Author: andrewthedesigner
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Liz Haywood
Liz Haywood November’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Liz’s earliest memory of creating art was painting her beloved rescue dog, Sammy. He is painted on a fuchsia background framed in gold macaroni in her Charlotte, NC childhood home. Liz graduated from Appalachian State and The Portfolio Center in Atlanta. She completed her studies in design and illustration, winning several student…
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Kathryn Hood
Kathryn Hood December 2022’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Kathryn Hood (b. 1996) is an interdisciplinary artist who specializes in photography, mixed media, and fiber arts. Originally from Raleigh, North Carolina, she received a BFA in Photography and BA in Spanish from UNC Charlotte in 2020. Growing up in the South, Hood’s inspiration stems from not only her upbringing but also modern…
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Rosalia Torres-Weiner
Rosalia Torres-Weiner November 2022 Featured Artist Artist Bio: I am an artist, activist and community leader in Charlotte, NC. My art captures the themes, colors and rich symbolism of my native home of Mexico. In 2010, I shifted the focus of my work from commercial art to art activism, after witnessing the repeated injustices and…
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Elijah Kell
Elijah Kell october’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Elijah Kell is a glass artist from Mint Hill, North Carolina. His artistic journey began at the age of ten when he was first introduced to the medium and discovered an instant connection. Since then, he has immersed himself in the art of glass developing his craft through…
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Liz Cisneros
Liz Cisneros September 2022’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Liz Cisneros is a textural fine artist who loves to create sculptural paintings inspired by life experiences, nature, thematic exhibitions, and textures all around. While featured in several galleries, fine dining restaurants, and many exhibitions around Charlotte, one of her proudest moments was a showcase at The…
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Amanda Farley
Amanda Farley August 2022’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Amanda Farley is an artist working in Charlotte, NC and a graduate of the Savannah College of Art and Design. There, in 2020, she earned her Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts in Production Design with a minor in Painting. After a year spent working as a makeup…
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Ryan Sumner
Ryan Sumner july’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Ryan Sumner is a studio photographer at NoDa’s Fenix Fotography. And though his literal and artistic home is NoDa, his fine art work has allowed him to travel the world extensively—taking him and his many cameras to Hawaii, Germany, the Netherlands, thrice to France, multiple trips to the…
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LAURIE SMITHWICK
LAURIE SMITHWICK June 2022’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Laurie Smithwick is an abstract painter, printmaker, and muralist. She was born and raised in Charlotte, NC, where she began practicing as an artist and designer as soon as she could hold a pencil. She studied art and creative writing at Duke University, and graphic design and…
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Kelly Aiken
Kelly Aiken May 2022’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Kelly Aiken is an artist and creative designer living in south Charlotte, NC area. Ms. Aiken graduated from the University of Virginia in 2012 with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture Design. After working for an Architecture firm as a marketing director in Boston, MA, Kelly switched…
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Holly Spruck
Emily Berger April 2022’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Holly Spruck is a narrative oil painter working in Charlotte, NC since 2002. Born and raised in New York, she attended College in New Hampshire, where she earned a degree in Art Education with a minor in Painting. From 1996 to 2002, Holly lived in the Czech Republic…