Mary Briggs

Mary Briggs has been a member of the staff of the Cultural Affairs Division of Arlington County, Virginia since 1989, serving in various capacities including visual arts facility director, curator and public art project manager. She is currently Director of Heritage Arts, a position that includes responsibility for all culturally diverse visual and performing arts and folklore programs within the County. She brings to her job a strong background in three-dimensional art and craft forms and personal experience as a performing and teaching musician. Though she holds a degree in Art History, she spent twelve years as a studio potter and teacher before joining CAD. Presently, while engaged in course work in folklore studies, she remains involved in supporting an encouraging independent craft artists statewide, and in teaching and playing traditional Appalachian music.


Jonathan Zurer

Jonathan Zurer is Vice President of ThinkFilm, Inc. in Washington, DC. He has produced location filming for the feature films Armageddon, Dick, and Spy Game, and for television programs, including The West Wing.  His other producing experience includes documentaries for the Discovery Channel, Public Service Announcements for the Centers for Disease Control and Volunteers of America, and commercials for Time/Life Music and various political candidates.


Toya Watts

Toya Watts is the Executive Director and a Co-Founder of S.E.P.I.A. (Sisters Empowered to Promote Interest & opportunities in the Arts), a national non-profit arts organization that supports women of color in the film, visual, music, literary and performing arts disciplines. She also produces In addition to her responsibilities guiding the organization, she also produces The REEL Shades Film Festival, an annual three-day festival featuring women of color filmmakers.  Her responsibility includes guiding the organization’s fund-raising and development activities with corporate sponsors and foundations. Ms. Watts has extensive media experience, including television, public relations, and  program development.  She is also president of Watts Communications, a Washington, DC-based public relations and marketing consulting firm. Prior to starting her practice, she developed and managed national public education campaigns at Ogilvy Public Relations Worldwide. Ms. Watts earned her B.A. in Broadcast Journalism from Howard University.  As a visual artist, she has studied figure drawing and painting three years at the Corcoran School of Art.


Edward Winslow

Edward Winslow, a native of Washington, DC, has been involved in film and video since attending Catholic University of America, where he received a B.A. in Communications. He currently works as a free-lance video editor in the metropolitan area. His documentary Raised on the Row received an Honorable Mention in the 2000 ROSEBUD Festival.