Multidisciplinary artist and Pew Fellow Rebecca Rutstein works at the intersection of art, science and technology. For over twenty years she has created painting, sculpture, interactive installation and pubic art inspired by geology and the natural world, and since 2015 has focused on collaborating with scientists exploring the deep sea. Rutstein is passionate about creating visual experiences that shed light on hidden and micro environments, forging a dialogue about stewardship in the face of climate change. She has been an artist-in-residence at locations around the world, including six expeditions at sea and two dives to the ocean floor in the Alvin submersible. Her collaborations have been funded by the National Science Foundation, Ocean Exploration Trust, Schmidt Ocean Institute and the National Academies of Science Keck Futures Initiative. Rutstein’s work can be found in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Georgia Museum of Art, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Yale University.

Mandy Joye is an oceanographer, an educator, and an ocean explorer. She is a Regents’ Professor and holds the Athletic Association Distinguished Professorship in Arts and Sciences at the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia. She is an expert in microbial ecology and biogeochemistry and her work explores on hydrocarbon, trace gas, and nutrient dynamics in the context of environmental dynamics and climate change. She works in both blue water and near shore ocean environments. Her work is highly interdisciplinary, bridging the fields of analytical chemistry, microbiology, and geology. She is also deeply committed to science advocacy and science communication and collaborates with artists and writers to share ocean stories and facilitate ocean stewardship.