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Joo Chase

Instructor; Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist

30' high playground sculpture resembling stand of Aspen trunks with large nest and leaf canopy in upper area and smaller nest swing in lower area. Upper area is accessible via an enclosed stairway. Placement on 16th Street pedestrian plaza in downtown Denver.

Sean Orlando

Fabricator; Media Arts: 3D Modeler; Mixed Media; Sculptor; Visual Artist; Immersive Art, Public Art, Placemaking

Tan, green and teal abstract painting done by palette knife and brush strokes, building layers and texture using a palette of greens and neutral colors.

Denise Hillman

Painter; Visual Artist

A watercolor and collage picture in greens and yellows painted paper of Mount Tam in a circle

Erin McCluskey Wheeler

Instructor; Literary Arts: Author, Poet; Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist

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Desireé Abbott

Ceramics; Fiber Artist; Jeweler

I’ve been making things for as long as I can remember, starting with crafts in Girl Scouts and eventually finding my way to crochet and jewelry, which I’ve been doing for more than 20 years. In 2024, I took my first pottery class at the Richmond...

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Kimberly Antoinette

Fashion Designer; Fiber Artist; Mixed Media; Painter; Storyteller; Visual Artist

Kimberly A. Ross (p/k/a Kimberly Antoinette) is a multidisciplinary artist and fashion designer whose work bridges visual arts with fashion design. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Apparel Design & Merchandising from San Francisco State University...

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Teryn Brown

Fiber Artist; Graphic Artist; Illustrator; Instructor; Painter; Printmaker; Visual Artist

Teryn Brown, a.k.a. Lorraine Goldenhar, is a multidisciplinary artist whose work is inspired by deep ecology, women’s traditional craft and spirituality, and resonant neuro-aesthetics. She received her BFA from San Francisco State University in...

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Jane Yuen Corich

Fiber Artist; Illustrator; Instructor; Mixed Media; Painter

Abstract painting has been the narrative of my artistic vision since 2005. Currently, I work in acrylic, acrylic mixed medium, oil, and oil with cold wax. I feel very comfortable, as well as challenged, with the process of discovering a painting...

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lee gorton

Fiber Artist; Illustrator; Instructor; Mixed Media; Storyteller; Visual Artist

A childhood of drawing Batman and dragons led to art school of drawing slightly less Batman, but even more dragons had led to jobs as a store artist for Tower Records, illustrations for local bands, zines, comics, and now as an instructional aide...

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Laura Kamian McDermott

Fiber Artist; Handweaving; Mixed Media; Visual Artist

I am a textile artist with a thirty-year history of showing up to my beloved Richmond, CA studio (or sketchbook!) as many days of the week as I can manage. I use labor-intensive textile techniques to make work that insists on the value of creative...

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Kimiko Kogure

Mixed Media; Sculptor

“A profound awe of nature forms a common thread throughout my life, and dominates my artistic career. Growing up in Japan at the edge of the gently sloping Kantou plain 60 miles from Tokyo, my world was bounded by three mountains under a vast sky. I...

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Erin McCluskey Wheeler

Instructor; Literary Arts: Author, Poet; Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist

Erin McCluskey Wheeler is a painter, collagist, writer, curator, and teacher based in Richmond, CA. Erin works in many series at once and across disciplines in painting, collage, works on paper, prints, essays, and poetry. There is always a careful...

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Julia OReilly

Jeweler

I am Julia O’Reilly. I was born and raised in the beautiful city of Istanbul, Turkey. My designs are inspired by my Turkish heritage combined with my vision of today’s woman. Each design is unique, one of a kind and never duplicated. I began...

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Sara Pisheh

Ceramics; Fabricator; Graphic Artist; Jeweler; Media Arts: 3D Modeler; Painter; Sculptor; Visual Artist; Set Designer and Scale model maker

I’m a designer and maker based in the East Bay, creating handmade fabric jewelry using ethnic textiles from around the world. Rooted in Middle Eastern, Iranian, and Indian traditions, my work blends cultural heritage with modern style. Each piece...

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Jane Russell

Glass Artist; Jeweler; Mixed Media; Visual Artist; mosaicist

I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since retiring as a school psychologist, I have found delight in learning about and creating mosaic art. I was first introduced to mosaics in 2010 when I took a workshop, which was followed by many more...

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Kaci Smith

Fiber Artist; Handweaving; Mixed Media; Visual Artist

Kaci Smith is a multi-disciplinary artist specializing in two dimensional mixed media with a distinct emphasis on collage, and weaving. Born and raised in a small town in central New Jersey, Kaci has been a resident of California’s vibrant Bay...

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Jayne Tucker

Fiber Artist

Jayne Tucker is a Fiber Artist in which her art practice incorporates used tea bags. She is a California-based curator, teacher and grandmother. *Artist featured in 2024 Art Passages exhibition at the County Administration Building in Martinez,...

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