Joan Wenzel has been a crafter since she was a little girl – she learned to sew when she was 8 years old and is still sewing – but now sewing with beads, beads, beads. As a jewelry designer she works with Japanese seed beads, Czech glass, semi-precious stones, crystals and handmade lamp work beads (which she and […]
Valerie is known for her exploration of various mediums from printing to metal work as well as oils and acrylics. She is often found using expressive landscape motifs, abstraction and surrealism to tell a story. She draws inspiration from nature and the dynamic opposition our perception has with it. Valerie graduated from Southern Connecticut […]
Ursula Coccomo is a self-taught Artist / Photographer fascinated by the beauty of nature. She is a member of the East Hampton Art Association where she received an Honorable Mention Award for her photography at their annual Art Show. Also, a member of the East Haddam Art League where she exhibits her artwork which has […]
Tatiana Ferraro was born in Poland and came to the US when she was four years old. She spent her formative years on the Lower East Side, attending St. George Grammar, and High School of Performing Arts where she majored in ballet and studied at the Third Street Settlement Music School. She earned her degrees […]
Sergio moved from Rome, the Eternal City to a small town in CT after an early retirement from an academic life in Surgical Pathology. Here he could finally refine his interest for photography which he practiced as a hobby all his life. He is a mainly self thought photographer who extensively studied composition and color […]
Sandra and Whitney Huber are lampwork artisans located in Essex, Connecticut. The Hubers built their lampworking studio in 2011 at their home in Essex and founded Huber Glass Bead Makers to offer their work for sale. Sandy has had a lifelong interest in many art forms; her educational background is in art education with a […]
Samantha has created, designed, and crafted all her life! When she was young, these were daily activities she grew up with while living with her grandmother. The passion has continued ever since and now becomes her full-time job!! It is a dream-come-true of being able to influence other people with her designs and creations. By […]
Robert Thomas’ background in engineering allows him to utilize the ever-changing technology of digital cameras to capture moments that mirror his artistic vision. He has learned not just to document, but also to apply, the creative aspects of composition and the freedom offered with digital image processing. This allows Robert to create a more engaging […]
Marie is a self-taught artist who loves to create designs that people can use in their homes. She grew up in Chester, CT and attended Valley Regional High School, in Connecticut. Marie has done many crafts and artwork, for example: painting on wood; however, working with gourds is her new and exciting adventure. This new […]
Lynn Webber has been playing with and repurposing glass for the last six years. She designs garden art in the form of bird baths, totems, seed feeders and flowers. She has shown in Simsbury at the Flea and Smorgasbord for the last four years. She had a show at the Historical Society in Simsbury and […]
Lori Meehan “The stillness of nature, the curve of a leaf, the bends of a twig, the flow of water over tumbled stones – all of these expressions of nature provide inspiration and creativity when designing my jewelry, which I like to think of as wearable art. I enjoy the process of taking a flat piece of […]
Linda enjoys designing and making jewelry in a variety of materials: platinum, gold, silver, brass, bronze, and wood, especially ebony. She has made settings for all types of stones and found objects, from classically faceted gems to cabochons, carved shell and bone, and fossilized shark teeth. Saucier spent fifteen years working as a designer […]
Larry has been showing photographic images at Art and Craft shows for about 20 years. His images have won several awards including first placements in New England Camera Club and Land Trust competitions. Larry’s work can be seen at several outdoor art festivals including prestigious shows in Mystic, Old Saybrook, West Hartford, Niantic and Stamford […]
Lawrence J. Bilansky, JD, CPA’s interest in photography stems back to the fifth grade when he got his first camera. In college he worked as a newspaper photographer for the UWM Post and as a freelance stringer for several local weekly papers. Larry moved on to become a wedding photographer for one of Milwaukee’s more […]
Kristin Hinkle Trainor is the artist behind 10-ton goldfish designs, a bespoke jewelry and wearable art studio in Newington, CT. Classically trained under renowned artist Leonard Urso at the prestigious School for American Craftsmen at RIT, and Pierre Schlevogt at the Fachhochschule fur Gestaltung in Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany – Kristin creates “fun & funky jewelry […]
Kim Coughlin Tellez obtained a BA in Fine Arts and Latin American Studies at Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, in 1985. There she studied painting with Paul Georges and David Campbell and printmaking with Susan Lichtman. Kim used art constantly during her years as a bilingual elementary teacher in Los Angeles, where she lived for 34 […]
Judith Secco, a native of Connecticut’s Northwest corner, has been an avid self-taught photographer all of her life. She began with an in-home darkroom focusing mainly on black and white images. Acquiring a passion for digital photography in recent years, Judith has Developed her own technique in photo editing by using layers, textures and composites […]
John Houle has an extensive background in several mediums. He won his first regional award in second grade using oils. John continued to win regional awards in oils through college. He studied under Jaccques Rommel at Central Connecticut State College and has exhibited with the Old Lyme and Clinton Art leagues as well as the Stratford […]
Joanna Biskupski earned an MFA in graphic design from the Institute of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland and was awarded a Fellowship from the Polish Association of Artists; and a grant from the Polish Ministry of Art and Culture. She has worked as a book designer and illustrator and has executed designs and illustration projects for […]
A Guilford resident, Jean Gresham is the owner and fused glass artist at J. Gresham Design. Jean graduated from Smith College with a double major in Fine Arts and American Studies and has been working in the glass medium for the past several years. From one-of-a-kind earrings and necklaces to elegant home decor and functional […]
Diana Baker majored in Art History at Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT. She spent most of her time painting and learned through her studio professor, Chaim Steinbach One of a few jobs after college was for Helen Frankenthaler. She observed the psyche of a successful female artist intent on gesture. Soon afterwards she attended architecture graduate […]
Deborah is a music professor at Manchester Community College (MCC) preparing students for a vocation in music as well as those who seek music knowledge for personal interest. She is conductor and clarinetist for the MCC Chamber Ensemble. Deborah also enjoys the process of creating visual art. Simmons enjoys taking studio arts courses when able. […]
Beth Terhaar of Danbury, CT and Jensen Beach, FL was raised in a home with an artistic mother who encouraged creativity in her children. During Beth’s 25 year tenure as a school teacher, she did floral arranging, made boiled wool purses and painted glass. She and a friend would turn her house into an annual […]
