Alicia Liu is an emerging designer based in New York. Graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 2023, Liu’s work spans multiple fields of design, and her artistic focus includes various arts and crafts, especially in traditional Chinese culture. For her, Mother-of-Pearl inlay is a form of inner reflection—an exploration of self-awareness, cultural heritage, and the limitless possibilities of creativity. By finding connections between tradition and modernity, she leads her community to revive the ancient form of arts and instills new perspectives and contemporaneity into her art practice.

Kevin Ge is a tea master at 7s Arts (七堂) New York, a curated gallery and lab on traditional Chinese aesthetics and lifestyle. Since its beginning, 7s Arts has been promoting the Chinese tea culture and showcasing exquisite tea ceremonies that connect human and nature. As a tea master, Ge performs the most original and professional tea ceremony, and his tea philosophy is informed both by Chinese tea culture and Japanese Sado, including Omode Senke (Japanese matcha tea ceremony), and Senchadao (煎茶道). Ge serves specialty tea sourced from the central tea producing regions in China, and he combines it with tea tools of great craftsmanship at the ceremony.

Wensong (Vincent) Bai is an experienced Guqin performer, and the secretary of the New York Guqin Association. He has studied with the renowned Guqin soloist Liu Li, and professor Xiaoliu Dai, a Guqin performer and scholar.Bai is the recipient of the silver medal in the 2015 New York International Instrumental Music Competition, the first prize in the adult category of the Shanghai "Magnolia" International Music Festival in 2022, and the silver medal in the professional category of the Nanyang International Music Competition in Singapore in 2023. During his stay in the United States, Bai was invited to give lectures and performances on Guqin at China Institute in America, New York Teachers Association-The Interchurch Center, New York Public Library in Queens, Rutgers University of New Jersey.