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.

Natalie (Yonkers, New York) is a New York-based artist focused on historical surface patterning techniques including natural dyeing, pigment extraction, and marbling. These meticulous, layered processes incorporate plants from her studio garden. Natalie is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design.

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.

Aaron (Fayetteville, AR) is a collage artist and visual arts teacher. She teaches art and design at The New School in Fayetteville, Arkansas. Aaron is passionate about sharing the therapeutic and meditative states that collaging can bring to the mind and soul. In her own words, “I like to create detailed and inviting worlds that I would want to step into. I work in both the analog and digital realm, but creating collages by hand and using vintage ephemera truly fills my heart with joy.”

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. 

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.  

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.

Amy (Fayetteville, AR) is a full-time oil and acrylic artist who focuses on colorful figures, animals, and anything with eyes and a personality. Her background in dance performance, teaching and choreography has influenced her work to emphasize expressive color, movement and character and to appreciate the performance aspect of visual art. Amy’s love of teaching has brought her to instruct at multiple locations including ESSA, Crystal Bridges and now monthly sold out workshops in downtown Rogers. Amy has a studio at Art Ventures Gallery in downtown Fayetteville.

Allen​ ​(Lowell,​ ​AR)​ ​is​ ​a​ ​Journeyman​ ​Smith​ ​with​ ​the​ ​American​ ​Bladesmith​ ​Society​ ​and Arkansas’s​ ​first​ ​Forged​ ​in​ ​Fire​ ​Champion.​ ​​ ​He​ ​enjoys​ ​working​ ​with​ ​steel​ ​to​ ​create​ ​pieces​ ​that​ ​are aesthetically​ ​pleasing​ ​yet​ ​are​ ​quite​ ​functional.

Misty (Palos Verdes Estates, CA) is a celebrated artist and educator. She has been widely published and her work is exhibited both nationally and internationally. Teaching and residencies: Kansas City Art Institute, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts, Vermont Studio Center, CRETA Rome, SACI Florence, and Studio Nong International Sculpture Collective.