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A luxury-themed duck character made with recycled fabric, inlaid patchwork, acrylic paint, collage, and mixed media on a styrofoam panel.

Hector Menares

Mixed Media; Painter

Tajanique Bell

Literary Arts: Poet; Spoken Word; Visual Artist

Plein air watercolor painting of shoreline trees in Pt. Pinole in May of 2025.

Maria Tuttle

Instructor; Painter; Visual Artist

Soft washes of violet, lavender, and green blend together to create an orchard bathed in rich, atmospheric color

Bea Haase

Visual Artist

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Bill Carmel

Literary Arts: Author, Poet; Storyteller; Visual Artist

The Biography of Bill Carmel Bill was born at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers. He brushed his teeth with coal dust and malt. He wove his clothes out of chain mail and cotton threads from the mills. Dream after dream of...

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Joo Chase

Instructor; Mixed Media; Painter; Visual Artist

About Joo Chase Joo Chase is a Korean-American artist and art educator based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Through her active participation in local exhibitions and her work as an educator, she has become part of the Bay Area art community, sharing...

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Ellen Christensen

Graphic Artist; Illustrator; Mixed Media; Painter; Photographer; Printmaker; Visual Artist

Ellen Christensen is a designer and artist who grew up in the unincorporated areas of Richmond. She received her undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and an MFA in Graphic Design from the Rhode Island School of Design....

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Donté Clark

Actor; Literary Arts: Poet; Musician; Performance Art; Spoken Word

Donté Clark is a spoken-word poet, actor, and writer based in California’s Bay Area. He co-founded an artist collective called RAW Talent (Richmond Artist With Talent) in 2008, which encouraged young people in his community to get involved with...

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Mark Coffey

Graphic Artist; Painter; Photographer

Mark Coffey has lived most of his life in the San Francisco Bay Area with a career in architecture, construction management and real estate development. Several years ago, he decided to try something a little different and began publishing an...

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Brian Conery

Mixed Media; Painter; Photographer; Sculptor; Visual Artist

Brian has a BA in Painting from CSU Chico, where he grew up, identifying as an artist from an early age. He began painting at 12 and was selling his work by age 15. He also spent a year studying illustration at Art Center College of Design in...

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Donna Cooper

Handweaving; Jeweler; Beader

Very involved with creating and designing beaded jewelry since the age of 12. Every job I’ve ever held was jewelry-related, either selling parts to create beaded jewelry sets or complete fine jewelry with diamonds, gold, and gemstones. My school...

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José Cordón

Literary Arts: Poet; Performance Art; Spoken Word

Entrepreneur and poetic artist José Cordón, known as CordonConcepts, is a sought after spoken word poet, Antioch’s Poet Laureate, and founder of Grassroots Poetry. His upbringing in a church-going immigrant home taught him the value of faith,...

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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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Phyllis M Couillard

Photographer

When I started taking photos it was a way to remember the trips I took. Over time I became more interested in finding a new perspective to “see” from. I wanted to share what I saw in the landscape around me. For me, it’s always been about the...

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Don Cresswell

Photographer

Don has been creating all his life. From drawing cars at a young age and having aspirations to be an Automotive Designer to being introduced to Graphic Design in High School which then led to an Advertising major at San Jose State University. Don...

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Sherry Cummings

Painter

“Each painting is a new journey for me and I grow with each one. I began with photos of my garden which are mostly Irises. Their uniqueness and coloring inspired me. After a time I decided it was time to take up the brushes again and so my journey...

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