Westley Art Hodges (he/they) is a native of New Orleans who has called Chicago home since 2018. Since 2019, Westley has served as Director of Music Ministries at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in Evanston, IL, where they direct the choir and handbell choir, play organ and piano, and curate a concert series of 15–17 performances per year. Before St. Mark's, Westley served Episcopal congregations across Mississippi, Georgia, and Illinois.

Beyond church work, Westley performs as an accompanist and solo artist and teaches piano and clarinet through their private studio, Westley Hodges Studio. They are also the clarinetist for the woodwind quintet Amethyst Winds and volunteer with Lakeside Pride Ensemble in Chicago as clarinet section leader of the Symphonic Band and director of the Lakeside Pride Clarinet Choir.

Westley holds an Associate of Arts in Music Education from Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College and studied Clarinet Performance at Delta State University. They earned a Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies with a Minor in Women and Gender Studies from the University of Illinois Springfield, where they also pursued graduate work in the same field.

When music isn't involved, Westley can usually be found in the kitchen working on a new recipe, hitting a hiking trail, or camping somewhere beautiful. Life at home is shared with their fabulous husband, Joseph, and the equally fabulous Sidney "Sid."