Sally Jablonsky is a painter, illustrator, and traditional oldtime fiddle player and teacher. Through a range of media including drawing, painting, soft sculpture, and ceramics, Sally Jablonsky’s work investigates what it means to have an animal body, and how it feels to be on the Earth. She investigates cultural forces, and honors those individuals that in some way create their own set of rules.
Emma Noyes (Sinixt band of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation) is an artist, researcher, and educator living and working in Spokane, WA. Emma has continued the story telling traditions of her family by finding new ways to depict characters of chaptix’/coyote stories with an emphasis on coyote’s wife, mole woman. Drawing inspiration from both sides of her family, she incorporates her appreciation for Scandinavian art and design as a nod to her danish heritage. She mainly works in brush and ink and also creates digital work. She has kept a daily journal full of illustrations for over ten years. Her book, Baby Speaks Salish (2020), was published by Scabland books and is available on the publishers website. Emma’s artwork is created in a little studio in the home where she lives with her partner (Jake), daughter (Maren), and mostly-good dog (Ketchpen).
My art explores the external/internal and spiritual/physical artistry that surrounds us in our everyday lives. I am interested in the notion of beauty from color through natural and man-made patterns. Throughout my life, influences in my art have come from nature through gardens, parks, coastal regions and the celestial sky, as well as from fabrics, sewing patterns, wallpapers, prismatic stained glass and church windows.
Hi my name is Keely Liles and I am a freelance multi-disciplinary artist with emphasis in media and film production. My artistic endeavors have long centered around the question “how does art change the world?” Throughout years of study and practice I’ve come to understand that art as a noun, the object itself does not change anything. It is in the making of art, it is the people involved, it is the process, the ideas, and the community that comes from creating that makes the change. It is the art transformed from an inanimate object into an inspirational force that propels people forward. It is the tools in the hands of passionate people. I have found that this force ignites both the makers and the viewers and so I am inspired to create work that acts as a catalyst for change. I am a photographer by nature and a filmmaker by practice. I love learning and practicing all types of art and my breadth of artistic practice extends to writing, printmaking, painting, installations and animation.
Brought to you from the mountains of North Idaho is a country boy with southern roots. Acuff’s blend of old school storytelling and powerful voice takes you to an unfamiliar place of honest country music. From high flying grassroots country to slow ballads that will pull at your heartstrings, there is no doubt that his music is meant for the people.
PNW local, Dylan Lipsker’s appreciation and understanding of the impact that color has on mental state started from a young age. Yet, it wasnt until he was nearly 30 that he began honing his talents and dedicating everyday to the persuit of bringing to life the heartwarming color pops that he had always seen in his mind. Driven by an unbridled passion and an idea that life is best lived in color, Dylan creates beautiful one of a kind pieces that are both a reflection of himself and the world around.
Anji Marth was born in the early 1970s in coal country, then lived in Philadelphia in her teens. She later moved to the Pacific Northwest. She learned as a child, to paint and draw from her uncle, David Borghi, whose work can be found in the Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. From him, she picked up creative freedom, and a willingness to try new things.
She has worked in a variety of mediums and passed through several stages of style and expression over the decades. Her tattoo work is known for its botanical and arboreal content. Other notable works include “Spider Monkey”, (2013) an assemblage, “Neanderthal Toothache”, (2005) a gestural oil portrait, and “Picking Season Ends”, (2011) a landscape in oil. Her current works are large-scale watercolor, abstract pieces referring to the pandemic.
Joe Wedge is a Washington born artist who has been a performer and entertainer for over 20 years in mediums ranging from burlesque to digital media and now poetry. He has just returned from a 6 year stint exploring and honing his craft in Saskatchewan, Canada with his extensive musical background, and a deep love for wordplay,
I compose visual ruminations about the common narratives in which people routinely participate. I am interested in historic and contemporary rituals–both sacred and mundane–that we practice to discover, establish, understand and share our lives.
After a very rewarding time working with troubled teens, Lisa realized that the color of creativity was a crucial part of her soul. Searching for a path that would lead to the perfect blend of right and left brain culminated in a meaningful journey to being an artist, photographer, curator, and marketing director. Over the years, she has had the pleasure of working with wonderful art establishments such as Where ART Lives Gallery, Visual Language Magazine, Artists of Texas, and The Spokane Liberty Building & Gallery.
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