Carrie Whalen is an entrepreneur, artist, designer, parent, and has been running children’s arts programs for twenty-eight years. Carrie has studied fine arts and fashion design and is passionate about exploring and creating opportunities for alternative forms of education. In recent years she has turned most of her creative energy towards ceramic arts.

Jonathan Morin is an entrepreneur who has worked in many different fields, including children's arts programming, children's arts development, woodworking, ergonomics, and online programming. In his recreation time, Jonathan pursues his love of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Scottish broadswordsmanship, playing board games with his three children, and painting.