Ken Grimes is an American artist from Cheshire, Connecticut. Having been interested in extraterrestrial life from a young age, he has dedicated his long career to exploring alien and galactic symbols and imagery. In 2013 he received a Wynn Newhouse Award, and his work is in permanent collections at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, and the American Folk Art Museum, among others.
Seth Shostak is an astronomer from Arlington County, Virginia. Having been interested in space and the possibility of extraterrestrial life from a young age, he received degrees in physics and astrophysics at Princeton and California Institute of Technology. Shostak has contributed to four books, has spent a large portion of his career in public outreach and education, and now serves as a senior astronomer at the SETI Institute, the non-profit research institution dedicated to the study and understanding of life in the universe.
Alejandra Russi is a writer from Bogotá, Colombia. After graduating from Universidad de Los Andes with a B.A. in Literature, she attended Columbia University and received degrees in both Magazine Journalism and in Arts and Culture Journalism. Having worked as a freelance journalist for five years, Alejandra is now the director of media and digital exhibitions at Ricco/Maresca Gallery in New York City.
