Gretchen Adracie
Ann Arbor Area

Sowing the seeds of hoop-love far and wide. Hoops! Yes, the kind one spins around one's body. Beautiful, custom hand- decorated hoops for your specific height, weight, and fitness level. Instruction in hoop-making and actual hoop use is available. Get your hoop on!

jeanne adwani
Ann Arbor Area

Gordon Alexander
Outside Washtenaw County

Photographer/Graphic Designer/ Educator

Nelson Amos
Ypsilanti Area

Artistic realism (local images, landscapes, portraits, commissions), artist services (giclées, prints, etc.), custom framing, unique gifts. Nelson Amos's early experience in the visual arts was as an art major at Morehead State University in the 1960's. After a year of study, he decided to follow a career in music which led him to Ohio State University for a Master of Arts degree and The University of Iowa for his Ph.D. Since 1975, he has served as Professor of Music at Eastern Michigan University where he continues to teach classical guitar, lute, and graduate classes in music history. Inspired by his historical music interests, Amos decided in 1997 to incorporate Renaissance and Baroque painting techniques in his art work. In 2004, the Nelson Amos Studio opened at 9 East Cross Street in Ypsilanti's Historic Depot Town. The Studio has since moved to 23 E. Cross Street. To date, Amos has painted almost 40 portraits including individuals, family, as well as corporate commissions. His painted images of Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor are favorite items having broad appeal in Southeast Michigan. Amos continues to teach at Eastern while his wife Korin assumes much of the day-to-day operation of the studio-gallery (custom framing and sales of his original art work).

Noor Andi
Outside Washtenaw County

just honest and good looking person

Katalin Andris
Ann Arbor Area

Barbara Annis
Ann Arbor Area

Emily Asbury
Ann Arbor Area

Julia Ashcom
Ann Arbor Area

David Austin
Ypsilanti Area

Multi media artist and gallery owner.

Yen Azzaro
Outside Washtenaw County

Mary Bachman
Ypsilanti Area

I call myself an all media artist/teacher, as i tend to go back and forth between medias. Although oils and pastels are my favorite,in the past I have spent a great deal of time as a potter, sculptor, photographer, weaver, and delved to some extent into watercolor and casein. Landscapes are my usual subject, having grown up on a farm where we were free to roam the country side, sometimes gathering wild flowrs, picking wild blackberries, or building playhouses in the woods. After spending several years doing black and white photography, I find digital photography a fascinating subject which I am still investigating. Several years ago I heard John Pappas was going to retire, so took a year of sculpture with him at EMU. I've been a member of the Ann Arbor Women Artists for many years, and more recently a member of the Ann Arbor Area Pastelists. I've received many awards and have had several one person shows of my work. I have a BS in Art, and earned 26 credits toward a masters in painting. My intentions were to get a masters in scultpure but at that time it wasn't offered. My efforts to get a masters was stopped to pursue a business in pot making. I spend 10 years going to art fairs to peddle my wares. Back problems made me go back to painting which I continue to this day. When my husbland retired in '81we bult a two story building, the first level is his shop while the second level is my studio. I have enjoyed being able to spread out in this great space, and work by myself. Early on I did invite other artists to join me, and hired a model. My studio is a great asset where I can show and store my work, or leave works in progress undisturbed until I can return to them. My studio can be found at 4901 Grandview, Ypsilanti, MI, 48197, which is in Pittsfield Township, near the Washtenaw Country Club. My email is . Please call me before you come to visit me at 734-434-2034. I welcome your call.

Stephanie Bajema
Ann Arbor Area

A recent graduate of Northern Michigan University, Stephanie Bajema holds a BFA in Illustration, specializing in nature education art and comics and children's book and magazine illustration.

Elena Barillas Flores
Manchester Area

Drawings -graphite, pastel, acyrlic & photographs

Daniel Barry
Ann Arbor Area

Cynthia Baxter
Saline Area

Christopher Bednash
Ann Arbor Area

judith bemis
Dexter Area

I am engaged in continuing to paint from my experiences in Ghana, W.Africa, working in a U.N. Refugee camp. I have journeyed there on 7 different occasions to work with refugees from other war-torn countries in W,Africa. Having worked for many years as a clinical social worker, my hope is to convey through my paintings [rather than just words]the "stories" of these traumatized people. I am trying several media to accomplish this.

Diane Bennett
Ann Arbor Area

We provide Art Workshop Retreats in Ann Arbor, MI at the Botanical Gardens. The Workshops are taught by award winning instructors in a variety of mediums. We also work as Art Consultants offering original art, reproductions, and commissions for businesses, universities, and institutions.

Jill Blixt
Ann Arbor Area

Robert Boardman
Ann Arbor Area

Freelance Conductor, specializing in rehearsing and performing symphonic works from the standard orchestral repertoire and contemporary music. Band, Chorus, and Opera as well. Interests include cross disciplinary collaborations and events of community significance.

Bertie Bonnell
Ann Arbor Area

Portrait of your house, garden, or pet. Capture the memories of your home and its surroundings, or your pet, with a keepsake painting for your family. Enjoy your flower or vegetable garden at its peak, even in winter. Keep your pet’s special personality alive with a portrait painting. My house and garden paintings have been featured in two solo exhibits in Ann Arbor and Observer covers. Contact me for an 18 x 24” framed acrylic painting as a gift for your parents or children. Also garden murals for bedroom, bath, or sunporch. With a painting of a beloved pet these members of our family live on in our memories. If possible I’ll meet your pet, take photos, and create a painting that depicts his or her distinctive personality and expression. Call 734-769-6035 to visit my Ann Arbor studio and see examples.

Vince Bonura
Ann Arbor Area

Business owner that specializes in helping company's motivate their employees through recognition and rewards programs, go to www.motivoperformance.com.

Dave Brenner
Chelsea Area

Dave Brenner is an award-winning artist and graphic designer with over 25 years of experience in his field. His photography and graphic design has been published in numerous books and magazines and featured in such publications as USA Today. Dave is also a web usability expert with extensive experience constructing CSS-based web designs and Content Management Systems like Drupal and Wordpress.

Brittany Broas
Outside Washtenaw County

I just graduated from the textiles department at the College for Creative Studies. I'm eternally optimistic and am excited to get involved with the arts community.

Ken Brown
Ann Arbor Area

• BFA Columbus College of Art & Design 1962 • BFA Ohio University 1964 • MFA Sculpture, Ohio State University 1966 • University of Michigan Sculpture Studio Coordinator, 1997 - 2007 Woodcarving is a new and extremely stimulating adventure for me. Through it, is essentially my personal exploration of form. The simplicity and honesty of the carving process allows for intense concentration in the reduction of the material into an evolving, expressive structure. Every hit of the mallet, every stroke of the file, alters the wood as it closes in on the finished form within. My images are conceived totally in the round and gradually revealed as I work in a 360-degree fashion. I let the wood guide me to its hidden surprises and discoveries and this makes me eager to see more deeply into the material and try new things. I feel strongly about craftsmanship as evidence of the link between the form, its maker, and the viewer. I want the image to be revealed throughout the form, so that in the finished work there is not a single nub or notch or thread of grain left untouched, underworked or ill-concieved. My goal is a sculpture that achieves an overall sense of completeness. At best I want the work to elicit some emotion and stimulate thought. I want the work to link to its predecessor and beg for its successor.

Denver Brubaker
Ann Arbor Area

Cartoonist Denver Brubaker currently lives in Ann Arbor, MI with his fiancé Jillian and their pet dog Roxy. Denver grew up along Lake Michigan and not only spent lots of time drawing, but playing baseball and building stuff with Legos. He still loves drawing, baseball, and Legos. In his spare time he enjoys walking, drawing, reading, watching TV, going to the movies, or the theatre, as well as read cool, old comics. Denver has an entire bathroom decorated in Superman stuff. If Denver wasn’t doing what he does now he is certain he would have made a great paleontologist that had cool adventures like Indiana Jones. Maybe.

Ilona Brustad
Ann Arbor Area

I'm a mosaic artist working primarily in glass tiles and mixed media.

Jane Bunge-Noffke
Ann Arbor Area

Artist

Bill Burgard
Ann Arbor Area

Throughout my life I have always kept sketch books of drawings from observation to improve my skills for capturing reality on paper. I am very confident in my ability to render accurate drawings which also have strong character. Though much of my work deals with decorative shapes and graphic interpretation I am only satisfied when I achieve a high sense of realism in some part of the work. I have been a graphic designer and illustrator since graduating from the University of Michigan in 1979. Most people are familiar with the work I produced as Art Director for the Ann Arbor Summer Festival and the 20 posters I created from 1984 to 2003. Along with my freelance work I am a Lecturer at the School of Art and Design at the University of Michigan. I have been on the faculty continuously since 1993. I am experienced in many media including pen and ink, acrylic, oils, pastel, collage and digital. I am fluent in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. I scan all of my artwork and often manipulate it for publication.

francesc burgos
Ann Arbor Area

Francesc Burgos, a Barcelona-born ceramist, designer and architect, currently makes one-of-a-kind ceramic and mixed-media sculptures for the home, some functional, some purely contemplative, always distinct and elegant, playful yet robust.

MARY ROCHELLE BURNHAM
Manchester Area

Original works of art by Mary Rochelle Burnham, including portraits and commissions. Mary teaches classes in pastel, oils, acrylics, portraits and caricature, as well as workshops.

Deborah Campbell
Ann Arbor Area

Deborah is a nationally exhibiting studio artist and Life Coach specializing in working with 'Cultural Creatives' ---- and interested in all things transformational

Jean Canavan
Saline Area

watercolors, oils, mixed media and collage.

Dolores Carlson
Outside Washtenaw County

Barbara Melnik Carson
Ann Arbor Area

I am narrative sculptor creating art that starts a conversation. Primarily interested in making work that exists in all three dimensions, I weave a story to connect it to intangible signifiers in the viewer’s existence. My passion for creating began in childhood growing up in Southwest Detroit. With limited art resources, in my early work I improvised using objects found in my neighborhood. Religious and ethnic themes grow naturally from that past environment. I’ve been an exhibiting artist since 2001. After a career working as an occupational therapist I continue to emerge as an artist. Working with intuitive and outsider artists during my career in mental health provided a creative surge. Today, my sculptural clay and mixed media works grow from personal insights linked to broader issues.

Kay Cassill
Saline Area

My early inspiration came from the Impressionists. Then printmaking with Lasansky demanded a higher skill level and draftsmanship which I thrived upon. I find I am often drawn to mythology to explain the images my mind's eye reveals to me. Being an identical twin has encouraged my awareness of dualities, double images, echoes and related subjects as well as my fascination with old photographs and history.

Orin Cassill
Saline Area

Photographer

Kathleen Cavanagh
Ann Arbor Area

Oil painter

Lynn & Steve Cebula
Outside Washtenaw County

3D abstract wall art, clocks and candle holders in wood, aluminum & re purposed objects.

Chaely Chartier
Ypsilanti Area

Event operations & production specialist.

Michael Colter
Milan Area

Photography - Landscape and Wildlife Hi I’m Michael Colter, award winning Landscape and Wildlife Photographer living in the Milan area. Working as a Firefighter for 34 years Website - colterphoto.com My passion is photography and I truly enjoy capturing the things that memories are made of, from a chickadee grabbing a sunflower seed to an eagle diving through the air to the river below and catching a fish. Capturing the beauty of the sun rising on the Atlantic to the sun setting in the Pacific and all of the things that we see between. With the warmth of the spring sun that brings life to the trees, flowers and the new life that will walk this Great Earth. Then comes the gentle summer stream and fireflies at night, to the blaze of the autumn tree that are preparing to hibernate through the cold winters nights. These are the thing I love to capture with my camera. One of the things I want to photograph is the Northwest United States, a place that my 4th Great Grandfather John Colter discovered with Lewis and Clark in the Corps of Discovery. After leaving the Corps of Discovery he went on to discover the Yellow Stone area. Some say he was the original Mountain Man. Thanks for looking, Mike

Ed Comeau
Chelsea Area

Marlene Cooper
Ann Arbor Area

Graphic Designer, Painter, Jewelry Designer/Metalsmith

Missy Cowan
Chelsea Area

Missy is a watercolor artist currently living in Chelsea, Michigan. She finds her inspiration in nature and paints what she loves; colorful flowers, leaves, and trees. Many of her compositions are derived from the extensive flower garden in her backyard. For Missy, it's all about color and bringing that color to people's lives, one painting at a time. Her works have been accepted in several juried shows and are exhibited in various businesses in the area and on the web. Missy is a member of Ann Arbor Women Artists, the Chelsea Center for the Arts, and The Michigan Watercolor Society.

carlye crisler
Ann Arbor Area

artist

CONNIE CRONENWETT
Ann Arbor Area

Rick Cronn
Ann Arbor Area

My interests are in using scrap, recycled and reused material in my sculptures.

Jane Darling
Saline Area

Jane Darling is a plein air painter, interpreting the landscape impressionistically using soft pastel and watercolor. Her studio is located in her home at Darling HIll Farm south of Saline.

Carol Darr
Dexter Area

Stephen Davis
Ann Arbor Area

Mary Beth Day
Manchester Area

When painting scenes of rural Washtenaw County I am attracted by its vivid imagery, especially found in farmsteads. Using a representational style, I strive to achieve a painterly quality. My landscapes capture horizontal sunlight and long shadows, dewy atmosphere, and seasonal changes. I'm especially interested in recording the elements of time’s impact on our lovely barns; highlighting their stateliness as they age.

Sally Day
Ann Arbor Area

Rick De Troyer
Chelsea Area

I have always been intrigued with making things, being aware of nature and trying to limit my use of resources on this planet so to reduce global warming. Recycling is a big part of my art. I try to practice what I preach by using found objects in my work. They tell a story of their own, along with adding character to art. When I see a design in my mind I try to shape it into reality. My work is freehand and comfortable. I cut or add to my eyes’ delight. I like curves and flow the pieces into a new use. . I find a new energy from some objects, and creativity takes that "Ah Ha!" step. Some metal can develop a look over time much as a wine’s flavor can grow. I try to blend the look of rust with the shine of grinding. I hammer the surface repeatedly to develop a textured look. My hands seem to know what to do when I cut, hammer and weld metal. Learning to let my heart over rule my conscience is sometimes the hard part.

Sandra Difazio
Milan Area

Originally from rural Arkansas, Sandra aquired an early appreciation of nature and the sensations of color and light. A traditional oil artist and avid plein air painter her art is a reflection of her experiences. Her passion is to see and appreciate the beauty in ordinary occurrences and to create paintings that are sensitive to the spirit of each subject. In her plein air pieces she strives to find balance and harmony in the ever-changng landscape. "I want the viewer to take with them a sense of my world." The surface of her work is a varying impasto of oil color applied over a toned canvas. An award winning artist, Sandra's work has appeared in numerous juried and solo exhibits, museum shows, and galleries in Michigan and Ohio. She is currently a member of the Saline Painters, Plein Air Chairman of the Ann Arbor Women Artists, and Secretary of the Great Lakes Plein Air Painters Association.

Matt Dolan
Ann Arbor Area

I am an artist, writer, musician, and student of architecture. I am interested in duality, thresholds, and nature.

David Dominic
Ann Arbor Area

David Dominic, Jr is a Detroit based photographer/videographer who has traveled the world and been shaped by a variety of experiences in his 39 years of life. As an engineering graduate from the University of Michigan, he brings attention to detail and technical mastery to his work. With fourteen years of project planning and program management in the high pressure field of automotive engineering, David can bring in a quality product on time and on budget. But it takes more than technical skill and planning to make a great photograph. It takes life-shaping experiences for one to be able to step back and observe situations with a different eye. Chess champion, rodeo champion, motor sports racer, musician, writer, camper, climber, adventure racer, husband, and father. All of these things have shaped his life and molded his eye. Whether David is photographing models or children, food and drink, foreign landscapes, or is on the road with a band, he brings honesty, reliability, and creativity to his photographic work. His motion picture work includes documentaries, music videos, and commercial work, where he not only creates the imagery but also directs and produces the shoots. David is also a member of the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians which helps to bring a unique cultural perspective to his work that most creatives in his field do not possess. In addition to his imaging work, David is currently pursuing his teaching degree at the University of Michigan so that he can pass on to other generations his knowledge and experience.

Greta Dongvilllo
Ann Arbor Area

Cecily Donnelly
Ann Arbor Area

I am a graphic designer and illustrator as well as a painter; I once thought these endeavors were separate but have realized that they're strongly connected and inform and enrich each other. My design/illustration/editorial work includes award-winning books, brochures, logos for university and business clients; my paintings, available through River Gallery and Splaine Dolan Fine Art, focus on the landscape and are usually oil on linen. I work quite large, usually basing my paintings on small on-site watercolor sketches. I feel lucky to live in such a beautiful area.

Kathryn Duncan
Ypsilanti Area

Watercolor artist. Ever since I was a child I have enjoyed drawing and painting, and so I've been an artist most of my life. I am a visual person with an interest in people, animals, and nature. Some of my watercolor paintings are a combination of realistic subjects with soft impressionistic backgrounds, while other paintings are a soft realistic style. I have worked with oils and acrylics in the past, and developed some of my style working with those mediums. I became interested in watercolors a few years ago, and found that I really enjoyed working with that medium. I liked their transparency, luminous colors, and the soft look of watercolor paintings. My interest in watercolors has kept me inspired to continue learning, exploring, and growing. I am a member of the Ann Arbor Women's Artists and my watercolor paintings have been exhibited in several local businesses.

Jayna Eckler
Ypsilanti Area

Painter,primarily water colorist with some mixed media and encaustic work.

Judy Enright
Outside Washtenaw County

My art is a construct of ideas derived from many sources to present insights into universal truths and explore the concept of paradox in our ever-expanding world. These original oil paintings represent modern folklore using mythology and other past ideas either true or of the hand-me-down-variety. I paint in series. All series include a musical theme. I like to show my view of the human condition along with our inner kinship.

CAROL EVERT
Saline Area

After retiring from the corporate world, I rekindled my life's passion for painting. I fell in love with watercolors after taking a class at the Ann Arbor Art Center. Watercolor allows my creativity to flow with the blending of the colors. Watching the water and paint flow is my inspiration. I usually paint "close up" images, but also enjoy creating complex images from simple subjects.

Susan Falcone
Ann Arbor Area

I am a watercolor artist focusing on nature (particularly birds) and Celtic subjects. My work reflects my lifelong research, observations and field studies of nature.

Nancy Feldkamp
Manchester Area

I am a watercolor artist who uses images of sheep from our former herd as subject in exploring abstract design.

LIz Fiero
Outside Washtenaw County

Professional fine artist who specializes in abstract, realism and landscape drawings and paintings. BA of Art Education from Eastern Michigan with k-Adult teaching certification. Memeber of the Ann Arbor Association of Women Artists and Michigan Art Therapy Association.

Betsy Finn
Dexter Area

A two-time PPA Photographer of the Year, Betsy Finn, Cr.Photog., CPP is one of Michigan's finest portrait photographers. Her work has hung in international exhibitions, and won Detroit's Best of Show (2008+2009). Her studio, Betsy's Photography, provides portrait + wedding services for the discerning individual. Don't trust your memories to just anyone, trust the Best!

Tamika Fisher
Ypsilanti Area

Jugendstil-Ypsi provides youth an opportunity to explore different art mediums.

Carole Fletcher
Ann Arbor Area

Phography -- 35 mm - what you see is what the camera captures -- framed prints, matted prints, prints, greeting cards, tiles, books, msic.

Roxanne Fogel
Outside Washtenaw County

Paul Forringer
Ann Arbor Area

Individual

Monte Fowler
Ann Arbor Area

Multi-talented guy who likes to have fun in life. REALLY living life itself is an art. Oh yeah, I also do photography and create web presences for artists, bands, businesses. Need help learning Twitter, Facebook, blogging?

Gregory Fox
Ann Arbor Area

Eddie Fritz
Ann Arbor Area

I'm a freelance filmmaker from Ann Arbor. My focus is towards producing, editing, and motion graphics. In addition I work in other creative mediums as well.

Cathy Gendron
Ann Arbor Area

Armed with a BFA and a serious need to draw, I began my illustration career in 1980. Surviving 8 years in newspapers as an art director and the noxious fumes from my painting process, I lives and work in Ann Arbor. A teacher for over 25 years at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, my oil paintings have appeared in numerous publications and have earned awards from, among others, Print, Communication Arts and the Society of Publication Designers.

Sandra Gittleson
Ann Arbor Area

Painting is a creative way for me to freeze a special moment in time, to capture an emotion, the beauty of innocence or the passion for something or someone. l am a child at heart and l love to portray in great detail, I am drawn to everyday life, animals/pets and the strength of the human body. Painting can be a challenge, but it is exciting, fulfilling and very rewarding to depict my interpretation using saturated watercolors, incorporating a variety of techniques, like salt, ink, collage or scratching for texture to convey a more improved affect. Painting is a huge part of my life as well as photography. So, it works out great when working on a commissioned painting or on a pet portrait. It is my hope that my art entertains, pleases and ultimately inspires you.

Debra Golden
Ypsilanti Area

I'm an artist at large - I paint watercolors (MFA), oils, mixed media and the occasional theatre set. I love when I meet others who overlap along with me in various art disciplines (music, theatre, fine art and design!) Current projects include murals, helping empower others through art, book illustration, painting fanciful fish, and creating 'tunnel' books.

Kendall Goode
Dexter Area

Barbara Goodsitt
Ann Arbor Area

Barbara is a member of the Colored Pencil Society of America, and the Ann Arbor Women's Artists organization. She teaches Colored Pencil Techniques in Southeast Michigan at Washtenaw Community College and at Ann Arbor Community Education & Recreation. Barbara has a degree in Fine Art and graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin- Madison. She has worked in scientific illustration for hospitals and universities and is a published illustrator for the University of Michigan Press and others. Her freelance client list spans several industries including medical, educational, business, and nonprofit organizations in Madison, Boston, Seattle and Ann Arbor. Currently, Barbara exhibits her fine art in galleries and juried art shows. Artists Statement: I am a contemporary realist. As a professional illustrator, I carry the precision of illustration into my fine art. I enjoy exploring exciting ranges of color, texture and light. I like to present common objects such as food, still lifes, and animals in unusual and interesting ways. Each stroke is applied with the spirit of the subject matter in mind. Inspiration comes from the beauty and simplicity found in nature or things we encounter everyday, which can be overlooked in our hurried lives.

Dennis Gordon
Ypsilanti Area

Helen Gotlib
Ann Arbor Area

Drawing & Printmaking Artist

marcelle gray
Ann Arbor Area

painter: pastel, oil and watercolor

Alexander Griffin
Ann Arbor Area

I've been drawing most of my life and in April 2012 Stickman Ray Studios was created. Currently I am working on artwork for children, my latest series Jamminals features unique drawings of animals with headphones each with their own story. All of my work is completely hand drawn and I hope to reach local audiences, attend art fairs, display my art and more.

Sophie Grillet
Ann Arbor Area

Paintings, including portraits, in oils or acrylic vigorous and usually colorful, playing with abstract and representational. Also photography: mainly still life and architectural, 3D and cartoons.

Dennis Guastella
Outside Washtenaw County

Pamela Guenzel
Ann Arbor Area

Helga Haller
Ann Arbor Area

Painter

Katie Halton
Ann Arbor Area

Paintings, murals, commissions

Carol Hanna
Ann Arbor Area

The Songs of the Birds. Inspiration for these paintings comes from listening to birds sing. Bird species have distinct songs and Carol's desire is to recreate their sound in color, rhythm, and time through her stripe compositions. Each painting is of a particular bird researched for color at the University of Michigan’s Museum of Zoology. A composition is later completed while listening to the bird’s sound recording and viewing its sonogram. The paintings are airbrushed for the shimmering, optical effect of each bird's color and song pattern. A few recent exhibitions include: Slocumb Galleries at ETSU juried by Julien Robson, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, the AAWA annual District Library Show with a First Place Award, in May, a solo Thesis Exhibition at Eastern Michigan University's Ford Gallery and the Greater Michigan Art Exhibition at Dow Museum of Art and Science at Midland. Her works are in private, corporate, and university collections.

Chris Hedly
Ann Arbor Area

My personal philosophy is that the art should be fun. I remember walking through a museum with my grandmother and she kept asking me what the meaning of the art was - I could not come up with answers that she liked, which made me really think. I started to notice that I gravitated to art that I thought had vitality. I often could not explain why I liked the art; it was like asking for an explanation of an emotion. So for me, if art is emotion, the emotions that I choose to explore are happiness and exhilaration.

Donald Hewlett
Ann Arbor Area

Paint portraits in oils, pastels, acrylics. Paint still-life in same mediums. Write poetry and plays.

Paul M. Hickman
Ann Arbor Area

A multi-disciplinarily art & design studio creating objects + environments through the decorative arts – green design, personalized custom furniture/cabinetry, home furnishings, decorative finishes, materials and color consulting, interior and graphic design, and fine art prints and sculpture. Reclaim a piece of Michigan’s environmental legacy created by the Emerald Ash Borer with fine picture frames and furniture by Urban Ashes. Designer, Paul M. Hickman’s new line of frames and furniture, Urban Ashes, is hand-crafted with transitional/disabled labor in Michigan from Michigan urban wood, salvaged from local Ash and other trees. These are trees that grew on our streets, in our yards, in our parks and in other urban areas. The entire Urban Ashes collection is hand-finished with petroleum-free finishes often highlighting the unique character of the Ash and other urban woods used in these frames.

Nathaniel D.J. Hockman
Ypsilanti Area

Lover of music, & the arts, positivity, purpose, & comedy

Pam Hoffer
Ann Arbor Area

Painting portraits is an exercise in bringing out what is inside...I love doing that and am trying to do the same with other subject matter. My palms get 'itchy' to paint when I see artists' work that conveys psychological truth or makes an emotional statement that wakes me up to an intense experience of the subject. ( Alice Neel's work electrifies me, for instance...and locally, Adrienne Kaplan does that with still life paintings.) That is what I hope for..to be able to do that...wake up a viewer, and experience the waking up as I paint, too. Sometimes I can, and it is thrilling. Other times, not! and it ain't so thrilling.

Candice Hope
Saline Area

I love to dye fabric, sew, quilt and knit. Most of all I like to make art that is useful. I show it all off on my blog & sell it on Etsy.

Bri Howard
Ann Arbor Area

I'm 20 years old, live in downtown A2. I mainly do illustrations, though my forte is in Photoshop and Illustrator. I enjoy tattoo imagery and digital paintings.

Tricia Huffman
Ann Arbor Area

I fine arts mosaic studio. Commissions,Workshops,Gallery.

Molly Indura
Ann Arbor Area

Andrea Inostroza
Outside Washtenaw County

My paintings, my life what can I say. I love what I do, and strongly feel one of the most beautiful and indescribable mediums when I use it..., oil pastels.

Kathleen Ives
Ann Arbor Area

Currently a Graduate Student at EMU for Arts Administration, interning at the River Gallery in Chelsea, MI. A 2008 Graduate of CMU with a degree in Drawing and Sculpture. Illustration, drafting, working with fiber, paper, wood, and foam.

Angelis Jackowski
Ann Arbor Area

Jessica Jacobi
Ann Arbor Area

Georgette Jones
Ann Arbor Area

My primary discipline is acrylic painting on canvas. My secondary disciplines are calligraphy, collage, mixed-media and writing.

Alvey Jones
Ann Arbor Area

Painter in all media, printmaker, digital artist and book artist, also working in collage and assemblage

Joan Kelley
Chelsea Area

Black and white social commentary photography. Photography of art work for submissions and promotion. Composites and straight photography

William Kelly
Ann Arbor Area

Thank you for the opportunity to introduce myself.  I have been involved in a number of pursuits and have varied passions and interests.  In the 1990s I was a research librarian at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis for 10 years.  During the latter part of the 90s I got a degree in Sound Engineering and worked for the Chicago Shakespeare Theatre as well as a two year stint as sound designer and board operator at Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago.  After a summer spent in Italy, I returned in 2000 to Chicago, to study the Culinary Arts, got a degree from Le Cordon Bleu, and worked as a Chef at the Drake and Peninsula Hotel’s in Chicago. I moved to Ann Arbor in 2006 and worked as a Chef at the Chop House and finally finished my culinary career at Zingerman’s  Roadhouse, when after 2 years there, I hurt my back. I am now a freelance photographer and have taught myself a great deal about photography and the software that allows me to paint in a digital medium.  I have prints available at several shops and have won awards for my work as a digital painter. I am looking for work that will challenge me in several aspects of business as well as to provide me with the opportunity to help others, while honing my own skills in my pursuit of a new career. This will allow me to fulfill my passions and personal responsibilities, both psychologically and financially. I hope u enjoy my work! I welcome all critiques!

christy kelly-bentgen
Dexter Area

Joseph Kemeny
Milan Area

I paint "Dreamscapes". My landscape paintings reflect both the inner and outer world. Through my compositions I represent how the reality we experience is both observed and created by us. My goal is for the viewer of my artwork to be able to "escape" into the painting and hopefully be inspired by it. I paint with oils on masonite. I enjoy the smooth surface of wood for rendering fine details. I also create digital images using Photoshop and Bryce. Often I will first create the image digitally and then reproduce it with oil paints. The subjects in my paintings are rendered in a realistic manner but with an overall surrealistic mood. My compositions are non-figurative. I want the viewer of my artwork to experience it first hand as if they were in the scene themselves experiencing it firsthand. I have participated in many local art fairs and shows including the Ann Arbor Summer Arts Fair. Thank you for your interest in my art and please visit my website josephkemeny.com.

C. Catherine Kendall
Ann Arbor Area

Hugh Kennedy
Ann Arbor Area

Brenda S. Kerster Richardson
Outside Washtenaw County

Artist working in a variety of mediums both professionally and personally. Web site maintenance and design; fine arts (oil, pastel, watercolor, acrylics), fiber arts (spinning, weaving, knitting), and music (piano, Celtic harp, violin, guitar, vocals), video editing and post production. Member of Brighton Art Guild. Works as Information Specialist at Hamburg Township, and Daily Programming Director at Channel 99, Hamburg Township Television.

Stephen Kinnard
Ann Arbor Area

Stephen Kinnard moved way too much as a kid. He found a way to make the most of it by shooting photographs during a cross-country move to California when he was twelve. His knack for observing detail, pattern, light, and space found a home and flourished as he toted his camera everywhere he went, at home and abroad. He is an opportunistic photographer who captures landscapes, nature, architecture, and abstract fine art images with simple elegance. Stephen completed formal education at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, California. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has taught Digital Photography at the University of Michigan School of Art & Design, and is a part-time faculty member of the Digital Media Arts Department at Washtenaw Community College.

Myra Klarman
Ann Arbor Area

Portrait photographer by day and promoter of the goodness in Ann Arbor by night (actually by day, too).

Linda Klenczar
Saline Area

A Pastel Artist who also loves watercolor, ink, graphite and latex house paint. An interior designer for 40 years who now enjoys fine art and especially working en plein air.

Bill Knudstrup
Ypsilanti Area

I grew up in a large family and spent my childhood on the beaches and dunes of Lake Michigan’s eastern shore. The subject matter for my paintings comes from those life experiences. The memories of that childhood propel my many paintings of children playing in the sun, sand and water. In other works I explore the images of people and situations in my adult life. My paintings produce the impression of a specific time and place while the subject matter plays on timeless memories. I create paintings that express energy on many levels; visually, emotionally, intellectually and instinctively. Just as a Michael Jackson music video is a complex combination of music, visual elements, story telling and poetry a painting can have the complex appeal of color, line, composition/design and subject. This union of energies produces an artwork which has a substantial presence in the room. I work in series with all of the paintings relating to each other around a theme. In 2006 I showed a group of paintings which explored the concept of “Personal Bonds.” Each of the paintings was based on a situation in life in which an individual, through contact with another, either broadened their horizons or strengthened their bonds to a group. In the summer of 2007 I exhibited a series of 22 paintings at the Mallet's Creek branch of the Ann Arbor Library entitled “The Children of Summer” which showed the joy that children find in the sun, sand and water at the beaches of Michigan. And, most recently, in April of 2009 I had a solo exhibit of paintings titled “The Games We Play” which compared children’s games with those played by adults.

Janet Kohler
Ann Arbor Area

Pastel Artist, Paintings & Drawings, Instructor at the Ann Arbor Art Center

Harriet Kozyn
Dexter Area

Holly Kreag
Ann Arbor Area

I am a mixed-media and fiber artist living in Ann Arbor. I received my BFA in Printmaking from EMU, but I currently enjoy making felt, art quilts, and mixed-media assemblages.

Bill Kruser
Outside Washtenaw County

Black and white photography and photographic services

Ruth Hogan Krzyzowski
Ann Arbor Area

I am a landscape painter, working in oils and gouache. I most often do plein air studies in gouache, and larger studio work in oil. In the 1990's I had notecards made of my paintings to support LTC, preserving natural lands in N. Michigan. I hope to connect with other environmental groups who would use my landscape paintings to support their work in any way I can.

Laila Kujala
Ann Arbor Area

I am a painter, digital artist and a jewelry maker. I do custom alphabet art.

Lily LaFollette
Outside Washtenaw County

I have studied many styles of oil painting. I most frequently fall into a subjective tonal impressionist style of painting. I love to paint on location, in plein air, around Michigan and other places in addition to my studio work. Having grown up in a rural environment, I enjoy the simple quiet places in nature. While exploring the forest trails, or driving the country roads, I am reenergized, completely at peace, among the seemingly tranquil existence of nature and the wildlife so fortunate to live there. You will find me in these places, painting what excites me, capturing feelings of a place that can be far more reaching than paint can express.

Katherine Larson
Ann Arbor Area

Katherine Larson has done over 150 murals across the United States, illustrated 10 nationally distributed children's books and over 40 Ann Arbor Observer covers as well as countless magazine and commercial publication art. She is also a fine artist and was awarded Artist in Residencies at both Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore and The Porcupines Wilderness Park in 2008. A classical singer as well, Katherine has been featured many times with the Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra and has performed several roles such as Tosca and Madama Butterfly with local opera companies. Please visit the website at www.katherinelarson.com for more details.

Nathan Leach-Proffer
Ann Arbor Area

Focused on automotive photography but practice all forms.

Jim Leija
Ann Arbor Area

Jim Leija has been the Public Relations Manager for UMS since 2008. In this capacity, Jim manages the more traditional aspects of public and media relations, as well as coordinating UMS’s social media strategies and online community engagement (including overseeing UMS’s presence on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr, managing UMS’s Google AdWords account, and producing original audio, video, and blog content). Over the past year, he has served as the project manager for the UMS Lobby Project (www.umsLOBBY.org), created through an "Innovation Lab" grant awarded by EmcArts with support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. As a part-time consultant with NEW (Nonprofit Enterprise at Work), Jim interfaces with a diverse array of clients in Metro Detroit’s nonprofit sector. He holds three degrees from the University of Michigan: a Master of Fine Arts in Art & Design, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre, and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. He lives in Ann Arbor with his husband and their two rescue dogs, Maisie and Olive.

leslie leland
Ypsilanti Area

Markel Leland
Ypsilanti Area

Markel Leland is one of the co-owners of MIX, an eclectic store carrying a mix of new and used clothing, accessories, gifts and art in Ypsilanti. Markel, the creator of purplebabydaddies, exhibits permanently in the space.

KA Letts
Ann Arbor Area

Paintings and works on paper.

Joe Levickas
Ann Arbor Area

I'm a visual artist, curator and arts administrator living in Ann Arbor

Hilary Lewis
Milan Area

Mary Light
Outside Washtenaw County

Mark Loeb
Ann Arbor Area

I organize creative and exciting festivals. I help on large projects like the Detroit Jazz Festival and smaller ones like Royal Oak Clay, Glass and Metal Show. I can help create the perfect distinctive festival event for your organization or community.

Michael Lolich
Outside Washtenaw County

I am a Michigan-born, multimedia artist and designer who works primarily with acrylics, colored pencils, and photography. Most of my artwork encompasses a realistic style, but I also like to experiment with geometric and graphic pieces. Some of my art deals with astronomy-related themes. In case you can't tell from my images, I happen to love Color. My original photographic calendar for the coming year, "Floral Delights - 2011" is available at Lulu.com/twisandalarts.

Sandi Lopez
Ypsilanti Area

I am a photographer and digital imager. My images are printed on Tiles, Canvas and Paper

Jill Love
Dexter Area

Jill is an award-winning photographic artist. Her memories of creating art go back to childhood when she began dabbling in watercolor, charcoal, fabrics, and many other mediums. It wasn't until she won a camera in a contest in her teens that she found her true love. She and her husband have a home and studio in the countryside outside of Dexter, Michigan where they enjoy the serenity and wildlife there. Jill's work reflects her passion to hold time still, capturing and discovering the vitality and beauty of each subject. Jill is well known for her fine art portrait and nature photography, teaching workshops on photography as well as giving private lessons. Her favorite season is spring until fall arrives. Then her favorite season is fall. Her favorite subjects are brides until she photographs a newborn. Then her favorite subject are babies. She lives in the moment as all artists do.

Jackie Ludtke
Chelsea Area

I am a self-taught artist from Chelsea. I love to paint abstract portraits! I use acrylic paints, and I paint on everything from canvas, ceramic tiles, handbags and shoes! I also paint with my computer and have these designs printed on handbags, t-shirts, card cases and more! I hope you love my work as much as I love creating it!

Kirsten Lund
Ann Arbor Area

Brandon Lynn
Ann Arbor Area

Ann Arbor, MI - based Illustrator and Photographer.

Ken MacGregor
Ypsilanti Area

I write, direct and act in a sketch comedy company, though my recent thrust has been to write, direct and act in movies.

Jerry Mack
Ann Arbor Area

Information on local blues/rock favorite The Terraplanes and the visual arts works of Rock Steady

Zeke Mallory
Ann Arbor Area

Long time Ann Arbor artist and resident.

Valerie Mann
Saline Area

artist, painter, sculptor, printmaker, lecturer, instructor, art activist

Shel Markel
Ann Arbor Area

Ruth Marks
Ypsilanti Area

I make figurative art that explores feminine archetypes of the hero, adventurer, performer, and dreamer.

Tayleen Marowelli
Outside Washtenaw County

Tim Marsh
Outside Washtenaw County

My works of art explore nature's dramatic pattern, bold shapes and a vivid color palette with oil as my medium of choice. I enjoy the relationship between the elements within each painting which can lend a touch of whimsy and a hint of a story that can change with each viewer. My work offers an window into an uncommon world. A world that we as humans may catch glimpses of or sometimes hear or read about but rarely see in detail. My goal is to create a porthole for the viewer to experience nature's awesome and unique beauty. Mankind as a whole feels superior to all other living things. My intention is to help people recognize the importance of all life that we share this planet with. In this high tech age I feel that humans have much to learn about our natural world and it is very rewarding for me to be able to help teach them through the images that I create.

Sheryl Rose Marshall
Ann Arbor Area

Leslie Martin
Outside Washtenaw County

Michelle Massey Barnes
Chelsea Area

Michelle Massey Barnes Photography offers contemporary and artistic custom work that captures authentic expression and natural beauty. Michelle's use of natural lighting will produce stunning results that you will love for a lifetime. Each image is then processed and enhanced by hand to bring out the very best. Michelle Massey Barnes Photography offers a full line of boutique products include unique offerings that any art lover will adore. All photographs are printed on archival grade papers including speciality papers and high end custom canvases. Featuring newborns, children, high school seniors and families. Professional head shots are also available.

Leslie Masters
Ypsilanti Area

Ashley McDonald
Outside Washtenaw County

Present: Brentwood Arts Exchange Marketing Coordinator A.I.R. Studio Blog Administrator August 2010 - July 2011 Arts on the Block AmeriCorps VISTA Member Evaluate AOB Programming by surveying and interviewing alumni Social Media Marketing June 2010 - July 2010 Arts Administration Intern at Axis Music Academy Draft press releases, hand out flyers, Enter new student inquiries into database system perform other clerical duties October 2009- June 2010 Volunteer Gallery Docent RIverside Art Center January 2010 - June 2010: Marketing Intern Michigan Opera Theatre Update social media, draft press releases, draft radio copy, create and send out email blasts, post upcoming events, compile press packets, interview artists July 2009- August 2009: Arts Administration Intern 8th Wonder Theatre Call owners of small businesses to see if they would be interested in participating in a sponsorship opportunity September 2008- December 2008: Art Gallery Intern Eastern Michigan University install art, review artist proposals, curate an exhibition, post flyers, lighting, handle and package art, work with EMU's permanent art collection January 2008- April 2008: Gallery Guard Eastern Michigan University Open gallery, watch art, turn on audio-visual equipment, monitor attendance, inform gallery director of any problems Bachelor of Arts in Arts Administration w/ a minor in Marketing from Eastern Michigan University Honors: Magna Cum Laude 2009: 29th Annual Undergraduate Symposium EMU: Undergraduate Research Fair Participant Skills: 8 yrs. of French, Constant Contact, social media (facebook, twitter, wikipedia, youtube) blogging, powerpoint, excel, data entry, publisher, Axcess Database Management System, Google Docs I'm an arts enthusiast as my profile states. I like to draw and have always had a great appreciation for visual art of all kinds.

Erin McDonald
Outside Washtenaw County

heather mcgeachy
Ann Arbor Area

Katie McGrath
Ann Arbor Area

Art quilts

Nancy McKay
Ann Arbor Area

Through my fine art silk paintings, I seek to re-create and share treasured interludes of being present in nature, engaged with the light, colors, and textures. For teaching, I find that this medium is ideal for nurturing the creative process.

Gwyn McKay
Chelsea Area

Chelsea area artist, wife, and mother of three.

Mary Mckelvie
Milan Area

I have returned to my passion of Watercolor painting after raising my children. Through crafts, murals, acrylic, and transparent watercolor painting, I have created florals, landscapes and nature art. At 212 Art Center in Saline I am currently continuing to explore my love of art.

Tad McKillop
Ann Arbor Area

Tad McKillop was born in Detroit, Michigan in 1965. He was interested in making art and pretty much all things mechanical since early childhood. In 1985, he began studying figurative sculpture at the University of Michigan and found his passion not only for creating the figure but also the entire casting process. It seemed a natural combination of the two things he loved the most, art and creative problem solving involving tools and construction. Upon graduating in 1988, he apprenticed for Louis Marinaro and continued to learn more about the process and the daily operation of a sculptor's studio. Tad received his MFA in 1992 from the Graduate School of Figurative Art at the New York Academy of Art. Upon graduating he and two business partners opened Daedalus Art Foundry, where he worked until 2000. He then built his own foundry and has continued to expand it, now housed in a 1,800 square foot building and capable of pouring 300 lbs of bronze. Tad has taught sculpture, life drawing and design at the University of Michigan, the University of Toledo, Owens Community College, Washtenaw Community College and Hillsdale College, and continues to pursue teaching part-time. He continues to seek private and public commissions and completed four monumental commissions between 1999 and 2007. In Tad's studio in Ann Arbor, Michigan, there are always many projects in process at any given time. He enjoys modifying and restoring motorcycles, playing guitar, and traveling with his wife Jenny and daughters Maggie and Fiona.

Catherine Mercer
Ann Arbor Area

Dayle Micoff
Chelsea Area

Janice Milhem
Ann Arbor Area

Milhem Images, Inc. provides marketing strategy and visual communications for small to medium-sized profit and nonprofit organizations. Milhem helps business add greater meaning and more relevance to their communication strategies through use of documentary-styled, photographic images to help strengthen a brand assets using visual storytelling.

Sandi Miller
Ypsilanti Area

LAURA MILLER
Saline Area

Acrylics on canvas.

Emily Milton
Ann Arbor Area

Lone artist seeks place in world.

lee mitchell
Ypsilanti Area

oil painter- creating a natural visual reality.

Adrian Mitchem
Ann Arbor Area

Kandy Myny
Outside Washtenaw County

I am a mixed media artist

Irena Nagler
Ann Arbor Area

Irena Nagler is a writer of fiction, poetry and essay, visual artist, and a director and performer with Nightfire Dance Theater, an eclectic dance theater troupe with participants of all ages. She teaches creative writing, creative dance and movement meditation, including environmental dance in rhythm with elements in nature. Her work blends mythic sensibility with reverence for the living earth and stars and the interconnection of the many worlds we participate in.

Jason Nichols
Milan Area

I am a photographer working mostly in black and white. I've done various types of photography, but especially enjoy doing still life. My photos have won awards in international photography contests.

James Niemi
Ypsilanti Area

artist and musician

Natalie Nirdlinger
Chelsea Area

Both the preservation and the degradation of memory are present in my work. Memories are always in a state of metamorphosis. By using materials that are impermanent, I have created work that is also in flux. Each time a viewer engages with the art, a new interpretation results, and a different memory comes to mind. There is a tension between the solid portions of memory and the fading, dissolving portions, created by combining permanent materials with delicate, impermanent parts. Wax preserves a delicate structure, but heat destroys it. Enamel lends strength to thin, pierced silver, but shatters if dropped. This tension between stability and impermanence is important to express how I conceive of memories: they are something that we need in order to understand ourselves, but we also sometimes need to destroy or alter a memory in order to protect ourselves. Nothing can change an event from having occurred, but the construction of memories surrounding an event can be altered, destroyed, improved on, and corrected to suit the needs of the individual at any given time. Although we cannot change our past, we can change the way we understand it.

Amy Nowland
Ann Arbor Area

Art Teacher and Artist

Molly Marie Nuzzo
Ypsilanti Area

Jorie O'Brien
Ann Arbor Area

I was born and raised in Ann Arbor, then moved to Marquette, MI to attend Northern Michigan University. I graduated in May 2010 with a BFA in Photography. I will be returning to Ann Arbor this August.

Heather O'Neal
Ann Arbor Area

The simplicity represented in my drawings interrupts a busy world in motion. I feel an instinct to capture thoughts, moments in time, situations and scenes and put them on paper. I most often use permanent marker and watercolor to describe what I see. If my camera is available, I will take a picture and capture the moment more clearly. Hand blown glass, bead jewelry and metal works are other artistic endeavors I've explored. Wherever I go, I document my travels and adventures through writing, and sometimes I make music videos to capture the journey.

Terry Odell
Ann Arbor Area

Member, Professional Photographers of Michigan

Brenda Oelbaum
Ann Arbor Area

Feminist, Activist, Artist, Independent Curator and Arts Administrator.

Richard Onica
Ann Arbor Area

Dee Overly
Ypsilanti Area

I'm a pencil pusher, both colored pencil and graphite. My main focus is on the human figure and objects of nature. I'm also a website, blog and Facebook Fan Page designer. In my business, ArtWebPresence.com, I teach artists how to build their own online presence via workshops and individual consulting and tutoring.

Bob Palmerton
Saline Area

Bob Palmerton specializes in painting landscapes with soft pastels. Among Bob’s many subjects, his favorites include farm and woodland scenes throughout Southeast Michigan, the beaches of his native New York, and the mountains, rocks and streams found on hiking excursions in the National Parks.

Nicole Pangas
Chelsea Area

Studio artist. My work explores abstract image making through a variety of processes and materials involving painting, printmaking, sculpture and clay.

Margaret Parker
Ann Arbor Area

My installations, painting, prints, and sculpture explore how individuals are altered by contemporary events. My large installations weave repurposed cotton T-shirts into walk-through spaces.

Rebecca Pavy
Outside Washtenaw County

I am a design artist and writer. I work with glass to develope large panels. Beautiful translucent glass-on-glass, as well as opaque, solid and durable surface art. Tell me what you want and I will create it for you.

Amy Beth Geerling Payne
Outside Washtenaw County

An artist who grew up in Jackson, and loves Ann Arbor. I like to laugh. And paint.

Sonya Payne
Ann Arbor Area

I am new to photography-I love to capture the whimsical images I find in trees, flowers, or any beauty my eyes behold. My goal is to specialize in creative, edgy but classy maternity photos. I also love to experiment with mixed media to create art.

Yakira Peistrup
Ann Arbor Area

Traven Pelletier
Dexter Area

Environmental Art - indoor and outdoor installation work and sculpture. Beautiful designs involving a variety of materials, water, and horticultural material. Park and Commercial sculpture planning.

Norma Penchansky - Glasser
Ann Arbor Area

Gregorio Perez
Outside Washtenaw County

The prints I create are a reflection of my experiences spent outdoors. I see my degree in Industrial Design as a jumping off point into a world of exploration in both wilderness and art. I hope to express both the wonder and excitement that nature inspires.

Gabrielle Pescador
Ann Arbor Area

I paint my dream of life.

vickie peterson michalak
Ann Arbor Area

Digital collage with mixed media including screen printing, intaglio, drawing, sewing, taking my collages into the realm of printmaking.

Liviu Poleuca
Ann Arbor Area

Contemporary artist, sculptor, designer.

Philip Proefrock
Ann Arbor Area

Architect, photographer, furniture designer. Commercial and residential projects with a focus on sustainable design

Marilyn Prucka
Outside Washtenaw County

fiber arts: art quilts, spinning, dyeing; polymer clay; collagraphs

Wes Rae
Saline Area

Carolyn Reed Barritt
Ann Arbor Area

Kim Rhoney
Milan Area

I am a full-time studio artist working from my small farm in Milan. My subjects are influenced by my own gardens and local landscape. The color and composition are expressions of my mind's eye.

Evan Ringuette
Ann Arbor Area

Denise Rohde
Ann Arbor Area

Pam Roselle
Ann Arbor Area

Pam’s artistic intention is to create a body of work that captures the essence of nature using layer upon layer of pigment on remarkable textures. The delightful flows of watermedia on a variety of textures, the emotions evoked by different color combinations and the joy of unanticipated discovery keep her painting with passion. In 2007 Pam took a bold leap from the corporate tower to begin her journey to find the artist within. In 2008 she was recognized as an “emerging artist” by the South University Art Alliance and invited to participate in the Ann Arbor Art Fair. Subsequently she has exhibited her work in many local venues and with the Michigan Artists’ Gallery in Sutton’s Bay. Pam is a member of Ann Arbor Women Artists and the newest member of Chelsea Painters. Pam finds learning new skills and the creative process exhilarating and life-affirming. Creating art and sharing it with others is her chosen way of experiencing life instead of simply reacting to it.

Thomas Rosenbaum
Ann Arbor Area

Multimedia painter. Emphasis on representational and abstract art.

bonnie ross
Ann Arbor Area

Stephanie Rozner
Ann Arbor Area

Anoush Saeednia
Ann Arbor Area

I am photographer, director Well done is better than well said

john sauve
Ann Arbor Area

Artist, Writer, Curator

Anne Savage
Dexter Area

Photographer Commercial & editorial photography services. Specializing in food photography

vesna savic
Ann Arbor Area

Ann Arbor Metal Artist

Joanne Scherf
Outside Washtenaw County

An award-winning photographer and visual explorer on state and national level. Known for concept-driven images that evoke an emotional connection through the use of light, gesture, and color. Specialties: Fine Art, Abstract, Landscape, Portrait, Street photography. Consulting: Branding, Marketing and portfolio reviewer for photographers

Jaye Schlesinger
Ann Arbor Area

Paintings, drawings, pastels

Victoria Schon
Dexter Area

Oil painter of still life and the sacred.

Luanne Schonfeld
Ann Arbor Area

Black and White Fine Arts Photos, using film and developed by hand

Sandy Schopbach
Ann Arbor Area

Photography, especially of France. Books: "Paris, in Quotes" - a photography book - and children's books - a three-volume set about Miles, the Very Lucky Cat

John Schwarz
Chelsea Area

Mixed media, found object assemblage

tina seifert
Ann Arbor Area

arts management consultant

Laura Seligman
Ann Arbor Area

I am a textile artist and photographer who creates both wearable art and fine art. My work explores color, fluid lines and texture through the elegance and luminosity of hand-dyed silk and the richness of hand-felted merino wool as well as through the medium of photography.

Michelle Shankwiler
Ypsilanti Area

~ ARTIST AT LARGE ~ :)

Kathleen Shea
Ann Arbor Area

One of a kind ceramics and paintings - oil, watercolor and acrylics. I also teach private lessons to kids through 12 grade.

Anne Sheill
Ann Arbor Area

Brian Shell
Ypsilanti Area

Author of "Everyday Single Mom"

Matthew Shlian
Ann Arbor Area

folding paper, making drawings, petting cats

Marian Short
Ann Arbor Area

Marian Short is a printmaker of ten + years residing in Ann Arbor, MI. Following an introductory woodblock class at the Ann Arbor Art Center, she pursued printmaking independently. Marian’s kind of a foodie and never got over children’s picture books, so both influence her frequently whimsical and off-kilter designs. The woodblocks tend to explore potentially serious subjects with a light touch and often incorporate text to help create partial narratives. She displays and sells prints locally at The Side Door Gallery in Dexter, MI; the CAID, Ann Arbor Art Center and Cake Nouveau have also featured prints. For most of her printmaking career, Marian has carved and hand-pulled all designs in the basement; more recently she was invited to use a good friend’s printing press, which she bogarts at the slightest provocation. When not carving or developing “monitor eyes” at her office, she is likely to be cooking, reading or getting up to other crafty high-jinks.

Lidia Simeonova
Outside Washtenaw County

Emily Slade
Ann Arbor Area

Hello There! I'm Emi..the girl who creates highly stylized and one of a kind paintings and sculpture, equipt with screaming color and the infamous "smoking mushroom" icon. I am a full-time working artist, die-hard A2 and Ypsi lover, and notable artist in this inventive and ever-growing art scene. I started out my career as co-creator of the Atomic Art Collective (based in Ann Arbor), an organization based on community enrichment and social/artist networking. I found this to be my calling and have since gone on to organize and particpate in many MANY ypsi/A2 events (and of course events all over the world as well) every year!!!!

Delilah Smith
Ann Arbor Area

oil and watercolor artist

Sunny Smith
Ann Arbor Area

My art is first created spontaneously, using watercolor or gouache, and only later do I go in and detail every millimeter with a Micron pen. My work is extremely detailed with bold colors, biomorphic in nature, with topographic hints.

Leslie Sobel
Milan Area

I am an artist, a teacher of encaustic and collage media, and an Arts Alliance board member.

Martin Soo Hoo
Ann Arbor Area

. As an independent artist, possessing a chameleonistic skill set providing first quality art pieces to satisfy a number of commercial applications to an entire range of product and service-oriented clientele. As a medical artist, possessing precise medical knowledge, highly detailed artistic skills, and unerring communication skills to provide precise visual information specific to surgical procedures in large volume medical textbooks. As a Commercial Photo Retoucher with specialization in Automotive, possessing hyper realistic rendering and color correction skills to clean up tolerances in the manufacturing process to successfully merchandise the new cars of the day. As an independent artist focusing on artwork specific to architecture, possessing artistic and personable skill sets required to communicate with intelligent professionals and property owners about their artistic needs and be able to produce original and near-duplicate Period artist styles and photorealistic art pieces, historic finishes, gold leaf/metallic finishes, models, mockups, and computer generated architectural renovations.

Sarah Spencer
Outside Washtenaw County

Sandra Squires
Ann Arbor Area

I am an all over artist, who can do pg work to x. I just like to have fun with color ;)

Beth Steinkellner
Ann Arbor Area

Ann Stofflet
Saline Area

I am a writer (playwright, short story), photographer and vocalist. I also enjoy stone carving and sculpture, drawing and watercolor. I have an MBA in Marketing and Communications and Media Management.

Trevor Stone
Chelsea Area

I use art as a philosophical learning tool, to practice inventive thinking, to entertain others and myself, to bring communities together, and as a means of social outreach.

Kathe Suddendorf
Saline Area

I am an artist in Saline, MI, working in watercolors, acrylics, and colored pencil. I also teach colored pencil at 212 Arts Center in Saline, MI. My home is my studio and I am available by appointment.

Sarah Nicole Tanner
Ann Arbor Area

Painter, Sculptor, Muralist, Set and Exhibit Designer, Teacher

Marty and Kelly The Pan-American Dream
Ann Arbor Area

Traveling from Ann Arbor to Alaska to Argentina while teaching free film workshops to youth and documenting our experience.

mary thiefels
Ann Arbor Area

My name is Mary Thiefels. I am an Ann Arbor native and have been active in the local arts community for over 10 years. I have enjoyed wearing many hats, working with all kinds of artists in many different capacities. The most influential step I’ve taken in my career as an artist is with public mural art. After 10 years of developing community mural art programs, in South Eastern Michigan, in the fall of 2007, founded public art business, TreeTown Murals. Tree Town Murals is committed to promoting the visual development of local communities by fostering initiatives that support public art. By enhancing our neighborhoods, city centers, and parks with public artwork, we stand out as a community that makes art a part of our daily lives. I believe mural art should reflect the community it lives in, in addition to encouraging community involvement and economic development.

Tim Thurman
Outside Washtenaw County

Photography

Rob Todd
Ypsilanti Area

Rob Todd is a sculptor, furniture designer, and general maker of all things 3-D.

Martha Travers
Manchester Area

My path is to assist individuals in accessing their creativity and life-vision. To do this, I teach contemplative practice (sitting meditation, tai chi, working with color, etc) and nature-based contemplative practice. I teach a 'Writer and Contemplative Practice' retreat at the GilChrist retreat center as well as a nature & mysticism retreat. I also teach these retreats in Northern Michigan in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park. Open to all who want to quest for deep vision with the assistance of the natural world. My work pertains to all the arts.

Tara Truax
Ypsilanti Area

I am a photograper and dabble in 3-D collage. My photos generally depict lost or discarded items, dolls, mannequins, grafitti, or urban scenes. I also create photo collages in Photoshop.

Jon Van Eck
Ann Arbor Area

I am primarily a clay artist, but I also paint, and work with wood and mixed media.

Corinne Vivian
Ann Arbor Area

I am a mixed Media artist. My art can be seen on my blog and the AAWA website and the Chelsea Painters website.

Jill Stefani Wagner
Saline Area

After years in the advertising world, I am getting back to my first love — painting! My pastels and watercolors have won awards regionally and nationally and I am represented by 3 galleries in Michigan, including the River Gallery in Chelsea. My subjects are often landscapes or "micro landscapes" but I also paint the figure and often do commissioned portraits.

Tekikki Walker
Ypsilanti Area

Brian Walline
Ann Arbor Area

Tabi Walters
Ypsilanti Area

Benjamin Weatherston
Ann Arbor Area

Leona Webb
Ann Arbor Area

Award-winning professional commercial and residential photographer specializing in black and white and color. My specialty is unusual compositions--furniture, architecture, industrial, food, people, product or location photography.

Carolyn Weins
Ypsilanti Area

I am a pastel landscape artist. Inspired by nature, I am especially attracted to the lighting, textures, and moods of country roads, wetlands, woods, and fields.

Richard Weise
Ann Arbor Area

I consult on a range of topics in art, literacy, and math education, arts and education administration, and nonprofit board development. My relevant experience includes the following: After college, I co-founded Film in the Cities (FITC) and led it from being a storefront, film-education program serving inner-city youth in St. Paul and Minneapolis to becoming the largest media arts center in the U.S. serving artists, students, and educators in a five-state region. The National Endowment for the Arts called FITC a “national leader in media arts education” and “the flagship of the media arts field.” Following mid-career Master’s and Ph.D studies, I facilitated development of a North American studies center at a Polish university, designed online training for piano teachers, and led development of and teacher training in a preschool math curriculum for an educational research foundation. I have extensive experience researching literacy education and coaching teachers in first-grade literacy and math education. I have designed software for teaching expository literacy in primary school. I currently serve on the board of directors and board-development committee of 826michigan, a nonprofit, youth-literacy support organization.

Francie Wesorick
Dexter Area

I have always had a love for drawing people. I draw custom portraits of people using both colored pencil and graphite. Please visit my website for more details.

Lynne Whitney
Dexter Area

I try to capture the fantastical shapes, textures and colors found in clouds, trees and vines. I work mostly in oil using reference photos of local land/skyscapes.

jan wiedmayer
Ann Arbor Area

I especially enjoy sharing my travel experiences through my art. Ever since my college days, I've been ready to "pack-up-and-go." Enjoy the ride with me!

Kathryn Williams
Ann Arbor Area

I reach to the community in an area I call Life Healing Art. I provide commissioned writings and drawings for those celebrating life and/or working through hardship. I offer craft workshops and I work with small groups leading inspirational discussion. I have a healthy living column on the Examiner.com and I write bereavement articles for Open to Hope. I offer bereavement products such as remembrance lanterns and sympathy cards.

Katherine R. Willson
Ann Arbor Area

Elizabeth Wilson
Chelsea Area

Our mission is to provide opportunities to explore artistic expression in a warm and inviting environment. Whether you’re interested in enhancing artistic expression or developing a greater appreciation of art, we have something for you. We will offer opportunities to explore color theory, line and form. Our classes focus on sculpture, drawing, painting, hand building pottery and design principles. We also offer opportunities to share studio space with other dynamic artists.

Nathan Witus
Ann Arbor Area

David Wolber
Ann Arbor Area

I am the Artistic Director of Performance Network, Ann Arbor's professional theatre. I am also an actor, director and artists.

Jenny Wolff-Harrison
Ypsilanti Area

All sorts of photography from art to commercial

Stephanie Wottreng
Ann Arbor Area

Bonnie Wylo
Ann Arbor Area

Although I started out in photography shooting concerts as a teenager in the '70s, upon starting college I decided not to pursue it as a career. Nearly 30 years later, I once again took up the camera, but with a much different purpose and more artistic outcome. I'm buoyed by early success in juried exhibits, and excited by the possibilities in merging this artistry with my day job. As a physics professor, teaching and investigating our ever-evolving view of what is real and how we look at it is how I would describe what it is that I actually do. Given that, I like to create images that contain much more beyond the first glance, rewarding the viewer for a more persistent and perceptive gaze. I am currently writing and making images for a textbook I’m calling “Physics for the Right Brain.”

Julie Yeager
Ypsilanti Area

I create a wide variety of colorful and unique hand-painted and etched glassware, designed with fun and functionality in mind! I began painting glass about eight years ago. It started as creating something fun and functional for myself, and slowly progressed into a small business. My clientele has grown from friends and family to now include the public through a variety of arts and craft shows and retail stores and galleries. My audience is growing, and so are my glass creations. In addition to hand-painted glassware, I have also added etched glassware. The hand-painted and etched pieces are safe for food and drink, and most are dishwasher and microwave-safe. Each piece is truly functional for everyday life. In addition I also do acrylic painting, jewelry making, photography and copper enameling. I love trying new mediums and I especially love teaching art to others (kids especially) - I love to see and help others find their creative talent.

Debra Zamperla
Ann Arbor Area