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Stephanie Chamelo March 2023’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Stephanie Chamelo is a self-taught abstract artist. Over the course of her career Stephanie has created a body of work full of color and form to challenge the viewers thoughts about art. Stephanie had her first live art performance in December of 2021 where she came in…

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Ellen Carlisle  February 2023’s Featured Artist Artist Bio: Originally from New Jersey, Ellen and her husband of 44 years moved their growing family 8 times in their first 17 years, landing for good in Charlotte in 1995. A natural creative, Ellen always found refuge in creative arts.  In addition to being an artist, she is…

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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 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 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 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 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 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 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  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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