Stephanie Brachmann is a photographer and multimedia artist living
in Portland. She has studied art at the University of Washington and
the Oregon College of Art & Craft, and has been doing arts &
crafts projects as a hobby since she was a wee lass growing up in the
wilds of southwest Washington. Among her favorite activities are
hiking, collaging, creative reuse, freestyle aerobics, and bicycling.
Amy Burgess "I started making jewelry 8 years ago and sell my work online, at Edgefield,
Bean and Tree and 100th Monkey's gift shop."
Christine Claringbold is an artist, a
teacher, a mom, and a backup singer for Portland's rock & roll spectacle,
Dartgun & the Vignettes. She launched Eye Pop Art in 2003, featuring
mandala art, home decor items, and accessories made from recycled vinyl records
and other repurposed materials. Christine sells her eco-friendly work at
"green" boutiques, art walks, craft shows, and online at eyepopart.etsy.com. She is also a
blogger and you can read about her adventures at eyepopart.blogspot.com.
Always inspired by children's art, Christine volunteered for
eight years for the PTA's parent-led art program at Duniway Elementary School,
including three years as program chair. She has taught art, ceramics, and
literacy for several local SUN Schools, and she has led arts residencies and
taught mandala workshops for Portland Parks and Recreation, Portland Public
Schools, the Centennial School District, Campfire USA, RACC, Tucker-Maxon Oral
School, Art Adventures at OCAC, and the Henry Street School for International
Studies in New York City. See
pictures here.
Christine has been painting murals since 1997, and the
interior of her home, adorned with psychedelic mandalas on walls and ceilings,
has been featured on HGTV's "Look What I Did." She has also appeared
on an episode of HGTV's "That's Clever!"
In addition to teaching classes, making art, spending time
with her two awesome kids, and rocking out with the band, Christine also works
as the program coordinator for the nonprofit organization Trillium Artisans, helping to
provide small-business support to Portland artisans who create with recycled
and reclaimed materials.
Web: www.eyepopart.com
Shop: http://eyepopart.etsy.com
Blog: http://eyepopart.blogspot.com
Email:
eyepopart@yahoo.com
Michelle Freedman is
a textile and apparel designer and has worked for Ralph Lauren, Nike, and
Columbia Sportswear. She is the author of two books, 'The Ravioli Kid,'
and 'How the West Was Worn.' She holds a BFA in design from Parsons School of
Design Freedman has been sewing since she was five years old and has continued to pursue her
craft to the point of having numb fingertips from poking them with needles so
many times. She holds a BFA in Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design in
NY and worked for 15 years as an apparel designer for companies such as Ralph
Lauren and Nike, and had built costumes for theater and dance in NY and
Portland. Freedman has two books published and is working on her third,
Craft Fiction! The booklover's guide to DIY projects from the classics.
Christopher Adam Gray received a BFA in painting in 2005 from the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford as well as a Minors degree in sculpture. It is there that Chris studied the figure under modern Masters Fred Wessel, Stephen Brown, and Lloyd Glasson. In 2003 Chris traveled to Cortona, Italy to continue his figure studies, and learn the art of stone carving. The classical influences acquired in Italy are still present in his work today. In 2006 Chris moved from Massachusetts to Portland, Oregon where he became involved in several commercial projects. He illustrated “The Unnaturals” graphic novel and independently produced “The Four Horsemen” tee shirt. It did not take long however for Chris to grow tired of the commercial arts, so in early 2008 he acquired a studio space and returned to his true love, oil painting. Since that time Chris has developed his own unique figurative painting style, focusing on classically orientated drawing with unorthodox use of paint. In Sept 2009, one of Chris’s paintings was awarded Best in Show at the 100th Monkey Studio’s 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition. Chris will be teaching painting at the 100th Monkey Studio starting in Feb, 2010. Chris's work has been shown in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Georgia, Oregon, and Italy.
Katharine
Kimball is an award-winning, bilingual (Spanish/English)
freelance photographer who specializes in
photojournalism, editorial and portrait work for a variety of
publications. Her work has been published worldwide including by The Los Angeles Times, The Albuquerque
Journal, The Riverside Press-Enterprise, The Santa Fe New Mexican, Emerging
Business, High Country News, Curve, Bowler’s Digest, and the Associated Press. Using her unobtrusive style and
artistic eye, Katharine specializes in documenting spontaneous storytelling
moments and emotions. She worked as a daily newspaper photographer for nine
years where she learned the importance of establishing trust and building a
rapport with the people who invite her to photograph them.
Katharine earned her Masters degree in photojournalism from
the University of Missouri Graduate School of Journalism. Prior to beginning
her career as a photojournalist, she was a Peace Corps volunteer in the
Dominican Republic and a Spanish teacher.
When she is not looking at life through her lens, she is traveling,
hiking, backpacking, eating sushi or training for her first half-marathon. She
is based in Portland, OR
Elissa Lieberman is a new artist to the Portland community. She has
taught a variety of courses in many colleges including University of San Diego,
San Diego State University, Southwestern College, Mesa College, and the
Delaware College of Art and Design. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from
the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her work is allegorical and figurative
in nature with an expressionist influence. She is dedicated to art education
and has gained many followers due to her encouraging and personable teaching
style. She knows everybody can learn to draw and paint
and she is committed to making lessons easy to understand and fun to
do.
Christy Lutz has been crocheting for 6 years and has recently begun designing
her own crochet projects and items. In addition to crochet, she is working on
her first quilt as a member of a local quilt club, writes music for and plays in
an electronic band, works for the American Postal Workers Union and Veneer
Magazine, and is learning to speak German. Christy thinks that learning because
you want to (and not because you have to) is one of the best experiences ever,
and she loves that Portland has so many opportunities to do so.
Stephanie Meredith is oil and acrylic painter living in the
Portland area for the last two years. Before that she studied art at the
College of Santa Fe in New Mexico, where she was influenced by the intense
colors and light, which is reflected in her work. Besides painting she is
experienced in drawing materials, clay, sculpture and photography. Besides art
she spends her time outdoors, with her dogs or reading.
If you would like to see her work go to stephaniemeredith.net
Alexandra Neilson
is a Portland transplant who arrived most recently from Korea and
Taiwan, where she taught herself to crochet from a Chinese crochet
magazine. She's been knitting for about ten years now and crocheting for
five. A self declared nerd, Alex hopes to finish crocheting the entire
major cast of the original Star Wars movies by the end of 2010.
Rachel O'Rourke is an art
therapist, artist and social activist. A graduate of the School of
the Art Institute of Chicago, Rachel has practiced art therapy for the
past ten years with at-risk youth, gun violence survivors, medically ill
children and survivors of torture and war. For the past 8 years,
Rachel has developed trainings for non-profits, teachers, social workers,
family therapists and social activists on how to integrate the visual arts
into their professional work. Training themes include: Conflict
Resolution, Medical Art Therapy and Social Action Art Therapy. For the
past two years, Rachel has taught courses in Medical Art Therapy and
Conflict Resolution and Art at Portland State University and Marylhurst
University.
Ben Popp received
his MFA in Film, Video and New Media from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007 before re-locating to
Portland OR. He has shown in experimental film festivals
around the world and recently taught a workshop
on mattemaking in Albuquerque, NM for the Experiments in Cinema Vol. 4.2 film festival. Ben works with 16mm film, exploring venues
and processes to help keep the media
alive and well for a new generation of filmmakers.
LeBrie Rich is the proprietress of PenFelt, a line of hand-felted
wearables that can be found in craft galleries throughout the country. LeBrie's
felted rings, currently available (next to the elevators) at the Whitney Museum
of American Art are perhaps the least expensive rings for sale in New York
City. LeBrie has passion for local food, backgammon, and her new gocco printer.
She is also an installation artist and is the owner of both a Japanese photo booth
and an ice cream bicycle.
Susan Schenk I
discovered that collage is a wonderful way to wake up the sleeping artist
within. Anyone who can rip paper can make a collage. The challenge is to see
that collages are unique individual expressions, just like the
artist. I enjoy
making something attractive from discards, appropriating images and putting them
together in intriguing ways. My goal as an artist is to let my work bring joy to
the viewer. Like any artist, I am
especially thrilled when my work calls to a viewer to come closer and spend some
time engaged in the piece. While my pictorial collages are best viewed from a
distance, a close up inspection can reveal a very different piece of art. I see
collage as a metaphor for life, and I enjoy teaching others to express
themselves with this easy to learn and ecologically appropriate
medium.
Stephanie Brachmann is a photographer and multimedia artist living
in Portland. She has studied art at the University of Washington and
the Oregon College of Art & Craft, and has been doing arts &
crafts projects as a hobby since she was a wee lass growing up in the
wilds of southwest Washington. Among her favorite activities are
hiking, collaging, creative reuse, freestyle aerobics, and bicycling.
Amy Burgess "I started making jewelry 8 years ago and sell my work online, at Edgefield,
Bean and Tree and 100th Monkey's gift shop." 
Christine Claringbold is an artist, a
teacher, a mom, and a backup singer for Portland's rock & roll spectacle,
Dartgun & the Vignettes. She launched Eye Pop Art in 2003, featuring
mandala art, home decor items, and accessories made from recycled vinyl records
and other repurposed materials. Christine sells her eco-friendly work at
"green" boutiques, art walks, craft shows, and online at 
Michelle Freedman is
a textile and apparel designer and has worked for Ralph Lauren, Nike, and
Columbia Sportswear. She is the author of two books, 'The Ravioli Kid,'
and 'How the West Was Worn.' She holds a BFA in design from Parsons School of
Design Freedman has been sewing since she was five years old and has continued to pursue her
craft to the point of having numb fingertips from poking them with needles so
many times. She holds a BFA in Fashion Design from Parsons School of Design in
NY and worked for 15 years as an apparel designer for companies such as Ralph
Lauren and Nike, and had built costumes for theater and dance in NY and
Portland. Freedman has two books published and is working on her third,
Craft Fiction! The booklover's guide to DIY projects from the classics.
Christopher Adam Gray received a BFA in painting in 2005 from the Hartford Art School at the University of Hartford as well as a Minors degree in sculpture. It is there that Chris studied the figure under modern Masters Fred Wessel, Stephen Brown, and Lloyd Glasson. In 2003 Chris traveled to Cortona, Italy to continue his figure studies, and learn the art of stone carving. The classical influences acquired in Italy are still present in his work today. In 2006 Chris moved from Massachusetts to Portland, Oregon where he became involved in several commercial projects. He illustrated “The Unnaturals” graphic novel and independently produced “The Four Horsemen” tee shirt. It did not take long however for Chris to grow tired of the commercial arts, so in early 2008 he acquired a studio space and returned to his true love, oil painting. Since that time Chris has developed his own unique figurative painting style, focusing on classically orientated drawing with unorthodox use of paint. In Sept 2009, one of Chris’s paintings was awarded Best in Show at the 100th Monkey Studio’s 3rd Annual Juried Exhibition. Chris will be teaching painting at the 100th Monkey Studio starting in Feb, 2010. Chris's work has been shown in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Georgia, Oregon, and Italy.
Katharine
Kimball is an award-winning, bilingual (Spanish/English)
freelance photographer who specializes in
photojournalism, editorial and portrait work for a variety of
publications. Her work has been published worldwide including by The Los Angeles Times, The Albuquerque
Journal, The Riverside Press-Enterprise, The Santa Fe New Mexican, Emerging
Business, High Country News, Curve, Bowler’s Digest, and the Associated Press. Using her unobtrusive style and
artistic eye, Katharine specializes in documenting spontaneous storytelling
moments and emotions. She worked as a daily newspaper photographer for nine
years where she learned the importance of establishing trust and building a
rapport with the people who invite her to photograph them.
Katharine earned her Masters degree in photojournalism from
the University of Missouri Graduate School of Journalism. Prior to beginning
her career as a photojournalist, she was a Peace Corps volunteer in the
Dominican Republic and a Spanish teacher.
When she is not looking at life through her lens, she is traveling,
hiking, backpacking, eating sushi or training for her first half-marathon. She
is based in Portland, OR
Elissa Lieberman is a new artist to the Portland community. She has
taught a variety of courses in many colleges including University of San Diego,
San Diego State University, Southwestern College, Mesa College, and the
Delaware College of Art and Design. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from
the Maryland Institute College of Art. Her work is allegorical and figurative
in nature with an expressionist influence. She is dedicated to art education
and has gained many followers due to her encouraging and personable teaching
style. She knows everybody can learn to draw and paint
and she is committed to making lessons easy to understand and fun to
do.
Christy Lutz has been crocheting for 6 years and has recently begun designing
her own crochet projects and items. In addition to crochet, she is working on
her first quilt as a member of a local quilt club, writes music for and plays in
an electronic band, works for the American Postal Workers Union and Veneer
Magazine, and is learning to speak German. Christy thinks that learning because
you want to (and not because you have to) is one of the best experiences ever,
and she loves that Portland has so many opportunities to do so.
Stephanie Meredith is oil and acrylic painter living in the
Portland area for the last two years. Before that she studied art at the
College of Santa Fe in New Mexico, where she was influenced by the intense
colors and light, which is reflected in her work. Besides painting she is
experienced in drawing materials, clay, sculpture and photography. Besides art
she spends her time outdoors, with her dogs or reading.
If you would like to see her work go to stephaniemeredith.net
Rachel O'Rourke is an art
therapist, artist and social activist. A graduate of the School of
the Art Institute of Chicago, Rachel has practiced art therapy for the
past ten years with at-risk youth, gun violence survivors, medically ill
children and survivors of torture and war. For the past 8 years,
Rachel has developed trainings for non-profits, teachers, social workers,
family therapists and social activists on how to integrate the visual arts
into their professional work. Training themes include: Conflict
Resolution, Medical Art Therapy and Social Action Art Therapy. For the
past two years, Rachel has taught courses in Medical Art Therapy and
Conflict Resolution and Art at Portland State University and Marylhurst
University.
Ben Popp received
his MFA in Film, Video and New Media from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2007 before re-locating to
Portland OR. He has shown in experimental film festivals
around the world and recently taught a workshop
on mattemaking in Albuquerque, NM for the Experiments in Cinema Vol. 4.2 film festival. Ben works with 16mm film, exploring venues
and processes to help keep the media
alive and well for a new generation of filmmakers. 
LeBrie Rich is the proprietress of PenFelt, a line of hand-felted
wearables that can be found in craft galleries throughout the country. LeBrie's
felted rings, currently available (next to the elevators) at the Whitney Museum
of American Art are perhaps the least expensive rings for sale in New York
City. LeBrie has passion for local food, backgammon, and her new gocco printer.
She is also an installation artist and is the owner of both a Japanese photo booth
and an ice cream bicycle.
Susan Schenk I
discovered that collage is a wonderful way to wake up the sleeping artist
within. Anyone who can rip paper can make a collage. The challenge is to see
that collages are unique individual expressions, just like the
artist. I enjoy
making something attractive from discards, appropriating images and putting them
together in intriguing ways. My goal as an artist is to let my work bring joy to
the viewer. Like any artist, I am
especially thrilled when my work calls to a viewer to come closer and spend some
time engaged in the piece. While my pictorial collages are best viewed from a
distance, a close up inspection can reveal a very different piece of art. I see
collage as a metaphor for life, and I enjoy teaching others to express
themselves with this easy to learn and ecologically appropriate
medium.