A behind the scenes conversation featuring Will Heron, Artist Liaison at Meow Wolf Grapevine, Morgan Grasham a Texas artist, and Robert Garza a Dallas-based illustrator, designer & painter; moderated by Imani Thomas, Social Media Manager, Meow Wolf INC.

Join us at Meow Wolf in the Matt King Mystery Center for an electrifying artist talk celebrating pride! Delve into a kaleidoscope of creativity, identity, and community. Engage with visionary artists, embrace diversity, and ignite conversations that celebrate love, expression, and acceptance. Discover how we push boundaries, blend mediums, and create immersive experiences that redefine storytelling in art and entertainment.

This talk is free and open to the community. Ticket to the exhibition is not required. Suggested donation is $10. All donations will be matched by the Meow Wolf Foundation and awarded to Kinfolk House as a part of our Emerging Artist Support Grant. Donations accepted at time of event.

Morgan Grasham - @grashamstudios
Morgan Grasham is an interdisciplinary artists informed by science fiction, from Xenogensis to A Fire Upon the Deep, whose works emphasize authoring the future by embracing otherness and speculative living. Their intermedia studio practices play with a unique constellation of skillsets and experience, creating everything from large sculpture and immersive installations to wearables and functional ceramics. Their work (and lives) are influenced by several years' residency at The Chicken Farm Art Center in San Angelo, Texas. They earned their MFAs in 2020/2023 from University of North Texas.

Morgan created "The Greeter" sculpture along with other projects for Meow Wolf Grapevine, as well as work with Tinc Productions, Busch Gardens Tampa Bay (Seaworld Parks & Entertainment), Flying Squirrel Sports Indoor Trampoline Park, Malibu Jack's Fun Park, Central City Fun Park, and more.

Will Heron - @wheron
Will Heron is a Dallas-based Artist and Artist Liaison to Meow Wolf Grapevine. As an Artist Liaison, he has played a crucial role in building relationships between Meow Wolf and its local artistic community, organizing events and collaborations that bring together artists, performers, and audiences from across the region.

As an artist, Will's work explores themes of dichotomies in nature, resilience, and growth through a range of media, and his public murals can be found across the DFW metroplex and country. His signature hyper-stylized cacti murals and illustrations reflect his Texan roots and are a testament to his creative ingenuity while fusing southern imagery and shape illusions to create prickly, illustrative, high-contrast compositions. Will's studio is located in West Dallas in the Tin District, where he helps coordinate the annual Wild West Mural Fest, curating over 60+ large-scale murals by local and national artists for the West Dallas community.

Robert Garza - @rsgartanddesign
Robert Garza is a Dallas-based illustrator, designer & painter.

"The best way I think I can describe my art is experimental. I try to stay consistent with my subject matter, but I end up playing around with different ideas every time I work on a piece. I mainly focus on emotional expression, as I find a certain catharsis in creating art, so you’d see a lot of what I may be feeling or thinking at the time. I think that’s what helped me get where I am today. In my journey to discover a style or signature aesthetic, I think I’ve connected with a lot of people in different ways because I’m always attempting both express myself and improve my technique. The drawback is that I don’t really have anything yet that I feel is the core of my work, though it’s plenty fun to explore. I also attribute a lot of where I am as an artist to my inspirations. My love of comics, street art, advertising and classical work fuels my need to find new ways to create and keep me focused on developing my skills. Having worked freelance graphic design for several years has definitely helped my work ethic and has given me opportunities to think creatively and responsibly about making art on a fundamental level. I want people to know that it is possible to be a successful artist as long as you are willing to put in the work. I don’t have a degree, I didn’t go to art school, and I definitely don’t have the career path a lot of others have that one would typically expect. I’ve made my way by surrounding myself with goal-driven people and taking on all the positive opportunities I can, when I can."