GATE offers our deepest gratitude to the Creative Artists—the storytellers, visionaries, musicians,
writers, filmmakers, performers, painters, designers, and dreamers—whose work illuminates the human spirit.

Thank you for daring to see the world not only as it is, but as it could be. Thank you for giving shape to emotion, voice to the unseen, and beauty to the ordinary. Thank you for showing us that imagination is not an escape—it is a doorway into truth.

We honor not only your talents, but your spirit—the spirit that persists, listens deeply, takes risks, experiments, struggles, learns, and ultimately gives.

May you know that your work matters. May you feel seen, valued, and supported. And may you continue to create — not just for the world, but for the joy and truth that lives within you.

Thank you, Creative Artists. Your work shapes culture. Your presence awakens hearts. And your gifts help us remember what it means to be human.

With gratitude and appreciation from John and Ben and the GATE team!