Pete Guither is a retired assistant dean of the College of Fine Arts at Illinois State University, where he taught arts management, theatre photography, computer graphic design, and entrepreneurship. He is the founding artistic director of the nationally renowned performance art company The Living Canvas. Pete is the judge chairperson of the Blue Whiskey Independent Film Festival in Chicago. He has worked in business and in government, on Broadway, as a Fuller Brush salesman, and as a traveling lounge musician. Pete is a theatre photographer, a fine art photographer, a piano player, a drug policy expert, a foodie, and hosts New York theatre tours for students and adults. He has a Master of Fine Arts in performing arts management from Brooklyn College and a degree in theatre from Cornell College.