Beth Miner's design work is grounded in education, advocacy, and environmental awareness. She has spent over a decade working with mission-driven organizations, artists, and small businesses to translate values, knowledge, and data into compelling visual assets. Through her studio, Mayapple Graphics, she merges hand illustration, technical design skills, and branding expertise to help clients and partners clarify stories and amplify impact.

Tieshka Smith’s documentary practice explores Black memory, civic identity, and class through an intimate lens rooted in bearing witness to the everyday. Her work spans photography, writing, teaching, and community-based arts practice, with a deep foundation in project management, grant development, and trauma-informed engagement.

projects

Compositions of Black Joy: A Visual Chronicle of the Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival (2015–2022) is a stunning, full-color photo book that celebrates the richness of Black culture, community, and resistance through the lens of a beloved northwest Philadelphia tradition.  Spanning seven years of the Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival in Germantown, this volume honors Black families, joyful celebration, cultural commerce, and grassroots activism and captures the evolution of this annual event for a community that continues to gather, resist, and rejoice. 

Documenting the Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival:  A Visual Chronicle of Community, Resilience and Freedom was exhibit of photography by Tieshka Smith of the Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival, spanning the years 2015-2022 that was on view at the Germantown Historical Society from 2023-2025.