Past guests have included:

• Sam Alfano
• Danielle Allata
• Ghada Amer
• Walter Andersons, Visual Artist
• Sia Armajani, International Designer
• Victor Armendariz, Director, Ann Nathan Gallery
• Rudolf Arnheim, Teacher, Author, Theorist
• Boris Bally, Visual Artist
• Bonnie Blandford
• Benjamin Jay Britton, Digital Artist
• Steve Brodner, Illustrator
• Michael Brolly, Visual Artist
• Doug Bucci, Visual Artist and Designer
• Vince Carducci, Critic, Michigan Regional Editor, New Art Examiner
• Scott Carey
• Wendell Castle, Visual Artist and Designer
• Susanna Coffey, Visual Artist
• A. D. Coleman, Photography and Media Critic, Author
• Sir Terence Conran, International Designer
• Andy Cooperman, Visual Artist and Designer
• Ann Hunt Currier, Photographer
• Pamela deMarris, Photographer
• Eames Demetrios, Filmmaker and Video Artist, Principal of the Eames Office and grandson of Charles and Ray Eames
• Marianne Deson, Chicago Gallery Owner
• Jeanne Dunning, Photographer
• Stephen Duren, Visual Artist
• James Elkins, Art Historian, Author, Theorist
• Julia Fish, Visual Artist
• Rachel Fletcher, Geometer and Theatrical Designer
• Colin Forbes, International Designer
• Lora Fosberg, Visual Artist
• Dr. Vivien Green Fryd, Art Historian and Author
• Donald Freidlich, Visual Artist and Designer
• Tom Friedman, Visual Artist
• Lanie Gannon, Visual Artist
• Michael Graves, Architect and Designer
• Gary Griffin
• Matthew Gross
• Lauren Grossman, Visual Artist
• Mark Del Guidice, Visual Artist
• Kathryn Hixson, Critic, Associate Editor, New Art Examiner
• Matthew Hollern
• Mary Lee Hu
• David Huang
• Skip Hunter
• Jeff Juhas
• Vladimir Kagan
• Graciela Kartofel, Art Critic, Curator, Art Historian
• Gary Kelley, Illustrator
• Ellen Lanyon, Visual Artist
• Lord David Linley, Furniture Designer
• Stephen Litchfield, Visual Artist
• Tim Lowly, Visual Artist
• Tom Madden
• Dr. Stanley Madeja, Artist, Educator, Author, Designer
• Jurgen Maerz
• P. Scott Makela, Multi-Media Artist and Designer
• Jake Maki
• Kelly Malec-Kosak, Visual Artist
• Colin McDonald
• William A. McDonough, Architect
• John McQueen, Visual Artist and Craftsperson
• Margo Mensing, Visual Artist
• Caroll Michels, Author, How to Survive & Prosper as an Artist
• WJT Mitchell, Art Historian, Theorist, Author
• Dr. Dewey F. Mosby, Author and Director, Colgate Universityâ??s Picker Art Museum
• Tom Muir
• Sabiha Mujtaba, Visual Artist
• Liza Nechamkin
• Richard Nelipovich
• Lori Nix, Photographer
• Dennis Oppenheim, Visual Artist
• Ed Osborn, Visual and Performance Artist
• Ed Paschke, Visual Artist
• C.F. Payne, Illustrator
• Andree Putman, International Designer
• Alan Revere
• Gabriel Romeu, Visual Artist and Designer
• Dr. Beverly Russell, International Designer
• Laura Salmon, Photographer
• Jenny Scobel, Visual Artist
• Bev Seley
• Peter de Seve, Illustrator
• Miriam Shapiro, Visual Artist
• Shawn Skabelund, Visual Artist
• Sandy Skoglund, Photographer
• Alexis Smith, Visual Artist
• Gilda Snowden, Visual Artist
• T L Solien, Visual Artist
• Greg Spalenka, Illustrator
• Barbara Stafford
• Rebecca Strzelec, Visual Artist
• Dr. Gray Sweeney, Author and Art Historian
• Susan S. Szenasy, Editor-in-Chief, Metropolis Magazine
• Maggie Taylor, Photographer
• Murray Tinkelman, Illustrator
• Steve Tracy
• Joan Truckenbrod, Author and Digital Artist
• Massimo and Lella Vignelli, International Designers
• Rafael Vinoly, internationally renowned Architect, Interior Designer and Urban Planner
• Theodore Wolfe, Art Critic, Christian Science Monitor