Roxanne Singsaas

Canvas work 

This piece is “Black Cat Reveries”, it was created using stranded cotton and each component was completed 2024 through 2026. By using a cross-stitch technique, I was able to recreate a series of famous paintings with an added special guest. The idea behind my work was to have fun with multiple mini cross-stitch patterns to create one full project. Standing near “Black Cat Reveries”, you will see individual stitches close together, in colors that are mixed and seem randomly selected. As you step away, a fully formed picture develops. To me, the final piece has a daydream quality to it, which was not what I had expected, but I was extremely happy with the final product.

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Kirstin Meza

Photography

These works are for sale:

Highway Views- $45.00

Quiet Mind- $45.00

Josiah Luis Zapata

Metal/ Acrylic on Canvas

There has always been a sense of connections within my artwork, whether it be positive or negative. The sculptural piece is one that pulls closer to negative and is almost heavy compared to the rest of my work. This ball and chain inspired piece draws the connection to self-limitation, putting yourself in a box instead of continuing to venture beyond it. The piece is made using a cast of my own face on both sides, and a chain, a self-imposed prison of sorts. In contrast, the painting, "Human Spirit" is the connection to the world we all share as people. There are bright hues swarming in the background as the star shape pushes out from the foreground, being launched by the colors. I see people as extraordinarily complex, and as such, this painting aims to simplify yet not capture how it feels sometimes to be human. The ability to feel and comprehend what is happening around us is overwhelming yet is a beautiful part of why we are alive, and why we are human.

These works are for sale:

No Matter How You Flip It- $350.00

Human Spirit- $100.00

Jennifer Randolph

Needlepoint

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Lori Podolsky

Acrylic on canvas

This piece began nearly twenty years ago as a painting assignment focused on learning shape, color, and the effects of light. What started as a technical exercise became something far more meaningful, eventually gifted to my mother and now displayed on my own gallery wall as a reminder of both artistic growth and personal connection. Through this work, I discovered a deep appreciation for drawing and painting nature, especially flowers, which continue to inspire my creative practice. I am particularly drawn to the way the light settles onto the petals at the center of the composition, creating a sense of warmth, focus, and quiet beauty that first sparked my love of painting natural forms.

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Mary Alice Mixon

Textile

I have been cross-stitching for almost 15 years and continue to enjoy it today. I began with a simple kit purchased at Walmart and quickly fell in love with how relaxing and rewarding the process was. As my interest grew, I started searching online for more intricate and time-intensive patterns. Now, I often take on projects that require anywhere from three months to a full year to complete. I have made many patterns for co-workers and friends such as birth & wedding announcements. Cross-stitching has become my way to relax and unwind from work and the everyday demands of life. 

Native American Maiden – I discovered this pattern on 123Stitch.com and felt a strong personal connection to it. As someone who is part Native American, I take great pride in my heritage, and I wanted to create a piece that reflects that identity.

Native American Brave – To complement the maiden, I selected this pattern as well. I felt it was only fitting to create a pair, representing both figures together as a complete set.

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Lisa Louis

Knitting

This shawl is called Butterfly, or Papillon. Papillon is butterfly in French. And the pattern was designed by Marinja Knits.

It features leaf shapes that are created using a technique called short rows. The color changes are accomplished in my version by using yarn that is dyed multiple colors on the same skein. As soon as I saw this shawl, I knew I had to try to knit one.

I purchased the pattern and a yarn kit during lockdown, but when I looked at the pattern for the first time, I found it very confusing. I put it right back down again because I was overwhelmed. Months, maybe even a couple of years later, with a lot more knitting under my belt, I got the pattern out again, and as I studied it, it began to make more sense.

I also noticed an instruction toward the beginning that I had missed before, which said, re-reading of this pattern can cause confusion. If it does not make sense when doing this, try casting on and only reading a bit ahead to see if it starts to make sense as you work. This turned out to be excellent advice.

I also found a wonderful series of tutorial videos made by Rebecca, the owner of Sun Dragon Yarn Shop in Brevard, North Carolina. She has a YouTube channel called Sun Dragon Tips and Tricks, and I can honestly say I would not have finished this shawl without those videos. For that matter, I probably wouldn't be knitting today without her virtual support and that of so many other crafters who are teaching techniques through online video.

Even with tutorials, this shawl was a challenge for me to make. I learned so much and built up a lot of confidence as a knitter by working on it. It's one of the projects I'm most proud of today.

Thank you.

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Duckie Kowalski

Acrylic on Canvas

All of my life, I have made art. I love finding new inspiration, but this year it was necessary. I have tendon damage in my dominant hand. I could no longer hold most of my tools or brushes. Worse still, I had lost dexterity. I could not do any fine details or have control over my hand. I sought ways to create, and I saw some tools that could create dots. I bought one set, and they were sponges. This made the larger dots. I chose the brightest colors I could find. I wanted to create joy. I then tried a second set of tools. These were metal balls. Unfortunately, they were heavy and made it hard for me to use. I could only do about ten dots at a time before the weight caused pain in my hand. It took weeks to finish More Dots, but it is still joyous.

These works are for sale:

Dots- $50.00

More Dots- $50.00

Amanda King

Mixed Media

So approximately 100 years ago, I got to experience one of Jesus Rafael Soto’s interactive, kinetic art instillations from his “Penetrable” series. It was installed outside the Blanton Museum of Art, and I thought it was the most amazing thing—tactile, playful, and absorbing. Roughly 50 years after seeing that exhibit, I had two young kids at home, and the memory of “Penetrable” inspired me to make a morning’s project of a hula hoop, ribbon, fishing line, and a few packs of multicolored plastic straws I had on hand. It was a fun, but short-lived project. Recreating my “hula hoop you move through”—I don’t know what else to call it, maybe a paper jelly—I wanted to use material I had on hand, so I created the paper bead tubes out of magazine pages and Elmer’s glue. I begged the gorgeous origami stars from Kristine Gonzalez, who shared them like the benevolent celestial goddess she is.

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JinSun Kim

Clay/Clay and Metal

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Clarissa Hinojosa

Clay

I like to consider myself a storyteller. Growing up around them, I find 1nyself drawn into the cinematic world where life has no value until death itself gives it one. Heavily inspired by my father's love for a good spaghetti film and the persona of Eastwood's mysterious stranger characters, my work is here to unveil the beginning of a story. When creating one, a good story always needs to have a main character and a setting where everything begins. This particular scene depicts a cowboy who finds himself at a Saloon. Whether he is here for good intentions, bad, or ugly, we're left unclear. The only thing we know for sure about this cowboy is that he's got the space to hold some loot and he chose this saloon- unknowing that its pockets are already empty. Or emptied? This is the early concept of a story in the wild west .. as old as time could tell it..

These works are for sale:

Saloon- $100.00

Cowboy Coin Robber- $50.00

Catalina Harris

Lithograph

This item is for sale:

Saturnine $100.00

Kristine Gonzales

Ceramic

These works are for sale:

Scratching the Surface- $60.00

Textured Vessel- $60.00

Jesse Glover

Photography

Morning Walk

This is a blue heron I caught one morning a couple of years ago over by Sunset Lake next to Portland. And I figured it was my morning walk so looks like it was his too. He was probably doing a little hunting for breakfast.

But it's just a beautiful bird. And it's just one of my pictures that I'm just so proud of. Hope everybody enjoys.

Offshore Lights

 So I call this one Offshore Lights. It was taken by a buddy of mine by the name of Walker Holland when he was on an offshore tuna trip last year. He, he gave it to me and said, "You know what? Do your magic." So I loaded it into Lightroom and came up with these crazy saturations and colors, and it just looks so good, and I wanted to share it with everybody. Um, here it is

These works are for sale:

Morning Walk - $30.00

Offshore Lights- Not For Sale

Lorin Flores

Garment, textile, dance costume

Hello everyone, my name is Lorin Flores and my favorite special interest or hobby is historical costuming and also costume design in general. I started out as a historic reenactor and then I ended up hanging out with some friends who really wanted to explore both dance history and also the steampunk aesthetic. One of my inspirations was a famous American dancer named Loïe Fuller who lived and worked in Paris in the late 19th century.

She pioneered the serpentine dance and this used large silk costumes to amplify movement on darkened stages that she lit with elaborate colored lighting. So, although I had created a replica of one of Loïe Fuller's larger dance garments, I was really interested in having something that wouldn't really overwhelm my costumes. So, I ended up using Loïe Fuller's 1894 patented smaller dance garment as a departure point so I could create something that I call the halo veil which was about like 10 yards of silk attached to my head with elastic and then also with some wooden dowels so that way I could manipulate the fabric as I moved around.

The Art Nouveau costume had several different components. It had a little folkloric vest, it had a dance bra, it also had a belt and some type of scarf or drape to go hanging over the hips. I did use mother of pearl closures both for the vest and the belt.

I ended up using capiz shells to have more of a lighter sound with movement. I used the halo veil for the Art Nouveau costume but then I also started becoming interested more in a post-world war one aesthetic and that really just kind of moved me into art deco or what I like to think of as deco punk. And really the the final version that I hit on was more of a cabaret style dress in silver lamé.

I had different pieces that I used throughout the creation and development of this costume. I had also some accessories so I had been with my friends to a pendant making workshop and really the the halo veil was a little too overwhelming especially for more of that I would say close-in cabaret kind of look. So, I did end up creating a set of silk Isis wings in black.

To conclude, I think one of the main parts that I particularly enjoyed throughout this whole entire journey is of course being creative, exploring new things, hanging out with a wonderful set of friends and wearing beautiful clothes and most importantly enjoying ourselves while we make mild spectacles of ourselves.

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Brittani Fletcher

Stained Glass in Frame

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Emma Drumright

Polymer Clay

Still, A Wish

This is a small sculpture I made with polymer clay. It started as a platform, then a dish and then the surface began to look like water to me. The colors of the clay and its ability to glow in the dark inspired me to make a moon. I thought it would be neat to make it look like the moon was submerged under the water and make the specks of light to show that it continues below the surface. Then it felt like something was missing, so I added a small rabbit and inspired by the recurring association of rabbits in the moon across cultures, as I worked it began to feel like the rabbit was looking up to and wishing on a rising or sinking moon.

I started to think about what the moon and rabbit could represent. Thoughts of loss and a feeling lost, aching, resistant and stuck. Noticing and being with something as it leaves or changes, learning from what is disappearing or appearing, making a wish for something better.

Moon Kitty and Little Star

 I had bought this polymer clay years ago and it stayed unopened until recently. I have always loved little figurines that artists sculpt out of clay and wanted to finally give it a try. The colors I had picked out felt very celestial, and some of the clay also glows in the dark. So I began to make a little star to test it out without much planning or expectation. I remember waiting to open my kitchen oven and feeling very relieved that it had survived the process.

After the star, I wanted to make something a little larger and looked at my cats as I shaped what became Moon Kitty, complete with moon spots and one big bright eye. So here they are, small companions from the cosmos, perfect for a desk or shelf to be here and look back at you. Are they from outer space? Are they friends? Yes and yes.

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Sam Caudillo

Crochet

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Gillian Benedetti

Photography

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Kasey Arredondo

Charcoal on paper/Acrylic on paper

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Old Man- Not For Sale

Coastal Cowgirl- $400.00

Jennifer Arnold

Canvas Peel

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Jennifer Anderson

Applique Zipper Pouch

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Aída Almanza-Ferro

Poetry

Belonging in Translation by Aída Almanza-Ferro.

I learned belonging in translation not from books, but from the pause before I chose a language that wouldn't cost me. At 12, I crossed the border, and English became a test. ESL rooms, a grade I didn't choose. A semester of proving I deserved to move forward. Outside, Spanish was everywhere, warm and ordinary. Inside the school, it was frowned upon. Even in a border city, I learned to roam. Some voices are safer than others. I told myself time would fix it, that adulthood would be a cure. So, I thought. But my accent was a target. Repeat that. Say it again. Your accent is too thick. Are you from the valley? I can't understand you. And I stood there, prepared, professional, still shrinking. Not because I lack knowledge. But because someone decided my voice was a problem to solve. In that moment, I was back in college, earning belonging through performance, keeping questions small, acting confident so no one would see how hard I worked to fit.

Every time I talked was a struggle. Will I be judged, rushed, corrected into silence? Sometimes we wait until panic makes a choice for us. That is why I look to the library, an open door, no appointment, no confession required. A place where belonging can be built in small, deliberate ways. A warm greeting, a patient explanation, language that welcomes instead of warrants. I study belonging now as something institutions create through spaces, policies, and everyday encounters. And I carry one hope with me, that students won't have to translate themselves to be treated as if they belong. That they can walk into the library, breathe out, and feel it clearly. You belong here as you are.

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Joshua Berry

Photography

These works are for sale.

Pyromantic- $25.00

Beary Romantic- $25.00