver area. He is currently finishing up his BA in Communications. When not in class you can find him behind his powerbook, sauna-ing, enjoying good typography, or hitting up one of the many coffee shops in Vancouver, his favorite is the Wicked Cafe.

Eric Kelley is a freelance photographer and a coffee shop owner living in Charlottesville, Virginia.

website: www.ekelley.net

Dustin Waller is a photographer and graphic designer in Rockford, IL. His passion of photography started on his first trip to Waveland, Mississippi when he shot photographs of the relief effort there for his Church. Now his mission work and photography skills go hand in hand. He has learned that his photography has created a passion for capturing both the beauty and pain of human existence around the globe. Each picture that he takes is driven by some emotion that he felt at that particular moment. He hopes his images help others to experience a passion for all of the people God has created.

Travis Nesse is a recent graduate of the University of Illinois who lives in Wheaton, IL and is employed by Apple Inc. He is an avid traveler and fan of drinking Sprecher’s root beer while watching Ewan McGregor and Charley Boorman ride around the world on motorcycles.