Ray (Bentonville, AR) is the president of the Stateline Woodturners, where they mentor new woodturners and host hands-on workshops for their members. He is on the Northwest AR Community College staff, where he leads and teaches for their Construction Technology Program.

About Doug Powell Doug Powell has worked with his hands all of his life in many different media, including blacksmithing, [...]

Joe (Strafford, MO) started welding and working with metal at age 13, and found a way to turn his industrial experience into an art form. He has been represented by art galleries throughout Missouri and has sculptures in municipal shows in Missouri, Illinois and Iowa.

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.

Anne (Pawlet, VT ) has been an independent studio artist for 17 years and has work included in numerous exhibitions, collections and publications. During 2018 work was included in three invitational international exhibitions, including Blaze in Taiwan. Anne is currently treasurer of The Enamelist Society, Pocosin Arts, and Enamel Guild North East.

Kate (Lexington, KY) is a self-taught fiber artist. She has taught felting workshops locally in Kentucky and is a member in good standing of the Berea Arts Guild of KY. Her work has been featured on sites like BuzzFeed, Bored Panda, ThinkGeek, Geekology, and Fashionably Geek.

Sally (Broadview Heights, OH) is a retired secondary and college art instructor. She currently teaches painting and drawing at a regional art center in Ohio. She is a signature member of numerous art organizations including the Ohio Watercolor Society, the Pennsylvania Watercolor Society, and the Whiskey Painters of America, among others, and has had several solo exhibitions and won many awards for her paintings.

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.

Diana Michelle (Fayetteville, AR) earned her degree in Fine Art from the University of Arkansas. She is a recipient of the Arkansas Committee of the National Museum of Women Scholarship.  She has taught photography and Photoshop for the last twelve years. She displays her photography through Art Ventures Gallery, Art Collective Gallery, and Lane Foster Fine Art Gallery.

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.