Artists in Residence
STUDIO 1
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Michael Christie
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Michael Christie's work evolves from the humanity and spirituality he sees in those familiar scenes that he grew up with on his family farm in West Virginia. Michael developed classic skills from his training at The Maryland Institute, The Schuler School of Fine Art, and in personal studios. His work has been recognized in American Artist Magazine, USA Today, and Time Magazine.
www.michaelchristieart.com |
STUDIO 2
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Debbie Rapp
Fiber Group |
When she was a little girl, Debbie's grandmother taught her how to knit, crochet, and weave. From there, she went on to discover spinning, hand dyeing, needle felting, and weaving with wool. Debbie is always looking for new uses for the wool from the sheep raised on her family farm, including wreaths, needle felted farm animals, yarn hair accessories, hand-woven rugs and chair pads, and bird nesting balls, to name a few.
Debbie is a juried artisan at Tamarack The Best of West Virginia, and the Alleghany Highlands Arts and Crafts Center. |
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Susan Ernst
Fiber Group |
Susan was first introduced to handweaving in 1994 at the Augusta Heritage Festival at a Beginning Weaving Class. "I was surprised by how much and how quickly the craft took hold of me." By 1997, Susan decided that handweaving would be her full time occupation. August 1997 marked the termination of her present employment and the onset of full time self-assigned work with textiles being the lens through which she saw everything.
Susan currently produces both woven and knit textiles for sale, teaches textile arts at Carnegie Hall, participates in the Arts in Education program in schools, design consults with Appalachian Baby Design and is a juried Tamarack Artist. |
STUDIO 3
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Wendy Reagor
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Wendy Reagor was trained as a fashion illustrator and graphic designer. She considers this time in her life to be an ongoing art quest, where she learns a new technique, makes a mess, and rises again with a new body of work. Her current work is mixed media painting. She uses acrylic paint, alcohol ink, oil pastels, water colors, and fabric collage. She also loves designing jewelry using beach embroidery and wire wrapping techniques.
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Craig Reagor
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Craig was born & raised in North Florida. He studied drawing & painting at the Colorado Institute of Art where he met his bride, Wendy Reagor. Being in nature has always inspired his work. Craig believes, "Fish don't live in ugly places" & he feels fortunate enough to have taken the time to travel with sketchbook & fly rod in tow! www.cfreagor.com
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STUDIO 5
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Jessica Roczniak-Grist
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More information coming soon!
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STUDIO 6
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Bruce Brenneman
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Bruce Brenneman has worked with wood all of his life. A retired
forester, he began early on to use his carpentry skills to make furniture and do home remodeling projects. Joining the West Virginia Woodturners Association in 2016, he is now using the lathe to create a variety of useful and decorative objects made from wood. His work is on display in Studio Six at Lee Street Studios in Lewisburg. |
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Jeanne Brenneman
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Originally from Pennsylvania, Jeanne has been painting watercolors in West Virginia since 1973. She is a signature member of the West Virginia Watercolor Society, a juried artist at Tamarack, and a founding member of Greenbrier Artists, a local art group which has painted weekly since 1974. In Lewisburg, her work is available in Studio Six at Lee Street Studios and at WV Fine Artisans Gallery.
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Shari O'Day Mann
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Shari O’Day Mann is a resident of Greenville for over twenty years, and has been an artist since childhood. She enjoys exploring different mediums including resin, fluid paint, and alcohol inks, along with acrylics and oils. Shari has recently begun incorporating essential oils, energy medicine, meditation, and Wholetones healing frequencies into her creation process. She found that these elements enrich her experience and will soon be holding Therapeutic Arts with Shari workshops. Shari is also a member of the Greenbrier Artists.
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Misty Murray-Walkup
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Misty Murray-Walkup is a full-time artist and illustrator with over 25 years of experience. While Misty prefers working with oils and acrylics, she enjoys dabbling in other mediums as well, always adding to her repertoire. Misty's work has been chosen for both the 2019 & 2020 WV Division of Natural Resources State Wildlife calendars, and she is a juried member of the Tamarack.
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STUDIO 7:
THE LEE STREET LISTENING ROOM
THE LEE STREET LISTENING ROOM
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Adam DeGraff
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STUDIO 9
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Anna Stout-Tuckwiller
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Anna Stout-Tuckwiller is a painter and designer native to West Virginia. Her work generally involves bright primary colors and is often made with the intention of creating repeating patterns for fabric, wallpaper, and other surface pattern items.
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Sara McDonald
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Sara McDonald is an artist living and working in West Virginia. She is a lover of the outdoors and is inspired by nature. Sara works in watercolors and oils. The work in this show is inspired by the world of illustration. Sara has been painting for over twenty years and holds a BFA in mixed media painting from the College of Santa Fe in New Mexico.
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Shea Newton
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Shea specializes in custom jewelry design. She has a background in jewelry/metals/CAD-CAM from Tyler School of Art, Temple University, where she received a BFA in 2008. Since then, she has worked predominantly in Philadelphia on historic "Jewelers Row." Experience working for several jewelry manufacturers gave her the skills and knowledge required to start designing her own pieces upon relocating to wild and wonderful West Virginia. She works mostly in Matrix gemvision to create 3D models, which are then printed and cast in metal. Shea works closely with an experienced manufacturer as well as highly skilled jewelers to bring her designs to life. Find Shea's work online at www.sasshill.com.
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Jake Logan
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More information coming soon!
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Francis Sharp
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More information coming soon!
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Robin Skillern
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Robin Skillern, a professional artist and educator, practices her art in a beautiful hollow in Friars Hill, West Virginia. Training for a degree in art from Rhodes College and studying at The Leo Marchutz School of Painting and Drawing in Aix-En-Provence, France fostered a love of work
inspired by the natural world. Robin creates original pieces through potting, painting, crocheting, felting, and beading. She is involved as an art instructor with the local Carnegie Hall. She has also worked with children for many years through Greenbrier County Schools, The New Greenbrier Preschool, Seneca Behavioral Health Services, and Catholic Community Services. Her work has been exhibited in Lewisburg and White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Urbana, Virginia, Durham, North Carolina, and Atlanta, Georgia. She is currently creating crocheted jewelry, papers for cards and books, and exploring all things pens, inks, and metallics. |
STUDIO 10
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Sean O'Connell
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Sean O’Connell creates objects of beauty, function, integrity, and spirit. Using a unique vocabulary of impressed and incised markings on raw clay, he composes distinctive expressive statements. Sean is an observer of life. His range of influences include African and Pre Columbian cultures as well as contemporary ceramic artists. “The only rules for working clay are time, gravity and fire…The rest is up to us.”
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STUDIO 13
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Lieselotte Heil
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More information coming soon!
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STUDIO 14
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Jorn Lynae Mork
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In 1986, Jorn bought a van and an etching press. Thirty years later, she is on her 3rd van and has shown her work across the country. Jorn is proudly a self-taught artist focusing mainly on painting and printmaking.
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STUDIO 15
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James Addison
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James studied animation and photography at West Virginia University, where he received his BFA in 2015. His work combines surreal images with mechanical and biological aspects.
www.instagram.com/jamesqaddison/ |
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Emily Sullivan
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Emily Sullivan graduated from West Virginia University with a BFA in sculpture and art history. Not only has she been a featured artist in #Lewisburg, she also does a running monthly comic for the local publication. Emily participated in the 2017 Travelin' Appalachian Revue and has displayed her artwork in The Wild Bean as well as at informal local art shows since 2014.
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Liz Goertz
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Elizabeth Goertz was born and raised in Washington DC. She has lived from New York City to Mexico, and has traveled extensively. Goertz has a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Corcoran School of Art and studied art history in Greece through Georgetown University.
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Kristen Rehak
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More information coming soon!
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STUDIO 16
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Jamie Murphy
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In addition to offering digital cinema production services to a variety of clients, T2G provides in-house media services for Lee Street Studios and live stream broadcasts direct from the Lee Street Listening Room. For more information about Thrown2Gether Productions, visit:
www.thrown2gether.com www.vimeo.com/t2g www.facebook/leestreetmedia |