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Bruno Big: “I Want to Preach Love”

Artist name: Bruno Big Featured Works: Panel designed for office Canal Brazil and turned TV vignette, graffiti (done in collaboration Big’s friends Marcelo JOU , William Memi . Marcio SWK and Thiago TARM), and a video documenting the creation of the Ousadia and Alegria collection (more information below). On June 17 Bruno Big will join Marco Gallotta in sharing…

Mo Ganji: “We’re Growing Up Searching for Our Natural Gift, and it’s on Our Back the Entire Time. All We Need to Do is to Stop and Reach.”

Artist name: Mo Ganji Featured Work 1: FacesTattoo Mo Gangi’s tattoos have incredible line sensitivity and clarity. His work engages the eye with delicate contours and a continuous line. He preserves the integrity of the drawn line in this body art with exquisite care and beautiful compositions, including a variety of scenes and creatures of…

Sarah Elise Abramson: Photography is My Drug of Choice

Artist name: Sarah Elise Abramson Featured Work 1: Mateus Porto Sarah Elise Abramson is a photographer who says she is “obsessed with everyday surrealism.” Her work explores rich topics like the body; light, color and texture; intimacy; and public and private spaces and views. The subjects vary in mood and appearance, but all have a…

“I Hope That Conversations About Sex and Sexuality Become Normalized” Vanessa Geffrard and VagEsteem

Artist name: Vanessa Geffrard and VagEsteem Featured Work: VagEsteem podcast image, linked to her podcasts on Soundcloud (*sexual content) Vanessa Giffrard is a health educator and podcast creator and host who promotes “VagEsteem™,” which she defines as: 1. the concept by which one builds the confidence of/in their vulva and vagina. This confidence leads to a healthy…

Lewis Rossignol: A Stress Relief

Artist name: Lewis Rossignol Featured Work 1: Mixed-media artwork featured in his book, Remedial Sketches Illustrator Lewis Rossignol’s sketchbook-based body of work is an invitation to peer into someone else’s visually magnetic home and inner world. His characters, scenes and collages hover and linger, crawling, layered, beautiful and, at times, scrambled and bloody. The letters of…

Timothy S. Allen: “What Really Counts Is if You Are Happy With Your Image.”

Artist name: Timothy S. Allen Featured Work 1: Sunset on the Midway at the Sonoma County Fair Veteran and accomplished photographer Timothy S. Allens’ pictures document diverse ecosystems, structures, people and vehicles from around the globe. He has a gift for noticing unique angles, compositions, juxtapositions and encounters in his environment and conveying their immediacy to his…

Casey Pearl: “Just Where I’m Supposed to Be”

Artist name: Casey Pearl Featured Work 1: Casey Pearl video featuring musical performance and Tokit campaign Whether you want to dance, daydream or take a unique, emotionally rich journey through sound, Casey Pearl has got you covered. It’s hard to sit still when the instrumentals start to groove, and her honest, soulful, wavering voice speaks right to the…

Jerry McLaughlin: “A Safe Space Where I Can Explore Emotions”

Artist name: Jerry McLaughlin Featured Work 1: “Dark Day in Drezzo” Jerry McLaughlin’s neutral and earth-toned non-objective works invite the viewer into carefully worn and crafted surfaces, replete with texture and nuance. Both richly emotive and meticulously controlled, the layers smolder, shift and settle before our eyes, suggesting an inquisitive creative process that balances a patient…

Trevor Carroll: “Make the Most of Your Life”

Artist name: Trevor Carroll Featured Work 1: No Reservations trailer Trevor Carroll is a prolific Indigenous director, actor, writer, visual artist, film producer and martial artist in Vancouver, BC. Of his many creative fields and accomplishments, his film No Reservations has been highly successful on the festival circuit, recently winning the 2017 Reel World Impact Award in…

Fabiano Gagliano: “Art is Magic”

Artist name: Fabiano Gagliano Featured Work 1: “La Nuit des Poétes, ” second version (“The Night of the Poet”) Fabiano Gagliano creates reverent colored pencil portraits, often using high contrast lighting. His works usually depict women who appear ethereal, symbolic and corporeal all at once. With eyes sometimes lowered, sometimes engaged off of the canvas and sometimes…

Robert Mars: “An Essential Part of Being Alive.”

Artist name: Robert Mars Featured Work 1: “Our New Frontier Palms Motor Hotel” Robert Mars’ beautifully collaged works explore concepts of American beauty, obsession and fame by remixing images of classic icons, logos and trends from entertainment, fashion and political arenas. Many epic personalities can be found within the artist’s multi-layered and repeating Pop imagery, including…

David Bonagurio: “To Stay in a Place Where I Can Continue to Make Work on my Terms.”

Artist name: David Bonagurio Featured Work 1: “Youth,” from the “Thunder” series David Bonagurio’s vivid and soft gray-scales are beautifully drafted graphite compositions that experiment with weight, solidity, contrast and absence. Self hood, impermanence and alchemy are explored with an appreciation for the ephemeral, emotionally saturated and small. One series of drawings is called, “Small, Important…

Guante: “Hope is Something We Build”

Artist name: Guante Featured Work 1: Ten Responses to the Phrase, “Man Up” Writer, activist and two-time National Poetry Slam Champion Guante performs his poetic works with great vulnerability, strength and lyricism and with the powerful intent to communicate deeply and effectively about issues that matter to him. Indeed, the topics he chooses, such as masculinity,…