Don Montes finds it awkward speaking of himself in the third person but he will give it the good ol' college try. He graduated from Brooklyn Tech High School and is currently attending Hunter College. He hopes to one day graduate said institution with a diploma in hand. He enjoys writing and has had his work published in the Hunter College literary journal (The Olive Branch). He finds pleasure in listening to music and watching the National Geographic Channel. And is also a master chef in the art of cooking Ramen Noodles. He bids you a good day and has nothing else to say.
See his writing here.
Katherine Gressel graduated from Yale in 2003 with a B.A. in painting, and has since committed herself to the field of community-based public art. This includes leading youth mural projects with community arts organizations in New York and San Francisco, working as a museum educator at the Brooklyn Museum and teaching art in a variety of settings. She has spent the past year working at Groundswell Community Mural Project and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, designing new tools to evaluate the impact of public art and help artists plan challenging public art projects. She has completed several independent mural and design commissions, and is participating in an upcoming art show documenting the redevelopment of Brooklyn. Her essays on socially engaged art will be published in With and Without Permission, an upcoming book on San Francisco's Mural Movement, and the CUNY Graduate Center's art history journal. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in arts nonprofit administration from Teachers College/Columbia University.
Winnie Tom studied illustration and animation at the Parsons School of Design. Since 2003, she has been freelancing in the illustration and animation field working on character, background and color designs, 2-D and 3-D animation, compositing and storyboards. An example of her work can be seen in the film White Countess (2005). Apart from her animation and illustration work, she also enjoys printmaking and sculpting on her own time. Her current work is usually a combination of collage and water based mediums like watercolor, acrylic and ink. At the moment, she is also learning how to sew.
Jason Yoon co founded 7ARTS in April 2003. He earned a bachelors degree in painting and art history at the Rhode Island School of Design and after graduating taught art at the Brooklyn Museum and then moved on to a variety of roles at the Explore Charter School. In May 2006, Jason graduated from NYU’s Wagner of School of Public Service where he received a masters degree in public administration in Public and Non-Profit Management and Policy. At Wagner he learned about statistical regressions, microeconomic decision-making, financial management and most importantly, numerous Jedi-mind tricks to influence people to bend to his will. He currently works as a Development Associate for the DreamYard Project Inc., a Bronx-based arts education non-profit organization. When he is not plotting to take over the world through 7ARTS or tirelessly acquiring more resources for DreamYard, Jason typically can be found eating too much, sleeping too little, running long distances really slowly or dancing salsa.
