2025 Mentors
TRACIE CHING
(she/her)
Founder + Principal Mentor
ERICA WILLIAMS/HOOKIEDUKE
(they/them)
Mentor – 2021-Present
DOALY
(he/him)
Mentor – 2023-Present
Former Mentors
ORLANDO AROCENA | MEXIFUNK
Illustrator
Mentor, 2021 cohort
Former Guest Mentors
ALLISON BLACK
Illustrator
2023 Cohort
AARON HUEY
Photographer | Explorer | Activist
2023 Cohort
DASHA MATSUURA
Gallery Director
2023 Cohort
STEVE MCNIVEN
Comic Book Illustrator
2021-2023 Cohorts
MURUGIAH
Artist
2023 Cohort
ANDY PARK
Director of Visual Development, Marvel
2021-2023 Cohorts
YUKO SHIMIZU
Illustrator
2023 Cohort
MATT TAYLOR
Illustrator
2023 Cohort
ROBERT WILSON IV
Comic Book Illustrator
2021-2023 Cohorts
DRUSILLA ADELINE | SISTER HYDE
Art Director, Percival & Assocs.
Designer
2021 Cohort
MATT FERGUSON
Illustrator | Art Director
2021 Cohort
DIAN HOLTON
Art Director
2021 Cohort
DAMI LEE
Cartoonist
2021 Cohort
DAN MUMFORD
Illustrator
2021 Cohort
BEN O’KEEFE
CEO, Chaotic Good
2021 Cohort
Mentees
CRISSELLE
Illustator | Muralist | Designer
2025 Cohort
DIANA DADKHAH
Illustator | Designer
2025 Cohort
CAMERON HINOJOSA
Illustrator | Painter | Musician
2025 Cohort
MARYAM/VIVIDBYMARYAM
Illustrator
2023 Cohort
OMAR MARTINEZ/OTTO
Curator, Gallery Nucleus
Illustrator | Muralist
2023 Cohort
VINCENT
Comic Book Illustrator
2023 Cohort
ALIMAYU DAVIS/DEMONE
Artist | Creative Director
2021 Cohort
MICHAEL RICE
Illustrator
2021 Cohort
STEPH C.
Artist
2021 Cohort
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