"Art, to me has always been about evoking an emotional response. I knew from a very young age that creating art was something I had to do. As the years passed, the feeling I get when I see or hear a piece of art that speaks to me remained the same. I feel like I’m the best version of myself when painting. The feeling of peace and serenity that comes over me is euphoric. However, the medium I’ve chosen as my specialty is testing those limits daily. Reverse painting on glass is just what it...

Director Jez, (they/them) is a multi-disciplinary artist and BDSM instructor in the DFW scene. Drawing on lived experience, passions, and imagination, they seek to blend the horror with mystique. Snails, a central fascination, are presented as symbols of fragility and unease, as both intimate and alien. Just as kink blurs lines between pain and pleasure, Jez’s art asks viewers to consider how attraction and repulsion coexist. Their ongoing practice investigates how environments can hold...

Mark has been documenting underground and subculture events in Dallas since 2006, including The Church, Dallas Fetish Ball, The Dallas Suspension Convention, The Texas Queerlesque Festival, the Dallas burlesque scene, and Burning Man.

 He has been a member of various Rocky Horror casts, as well as the performing company at Scarborough Faire, and helped plan and organize the No Pants Subway Ride Dallas, Disturbathon, Santa Rampage, and a pop-up parking lot beach party in Deep Ellum. Find Mark...