John (JJD) Dessler is a visual communications graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh. He was the artist and media director for the Beaver County/Allegheny Times for 10 years and freelances for companies such as GE, NBC, Genworth Financial, and Heinz – specializing in Flash, Photoshop, audio/video production and effects. In 1996 he founded The Outlet for Creativity (a non-profit 501c3) in Rochester, PA, to foster and support the Arts in Beaver County and has served on numerous boards of economic and cultural development. John has taught digital and fine arts at the Beaver County Arts Academy, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Community College of Beaver County, Penn State, and the Beaver Valley International Arts Festival. He is a published playwright (Sketch-O-Frenia, Meriwether Publishing), winner of the Keystone Press and Telly awards, and is an accomplished studio and performing musician/producer.