Jordan Tate

jordantate.com

Photography

Website by: Ian Whitmore

Member since: March 2005

Nancy Aires

nancyaires.com

Metals

Has been creating fine art jewelry for more than 30 years doing shows all over the nation.

Her work is reflective of nature in its biomorphic shapes and organic amalgamation of forms.

Member since: June 2006

Joelle Dietrick

joelledietrick.com

Trained in drawing and painting; now the content dictates the media.

Joelle Dietrick is an artist, who lives in Tallahassee, Florida and teaches in the Art Department at Florida State University. Since living overseas, her work investigates the psychological journeys of female expatriates and focuses on their conflicted desire for both a nomadic lifestyle and their search for something like a home. Reflecting the subtle shifts in perception rather than practical concerns, her artwork finds artistic material in a subculture of highly creative, adventurous women and their original ideas about place.

My artwork in a variety of media, ranging from two-dimensional work to artwork only existing on the web, stems from my personal experience and connects to larger sociological trends. In my most recent project, I reflect upon my experiences as a female expatriate in Italy, Bahrain, Germany and China, by archiving the voices of other women who are or have lived overseas. In recognition of the nomadic nature of this group of women, I have developed an audio blog that will allow women to call in from anywhere in the world and leave a message online. In contrast to a forum, the audio blog format preserves not only their words, but also other details, like accents, pace, and pauses, that are heavy with meaning. While collecting the women's stories via an audio blog, I digest the research in visual forms, most recently in the form of drawings and paintings, that act as signposts to greater understanding that exists beyond language. Furthermore, rather than focusing on the practical challenges of women constructing lives overseas, the artworks concentrate on the more subtle shifts in perception that occur when a woman chooses to move from her country of origin. As a result, the collection of stories speaks to the larger poetics in a search for home. It references a subculture of often highly creative women and has found artistic material in their original ideas about place.

At its essence, the production of my artwork involves two phases—1) connecting with a community of people concerned with this question of moving to record their stories, and 2) editing those collections onto a powerful art form. A belief in both experiential learning as the most steadfast and artwork as the most effective documents of any time guide my practice. Informed by recent theory and technology related to mobility, the work circumvents buzzword like globalization and transationalism by creating work developed from personal points of view. With this focus, I create a body of work that more thoroughly documents how unusual ideas about place are becoming the norm.

Member since: May 2006

Lou Joseph and Ben Fisher

fortgrunt.com

Painting/printmaking/bookmaking/etc

Lou Joseph: born in Youngstown, Ohio in 1975. I have a BFA in painting from Ohio Wesleyan University, and an MFA in printmaking from Indiana University. I've also lived in Tucson, Arizona; Columbus, Ohio; Venice, Italy; Philadelphia, PA; and currently Durham, NC. Ben Fisher: born in Baltimore Maryland, received a BFA from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1998. Has lived with his wife in Durham, NC since 2000, teaching Tai Chi and working on various art project before co-founding Fort Grunt with Lou Joseph.

We are beginning a two-year collaborative project in Durham, combining imagery from a variety of sources, like comics, news/online photos of recent conflicts, scientific renderings of plants and insect, layering these elements to create dense narrative, both formally and conceptually. This is both a display space for work in progress and a place we\'ve been working out ideas at work, or before I had moved to Durham.

Member since: August 2006

Joshua Naylor

joshuanaylor.com

Photography, Interactive Multimedia

I recently received a B.F.A. in photography as well as a B.A. in art history. I plan to work for a while as a commercial photographer while doing web-design on the side. My long term goals are to go to graduate school for photography with the hopes of someday teaching at the college level.

My work deals with the subtleties of space, focusing on composition and color. Alternately, other bodies of work explore time and movement. Ultimately, everything I produce mirrors my sarcastic outlook on life and either mocks or reveals the beauty of my subject.

Member since: March 2006

Andrew Maxson
andrewmaxson.com
Member since: 3/2006
Featured: 8/2006
Medium: Printmaking
Bio: I'm twenty three years old and I'm currently finishing up my BFA in printmaking from IU. Also, I'm an aquarius.
Statement: Lately my work has consisted of community-oriented, collective experiments (Love Factory). But in terms of 2D art, with printmaking, I strive to express tiny flickers of brain light in a visible way that can be interpreted by a wide audience - with the ultimate goal being the analyzation and possible appreciation of small, often mundane ideas and occurrences. Oh yeah, mostly in silkscreen by the way.

Michelle Rozic
michellerozic.com
Member since: 2/2006
Featured: 7/2006
Medium: Print, drawing, painting
Bio: BFA Columbus College of Art and Design
MFA candidate, printmaking department, Indiana University, Bloomington
Solo and group shows in Ohio, Indiana, Wisconsin, Washington D.C., and Venice, Italy
Statement: Realistic, symbolic still life dealing with issues of the human condition.

Brad Wicklund
bradwicklund.com
lovefactorycollective.com
Member since: 12/2005
Featured: 6/2006
Medium: printmaking, digital art, installation, dialogical art
Bio: Born in texas, rasied primarily in the american midwest, currently entering my final semester as a printmaking bfa and indiana university.
Statement: Through dialogical and conversational pieces of art (large collaborative drawings, dynamic installation, etc.) i raise questions about the self, authorship, and what it means to be an artist through my work. i strive to instill in everyone that encounters my work that they are creative while drawing attention to the relationships they have with the people around them. i believe art should not be exclusionary or elite, it should be for all people as well as an expression of those very people.
Website by: Brad Wicklund
Description: Digital Portfolio

Anne Stevens
annestevens.com
Member since: 1/2006
Featured: 5/2006
Medium: painting/collaboration/installation
Bio: BFA from CCAC 1991 printmaking and drawing. MA Design from UC Berkeley (Visual Studies) Practice as a painter with collaborative projects and public art. Teach at Univ. of Washington in art and architecture, teach digital media and sequential narrative
Statement: My work is narrative and explores daily life in our urban context.
Description: Digital Portfolio

Nicole Jacquard
nicolejacquard.com
Member since: 9/2005
Featured: 4/2006
Medium: Gold, silver, copper, brass, aluminium, steel, wood, plastic, found objects, glass, rapid prototyping, sls nylon, precious stones
Website by: Arthur Hash
Description: Digital Portfolio

Ian Sienicki
iansienicki.com
Member since: 10/2005
Featured: 2/2006
Medium: Graphic Design
Website by: Ian Sienicki
Description: Digital Portfolio

Birch Miller
birchmiller.com
holybiblerules.com
Member since: 10/2004
Featured: 1/2006
Medium: Photography
Website by: Birch Miller
Description: Digital Portfolio

Cinephile Filmmaker's Forum
cinephileforum.com
Member since: 7/2005
Featured: 12/2005
Medium: Film
Bio: Cinephile began nearly in 2003 as a means to bring together people interested in various aspects of independent filmmaking. Through our weekly meetings, Cinephile continues to serve as a venue for discussion, a means for people to connect, and a resource for skills and talents.
Statement: Film is a unique art form in that it brings together so many different kinds of artists—writers, musicians, illustrators, actors, make-up artists, editors, cinematographers and various other specialties—all harmonizing toward a common goal.
Website by: David Pruett
Description: Online filmmakers forum

The Coleman Center for Arts and Culture
colemanarts.org
blackbeltdesigns.org
Member since: 8/2005
Featured: 11/2005
Medium: The Coleman Center for Arts and Culture believes that exposure to contemporary art and the revitalization of traditional arts, culture and community can encourage open dialogue, provoke sensitivity about the world and inspire hope in society. It is our goal to improve the quality of life in the Black Belt Region of the Deep South through creativity and inspiration derived from the arts.
Black Belt Designs, a program of the Coleman Center for Arts and Culture, serves to empower residents of the Black Belt of Alabama to attain greater self-assurance and economic independence through the creation of custom designed clothing and wearable art. We promote esteem building, skill-enhancement and an extended support network through a diverse entrepreneurial environment.
Bio: Through intense collaborations with the City of York, Sumter County Public Schools, UWA and other local institutions, the Coleman Center for Arts and Culture has brought the arts and a tone of openness to the community by conducting workshops, holding exhibitions, and sponsoring local festivals and events for the last nineteen years. Born through the grassroots efforts of local citizens, it has grown through their continued support and volunteerism. The Center\'s legal status is as a 501 c 3 community based arts organization while simultaneously serving as the Cultural Agency of the City of York. Over 140 exhibitions have taken place in the museum; providing professional exhibition opportunities to regional artists as well as bringing nationally recognized contemporary art to the region. In the most recent years the Coleman Center has began supporting public and community art projects that are meant to improve the quality of life on our community.
Statement: The Coleman Center recruits local, regional, and national artists for the exhibition program, as well as well as it\'s public art, and community art programming through affiliate programs like the Municipal Workshop, Black Belt Designs, and the Inda Hightower Artist-in-Residence program.
Website by: Owen Mundy
Description: Website for nonprofit arts center and their program(s).

Susan Alma Sammis
susanalmasammis.com
Member since: 07/2005
Featured: 10/2005
Medium: Textiles
Bio: I grew up in a small Indiana farming community when family farms and handmade clothes were still common. My mother made all my clothes as well as the vestments for our church, and when I was 10 my future mother-in-law taught me to knit. Yardgoods and yarn were not only practical tools of everyday life, but were the raw materials of creative expression.

Textiles are my natural and preferred material of expression. I began working with textiles by following patterns from traditional women's handwork, and I still enjoy knitting a pair of socks. In 1976 I took a beginning textiles class at Purdue and was introduced to textile art. From that time I specialized in coiled basketry until carpal tunnel syndrome limited my abilities. I have been working with iron oxide prints on silk since 2001 when Gail Gayer Hale taught me the technique.
Statement: My current work is with the relationship between silk, iron and water. We destroy the earth to mine iron ore, and kill the silkworm to harvest the cocoon, and in the destruction create iron metals and silk fiber, two essential materials of civilization. In putting these materials in relationship, I am working directly with the mysteries of the natural world and the timeless process of construction and deconstruction. The process reveals for me the truth and beauty integral to our world.
Website by: Owen Mundy
Description: Digital Portfolio

Michelle Graves
michellegravesphoto.com
Member since: 7/2004
Featured: 9/2005
Medium: Photography
Website by: Michelle Graves
Description: Digital Portfolio

Jeffrey A. Wolin
jeffreywolin.com
Member since: 4/2005
Featured: 8/2005
Medium: Photography
Website by: Owen Mundy
Description: Digital Portfolio

Hunter Stamps
stampsclaystudio.com
Member since: 02/2005
Featured: 7/2005
Medium: Mixed media sculptures combining ceramic, encaustics, rubbers and resins.
Website by: Arthur Hash
Description: Digital Portfolio
Bio: Hunter Stamps is currently pursuing his MFA graduate degree in Ceramics at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is Ceramics 3-Dimensional Design Associate Instructor for the Fine Arts Department. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Carolina in Asheville. Hunter has worked for many artists, including ceramic artist George Handy and monumental sculptor martine Vaugel. He was recently the visiting artist at St. Andrew's Sewanee High-School where he conducted several student workshops. In addition to acting as president of the IU Ceramic Guild, Hunter is a Pottery Merit Badge Councilor for the Boy Scouts of America.

Rosemary Jesionowski
rosemarykate.com
Member since: 05/2005
Featured: 6/2005
Medium: Photography
Website by: Ian Whitmor
Description: Digital Portfolio
Bio: Rosemary received her BFA from Ohio University. After a year of postgraduate work at Arizona State University, she continued on to Indiana University where she recently received her MFA.
Statement: My work often deals with ideas of moving and traveling and how these things affect our sense of home. I am very interested in working with the public and strive to include the audience when showing my work.

Gabriel Harp
thisisnotagene.com
Member since: 01/2005
Featured: 5/2005
Medium: Art/Biology
Website by: Gabriel Harp
Description: A submission site for original interpretations of genes and genomes. Users submit their drawings, words, movies, whatever...

Arthur Hash
arthurhash.com
Member since: 1/2005
Featured: 4/2005
Medium: Jewelry design
Website by: Arthur Hash
Description: Digital Portfolio

Betsy Stirratt
betsystirratt.com
Member since: 6/2004
Featured: 9/2004, 3/2005
Medium: Painting
Website by: Owen Mundy
Description: Digital Portfolio

Owen Mundy
owenmundy.com
rediscoveringindiana.com
Member since: 6/2004
Featured: 2/2005
Medium: Photography, New Media
Website(s) by: Owen Mundy
Description: Digital Portfolio

The new Your Art Here website!
yourarthere.org
Member since: 6/2004
Featured: 1/2005
Medium: Public Art Project
Website by: Shana Berger, Alyssa Hill, Owen Mundy, and Nathan Purath

Alyssa Hill
alyssahill.com
Member since: 7/2004
Featured: 12/2004
Medium: Photographer, Public Artist
Website by: Alyssa Hill
Description: Digital Portfolio

L. Joyce Mundy, Flying Geese Publcations
flyinggeesepublications.com
Member since: 9/2004
Featured: 11/2004
Medium: Author, Painter
Website by: Owen Mundy
Description: L. Joyce Mundy was born in the hills of Martin County, Indiana, in 1937. She was raised on a farm in the White River bottom lands near Clark's Ferry, and has collected a lifetime of stories which she shares weekly with Mitchell Tribune readers. She has been writing SOUVENIRS, a column of reminiscence and recipes since 2001, and has put the first two years into two books, SOUVENIRS I, Down Country Roads, and SOUVENIRS II, The Fields of Home.

Ryan Boatright
ryanboatright.com
Member since: 9/2004
Featured: 10/2004
Medium: Photography
Website by: Drew McChesney
Description: Digital Portfolio

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squattersart.org
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annestevens.com
Member since: 1/2006
Featured: 5/2006
Medium: painting/collaboration/installation
Bio: BFA from CCAC 1991 printmaking and drawing. MA Design from UC Berkeley (Visual Studies) Practice as a painter with collaborative projects and public art. Teach at Univ. of Washington in art and architecture, teach digital media and sequential narrative.
Statement: My work is narrative and explores daily life in our urban context.
Other work online: http://faculty.washington.edu/ahs
Description: Digital Portfolio