Guangtian Ai

Contact Guangtian:
Email: ai_studio_pobox@yahoo.com

Lisa Helm Ballew
Lisa is an artist who grew up in Midland, Texas, painting, sculpting, and learning art from her artist mother, Norma Helm Webb, who was always making art and shared her supplies and talent freely with her daughter. Lisa had undergraduate and graduate degrees in Business and graduated with a Masters in Landscape Architecture from the University of Texas at Arlington. While in the program she took advantage of every drawing and painting class available to her.

Lisa founded LHB Landscape Architects in 2005 focusing on estate residential and education campus projects. She has consulted with Caye Cook and Associates and Lambert Garden Design over the last 15 years.

Lisa continues to paint and finds inspiration for her work from nature, architecture, order, native plants and the natural and built environment to create landscape, nature portraits and narrative in pencil, ink, watercolour and in gardens.

Lisa has won several awards for architectural delineation. Her works are in several private collections and the University of Texas at Arlington Library.

Artist Statement
Watercolour is my primary medium. Watercolour allows the creation of multiple layers in a landscape painting. The history of a place, natures place before human development of the land, the strokes of man’s plans for the land, and proposed new natural systems are created can all be seen when studying the paintings, drawing, and text of the watercolours.

Contact Lisa:
Studio 202 / Bldg 13999
Ballew7251@aol.com
214-906-8129

Rita graduated with a degree in Fine Arts from Texas Woman's University. She freelanced as a designer, art director, and stylist for 33 years, working for many advertising agencies in Dallas and surrounding areas.

Rita retired in 2005. She opened the Small Gallery in 2013. She retired again in 2016.

Rita is currently exploring different art mediums. She creates art from metal clay, jewelry fabrication and ceramics. She continues as a conceptual/narrative artist in mixed media. 

Rita as an honorary member of the Goldmark Cultural Center.

Artist Statement
I have loved art since my conception.  There has always been an unseen hand pulling me or pushing me to express myself visually.  I have always had a very strong need to use my hands and body to create, whether it was wielding a paintbrush or swinging a hammer.

I have had many extreme experiences that have shaped me as a person, with a need to convey certain ideas, points of view or lessons I have learned.

I have learned I can change an objects meaning or usefulness by incorporating it with other objects or words. I like the idea of recycling, and “improving” things. I am bothered by the waste and temporary nature of our culture. I am bothered by the cavalier way we treat living things. I am bothered by our need of comfort and luxury at the cost of others.  I  am bothered by the increasing lack of personal freedoms in our country.  I am bothered by the unceremonious way our government sends our young men and women off to war.  I am bothered by our lack of empathy for those who suffer.  Creating art that addresses these issues is my way of voicing my concerns.

Recently I have come to realize that experience and ideology - in partnership with my craft can create very powerful expressions. Whether exploring visions that come to me in dreams, or depicting juxtaposing ideals, I have a need to honor those dreams or realizations visually.  

My journey through life has changed my art to tell a more meaningful story and my art has changed my journey into a more meaningful life. 

Contact Rita:
SLANT Artist Collective

Rebecca Boatman received her graduate degree in ceramics from Texas Woman's University in 1988 and is a retired art professor  (2004-2014) from Collin College in Frisco, Texas.  She began her career teaching art in public schools; both elementary and high school.  From 1993 through 2004 she taught ceramics at North Lake College and owned The Art Annex in Coppell Texas where she taught classes for all ages, curated a gallery, and provided studios for artists in the surrounding communities.  

Her work includes both sculptural and functional ceramics.  Her studio is located in east Dallas and every October she participates in the White Rock Lake Artists’ Studio Tour, the oldest artist’s tour in the metroplex.  Her sculptures are included in collections throughout the U.S. including Orton International Cone Box Collection, Johnson & Johnson, Xerox Corporation, Eastman Kodak, and Volunteer Hospitals of America.  Her other interests include travel and gardening.

Artist Statement:

I have always been an artist. Art and teaching are my passions.  I am lucky to understand this. My personal history up to my thirties was pretty stereotypical.  I quit college to get married, followed my upwardly mobile husband all over the United States, and started a family.  Then I found myself replaced by a trophy wife and on my own.  I developed a strength that had been waiting to surface.  I moved to a new state, returned to college and followed my own dreams.  I graduated with honors and became an artist and art educator.  I have a passion for art history and travel; I have learned to have faith in my abilities. 

I find inspiration and motivation from collected objects, personal experiences, and art history.  My forms are a compilation of African nkisi, ancient goddesses, and reliquaries that result in a response to an intuitive materialization and synthesis of personal circumstances. More recently I have been exploring childhood experiences and their effect on my personal philosophies.  One work leads to the next observation and revelation. That is the joy of being an artist. Power, faith, and the search for truth are the cornerstones for my pieces.

Contact Rebecca:
Studio 135/Bldg. 13999
rebeccaboatman@hotmail.com
 214.354.3104

I learned to sew at Studio Bernina in Colorado growing up, and pursued a costume design degree at Baylor. After graduation, I managed a tailoring shop that did everything from casual wear to wedding dresses and Miss Texas’ pageant gowns. I have a passion for sustainability and seeing our clothes as investments instead of disposables. In addition to sewing, I draw, paint and embroider. I’m intrigued by the connections between embodiment, what we we wear, cyclical rhythms, story, and integrating what we think we know with what we experience.

Currently, I create clothes from scratch or redesign pieces, embroider, and explore sumi-e painting. I also alter clothes, teach embroidery classes, and will soon teach sewing classes.

Contact info
Building 14001, Studio 232
Email: weaveandweftcollective@gmail.com
Instagram: @talbotsews
Website: weaveandweftcollective.com

From the age of 13 Lynn knew her destiny was in the arts. What kind of artist would not be clear until she took her first pottery class and graduated with a degree in Ceramics from the Kansas City Art Institute.

Lynn remained in Kansas City and built her pottery studio in a historic urban neighborhood ( Thomas Hart Benton was a neighbor!)
and began spinning cups, teapots, bowls and sets of dishes for her local community.

That scope expanded as she began showing her work on a national level at various craft shows such as the Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show. Her work is included in  collections as far away as Australia and China.

Eight years ago Lynn relocated to Dallas and began forming friendships with a group of artists that travel the metroplex on a weekly basis in search of all types of intriguing situations. This weekly journey is a nice balance to the isolation a self-employed studio potter experiences.

Lynn’s pottery surfaces have always been a canvas for color and imagery so the transition to paper has a familiar element to it but very little heavy lifting required!

Contact Lynn:
Studio 144/141 14001 Bldg.
816.561.1755
lynnsmiserbowers@mac.com
www.lynnsmiserbowers.com

Contact Vicki:
Studio 111/Bldg. 13999
vickicharlotta@icloud.com
469.323.2810

BIOGRAPHY
Born in Vietnam, Du Chau came to the United States in 1981. He pursued a medical career in Pathology and has been a Pathology Technical Coordinator at Methodist Medical Center, in Dallas, since 1994.

Du began taking ceramics classes at Brookhaven College in the 1990s and was named a Cecil Wallace Fordham Memorial Award in Visual Arts from the DCCCD Foundation. He took a sabbatical from his Methodist Hospital job to pursue both a Bachelor of Fine Arts and a Master of Fine Arts degree at the highly-regarded New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. As well as continuing his pathology work at Methodist Medical Center, Du Chau has also become an adjunct Professor of Ceramics at Brookhaven College.

“It’s so strange; my art degree actually helped my medical work . . . art has helped me to ask more questions as a scientist,” says Chau. He deeply values his work in science, but believes that his work as an artist has enhanced a different part of his identity. His career in the arts has grown significantly in the past few years. He has exhibited widely in the United States.

Du received a 2017 NCECA International Residency Award, which gave him the opportunity to work at the Curaumilla Arts Center in Chile, and in 2016 he was awarded a residency from the C.R.E.T.A. Foundation in Rome, Italy.

ARTIST STATEMENT
Porcelain is the foundation of my work, combined with wire elements, to create a quiet and contemplative charged space. My current artworks evoke childhood memories and repetitive daily activities involving knowledge and contemplation. I commit to the same activity to visualize different parts of myself.

I am passionate about duplicating forms using mold making and slip casting technique. This process reveals my fascination with clay replication but with subtle variations. Constant permutation is the core of my creative process.

Contact Du:
Studio 124/Bldg. 13999
www.duchauwebsite.com
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I am a Mesquite based multi media artist working mainly with acrylics, wood, clay and resin along with recycled materials. I began sculpting miniatures and building dollhouses in 2011. I then moved on to assemblage and mixed media canvases as well as dioramas and stand alone art pieces.

I have always loved abandoned places. I began sculpting miniatures for my daughter to play with in a dollhouse. Building my first dollhouse set me on a creative path I didn't know I had. I started creating mixed media canvases and assemblage pieces that incorporated miniatures and abandoned places. I have explored numerous artistic techniques and styles throughout this new journey. I began to use all of these techniques to build pieces that I love. The smaller and more realistic the details I can put into my art, the better. I want to create pieces that make people want to stop and study them, finding something new and intriguing the longer they look.

Jenny is a full time high school Spanish teacher by day and an artist by night. After graduating with a Master’s degree in Education in 2006 and teaching for 5 years, she decided to go back to school to study graphic design. In 2013 she earned an Associate’s degree at the Art Institute of Dallas. She then took her knowledge and skills and applied them to traditional painting, typically using acrylic paint on stretched canvas. She has been commissioned to paint a variety of things from dog portraits to murals.

You can learn more about Jenny at https://www.cruzartstudio.com

Social media:

Facebook https://www.facebook.com/cruzartstudio?mibextid=LQQJ4d
TikTok @jennycruz552
Instagram @jenlcruz17

Contact: cruzartstud@gmail.com

Born and raised in Seoul, Korea, Jenny Hong DeLaughter’s observations of the world were influenced by a blend of eastern and western cultures. An early emphasis on highly detailed renderings began to give way to a desire to explore more abstract expression.

Her works are executed spontaneously in which intuitive, gestural strokes become the “words” of an inner dialogue in the painting process. Years of private art lessons and formal studies resulted in a Master of Fine Arts degree from Texas Woman’s University. Jenny lives and paints in Dallas, Texas, and has exhibited works in numerous juried group and solo shows.

Studio 129/Bldg.13999
jenny.redbell@gmail.com
Instagram: jennydelaughter

Hugh graduated from the Kansas City Art Institute with a Bachelor of Fine Arts and resides in Dallas, Texas. He lives near the High Five Interchange; the tallest highway overpass in the world, where the inspiration for his current work began.

Hugh’s drawings and paintings use long, expressive strokes and primal mark making to explore the energy, concurrency, and beauty of what he calls “highway scapes.”

His spontaneous and free-form improvisational style incorporates the flowing lines seen in modern highways to create an atmosphere of strength and curiosity.

The work does not intend to reproduce locations as a visual journalist or witness, but rather these structures convey feelings of exploration, movement, compulsion, and even inner conflict.

These roads become a metaphor for modern life’s hum, with all its achievements and struggles. The mark-making, layers, colors, and spirit denote the weight, life pulse, drama, and nature of man’s striving.

In drawings, the graphite is quickly and expressively added in different stages using multiple grades and types of pencils. In paintings, oil paint is applied in slow overlapping layers, using different lines, colors, and shapes to express the spirit and nature of our urban environment.

Suite 160
www.hughdewitte.com
(214) 404-9332

Barbara Franklin was born in South Africa, emigrated to London in 1972. 

Barbara began her ceramics journey in 1976, when she was urged to go to a pottery class at the Henrietta Barnet School in London. She knew that day that her love of making a mess with clay to create something beautiful was going to be her calling.

She had an encouraging teacher in John Brown who put her on the path to create many types of work including abstract sculpture. She did this part-time as she was a kindergarten teacher. 

Franklin arrived in Dallas in 1989. While attending Brookhaven College to further her artistic studies in ceramics she was very fortunate to have Du Chau as a teacher and mentor.

Contact Barbara:
Suite 157/Bldg.13999

Welcome to the world of Hairebrained Design, where creativity knows no bounds! We're a dynamic startup specializing in the art of 3D printing original figures of speech, known as Artickles. Founded by John Haire and Gabby Haire, our mission is to infuse innovation and imagination into every creation.

What are Artickles?
They represent the art of acceptance. The art of acceptance is one of the most difficult skills to master. Artickles allow you to practice that skill with a smile. They cause you to pause and reflect. And because they’re fun, you can easily carry that skill into other areas of life. They’re a fun way to say, “It is what it is.”

Join us on this exhilarating journey as we continue to push the boundaries of imagination and bring our innovative creations to life. Let's make unforgettable memories together!

Instagram: Team_Hairebrained

Facebook: Team.Hairebrained

(214) 554-8052

ddhargrave@gmail.com

214-240-1203

Michele is an expressive, figurative painter whose work explores concepts of self, emotional processing, uncertainty, and mental resilience. While her career is in programming, UX, and design research, she has a long history with drawing & painting and began to pursue her art seriously in 2023. She has an MA in Interaction Design and a BA in Information Technology, both from the University of North Texas, and currently manages a team of web developers at her alma mater.

Studio 262, Building 13999
https://mhindman.art

Artist and Painter

From my earliest childhood I loved to pick up a pencil and draw even receiving Honorable Mention in a “Draw Your Mom Contest” in grade school. I received my first oil painting kit in high school and have used oils ever since. I studied under Mrs. Frieda Reiter in New Jersey in the mid 60s. Mrs. Reiter was a great mentor and inspiration to me. She later became the artist for ABC news and a leading courtroom artist in the country. She covered the Son of Sam and Watergate hearings among others. I later spent a year at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (one of the oldest art schools in the country) and a year at the Philadelphia School of Art (commercial art).

My love for horses and the western lifestyle led me to produce cowboy art and similar scenes with animals and people.

I also loved to paint runners, being a marathoner myself. I won first prize in an annual art exhibition at the Boston Marathon in 1977 sponsored by Running Times Magazine.

During the holiday seasons in northern Virginia I worked at various malls as a caricature artist which I greatly enjoyed.

I am 71 years old and feel truly grateful to our Lord and God for this gift he has given me. I am presently studying under Lap Ngo, a world master painter living in Allen, TX.

David Kirkland is an accomplished artist, photographer, and educator and lives in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

Mr. Kirkland holds an M.F.A. in printmaking from the University of Southern Illinois. He creates art using pencil and charcoal and also is an accomplished still photographer. His images are known for their masterful use of light and shadow. Mr. Kirkland has a long history as an art documentarian, both for established artists and for his students.

As the director of galleries for Mountain View College, David used his expertise and talents in not only directing operations for all three galleries, but in  completing installation work for all exhibits. In addition, he also worked extensively with the public relations department and created advertising materials so that the exhibiting artists’ work was made available and accessible to the public. Mr. Kirkland also photographed nearly all artwork featured in the galleries.

Mr. Kirkland has been a high school art educator and college professor for over fifteen years. Several of his students have gone on to become artists in their own right.

David lives in Dallas with his wife and two cats. He is married to portrait photographer Michelle Kirkland.

Contact David:
Suite 220/Bldg. 13999
david.kirkland@live.com
214.208.1601
www.davidkirklandart.com

Born in Dallas, Peyton loved to paint from an early age. Throughout middle school, she enjoyed weekly acrylic painting lessons from her neighbor Sofia Khunteyev. At age 12, Peyton was ecstatic when her art won the blue ribbon at the State Fair of Texas.

In high school, Peyton studied under Juliette McCullough at The Hockaday School. Ms. McCullough encouraged Peyton to be unafraid to take risks and embrace experimentation in her art. Peyton painted with oils for the first time her senior year.

Twelve years later, Peyton picked up the brush again, committing to painting 30 paintings during her 30th year. She rented a studio and re-taught herself how to paint with oils, far surpassing her goal of 30 paintings. She hasn’t put the brush down since.

In August 2023, Peyton’s work was featured in Flinn Gallery at a group exhibition which was juried by the Associate Curator of Contemporary and Modern Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her work was published in London-based Divide Magazine in October 2023.

Today, Peyton relentlessly pursues experimentation in abstraction, texture, scale and color.

Website : peytontierneykramp.com

Biography
I moved back home to north Texas twenty years ago after retiring from teaching ceramics at the University of Louisville and raising a family on a small organic farm in Indiana. Since then I have taught clay classes at the Craft Guild of Dallas and a couple of courses at the University of Dallas on the history of ceramics where I was fortunate to serve as Resident Artist for a decade. I loved being part of these communities. When I retired again a couple of years ago, I knew I needed to connect with other groups in the area to keep growing and learning. Fortunately, art is a wonderful way to meet people and leads to new ways to challenge my art making and expand my membership in various parts of the community. It’s wonderful to be part of the Goldmark Cultural Center.

Artist Statement
Pots are about hospitality. That is their real subject matter for in them, we offer food and drink and witness to one another so they become a way to reach out and touch one another even in a time of physical distancing.

Like many other potters, I was first captivated by the sheer fun of shaping mud. Then I encountered the fire which turns the mud back into stone. There was no going back. The resulting pots have a quality of transference which, without words, give you a good sense of the maker. Holding a hand made pot from a friend or from a potter of thousands of years ago is, in fact, a sort of way of shaking hands with the maker. There may even be visible fingerprints of the maker which remain as a testament of their presence.

To stay consistent with those qualities, I use the most basic hand forming techniques—coiling, building with slabs, throwing on the potter’s wheel. I have a studio room added on to my house and fire the pots in a small gas burning kiln in my back yard.

Contact:
Studio 142/ 13999 Building
website: www.ginnymarsh.com

Nan Martin is a contemporary sculptor who lives in Texas. Born in Colorado, she grew up in the 1950s Hollywood and 1960s San Francisco in a French-speaking household. She is known for her gestural, figurative wire forms, which refer to life’s fragility and complexity.

Master of Arts in Sculpture, Texas Woman’s University, 2007

B.S. in Clothing & Textiles, Brigham Young University, 1986

https://exposedparts.com/

Florence McLure

Artist Statement
In 2018, I left a 25-year career in corporate graphic design to pursue my dream of creating art full time.

I enjoy working in ink, watercolor and oils, but since I’ve been in a dedicated art space, I have found myself working almost exclusively in charcoal. Charcoal is a truly amazing and vibrant medium that takes me back to my roots of drawing and expressing the human form. The more I explore it, the more magical it’s becoming, and the more possibilities I see.

I am focusing on figurative work because there’s nothing more fundamental or relatable than questions surrounding being human, why we are here, how being alive makes us all experience suffering and joy. In some drawings, I’m exploring a painterly approach with liquid brushwork, as it touches on one of my favorite themes: the push-and-pull between having control and not having it. I love combining brush strokes that are accidental and loose and messy with drawing that is highly controlled and realistic.

In college, I was a non-degree seeking student who completed 4 years of fine art, illustration, photography and design coursework (Ray Vogue College of Design, Collin College, UNT—1989-1993). I’m originally from France, still speak the language and go back to visit relatives every few years.

Like another artist said to me recently, “I just want to make one beautiful thing.”

Or if we're lucky and have persistence, maybe more than one beautiful thing.

Contact Florence:
Email:  florencem.artworks@gmail.com
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/florence.artworks/

​Jeane McIntosh has been painting since she was about seven years old.

Formal education includes many art classes at Brookhaven Community College and a MFA from Texas Woman’s University.

Credentials:
·    Master of Fine Arts
·    Award Winning Artist
·    Instructor
·    Personalized art lessons
·    Painter
·    Printmaker
·    Murals
·    Monotypes

Jeane is currently showing at Lovers Lane Methodist Church.

Suite 123/Bldg. 13999

Margo Miller is an abstract painter currently working with acrylic, mixed media, and collage.  She excels at combining these elements to create tension and provoke discussion. By using metallic components, her art creates a shimmering effervescence as one passes by. She strives to engage the viewer while expressing the movement, beauty and complexity of life.

Margo has also painted murals, working with various non-profit groups in Dallas and Nepal. She believes that giving intensifies the joy one receives from life.

A native Texan, she received a B.A. in Art from Southern Illinois University and an M.L.A. from Southern Methodist University. She has taught art in public schools, groups and private sessions and is exhibited in galleries from Chicago to Dallas.

Contact Margo:
Studio 256/Bldg. 13999
www.badmargoart.com
mghlee@att.net
214.463.0640

Jeulet Noyes grew up in New York City, but has also lived in Los Angeles and Boston, working in the Arts since her first job as a window display artist for a Department Store in Manhattan. Jeulet has been a theatrical costume designer in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex for over ten years and is currently a staff member and head of the wardrobe department for a local theatre in Richardson, Texas.

Jeulet specializes in historical and vintage dress, and is currently creating a line of remodeled and renewed clothing and accessories that are one of a kind. She previously worked as a textile design assistant and also involves fabric in  multimedia textile, paper and photographic art pieces.

Jeulet Noyes' studio is utilized for design, sewing, and historical fashion photography.

Contact Jeulet:
Studio 163/Bldg. 14001
972.814.0706

David Noyes has been involved with historical art and genealogical photography for several years and recently decided to begin installations and exhibition of his personal work.

Together, he and his wife Jeulet collaborate in a shared space, demonstrating their love for sepia and experiment in color wash.

They plan to do several installations a year focusing on historical themes and subjects of personal importance to them, combining original written prose and poetry with usage of their original and collected photography.

The first exhibit is called “Ancestral Blessings” and focuses on genealogical research dating back to Civil War days.

David’s ancestors are recorded with original founders of our country that sailed from England on the Mary and John, one of the first five ships to arrive in the establishment and settlement of Newbury Mass. in the mid 1600's.

Contact David:
Suite 134/Bldg. 13999

I've always had a love for all things creative. It comes naturally-genetically from my grandmother to my mother to me. Throughout my academic journey, I slipped in the "not in my program" art class. I learned art history , diverse techniques, and mediums while learning political science and anthropology. Eventually, I earned my PhD in anthropology, and gained the courage to practice art professionally. I am an interdisciplinary artist investigating the connections between material processes, space and place, and embodiment. I utilize diverse media, including photography, clay, textile, paint, and collage to translate, transfigue, and transpose images into multiple layers of embodiment and meaning.

Contact Info:
elisha@eoliverart.com
1-405-373-6352
website: eoliverart.com

Marty is an Emeritas Professor of Art, recently retired from teaching ceramics and sculpture and directing 3D programs at North Lake College for 40 years. Her professional honors include twice named Professor of the Year as well as Innovator of the Year of DCCCD. Glaze, a video she created won a national award for educational media.

In 2006, a painting by Marty was installed as the inaugural mural for the Catholic Foundation Plaza located in the Dallas Arts District.

Marty’s work is offered through the Craighead Green Gallery in Dallas. The Ray’s open their studio to the public each October as part of the White Rock Lake Artists Studio Tour, an event that Marty co-founded 26 years ago and continues to coordinate.​

Contact Marty:

Suite 138/Bldg. 13999
www.raystudios@sbcglobal.net

About the artist:

Richard Ray was born in Dallas, residing at Buckner Orphans Home from age 6. He is a 5th generation Texan, a great grandfather, O.M. Roberts, was governor of Texas and founded the University of Texas in Austin.

From earliest memories, art was a favorite subject in school.  Richard’s paintings are often inspired by White Rock Lake, a beautiful city lake in the middle of Dallas minutes from his home. Portraits, nature, memories and imagination are other themes he expresses through art. 

Richard’s interests and talents are diverse, common for a Gemini. He plays guitar and harmonica (almost any instrument), has written songs, loves to hunt with his metal detector recently published an 84 page book featuring his art and stories about the Moon.

Richard and wife, Marty, a ceramic artist, often collaborate on pottery and paintings. Their home studio is open to the public each Fall as part of the White Rock Lake.

Contact Richard:
Studio 138/Bldg. 13999
www.richardraypainter.com
raystudios@sbcglobal.net
214 328-5934                          

Victoria Franks Rios is a mostly self-taught artist from Shreveport, Louisiana. It was here that she and her late brother, Dean, learned about visual art at a very young age from their late mother, Monna Franks. Monna was an art enthusiast, supporter of local talent and possessed a deep appreciation and affection for Louisiana folk artists, for which she was an avid collector of Clementine Hunter and Mc 5cent Jones.

Through these cultural experiences for which Victoria was exposed to while accompanying her mother on many art seeking excursions, she began to dabble in sketch, pastels and painting. Victoria embraced these opportunities, engaging with working artists along the way. Garnering inspiration from informal study under some of her favorite artists, Victoria has evolved as a painter in mixed media. Her work is wide in breadth and ranging in figurative, portrait, nudes, still life, animals, traditional landscape, abstract landscape, broad abstract and representational. She works in acrylic and oils, often applying metallic elements, gold leaf, purposeful texture like sand, dirt and rock, semiprecious stones, crystals, natural metals, shells, wood, broken glass, and a myriad of other recycled objects she collects. Victoria has been known to work with unusual tools to craft her works, such as dry used paint brushes, baking tools, cooking utensils, small gardening tools, syringes, scalpel knives, and personal grooming tools. Like many artists she produces work through phases; such as tree, land and waterscape, psychedelic landscape, portrait, as well as commissioned conceptual pieces incorporating creative elements of businesses with their logos. Recently she completed an abstract phase in which she also honed her experience with resin.

Over the years, Victoria enjoyed informally learning and studying from many artists. However the three who inspired her most are Debbie Ungersault (portrait), Lani Liuzza (landscape) and Ashley Palmer (abstract and representational).

Most of her life she has dedicated to the visual arts as volunteer, fundraising supporter, programmer, philanthropist, collector and now artist. She has served on boards and chaired numerous events on behalf of the art communities she has called home. These include the Shreveport Regional Arts Council, ArtSpace, ArtSMART, Arts in Education, and ARTBreak, and the Newport Art Museum, where she has served on the NAM Board of Trustees and collection committee. Additionally, she served several years as chairman for WetPaint, a summer weekend “plein air” fundraiser held every year in Newport, Rhode Island. Although she is self-studied, jury experience is another element of the art world Victoria has enjoyed for several regional and local exhibitions.

In her studio hangs her most beloved piece, titled “The Hawk”; a mixed media work representing the spirit of her aforementioned late brother portrayed in this visually sensational bird of prey. It is important as it was collaborated with and completed by Ashley Palmer, her brothers favorite artist, following his death by suicide in 2018. Robert Dean Franks III was beloved husband, father, son, brother, friend, successful businessman, bird and big game hunter, skilled fisherman, conservationist, art lover and collector. As an avid outdoorsman, he would admit that the woods were his church and where he felt closest to God; hence all Victoria’s pieces since his passing are directly connected to or inspired by nature. Dean was that guy you would “never suspect” to die by suicide. Victoria believes God channels her energy into her art to spark joy, celebrate life, grieve death, foster personal reflection, encourage prayer, strengthen faith and thereby increase meaningful and direct connections between people. Proceeds from every piece sold go to DeanHawk Project with a mission to support community programming for administering mental health first aid. The hope is to save lives by offering anyone training, knowledge and skill sets to identify, recognize and navigate steps to help any person who may be experiencing a mental challenge or in a mental crisis, backed by first responder support.

This spring Victoria will be transitioning her work to an emphasis on animals in which sequential hermaphroditism occur accompanied by several representational pieces that speak to personal wellness. Victoria lives in Dallas, Texas with her husband of 27 years, Julio Rios and occasionally their grand dogs, Briar and SugarBear. They have two lovely and distinguished adult daughters, Catherine and Caroline (moms of Briar and SugarBear consecutively). Most days Victoria can be found creating away at the Goldmark, while classic rock and 80s hits blare loudly. She welcomes visitors, and loves to talk with art enthusiasts ...that is if you can get her to turn down the music!

Contact Victoria:
website www.VictoriaRiosArt.com
email Victoria@VictoriaRiosArt.com

14001 Goldmark Drive, Studio 134. Dallas, TX 75240

cell phone 318-470-5899

Instagram VictoriaRiosArt

Growing up in a small town, there was an abundance of time to explore the realms of creativity. My grandmother started me young with the crafts, she had always been Martha Stewart’s biggest fan. I always enjoyed pursuing whatever art project was on the agenda for the day, it taught me to be incredibly resourceful with my own creations. I started painting with intention in 2013, I had always dabbled in some sort of art the years prior to then, but I didn’t know that I was really onto something until I started receiving positive feedback from others. I decided to really hone in on this aspect of myself.

I became a licensed hairdresser in 2011. In the present day, I own a salon studio in Lakewood where I get to connect with amazing humans, cultivate incredible relationships and help people feel beautiful. My art studio was always in my living room. I finally made the leap on my own art studio journey in May of 2022.

Having an intentional space to create has helped expand my curiosity. I typically gravitate towards working with acrylics but I've also been known to explore alcohol inks, epoxy and now I’m finding a new passion in woodworking. I tend to feed my curiosity by throwing myself into different ideas and bringing them to life.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/STUDIO11ELEVEN__/

Website:
www.camiescott.com

Heids is a 23-year-old non-binary artist who works primarily with oil and watercolor paints to create abstract and landscape style works. They participated in 500X College Expo 2022 while completing their undergrad studies. After graduating in May 2022, Heids became a resident artist at the Goldmark Cultural Center and participates in Goldmark's seasonal Art Walks.

Artist Statement
Growing up in southeast Texas swamps, I spent my formative years preparing for life ahead while watching several family members I lived with suffer from terminal illness. This environment/circumstance combination led me to find comfort in studying facets of decay and the recycling of energy and matter. My work takes inspiration from the adaptations of life and manipulation of physical, mental, and spatial landscapes due to various natural phenomena.

Studio 127-A

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thistimeoftheday@yahoo.com

Mixed media artist working in 2-D and 3-D with fabric, paper, found objects, acrylic paint and ink. I love texture, color, line, and form. Always exploring by bringing out the beauty from the mundane. Currently I am working on textured papers to use in collage and paper jewelry.

Suite 278, Building 13999

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214-477-8163

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Formerly: Spice Drop Soup Studio

Susan Sponsler-Carstarphen was born in Seoul, South Korea.

Susan holds a B.A. degree in Graphic Design from Iowa State University and a Master of Fine Arts degree in photography from Texas Woman’s University.

Susan was a 1995 fellow at the American Photography Institute National Graduate Seminar at New York University and a 1999 recipient of the Carol Crow Memorial Fellowship at Houston Center for Photography. 

Susan’s works have been shown in Seoul, South Korea; Panama City, Panama; and in many US cities including Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, Fort Worth, Denton and Dallas.

Susan’s work is held in the permanent collections of the Korean American Museum in Los Angeles and Texas Instruments in Dallas, as well as in several private collections. Her work is also included in numerous publications. 

Susan lives in Richardson, Texas and has been on the photography faculty team in the School of the Arts at Brookhaven College in Farmers Branch, Texas since 2015. 

Contact Susan:
Suite 156/Bldg. 13999
www.SusanSponsler.com
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Don Taylor has been a professor and member of the full-time faculty and staff in the School of the Arts, Art Department at Brookhaven Community College, Dallas County Community College District (DCCCD) since 1978. 

Prior to teaching at Brookhaven, Don taught in the School of Arts departments at North Lake College, Dallas Baptist University, Richland College and El Centro College. 

In addition to being an extremely gifted painter and expert in design and printmaking, Don is a mentor and teacher to aspiring art students. 

Don is the recipient of the Printmaking Mentorship Award, presented by Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri at the Southern Graphics Council International Conference.

Don has international art experience in Australia, Denmark, Sweden, and The Netherlands in association with the DCCCD Professional Enhancement Program Grants for Travel.

Don received his M.F.A., from Washington University, St. Louis; Missouri where he obtained a two-year full scholarship and assistantship in printmaking, granted in part by the Missouri Council of the Arts.

Don received his B.F.A., from the Louisville School of Art, University of Louisville in Anchorage, Kentucky where he obtained a four-year full scholarship and assistantship in printmaking.

Don has been in over thirty exhibitions. His most recent include:

·     2018 Mary Catherine Davis, Martell Holloway, Andrea Lamarsaude, Liz London, Kathy Baker Mackey, Margo Miller, Eliana Miranda, Mateus Moura, Marty Ray, Richard Ray, Roberto Romero, Don Taylor, Evita Tenzeno, Lori Whitaker, Eva Kustarne Zsoldos. Goldmark Cultural Center, Holiday Pop Up Gallery. Curators – Andrea Lamarsaude and Liz London

·     2010 Rick Maxwell, David Newman, Don Taylor. Haggerty Gallery, University of Dallas. Curator: Sherry Giryotas

·     2008 Academia: Pushing the Boundary, McKinney Avenue Contemporary, Dallas. Curator: Liliana Bloch
Thirty Year Reunion 500X, 500X Gallery, Dallas

·     2006 Professors/Printmakers, Tarrant County College Southeast. Curator: Devin Nowlin

Contact Don:
Suite 160/Bldg. 13999
Phone: 972.860.4732
Email: dtaylor1@dcccd.edu

Maureen Crudden Womack received her degree in advertising from the University of Texas at Austin. She works mostly in acrylics and oils and prefers abstract and non-representational styles. Some of Womack’s notable shows were held at the Gallery @1300 on Dragon Street, The Rising Gallery, Siematic Showroom, Deep Ellum Art Walk, Design Within Reach, and the Red Bull Art of Can. She was also selected to create original pieces for the Omni Dallas Hotel, and has 100 of her paintings hanging in guest rooms throughout the property.

In 2012, Womack co-produced and painted Icons of Dallas, an installation in the CBS building on North Central Expressway. Recently Womack has been creating artworks for private residences across the country. Inspired by her love of travel and art history, she is presently a docent at the Dallas Museum of Art.

“I work mostly in acrylics, but the paint is always mixed with a medium, making it thicker. This slows down the drying process, allowing me more freedom to blend and move the paint, and create significant textures. I rarely paint with a brush, but rather a knife, and go back in with tools to add more depth, or scrape away to reveal the under paint. I like the mystery that the subtle layering creates. At first glance one image might be seen, but as more time is spent in front of the painting, hidden surprises can be discovered underneath....messy and complicated can also be beautiful.”

https://www.maureenwomackart.com/

Jiatong Yao's art practice is about the intersection of art and technology, exploring mediums including XR, 3D, AI and interactive computing.

In a realm where technology meets creativity, Jiatong Yao crafts experiences that weave together the essence of humanity with the digital age. Her art forms a dialogue between the modern self and technological evolution.

With her background in computer science and technical artistry and programming, her work focuses on technological expressions of creativity. Witnessing how information technology changes society and lifestyles, she wants to emphasize a discussion of these changes and understand the essence of humanity in this digital age.

Mud Stork Art
I was growing up in s a small village in Hungary where we kids spent most of our free time outside. Played in the mud, built a kite from paper and reed, and caught toads from the pond. Everything was so simple.

Time has changed.  I was lucky to get admitted to an art high school where I studied architectural sculpturing. I graduated in a Teacher Training Collage. Got married, became a mom, moved to Texas in 2001. After several years neglecting art, I had a chance to continue where I left it behind, taking classes at North Lake College. I enjoyed creating art with materials I had never used and met good old friends like clay. In 2016 I joined to the McKinney Art Studio where I continued my pottery explorations.

Cannot explain why but clay has a mesmerizing effect on me. Throwing a smooth body of clay on the potter’s wheel equals the effect of a yoga class. My pieces are mostly functional. I hope, people will touch and use them every day, experiencing comfort and harmony. 

Wanting it or not, life picked up a speed that I have a hard time to keep up with.  My artwork represents those quieter times when we could talk to a snail for hours, admired a caterpillar’s beauty, laid in the high grass watching the clouds creating figures from bedtime stories. I wish to invite my audience to another dimension. It is open to everyone, we are just too hurried and busy to realize it. I want to show our world’s beauty in the tiny details.

I am so happy to join to the Goldmark Cultural Center’s artist community. I am sure I will find new inspirations in every corner.

Contact Eva: 

Suite 137/Bldg. 13999
Email: mudstorkart@gmail.com

Rachel Muldez

Contact Rachel:
Building 13999 / Studio #154
Email: muldezart@gmail.com

Norma Antoinette (on sabbatical leave)

Contact Norma:
Email: normaweithers@gmail.com

Contact Robert:
Studio 158/Bldg. 13999
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972 943 9598