Leana (Fayetteville, AR) is the artist behind stationery and gift brand May We Fly. With a focus on botanicals and nature, Leana loves using watercolors to make artwork that inspires delight and celebrates the beauty that is found every day. In addition to creating and designing her products, she enjoys helping others discover the fun of painting.

Dana (Senatobia, MS) holds a BFA in painting and an MFA in studio art from Memphis College of Art. She spent her early years roaming the creek banks and meadows of north central Arkansas’ Ozark Mountains, finding clarity of spirit outdoors. Her work is a visual response to her time spent outdoors.

Kimberly (Cookville, TN) is an Associate Professor of Art with a BFA in Ceramics and an MFA in Furniture Design. She has taught at Penland School of Crafts, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Anderson Ranch Art Center, The Center for Furniture Craftsmanship and the Appalachian Center for Craft.

Brynna (Eureka Springs, AR) earned her BFA in Studio Arts from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. She has taught art and art therapy classes in Illinois, Louisiana, Africa, and Arkansas. She lives happily tucked away in the woods with her husband, step-daughter, and beloved pets.  

Wayne (Hot Springs, AR) has been a self-taught sculptor since 1970. His steel sculpture is often functional – tables, stools, and chairs; but he truly enjoys creating unique “people” and larger works that are inspired by music. His accomplishments include works at the Hot Springs Civic and Convention Center, Hard Rock Café in Miami, Florida, Hot Springs Sculpture Garden, and several hospitals, churches, libraries, banks, and private homes. He has also been featured in “Southern Artist” and “Active Years’ magazines.

Alicia (Springfield, MO) has been included and recognized in numerous national and international exhibits. She recently received signature status in the prestigious National Watercolor Society, based in Los Angeles, CA. She was commissioned to create nine large acrylic paintings for the new Museum of the Bible in Washington D.C.

Deborah (Eureka Springs, AR) works in oils, acrylics, and jewelry making. She was trained in the old master’s style of painting by Valery Bassett in Northampton. MA. She received additional training at the Anderson Mandette studios in Jerome, AZ. The school’s founder, Robin Anderson, won the Florence Biennale in 2003.  

Tonya (Ocean Grove, NJ) is a painter focused on methods that stifle impulse, embrace boredom, and forces self-awareness. Lee has exhibited her work throughout the U.S. and has an extensive background in higher and adult education at Penland School of Crafts and other institutions. A native of Florida, she was raised on the salt of the Atlantic foam by a shark’s tooth hunter and a mythmaker. 

Kip (Rogers, AR) has been turning for over 30 years, currently making small to moderate scale vessels from domestic woods. He is a co-founder of the Stateline Woodturners and has taught at ESSA and the Arkansas Craft School.

Suzanne (Eureka Springs, AR) builds upon her experiences of working and living around the globe to inspire glass and metal art pieces representing the diverse colors, textures, and patterns from different cultures.  She turns the often chaotic physical environment of far-flung places into geometric representations through her art.