Emilia Shaffer-Del Valle is a curator whose interdisciplinary research centers on decolonial notions of selfhood and community. Her interests include image (un)making, language, poetics, and reimaginations of archival practice. She is currently the Curatorial Associate at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, where she has organized solo presentations dedicated to the work of Zoe Walsh, Raven Sanchez, and Liz Hernández, and supported with Carl Cheng: Nature Never Loses (2026), Speaking in Tongues (2026), Samar Al Summary: Excavating the Sky (2025), Sandra Vásquez de la Horra: The Awake Volcanoes (2025), Jackie Castillo: Through the Descent, Like the Return (2025), and Will Rawls: [siccer] (2025). Recent independent curatorial projects include Tierra Sagrada: L.A. is an Altar and an Offering (2025) and As Yet and Still to Come (2023). Her writing can be found in Rewind Review Respond, The Dancer Citizen, and New Body, among other publications.

Alberto Keossian is an interdisciplinary artist and arts practitioner based in Los Angeles, with over a decade of combined experience in arts administration, program development, and community engagement. Rooted in a fascination with the dynamics of human interaction and meaning-making, his artistic practice explores the intimate complexities of interconnectivity and what emerges through collective experience. These inquiries extend into his work as a practitioner, where he curates and develops collaborative, engagement-driven initiatives that foster meaningful connections between art, cultural institutions, and the communities they serve. He currently serves as the Learning and Engagement Coordinator at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Founding Co-Director of MOTOR, and Membership Engagement Board Member of Museum Educators of Southern California. Alberto holds a BA from UCLA and has exhibited, curated, and programmed throughout the greater Los Angeles area.