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Junonia Arts

Artist of Color; Asian/Asian American; Visual Arts: Illustration, Mixed Media, Works on paper; collage

Shelley Hanmo Qian (last name pronounced as “Chan”) is a US-based freelance illustrator specialized in creating collage art for children’s books, editorial designs and more. Born and raised in China, Shelley moved to the United States for school when she was 18. She graduated from Indiana University with a Doctor in Music and a master’s degree in arts administration and earned her name as an award-winning pianist. In parallel to Shelley’s academic and musical accomplishments, paper art has been her creative outlet for many years. In 2019, Shelley decided to pursue her passion in illustration, hence she launched her art studio Junonia Arts to share her works with the world. Her art often features animals in nature, diverse characters, cultural stories, and imaginative plays, using mostly repurposed paper materials such as magazine pages, shopping bags, mailing catalogs, wrapping paper, etc. Through Junonia Arts, Shelley hopes to promote the awareness of reusing and upcycling while bringing joy to many others through her storytelling illustrations. Shelley has worked with clients throughout the US, including Mighty Kind Magazine, Truly Co Magazines, United We Dream, Indianapolis Zoo, Brooklyn Art Library, Surf Shack Puzzles, Kurandza, etc. She is an active member of SCBWI, Directory of Illustration (DI), and Illustrators For Hire (IFH).

JD Bills

Graphic Arts; Media; Multi Arts; Visual Arts: Architectural Illustration, Constructions/Collage, Functional and/or Decorative, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Media and Visual Communications, Mixed Media, Murals, New Media/Technology, Painting, Printmaking, Visual Arts Instructor, Works on paper

Mural and commission based painter B.A. from Herron School of Art & Design

Lorenzo Bryant

Artist of Color; Black/African American

My name is Lorenzo Bryant, and I am a self-taught artist. After serving nine years in prison, I came to the conclusion that I didn’t serve the time, time served me. I was able to channel my creative ability and find my passion in being an Artist/Painter. The creative process from sketching the image to painting those fine details is true meditation for me. I hope you too can find joy within my work.

Alys Caviness-Gober

Literary Arts; Multi Arts; Performing Arts: Spoken Word, Storytelling; Visual Arts: Conservation/Restoration, Constructions/Collage, Crafts, Functional and/or Decorative, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Painting, Performers and Writers, Photography, Sculpture, Works on paper

Disabled Indiana author and artist Alys Caviness-Gober began exhibiting and selling artwork in 2012; prior to that, she taught Anthropology at Ball State University. Alys left a PhD program (Applied Linguistics) due to health issues. She is a Juried Artist Member in the Hamilton County Artists’ Association (painting and photography categories), where she served on the Board for many years in various officer positions. Alys founded Logan Street Sanctuary, Inc. (LSS), a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit music, arts, and education venue located in the heart of Noblesville, Indiana, and serves as the LSS Board Secretary. Alys’ paintings, photographs, and poetry have received national and international recognition.

Sharon Kirk Clifton

Literary Arts; Performing Arts: Spoken Word, Storytelling; Visual Arts: Performance Art, Performers and Writers

As a “Purveyor of Magic Beans and Seeds of Truth,” I specialize in putting a pulse to the past through first-person storytelling presentations. Favorite performances include Jack’s Mama, stories from the Appalachian oral tradition; Abigail Gray: Living under the Drinking Gourd, a program about Indiana’s Underground Railroad that engages audience participation (as most of my shows do); and biblical accounts–my latest being The Innkeeper’s Wife. Grants and commissions include those from Storytelling Arts of Indiana, the Indiana Historical Society, Indiana State Museum, Indiana Arts Commission/National Endowment for the Arts, the Lilly Teacher Creativity Fellowship, and Jackson County Public Library. With a professional career that spans more than 30 years, I have entertained audiences with my unique brand of storytelling throughout America’s heartland. Contact me at skc.writer@yahoo.com for more program information and scheduling a show.

D. Del Reverda-Jennings

Artist of Color; Black/African American; Ethnic Art; Graphic Arts; Literary Arts; Media; Multi Arts; Performing Arts: Spoken Word; Political Artist; Visual Arts: Ceramics, Constructions/Collage, Crafts, Film, Functional and/or Decorative, Glasswork, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Jewelry, Media and Visual Communications, Mixed Media, Murals, Painting, Performance Art, Performers and Writers, Photography, Portrait, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textiles, Visual Arts Instructor, Works on paper; Afro Futurism (AfroFuturism), African & Latin Diaspora, Caribbean,

A native of Alaska, as a youth D. Del Reverda-Jennings resided in Chicago, Illinois., and was educated in parochial academy institutions. From that timeline, the Indianapolis-based interdisciplinary artist has since traveled a creative and an artistic journey influenced by a kaleidoscope of cultural nuance. Visually D. Del Reverda-Jennings, is known for producing a broad range of work inclusive of sculpture, mixed media, installation, painting, and interdisciplinary roles in the artworld as an award-winning published journalist, arts editor, author and poet. She is the Creator, Founder and Independent Curator of “FLAVA FRESH ! ” an Indianapolis based, Annual Juried, Multiple Exhibition Presentation Series of Contemporary Art. The multicultural series has been an acclaimed visual arts showcase for over twenty-three years, with the seven month long consecutive event venue having received a number of honors and awards. The versatile arts practitioner also works as an administrator, facilitator and free-lances in a number of arts disciplines throughout the Midwest and beyond. As a journalist, regional arts editor and author Del Reverda-Jennings has for over two decades researched, sought out and cultivated aspiring beginners, newly-discovered, emergent and early-career artists who reside and work in Indiana as well as regionally to expose their creativity through writing, photographic documentation and by exhibiting their work in professional commercial arts venues, exposing their creative life stories, events and achievements in Midwestern regional, national and international print and online media. D. Del Reverda-Jennings, has been involved long-term in grass roots arts efforts, the non-profit sector and community service in Indianapolis and is the founder of several groups and organizations. The invested activist and cultural worker is a regional arts grant panelist, adjudicator, a noted lecturer and is currently an Artist Ambassador for the Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), and an Equity Ambassador for the Arts Council of Indianapolis. She is widely known for having acquired a well-earned reputation as being driven and making great things happen for underrepresented and/or marginalized artists and continues to be a vital force in the exhibition and scholarship of twenty-first century art.

AK Fielding

Literary Arts; Visual Arts: Illustration, Mixed Media, Painting, Performers and Writers

I am a creative individual by nature. Academically trained in research and writing as an historian, I am also a self-taught portrait painter, illustrator, and mixed-media artist.I am as passionate about art as I am about American history. My historical and political essays have appeared on numerous new media publications and on my personal BLOG. Indeed, I have found that I must actively write about history and create art or fail at both. Creating art allows me another avenue to express myself and gives me the much-needed balance after the intensity required for conducting research and writing about history. My express desire is to produce art that I feel most connected to and one that is meaningful to others.I enjoy working with various mediums. Watercolors, acrylics, charcoal, graphite, mixed media, and ink are all favorites and often used in my paintings and illustrations. My art represents American history, classic literature, and events from the Bible. Art critics have categorized my work in line with Kahlo. I credit Copley, Rousseau, and Gauguin as the providers of my “academic” training in art.I just finished illustrating Benjamin Franklin’s Poor Richard’s Almanack and publishing the two volumes from my A Little Book of Revolutionary Quotes series. I am now working on illustrating classics, painting moments in American history, producing a new line of mixed-media stationery, researching and writing about the founding generation, and teaching kids about America’s Founding Documents. Trehan’s Treasures is the name of my studio and represents all my art, illustrations and writings.

Ellie Garvey

Literary Arts; Multi Arts; Visual Arts: Constructions/Collage, Illustration, Jewelry, Mixed Media

Ellie Garvey is an Indianapolis-based jewelry designer and children’s book writer/illustrator. She minored in metalsmithing and jewelry-making during her undergraduate work at Indiana University, where she earned a BA in Telecommunications (2006). Ellie then went on to work in fashion jewelry design in San Francisco, CA, designing collections for corporate markets such as Nordstrom and Macy’s. Since settling in Indianapolis in 2010, Ellie has been designing and fabricating her own jewelry collections for online marketplaces, group exhibitions, art fairs/festivals, and private commissions. In 2016, the first of Ellie’s three daughters was born, which began her fascination with the themes of childhood. She began to write and illustrate content for children’s literature to align her creative endeavors with the developmental stages of her children. The artwork from Ellie’s current book project, “Alone Together,” has been selected for 3 publications and 7 international juried exhibitions in 2022/2023. “Alone Together” is a visual celebration of the animals and insects of her native garden zone and a love letter to her daughters and late sister. Ellie is a 2022-2023 Creative Renewal Arts Fellow. She is a member of the Society of North American Goldsmiths and the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Her 2022/2023 exhibitions include “Food For Thought” (Los Angeles, CA), “Flowers 4 Peace and Prosperity” (Red Bluff, CA), “Women In Art” (Laguna Beach, CA), “Kingdom Animalia” (Biafarin Platform), “Art in the Time of Corona, Vol. 3” (Dab Art Co. Online Galleries), “We Are SNAG: Anthology 2022” (SNAG virtual catalog), “Nocturnal” (Lyons, CO), “Rebel Rebel” (HMVC Gallery, NY), and “Merged III” (Norfolk, VA).

Mary Gillot

Graphic Arts; Multi Arts; Visual Arts: Crafts, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Media and Visual Communications, Mixed Media, Murals, New Media/Technology, Painting, Textiles, Works on paper

Mary Gillot is a writer, artist, and illustrator living in Indianapolis. She has also lived in San Diego, Nashville, and Portland, and is originally from Washington, DC. Growing up with parents who were passionate about art, and traveling throughout the United States and Mexico have uniquely colored her creative vision. She received her Associate of Arts from the University of Maryland and her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drawing and Illustration from the Herron School of Art and Design at Indiana University. Her work has appeared in Genesis Magazine, Tributaries Magazine, The Tipton Poetry Journal, and Prick of the Spindle, in addition to books from Crown Publishing Group, Wiley Publishing, Compass Learning, and many others. She is the author and illustrator of three children’s books available through Amazon and Barnes & Noble. She will finish a third book this year.

Sandra Harris

Literary Arts; Performing Arts: Storytelling

In venues ranging from the White House to local family gatherings, Harris weaves personal and family stories with folk tales to fit themes of humor, justice, personal empowerment, and holiday celebrations. She also teaches workshops and is the author of “Getting Started in Storytelling”.

Matthew Heimann

Literary Arts; Visual Arts: Functional and/or Decorative, Sculpture, Textiles

I was born in Kendallville, IN, in 1983. I studied sculpture and woodworking at Ball State University with Kenton Hall and Pat Nelson. Throughout my undergraduate career, I developed a love for sculpture and woodworking that has grown into a life-long interest. I graduated from Ball State University in Muncie, IN with a Bachelor of Fine Art in Sculpture in 2006. I am continuously honing my skills and learning new techniques to incorporate into my art as my artistic career progresses. I currently live in Indianapolis, IN, with my wife and son, Becky and Oliver. My work has been shown in some group shows and juried exhibitions. My current series began with my undergraduate thesis but has continued to change and grow as I discover new techniques and take inspiration from new sources. The freedom and simplicity that working with wood allows me has created a turning point in my artistic career. My work incorporates elements of the human figure into functional furniture while using an innovative wood-inlay technique. My works do not depict the figure as a whole, but often take inspiration from smaller parts of the body that are then abstracted and simplified. I utilize aspects of wood itself, such as wood grain, to emphasize figurative elements within each sculpture. My designs are influenced by modern and contemporary styles but I use traditional woodworking techniques to create my art. Organic curves, exotic wood, unity, and abstractions are the key elements of my current work. I use wood-inlay to create lines, definition, and

Devon Kondaki

Graphic Arts; Literary Arts; Performing Arts: Music, Storytelling

Devon Kondaki is an author/illustrator of picture books.

Chaklan Lacy

Artist of Color; Black/African American; Ethnic Art; Graphic Arts; Literary Arts; Multi Arts; Visual Arts: Constructions/Collage, Crafts, Earthworks, Functional and/or Decorative, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Media and Visual Communications, Mixed Media, Murals, New Media/Technology, Painting, Performers and Writers, Photography

My creative art style is very unique, I integrate visuals from past artist experts in impressionism, representational, faces, landscapes, nature/outdoors visuals with added twists of vibrant colors. Painting from the heart is always involved in the visuals I create. The majority of what I put on canvas has mixed media, texture, full of life and color, allowing an exciting viewing experience for all audiences. I have a strong work ethic and still value organization, uniform, consistency, and being prompt as well as prepared. Following the values of running a corporation allows me to thrive effectivity in my arts continuously creating beautiful visuals of free will, a smile to go along with painting is what I do best.

Theresa R. McMiller

Literary Arts

Indianapolis writer and native, Theresa R. McMiller born in 1971. She grew up in a working class family. She was raised by her deceased grandparents, Jimmie Lee Posey and Rosemond Posey after her parents divorced when she was four years old. Theresa loves animals especially cats. She is a single, African-American woman who has no children. Theresa was a former IPS student attended and graduated from George Washington High School in 1989. Theresa moved on to earn a two year associate’s degree in Marketing from Ivy Tech Community College in 1994. While attending Ivy Tech, she found employment as a teacher’s assistant at onsite daycare center in 1992. After five years of working in early childhood, she was hired at IPS Foodservice as cafeteria clerk in 1999. In 2000, Theresa transferred into classroom assistant in Special Needs Education and worked at Washington Community School (as it was called in 2000-2005) After eleven years, Theresa decided to pursue her bachelor’s degree in English at IUPUI. She graduated from IUPUI in 2012. In her post graduation years, Theresa had held a life skills assistant job for eight months with Wayne Township Schools and left in 2013. She spent eight more months working as a package handler for FedEx until July 2014. Theresa applied for a Site Director position for the YMCA of Greater Indianapolis in August and hired as Assistant Site Director for Westside-Wayne Township and moved on to full Site Director for IPS-Central in 2015. Theresa has other hobbies and personal interests in movies, old school music from the 80s and 90s, a cookbook collector, a fan of PBS, a royal watcher since 1981 and a fan of Will and Kate Cambridge. Theresa enjoys cooking and has an interest in traveling and writing her own fictional stories.

Charles McMillian

Literary Arts; Performing Arts: Theatre; Visual Arts: Crafts, Earthworks, Film, Jewelry, Murals, Painting, Visual Arts Instructor; Behavioral Arts Facilitator

I utilize my artistic gifts to encourage self expression with K-12 students. I facilitate behavioral art with others who are recovering from traumatic experiences, and those in criminal diversion programs.

Alexandria Powell

Graphic Arts; Literary Arts; Performing Arts: Actor/Actress, Spoken Word, Storytelling; Political Artist; Visual Arts: Ceramics, Constructions/Collage, Crafts, Functional and/or Decorative, Glasswork, Illustration, Jewelry, Media and Visual Communications, Mixed Media, Murals, New Media/Technology, Painting, Performers and Writers, Photography, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textiles, Visual Arts Instructor; Soft Sculpture, Fibers

Currently, I am a MAAT student at SMWC. This a several leaps and decades from my BFA in 3D Computer Animation at SCAD. I have tapdanced in musicals, sang in jazz clubs, programmed in Houdini, instructed art in public and private schools in the US and Italy, run a party planning business, and done freelance with some interesting companies. Currently, I run three blogs and an online art group via Zoom. I have a husband, two small dogs, and a 13-year-old daughter. I also do stand up. Like you didn’t know…

TL Ridgway

Visual Arts: Conservation/Restoration, Constructions/Collage, Illustration, Jewelry, Mixed Media, Murals, Painting, Printmaking, Sculpture, Textiles, Visual Arts Instructor, Works on paper; Book Arts

I am inspired by the memories I associate with my identity, the effects of emotional labor, and the associated stereotypes. I use unique forms of storytelling to share concepts rooted in my own life. Each piece is a reflection of these experiences, and that of others. We can all relate to wearing masks to achieve the accepted standard within our own combination of subgroups. Growing up semi-isolated did not make me exempt from being implanted with habitual patterns, but it did allow time for me to develop an uncommon perspective.

kimann schultz

Graphic Arts; Literary Arts; Media; Performing Arts: Radio/Television; Visual Arts: Architectural Illustration, Graphic Arts, Illustration, Painting, Performers and Writers

Author Illustrator, Arts & Free Speech advocate, Kimann Schultz “writes with pictures & draws with words.” Kimann’s novel Jacob, Jacob Marley’s rest of the story, beautifully illustrated by Adam Oehlers, is available now at Amazon & IBJ Publishing. just click on these links to purchase! A first generation American, German/English bi-lingual, Kimann reaches instinctively beyond horizons of the ordinary in her quest to serve as creative contributor. Kimann blogged at Huffington Post from May 2013 – January 2018. Her articles include Arts & Free Speech advocacy & appreciation, film & TV review, history & sociological commentary on a wide range of topics including politics, parenting, fine arts & architecture, fashion & style. An IU Bloomington honors graduate with dual majors in Art History & German + a year abroad at the University of Hamburg, Germany, Kimann also attended the Fashion Institute of Technology & Parsons School of Design, both in NYC, where she received training in fashion design & illustration. Kimann worked 12 years for a local architectural firm as architectural writer, renderer & draftsperson, specializing in entourage. She was the Indianapolis Meridian-Kessler Home Tour artist for 5 years & produced many commissioned works, featuring residential and commercial architecture, bridal & pet portraiture. Kimann’s essay “Do What You Have to Do” was published in the 2012 THIS I BELIEVE: ON MOTHERHOOD. Her article, In Support of Art as Alternate Means of Expression was featured at Americans for the Arts. A mother of 2 sons & a daughter, Kimann is also song-writing partner with her husband. Their three-song EP, “Earthbound Ethereal,” is on iTunes and Amazon. Music videos for “Beautiful Rage,” and “Spirit of Christmas – Promise of Peace,” can be found on YouTube.

Jerry Shepherd

Literary Arts

An Indianapolis native, I have been writing short stories, novels and plays for more than 50 years. Along with writing all those years, I have taught writing at several Indianapolis-area colleges. My writings, including four published novels, ranging in genre from mainstream to suspense, fantasy, children’s and satire. Many of my writings are set in the milieu of 1950’s Indiana.

Annie Sullivan

Literary Arts

Annie Sullivan is the author of three young adult fantasy books—A Touch of Gold, Tiger Queen, and A Curse of Gold. She lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, and received her master’s degree in Creative Writing from Butler University.

Stuart Troxel

Performing Arts: Music; Visual Arts: Graphic Arts, Illustration, Painting, Performers and Writers

Stuart Troxel is often referred to as a Renaissance man. Although his primary focus is paintings for exhibitions and commissioned work, he also uses books and music to fully explore his thoughts, ideas and sense of humor.

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