Leandra Berrios is an artist who ties the abstract world with realism. She loves to stimulate the mind using the color theory while opening the viewers’ perspective. Her art sends out a message that gets the viewers into thinking of an abundant positive shift.

Kim is a full-time clinical psychologist in Grand Rapids, MI. She has been painting since 1996 and likes to use watercolor, colored pencils, and acrylic. She is interested in how art promotes social justice and mental well being in communities.

Aya Hasan is an international student bringing a a diffrent artistic prespective straight from the Middle East and North Africa. She is a self taught makeup artist and painter. Her inspiration was initiated by space,the galaxy and the stars.

Matthew Farrell grew up spending his time building forts, box cars, bike jumps, and anything else out of scrap wood and metal. Now living and working in Grand Rapids, as an artist he uses these materials through sculpture and printmaking to explore his personal relationships. Placing emphasis on materials, space, and interactions between forms. He received his BFA in Printmaking from Colorado Mesa University and his MFA in Printmaking from Kendall College of Art and Design.

Tylan Davis is a graphic designer from Grand Rapids, Michigan. His work explores experience and storytelling through large scale environments. The style of his work and his process are influenced by an interest in the history of commercialism and pop culture, and typically include historical symbols to convey the message.

Erin began making art by capturing the features of family members in portraits. She sharpened her work through high school and college, graduating from Calvin College (now Calvin University) with a Bachelor of Arts. Erin creates for the joy of creating with a particular love of drawing in many different mediums. She finds motivation in her close relationships and frequently displays her love of food and animals in her work.

Finding beauty in the broken, Barbara works steps away from traditional art media to embrace the deep red of an old traffic sign, or the sheen of a vinyl record, or the jumble of possibilities hidden in old telephone wire. She connects these fragments by painting, weaving, sculpting, and fabricating and give them new life in celebrating the flora and fauna of our world.

Nick Nortier is an illustrator, mural painter, and printmaker, but also enjoys woodworking, performing spoken word poetry, and the overall process of making creative work. Growing up, his main interests were skating and drawing, two hobbies which would eventually merge into one. From skating, he learned to look at the environment in new and creative ways, which would end up influencing how his work interacts with the area that it’s placed in. He believes the role of street art and murals is to be an art form that is accessible to everyone.

My name is Hallie LeBlanc. I have an MFA from Kendall College of Art and Design and currently live in the Creston neighborhood of Grand Rapids, Michigan. In between taking care of my small toddler and making artwork, I teach in after-school art programs. I hike a ton and love finding wildflowers in all seasons, watching migratory birds, and keeping an eye out for gnomes.