Artist Registry
Andrea Aron
Visual Artist and Educator
Andrea taught Jewelry and Ceramics at New London High School for 34 years. She is currently teaching at Wesleyan Potters in Middletown. Andrea’s focus is on the contrast of textured metal and color using gemstones and enameled glass with silver.
Email: artchr27@aol.com
Andrea taught Jewelry and Ceramics at New London High School for 34 years. She is currently teaching at Wesleyan Potters in Middletown. Andrea’s focus is on the contrast of textured metal and color using gemstones and enameled glass with silver.
Email: artchr27@aol.com
Francis Barkyoumb
Stained Glass & Fused Glass Artist
Stained glass and fused glass artist, art, classes, restoration, custom design.
Website: glassdancestudio.com
Email: francis@glassdancestudio.com
Stained glass and fused glass artist, art, classes, restoration, custom design.
Website: glassdancestudio.com
Email: francis@glassdancestudio.com
Jacklyn Ann Belmonte
Musical Theatre Vocal Coach
Adult Piano Instruction, Pianist/Organist
Jackie has performed professionally throughout Connecticut and New York in genres from musical theatre to light opera to church music, conducting orchestras and singers for Regional, Summer Stock, Dinner, and Community Theatre. Jackie attended Hartt School of Music where she designed the first musical theatre curriculum there and went on to earn her degree from Manhattanville College. She is a member of ACDA, AGO, and AFM. Jackie currently maintains a private voice and piano studio.
Email: ecodev61@gmail.com
Phone: 203 442 3299
Website: https://www.jbmusic.online/
Adult Piano Instruction, Pianist/Organist
Jackie has performed professionally throughout Connecticut and New York in genres from musical theatre to light opera to church music, conducting orchestras and singers for Regional, Summer Stock, Dinner, and Community Theatre. Jackie attended Hartt School of Music where she designed the first musical theatre curriculum there and went on to earn her degree from Manhattanville College. She is a member of ACDA, AGO, and AFM. Jackie currently maintains a private voice and piano studio.
Email: ecodev61@gmail.com
Phone: 203 442 3299
Website: https://www.jbmusic.online/
Briana Benn-Mirandi
Art and Soul Therapy, LLC
Briana approaches life with a level of "joie de vivre" enjoyed by adults who have never fully "grown up". A founder of ConnectiCon, a multi-genre fan convention, Briana has seen both the industry- and fan sides of pop culture art forms such as animation, film, comics, and gaming. With a love of these art forms, her art styles of choice focus on illustration of a whimsical nature.
Briana's love of art is interwoven into her life, both personally and professionally as an art therapist. She has great success working with children, teens, young adults and creative people of all ages. Her aim is to move therapy as slowly or as quickly as the client is ready to move, in a comforting, supportive environment. She is most at home working with clients wrestling with anxiety, depression, anger issues, trauma, ADHD, and creatives who are in a career rut.
Briana received her master's degree in art therapy from Albertus Magnus College in 2008, and before that, her bachelor's degree in psychology from University of Connecticut in 2003. She holds two licenses with the state of Connecticut; she is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Clinical Licensed Art Therapist. She is also a Registered, Board-Certified Art Therapist through the Art Therapy Credentialing Board. She was trained in hypnotherapy by the Scottish Strategic Life Academy, and was trained in Brief Solution-Oriented Trauma Resolution by the Center for Authentic Living.
Email: artandsoulct@gmail.com
Phone: 203-350-3717
Website: https://www.artandsoul-arttherapy.com
Briana approaches life with a level of "joie de vivre" enjoyed by adults who have never fully "grown up". A founder of ConnectiCon, a multi-genre fan convention, Briana has seen both the industry- and fan sides of pop culture art forms such as animation, film, comics, and gaming. With a love of these art forms, her art styles of choice focus on illustration of a whimsical nature.
Briana's love of art is interwoven into her life, both personally and professionally as an art therapist. She has great success working with children, teens, young adults and creative people of all ages. Her aim is to move therapy as slowly or as quickly as the client is ready to move, in a comforting, supportive environment. She is most at home working with clients wrestling with anxiety, depression, anger issues, trauma, ADHD, and creatives who are in a career rut.
Briana received her master's degree in art therapy from Albertus Magnus College in 2008, and before that, her bachelor's degree in psychology from University of Connecticut in 2003. She holds two licenses with the state of Connecticut; she is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Clinical Licensed Art Therapist. She is also a Registered, Board-Certified Art Therapist through the Art Therapy Credentialing Board. She was trained in hypnotherapy by the Scottish Strategic Life Academy, and was trained in Brief Solution-Oriented Trauma Resolution by the Center for Authentic Living.
Email: artandsoulct@gmail.com
Phone: 203-350-3717
Website: https://www.artandsoul-arttherapy.com
Nancy Breakstone
Visual Artist
Nancy is a life long photographer living in Westport, CT and specializing in nature photography.
Website: www.nancybreakstonephotography.com
Email: Info@nancybreakstonephotography.com
Phone: 914-261-0118
Nancy is a life long photographer living in Westport, CT and specializing in nature photography.
Website: www.nancybreakstonephotography.com
Email: Info@nancybreakstonephotography.com
Phone: 914-261-0118
Susie Capezzone
Multi Media Artist
Susie is a graphic designer, exhibit designer, sign painter and lettering artist living in Guilford. She uses photography as a medium of expression.
Susie is a graphic designer, exhibit designer, sign painter and lettering artist living in Guilford. She uses photography as a medium of expression.
Chloe Carlson
Artistic Director at GUSTO Dance
Chloe Carlson, an Old Saybrook resident, directs GUSTO Dance through which she shares her lifelong passion for dance through performing, teaching and choreographing. She has taught dance for decades to movers of all ages and backgrounds. Chloe believes that dance should be everywhere, so she performs and teaches both in conventional venues and more unusual settings like art galleries, parks and sidewalks. An alumna of Mount Holyoke College and UCONN Law School, she feels fortunate to spread the empowering, transformative magic of dance!
Email: chloedance@comcast.net
Chloe Carlson, an Old Saybrook resident, directs GUSTO Dance through which she shares her lifelong passion for dance through performing, teaching and choreographing. She has taught dance for decades to movers of all ages and backgrounds. Chloe believes that dance should be everywhere, so she performs and teaches both in conventional venues and more unusual settings like art galleries, parks and sidewalks. An alumna of Mount Holyoke College and UCONN Law School, she feels fortunate to spread the empowering, transformative magic of dance!
Email: chloedance@comcast.net
Sandra Wolfe Christie
Kaleidoscope Artist
Sandra Christie is a photo restorer, metalsmith and kaleidoscope artist. She received her BFA from Parsons School of Design in NYC and studied in Paris. Sandra started creating stained glass kaleidoscopes in 1991 and silversmithing in 1998. Her work has evolved through the years as she combined her kaleidoscope glass work with her love of metalsmithing.
Email: sandra@gchristie.com
Phone: 203-470-7440
Website: https://marriedmetals.com/
Sandra Christie is a photo restorer, metalsmith and kaleidoscope artist. She received her BFA from Parsons School of Design in NYC and studied in Paris. Sandra started creating stained glass kaleidoscopes in 1991 and silversmithing in 1998. Her work has evolved through the years as she combined her kaleidoscope glass work with her love of metalsmithing.
Email: sandra@gchristie.com
Phone: 203-470-7440
Website: https://marriedmetals.com/
Kelly Clark
Fine Artist - Painter
Born and raised on the shoreline of Connecticut, I’ve been absorbed in anything creative as long as I can remember. I attended Pratt Institute where I earned a Bachelor's degree in Communications Design. I now live and work as a painter and graphic designer. For me, art is an endless and ever-changing exploration of color, form and feeling. Beautiful things seen and felt send me to my easel, where I feel compelled to say something in paint.
Email: Kelly@kellyclarkart.com
Website: kellyclarkart.com
Born and raised on the shoreline of Connecticut, I’ve been absorbed in anything creative as long as I can remember. I attended Pratt Institute where I earned a Bachelor's degree in Communications Design. I now live and work as a painter and graphic designer. For me, art is an endless and ever-changing exploration of color, form and feeling. Beautiful things seen and felt send me to my easel, where I feel compelled to say something in paint.
Email: Kelly@kellyclarkart.com
Website: kellyclarkart.com
Kathy Conway
Photographer
My birth as a photographer took place as an oil painter. Photography was simply a resource for creating paintings and an excuse to explore the wonderfully diverse world we live in. It was my way to connect with people in their environments and learn about their culture. Then photography became my vehicle for self-expression. Initially, I focused on seeing this world in color - Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth’s use of light and contrast were a source of inspiration
Email: kconway.ct@gmail.com
My birth as a photographer took place as an oil painter. Photography was simply a resource for creating paintings and an excuse to explore the wonderfully diverse world we live in. It was my way to connect with people in their environments and learn about their culture. Then photography became my vehicle for self-expression. Initially, I focused on seeing this world in color - Edward Hopper and Andrew Wyeth’s use of light and contrast were a source of inspiration
Email: kconway.ct@gmail.com
Robert Coolidge
Architect & Photographer
Website: https://robertcoolidge.smugmug.com/
Website: https://robertcoolidge.smugmug.com/
Katherine Dickson
Founder of Guapa Films
Katherine Dickson is a multidisciplinary artist. Born in New York City in 1966, she began her career as a child performer at the American Folk Theater Children Division. Originally, Katherine began her training in music, voice and theater arts attending the Hartford Conservatory and HB Studio; ultimately completing her education in film, wardrobe, and photography as a graduate of Quinnipiac University Film Institute Training Program and Lights Films Schools.
At age 19, Katherine competed in the Latin America spin off of Star Search “Buscando Estrellas”. In the decades that followed, Katherine has amassed a portfolio of lead character roles in numerous Off-Broadway theater productions and A-list blockbuster films.
Katherine expanded her credits to include behind the camera work. In 2010 she founded Guapa Films. As a Producer, she has brought forward award winning enlightened work by magnificent directors such as La Toma (2011/12) by Paola Mendoza. Collaboratively, she works in other areas of the industry, harnessing skills and credits in theater, photography and film.
Some of these credits include producer for Your Love Is Giving Me Life directed by up and comer director Halo Rossetti, director/editor for You Didn’t Tell Me (2019), director/producer for Girls & Women Immigrant Project (2016) Women In Film & Third News Reel, casting director for the award winning film, Brilliant Mistakes (2012) directed by Paul Brighton and wardrobe designer for Local Commercial (2012)directed by Richard Dobbs. Katherine received her first credit as assistant director for the Off Broadway play Thank You, But No by acclaimed director/actor Austin Pendleton and her director’s credit for Perry Guzzi’s play The New Hire (2013). Critical acclaim for the film Alma & Alex at the (2014) Cannes Films Festival. The film was written in partnership with friend and colleague Paola Mendoza. It stars Katherine and Juan Carlos Diaz of La Barberia fame. The film was completely produced by Guapa Films.
In 2020, working alongside renowned producers Philip Carroll and Grammy winner Jeff Jones, Katherine executive produced and released her first EP titled EQUILIBRIUM on all major platforms.
Katherine is a recipient of the Linda McMahon Ladies Making History Award for her contributions in her field and community. It is safe to say that she is creating a body of work that deconstructs the architecture of the expected.
Email: info@katherinedickson.com
Phone: 203-415-9164
Website: https://www.katherinedickson.com/
Katherine Dickson is a multidisciplinary artist. Born in New York City in 1966, she began her career as a child performer at the American Folk Theater Children Division. Originally, Katherine began her training in music, voice and theater arts attending the Hartford Conservatory and HB Studio; ultimately completing her education in film, wardrobe, and photography as a graduate of Quinnipiac University Film Institute Training Program and Lights Films Schools.
At age 19, Katherine competed in the Latin America spin off of Star Search “Buscando Estrellas”. In the decades that followed, Katherine has amassed a portfolio of lead character roles in numerous Off-Broadway theater productions and A-list blockbuster films.
Katherine expanded her credits to include behind the camera work. In 2010 she founded Guapa Films. As a Producer, she has brought forward award winning enlightened work by magnificent directors such as La Toma (2011/12) by Paola Mendoza. Collaboratively, she works in other areas of the industry, harnessing skills and credits in theater, photography and film.
Some of these credits include producer for Your Love Is Giving Me Life directed by up and comer director Halo Rossetti, director/editor for You Didn’t Tell Me (2019), director/producer for Girls & Women Immigrant Project (2016) Women In Film & Third News Reel, casting director for the award winning film, Brilliant Mistakes (2012) directed by Paul Brighton and wardrobe designer for Local Commercial (2012)directed by Richard Dobbs. Katherine received her first credit as assistant director for the Off Broadway play Thank You, But No by acclaimed director/actor Austin Pendleton and her director’s credit for Perry Guzzi’s play The New Hire (2013). Critical acclaim for the film Alma & Alex at the (2014) Cannes Films Festival. The film was written in partnership with friend and colleague Paola Mendoza. It stars Katherine and Juan Carlos Diaz of La Barberia fame. The film was completely produced by Guapa Films.
In 2020, working alongside renowned producers Philip Carroll and Grammy winner Jeff Jones, Katherine executive produced and released her first EP titled EQUILIBRIUM on all major platforms.
Katherine is a recipient of the Linda McMahon Ladies Making History Award for her contributions in her field and community. It is safe to say that she is creating a body of work that deconstructs the architecture of the expected.
Email: info@katherinedickson.com
Phone: 203-415-9164
Website: https://www.katherinedickson.com/
Laurie Douglas
Visual Artist
I make paintings and mixed media works that are about color, landscape and impressions of the natural world. I employ many layers of paint, texture and drawing, reinterpreting organic forms through the dual lenses of imagination and memory.
For most of the past 10 years, I have been painting primarily in encaustic (pigment permanently burned into wax). Many individual pieces make use of fabric and wallpapers in their overall design, reflecting a love for textile art. I am fascinated by ocean currents, crop circles, and geological and floral imagery, and hope to reveal in the work what lies beneath the surface.
After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Fine Arts from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania and studying art and literature for a year in France, I spent years teaching public middle and high school in New England and in the Bahamas. I then returned to my own education, studying at The Massachusetts College of Art with John McNamara, Jeremy Foss and Dan Kelleher and receiving the 1914 Award for Excellence in Painting and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
My paintings have been exhibited in juried shows and galleries throughout the Northeast, among them: the Montserrat School of Visual Arts, The Boston Bromfield Gallery, Artspace in New Haven, The Mill Gallery in Guilford, The Slater Memorial Museum in Norwich, and The Keyes Gallery of The Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library in Stony Creek. For many years I was represented by The Greene Gallery in Guilford.
I am a member of the Shoreline Arts Trail and the Connecticut Women Artists Association, and have attended the 10th Annual International Encaustic Conference in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
On Martha's Vineyard, my paintings have been shown at the Gay Head Gallery, The Field Gallery, and The Dragonfly Gallery. I have been awarded the All-Island Art Show Ruth Bogan Award and a Guilford Savings Bank Award at a Guilford Art League Annual Juried Exhibition. My paintings hang in many private collections throughout the United States.
Website: lauriedouglasart.com
Email: lauriedouglas101@comcast.net
I make paintings and mixed media works that are about color, landscape and impressions of the natural world. I employ many layers of paint, texture and drawing, reinterpreting organic forms through the dual lenses of imagination and memory.
For most of the past 10 years, I have been painting primarily in encaustic (pigment permanently burned into wax). Many individual pieces make use of fabric and wallpapers in their overall design, reflecting a love for textile art. I am fascinated by ocean currents, crop circles, and geological and floral imagery, and hope to reveal in the work what lies beneath the surface.
After receiving a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Fine Arts from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania and studying art and literature for a year in France, I spent years teaching public middle and high school in New England and in the Bahamas. I then returned to my own education, studying at The Massachusetts College of Art with John McNamara, Jeremy Foss and Dan Kelleher and receiving the 1914 Award for Excellence in Painting and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
My paintings have been exhibited in juried shows and galleries throughout the Northeast, among them: the Montserrat School of Visual Arts, The Boston Bromfield Gallery, Artspace in New Haven, The Mill Gallery in Guilford, The Slater Memorial Museum in Norwich, and The Keyes Gallery of The Willoughby Wallace Memorial Library in Stony Creek. For many years I was represented by The Greene Gallery in Guilford.
I am a member of the Shoreline Arts Trail and the Connecticut Women Artists Association, and have attended the 10th Annual International Encaustic Conference in Provincetown, Massachusetts.
On Martha's Vineyard, my paintings have been shown at the Gay Head Gallery, The Field Gallery, and The Dragonfly Gallery. I have been awarded the All-Island Art Show Ruth Bogan Award and a Guilford Savings Bank Award at a Guilford Art League Annual Juried Exhibition. My paintings hang in many private collections throughout the United States.
Website: lauriedouglasart.com
Email: lauriedouglas101@comcast.net
Jan Doyle
Presenter
Art Quilter, Photographer
Jan Doyle is a media personality with her own show, Wyse Talk, on cable and YouTube. Jan has appeared on Good Morning CT for three years with Classroom Connections, taught elementary and high school, and loves to travel.
As a teacher, Jan felt the one page in the history books devoted to the Underground Railroad completely inadequate. Personal interest and study led to the creation of the program Quilts and the Underground Railroad: Fact or Fiction. “What makes my presentation unique is the historical facts juxtaposed with folklore and legend. This presentation is enhanced with my handmade quilts, an historical quilt and current information on the Underground Railroad.”
Another passion is to “incorporate photography with my quilting. I discovered thread painting my images on fabric is something I love to do. I feel very fortunate to be able to share my interest in photography and love of quilting with others.” Her quilts and photographs have been exhibited in galleries and art centers.
Jan presents at conferences, schools, quilt guilds, libraries, art centers, and churches. Jan taught at the Houston International Quilt show.
Jan is a past Co-Rep for the Connecticut Chapter of Studio Art Quilt Associates, (SAQA), past editor of the SAQA -CT newsletter, and immediate past president of the New Haven Camera Club. You can watch her YouTube videos.
Website: www.wyseworks.net
Email: wyseworks365@gmail.com
Art Quilter, Photographer
Jan Doyle is a media personality with her own show, Wyse Talk, on cable and YouTube. Jan has appeared on Good Morning CT for three years with Classroom Connections, taught elementary and high school, and loves to travel.
As a teacher, Jan felt the one page in the history books devoted to the Underground Railroad completely inadequate. Personal interest and study led to the creation of the program Quilts and the Underground Railroad: Fact or Fiction. “What makes my presentation unique is the historical facts juxtaposed with folklore and legend. This presentation is enhanced with my handmade quilts, an historical quilt and current information on the Underground Railroad.”
Another passion is to “incorporate photography with my quilting. I discovered thread painting my images on fabric is something I love to do. I feel very fortunate to be able to share my interest in photography and love of quilting with others.” Her quilts and photographs have been exhibited in galleries and art centers.
Jan presents at conferences, schools, quilt guilds, libraries, art centers, and churches. Jan taught at the Houston International Quilt show.
Jan is a past Co-Rep for the Connecticut Chapter of Studio Art Quilt Associates, (SAQA), past editor of the SAQA -CT newsletter, and immediate past president of the New Haven Camera Club. You can watch her YouTube videos.
Website: www.wyseworks.net
Email: wyseworks365@gmail.com
Eileen Eder
Visual Artist
Eileen Frailey Eder, a resident of Connecticut, is a representational painter who works almost exclusively from life. Her harmonious paintings show her affection for light and shadow as well as color and shapes both in nature and in simple objects. Eileen often drew and painted throughout her teenage and early adult years. After raising a family she attended the New York Academy of Art, graduating with an MFA degree in 1998. Following grad school, Eileen began her full time professional career painting and teaching, being grateful to enjoy the challenge, joy, and fulfillment of painting ever since.
Eileen worked with the figure after leaving grad school but an injury put her in a wheel chair for a few months during which she painted still life at home. She found the genre to be fun, enjoying the graphic design challenge as well as color and reflections in her set ups. Eileen completed a series of over 30 still lives for her first solo show at the George Billis Gallery in NY in 2006. Still Life dominated Eileen’s painting for the next 10 years but the desire to work in nature started another love, plein air painting.
After taking workshops with a number of influential teachers including T. Allen Lawson, Don Demers and Israel Hershberg, spending many hours on site, Eileen began to get accepted to plein air festivals and win awards for her landscapes. Eileen considers New England as the perfect location for her triple life, working on still life in the studio in nasty weather and moving outdoors for plein air painting once the weather warms, and, always sharing her knowledge with all her many beloved students.
Website: www.eileeneder.com
Email: eileeneder@mac.com
Eileen Frailey Eder, a resident of Connecticut, is a representational painter who works almost exclusively from life. Her harmonious paintings show her affection for light and shadow as well as color and shapes both in nature and in simple objects. Eileen often drew and painted throughout her teenage and early adult years. After raising a family she attended the New York Academy of Art, graduating with an MFA degree in 1998. Following grad school, Eileen began her full time professional career painting and teaching, being grateful to enjoy the challenge, joy, and fulfillment of painting ever since.
Eileen worked with the figure after leaving grad school but an injury put her in a wheel chair for a few months during which she painted still life at home. She found the genre to be fun, enjoying the graphic design challenge as well as color and reflections in her set ups. Eileen completed a series of over 30 still lives for her first solo show at the George Billis Gallery in NY in 2006. Still Life dominated Eileen’s painting for the next 10 years but the desire to work in nature started another love, plein air painting.
After taking workshops with a number of influential teachers including T. Allen Lawson, Don Demers and Israel Hershberg, spending many hours on site, Eileen began to get accepted to plein air festivals and win awards for her landscapes. Eileen considers New England as the perfect location for her triple life, working on still life in the studio in nasty weather and moving outdoors for plein air painting once the weather warms, and, always sharing her knowledge with all her many beloved students.
Website: www.eileeneder.com
Email: eileeneder@mac.com
Charlene Haukom
Visual Artist
Originally from Monterey, California, Charlene Haukom is an abstract artist living and working in Connecticut. Her works are most often inspired by natural elements spanning both coasts and portray her emotional response to sensory stimulation caused by interactions within these environments.
Email: info@charlenehaukom.com
Website: https://charlenehaukom.com
Originally from Monterey, California, Charlene Haukom is an abstract artist living and working in Connecticut. Her works are most often inspired by natural elements spanning both coasts and portray her emotional response to sensory stimulation caused by interactions within these environments.
Email: info@charlenehaukom.com
Website: https://charlenehaukom.com
Kimberly Kenna
Children's Book Author
A shy child, Kimberly surprised her parents when she announced her plan to run away and join the circus as a trapeze artist. To keep her around for a while, Kimberly’s father built her a backyard trapeze from a piece of pipe and some rope. Hanging by her knees upside down from the branches of an old elm tree turned an ordinary world into a magical one full of adventure. Just down the road was the beach where she chatted with herons, crabs and sandpipers, and read books about brave girls like Nancy Drew. In real life, she was lucky to be mentored by strong women including teachers and, of course, her mother.
After quietly moving through high school, Kimberly went on to earn a B.A. in psychology and an M.S. in counseling. During those years, she worked as a breakfast cook (poached eggs are still her disaster), a detective’s assistant (tracking down wayward husbands and insurance scammers) and a martial arts instructor. It was only when she married her high school sweetheart and had two sons that she stumbled into her love of the creative arts. While coaching her boys’ Odyssey of the Mind (creative problem-solving) teams, she witnessed how writing and performing plays that highlighted their quirky creations sparked kids to take risks, embrace their voice, and stand tall in the face of challenges. This was the experience that sent her back to school to become a teacher.
Fifth grade proved to be her sweet spot. As her students wrote and produced plays that highlighted their learning, Kimberly’s belief in the power of story deepened. It was a bittersweet moment when she left her classroom to once again return to school to honor her own stories, earning her M.A. in creative writing. Her thesis, a full-length adult play entitled Ana’s Hummingbird, received a staged reading at the Dramatist’s Guild in NYC. She also dabbled in short stories and poetry which have been published in American Writers Review, Mused, Rubbertop Review and Plum Tree Tavern.
It’s no wonder that after so many years of inspiring interactions with children, Kimberly turned to writing middle grade novels. Each of her three books features a brave girl protagonist whose love of nature helps her find her voice and stand up for her beliefs. The first of the three, Artemis Sparke and the Sound Seekers Brigade, was awarded honorable mention in the 2019 Tassy Walden New Voices in Children’s Literature contest. Kimberly can’t wait to see the book in children’s hands and hopes it launches a whole new flock of brave kids willing to speak out and share their own stories.
Email: kimkenna@yahoo.com
Website: https://www.kimberlybehrekenna.com
A shy child, Kimberly surprised her parents when she announced her plan to run away and join the circus as a trapeze artist. To keep her around for a while, Kimberly’s father built her a backyard trapeze from a piece of pipe and some rope. Hanging by her knees upside down from the branches of an old elm tree turned an ordinary world into a magical one full of adventure. Just down the road was the beach where she chatted with herons, crabs and sandpipers, and read books about brave girls like Nancy Drew. In real life, she was lucky to be mentored by strong women including teachers and, of course, her mother.
After quietly moving through high school, Kimberly went on to earn a B.A. in psychology and an M.S. in counseling. During those years, she worked as a breakfast cook (poached eggs are still her disaster), a detective’s assistant (tracking down wayward husbands and insurance scammers) and a martial arts instructor. It was only when she married her high school sweetheart and had two sons that she stumbled into her love of the creative arts. While coaching her boys’ Odyssey of the Mind (creative problem-solving) teams, she witnessed how writing and performing plays that highlighted their quirky creations sparked kids to take risks, embrace their voice, and stand tall in the face of challenges. This was the experience that sent her back to school to become a teacher.
Fifth grade proved to be her sweet spot. As her students wrote and produced plays that highlighted their learning, Kimberly’s belief in the power of story deepened. It was a bittersweet moment when she left her classroom to once again return to school to honor her own stories, earning her M.A. in creative writing. Her thesis, a full-length adult play entitled Ana’s Hummingbird, received a staged reading at the Dramatist’s Guild in NYC. She also dabbled in short stories and poetry which have been published in American Writers Review, Mused, Rubbertop Review and Plum Tree Tavern.
It’s no wonder that after so many years of inspiring interactions with children, Kimberly turned to writing middle grade novels. Each of her three books features a brave girl protagonist whose love of nature helps her find her voice and stand up for her beliefs. The first of the three, Artemis Sparke and the Sound Seekers Brigade, was awarded honorable mention in the 2019 Tassy Walden New Voices in Children’s Literature contest. Kimberly can’t wait to see the book in children’s hands and hopes it launches a whole new flock of brave kids willing to speak out and share their own stories.
Email: kimkenna@yahoo.com
Website: https://www.kimberlybehrekenna.com
Earl Grenville Killeen
Visual Artist
Having moved from New York City to the Connecticut Shoreline in 1981, Earl has been active in the arts community as an exhibiting artist, writer, and teacher, and through his involvement with the Shoreline Arts Alliance. He founded the Alliance’s Future Choices Annual Juried Show for regional high school students, now in its fourth decade, and in 2017 he established an annual Founder’s Award for the show, to be shared by an art teacher and a student artist.
Earl’s work in acrylics, watercolor, pen & ink, and graphite have appeared in many exhibitions, as well as in publications, including feature articles in The Artist’s Magazine and Splash 3; and he is the author of The North Light Book of Acrylic Painting Techniques (1995). In addition to many awards for his paintings, Earl has received three Individual Artist Grants (two from the State of Connecticut).
In his current work as a watercolorist, Earl explores layering and texturing techniques that include power-sanding, liberally spraying the painted surface with water, and applying dampened beach sand that is scraped off when dry. His work in recent years explores a range of subjects, from images abstracted from heavy construction machinery in the Totemics series to the imaginative self-portraits that are Out of This Soul.
When not in his studio, Earl enjoys the aesthetics and serenity of the abundantly-flowering garden that he has transformed his backyard into, reading, and communing with his cat.
Email: earlgkilleen1@outlook.com
Website: https://www.earlgrenvillekilleenart.com/
Having moved from New York City to the Connecticut Shoreline in 1981, Earl has been active in the arts community as an exhibiting artist, writer, and teacher, and through his involvement with the Shoreline Arts Alliance. He founded the Alliance’s Future Choices Annual Juried Show for regional high school students, now in its fourth decade, and in 2017 he established an annual Founder’s Award for the show, to be shared by an art teacher and a student artist.
Earl’s work in acrylics, watercolor, pen & ink, and graphite have appeared in many exhibitions, as well as in publications, including feature articles in The Artist’s Magazine and Splash 3; and he is the author of The North Light Book of Acrylic Painting Techniques (1995). In addition to many awards for his paintings, Earl has received three Individual Artist Grants (two from the State of Connecticut).
In his current work as a watercolorist, Earl explores layering and texturing techniques that include power-sanding, liberally spraying the painted surface with water, and applying dampened beach sand that is scraped off when dry. His work in recent years explores a range of subjects, from images abstracted from heavy construction machinery in the Totemics series to the imaginative self-portraits that are Out of This Soul.
When not in his studio, Earl enjoys the aesthetics and serenity of the abundantly-flowering garden that he has transformed his backyard into, reading, and communing with his cat.
Email: earlgkilleen1@outlook.com
Website: https://www.earlgrenvillekilleenart.com/
Karen Klugman
Photographer
Karen Klugman photographs and writes about the interaction of photography and culture. Concerned about the fate of our planet, her street photography uses humor, intimacy, iconography, and happenstance to convey a sense of shared humanity. Her Nature Blog contains detailed photographs and scientific discoveries prompted by curious finds in the woods.
Klugman's photography is in the collections of MOMA, Dansforth Museum, and Weslyan's Davison Art Center. She was the recipient of two Connecticut Artists Grants as well as a Golden Light Award from Maine Photographic Workshop. She has co-authored two books of critical essays about American culture --- “Inside the Mouse; Work and Play in Disney World” and “Strip Cultures: Finding America in Las Vegas” –-and has written the photo essay “A Bad Hair Day for G.I. Joe” about gender construction of children’s toys. These publications include 170 of her photographs.
Klugman taught photography at Choate School, New Haven's Creative Arts Workshop, the Wesleyan Liberal Studies Program and Hopkins School and served for twelve years as the Arts Department Chair and the curator of Keator Gallery at Hopkins School.
Website: https://karenklugman.com/
Karen Klugman photographs and writes about the interaction of photography and culture. Concerned about the fate of our planet, her street photography uses humor, intimacy, iconography, and happenstance to convey a sense of shared humanity. Her Nature Blog contains detailed photographs and scientific discoveries prompted by curious finds in the woods.
Klugman's photography is in the collections of MOMA, Dansforth Museum, and Weslyan's Davison Art Center. She was the recipient of two Connecticut Artists Grants as well as a Golden Light Award from Maine Photographic Workshop. She has co-authored two books of critical essays about American culture --- “Inside the Mouse; Work and Play in Disney World” and “Strip Cultures: Finding America in Las Vegas” –-and has written the photo essay “A Bad Hair Day for G.I. Joe” about gender construction of children’s toys. These publications include 170 of her photographs.
Klugman taught photography at Choate School, New Haven's Creative Arts Workshop, the Wesleyan Liberal Studies Program and Hopkins School and served for twelve years as the Arts Department Chair and the curator of Keator Gallery at Hopkins School.
Website: https://karenklugman.com/
Carol Lowbeer
Photographer
I'm a photographer specializing in nature and animal portraits, often enhanced by virtual digital painting effects. I recently moved to the Connecticut shore where I am continually inspired and transformed by the beauty of the coast and coastal communities.
Email: carollowbeer@comcast.net
I'm a photographer specializing in nature and animal portraits, often enhanced by virtual digital painting effects. I recently moved to the Connecticut shore where I am continually inspired and transformed by the beauty of the coast and coastal communities.
Email: carollowbeer@comcast.net
Richard Malinsky
Visual Artist
Richard Malinsky is a lyrical abstract painter whose work is recognized regionally, nationally and internationally. He has garnered awards from numerous adjudicated museum exhibitions and art associations and is represented in public and private collections in the US and Europe. He is the Arts Editor for The Woven Tale Press.
Major Architectural Work
● Assisted Austin Purves on the mosaic murals for the National Catholic Shrine in Washington, DC
● Designed, stained, faceted, and laminated glass windows on behalf of Willet Studios for over 20 buildings in the US including the noted Greenberg Hebrew Congregation in Tarrytown, NY
Major Exhibitions
● Swiss Art Expo by ARTBOX Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, 2019, 2020, 2021
● MIAB- Portugal International Biennale solo exhibition, Madeira, Portugal, 2019
● Artbasel Artweeks by ARTBOX Gallery group exhibition, Miami, FL, 2019
● New Britain Museum of American Art Invitational Trunk Show, New Britain, CT, 2013
● Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania Craftsmen Exhibit, Allentown, PA, late 1960’s
● Allentown Art Museum, Six Pennsylvania Photographers Exhibit, Allentown, PA, 1980
● Numerous solo and group exhibitions at prominent galleries throughout the US and Europe
See http://www.malinskystudio.com for full exhibition list
Permanent Collections
● The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
● The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
● The Slater Memorial Museum of Art, Norwich, CT
● RCA Corporate Art Collection, New York, NY
● International Zarco Academy of Art, Madeira, Portugal
● University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
● Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
● Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
● Numerous private collections throughout the US and Europe
Education
Richard has a BFA in painting from the five-year fine arts program at Hartford Art School in Bloomfield, CT where he received the Walker Art Award for excellence in painting. Following graduation, he was awarded a one-year post-graduate scholarship at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA.
Phone: (215) 704-9273
Email: rm@malinskystudio.com
Richard Malinsky is a lyrical abstract painter whose work is recognized regionally, nationally and internationally. He has garnered awards from numerous adjudicated museum exhibitions and art associations and is represented in public and private collections in the US and Europe. He is the Arts Editor for The Woven Tale Press.
Major Architectural Work
● Assisted Austin Purves on the mosaic murals for the National Catholic Shrine in Washington, DC
● Designed, stained, faceted, and laminated glass windows on behalf of Willet Studios for over 20 buildings in the US including the noted Greenberg Hebrew Congregation in Tarrytown, NY
Major Exhibitions
● Swiss Art Expo by ARTBOX Gallery, Zurich, Switzerland, 2019, 2020, 2021
● MIAB- Portugal International Biennale solo exhibition, Madeira, Portugal, 2019
● Artbasel Artweeks by ARTBOX Gallery group exhibition, Miami, FL, 2019
● New Britain Museum of American Art Invitational Trunk Show, New Britain, CT, 2013
● Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania Craftsmen Exhibit, Allentown, PA, late 1960’s
● Allentown Art Museum, Six Pennsylvania Photographers Exhibit, Allentown, PA, 1980
● Numerous solo and group exhibitions at prominent galleries throughout the US and Europe
See http://www.malinskystudio.com for full exhibition list
Permanent Collections
● The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
● The New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
● The Slater Memorial Museum of Art, Norwich, CT
● RCA Corporate Art Collection, New York, NY
● International Zarco Academy of Art, Madeira, Portugal
● University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT
● Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
● Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
● Numerous private collections throughout the US and Europe
Education
Richard has a BFA in painting from the five-year fine arts program at Hartford Art School in Bloomfield, CT where he received the Walker Art Award for excellence in painting. Following graduation, he was awarded a one-year post-graduate scholarship at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia, PA.
Phone: (215) 704-9273
Email: rm@malinskystudio.com
Robbin Myers
Chamber Music
Email: marketing@musicalmasterworks.org
Website: www.musicalmasterworks.org
Email: marketing@musicalmasterworks.org
Website: www.musicalmasterworks.org
Pam Neri
Visual Artist
Retired Art Teacher is now building an online jewelry business.
Phone: 203-804-9905
Retired Art Teacher is now building an online jewelry business.
Phone: 203-804-9905
Dolores O'Callaghan
Visual Artist
Taught Visual Arts at Yonkers Public Schools and Greenwich Public Schools. Pre-K - High School. Chair of Unified Arts Program. Yoga Instructor.
Email: stedebonnet.wynd@gmail.com
Taught Visual Arts at Yonkers Public Schools and Greenwich Public Schools. Pre-K - High School. Chair of Unified Arts Program. Yoga Instructor.
Email: stedebonnet.wynd@gmail.com
Hank Paper
Photographer
Hank Paper has had solo exhibtions at The African American Museum in Philadelphia; Hebrew University in Jerusalem; the High Point Historical Museum (Grand Opening Exhibit) in North Carolina; The Jewish Museum of New Jersey; the Morgenthal-Frederics Gallery, the Tamarkin Leica Gallery and The Harlem School of the Arts, in New York City. His work regularly appears in juried exhibitions at The Woodstock Museum in New York; The New Britain Museum of American Art, The Mattatuck Museum, and the Fairfield Museum, in CT.
He received a 2006 Grant from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism and has received numerous awards. His photography has been spotlighted twice in Art New England, and has appeared in numerous magazines. He is a member of the Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven, CT and of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Hank Paper has had solo exhibtions at The African American Museum in Philadelphia; Hebrew University in Jerusalem; the High Point Historical Museum (Grand Opening Exhibit) in North Carolina; The Jewish Museum of New Jersey; the Morgenthal-Frederics Gallery, the Tamarkin Leica Gallery and The Harlem School of the Arts, in New York City. His work regularly appears in juried exhibitions at The Woodstock Museum in New York; The New Britain Museum of American Art, The Mattatuck Museum, and the Fairfield Museum, in CT.
He received a 2006 Grant from the Connecticut Commission on Culture and Tourism and has received numerous awards. His photography has been spotlighted twice in Art New England, and has appeared in numerous magazines. He is a member of the Kehler Liddell Gallery in New Haven, CT and of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.