Steve Palmer is a juried member of the Best of Missouri Hands Artisan Association & currently designs and builds custom furniture.

William (Boston, MA) is an artist who utilizes traditional silversmithing techniques and untraditional materials to create jewelry. William earned his BFA from MassART in 2012, and his MFA in 2016 from the University of Massachusetts: Dartmouth.

Donna (Eureka Springs, AR) is a self-taught sculptor in a variety of mediums – sand and snow, sugar and clay. She has taught art at Clear Spring School in Eureka Springs and is a popular and accomplished instructor at ESSA. Donna has helped others express their creativity through many mediums, clay being a favorite.

Sarah Doremus lives in Deer Isle, Maine in a house up a mile-long dirt driveway that her wife, Linda and she bought because it fulfilled her most important housing requirement: It is private enough to hang laundry naked. She was trained as a sculptor but after college in a metalsmithing studio and her work has since been jewelry sized. Sarah produces work for galleries and private clients and teaches workshops around the country (including Penland, Peter’s Valley, Arrowmont, and more). Her work is held in private and public collections, has been included on blogs and in publications, and has been part of numerous shows. The bulk of her time is devoted to teaching art at two rural Maine elementary schools, where her work often takes the form of collaboration with 8 year olds.

Gary Chapman (Birmingham, AL) is a Professor of Painting and Drawing at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (MFA at Cranbrook Academy of Art; BA and BS at Berea College). He has taught workshops at institutions all over the country, and Gary has exhibited in numerous exhibitions worldwide. Chapman currently has 13 paintings in the collections of ten museums and many corporate and private collections.

Daren (Highlandville, MO) a southwest Missouri native, has nearly 30 years of welding/fabrication experience. His blacksmithing work began as a hobby, then took prominence when he began doing architectural ironwork on commission. Daren combines his fabrication skill set with traditional blacksmithing techniques to create unique functional and sculptural pieces.

Bill (Memphis, TN) is a working artist/blacksmith, and professor of Metal Arts and Sculpture at Memphis College of Art. He earned a MA in Blacksmithing from Southern Illinois University Carbondale and has a BFA from Memphis College of Art.

Jessica (Eureka Springs, AR) is in her 14th year as a high school art teacher here in Eureka Springs. She has experience working in and teaching drawing, painting, jewelry, printmaking, sculpture, and ceramics. She regularly shows her work downtown at Brews, sells work online, and hosts painting parties at the 1886 Crescent Hotel & Spa.

John (Battlefield, MO) has been a professional woodcarver and watercolorist for over thirty years. He operates the John Engler and Associates Design Studio. John has taught in 18 states and judged over 50 woodcarving shows across the country.

Nick (Knoxville, TN) is an artist, educator, and arts administrator. He received his MFA from Arizona State University, and a MS and BFA from the University of Tennessee. He exhibits nationally and has also taught workshops at Penland School of Crafts, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, East Carolina University and the University of Louisville. Currently, Nick is the Program Director at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Tennessee and works on his fiber art practice from his home studio.