Process of painting "Grandma Louise"- Watercolor by Kathy Goss

Janice Anton-  Janis received her BFA from California College for the Arts and has exhibited at San Jose Museum of Modern Art, Woman Made Gallery, University of San Francisco, Frank Bette Center for the Arts, the Hive Gallery, and Perforce Software Headquarters. Ms. Anton has also received an NEA Grant to produce a performance piece, “Women Around the Kitchen Table”. Visit  www.janisanton.com

Ed Aust- ​Is a Oakland photographer who specializes in street photography.  You can see more of Ed's work and contact him via https://www.instagram.com/ed_aust_in_oakland/
​
James Cagney- is a poet who lives in Oakland.  James has published "Dirty Thunderstorm"  which features 15 of his poems. To purchase "Dirty Thunderstorm" or to contact James email him at  incagnegro@yahoo.com  (the best email address ever). Also check out James' blog at  https://thedirtyrat.wordpress.com/

Kathy Goss- is a Watercolorist who lives and works In Oakland, Ca.  Kathy is inspired by the people and natural settings around her. To see and purchase Kathy's work, and to contact her, please visit kathygosswatercolors.com 

Robert Goss- is a Video Editor and Producer, Web site creator and President of Past and Present Media. He can be reached at bobkat@sbcglobal.net

Larry Hatfield - is a Watercolor Painter and Creator of Paper Sculptures in the San Francisco Bay Area. " I want people to feel the importance of place, to want to go there and experience it. I want them to notice something new or see the familiar in a new light." To see Larry's work and to contact him go to www.larryhatfieldart.com

Amanda Mitchell- is a writer and photographer who is proud to call Pittsburg home. Addicted to flowers, she specializes in creating intimate portraits using selective focus lenses to reveal the hidden heart of each individual blossom. As a transplant from the United Kingdom, she still can't believe her luck to be living here. When not photographing flowers, she also creates portraits of the animals with whom she shares her life, including her two utterly insane dogs. 
http://www.octographsphotography.com
smile@octographsphotography.com
http://www.facebook.com/octographsphotography 

Playback Theatre Ensemble- The Living Arts Playback Theatre Ensemble is a troupe of improvisational actors and musicians who “play back” personal stories shared by audience members in ways that both honor and illuminate the original experience.. At the heart of its work is a profound respect for the power of personal story to build bridges between people and cultures. The performances are moving, humorous, and deep. 
http://livingartsplayback.org/
​

 Deborah Samia- California native sculptor in the Bay Area, Deborah received her artistic training in BFA from the Academy of Art University (AAU) in 1998. Over 14 years, she has been teaching Figure Modeling, Portrait, and Ecorché at AAU and Pontifex University, and is creating artwork as the lead artist at Chiodo Art Development. She was honored to assist in sculpting “Remember Them: Champions for Humanity” monument located  in downtown Oakland. You can contact her via Deborah_samia@yahoo.com or  www.deborahsamia.com

Laura Shefler - Is a self-taught and community-taught mixed media artist who lives in Albany CA. She creates art through an exploratory process of repainting, cutting, and fitting old paintings, drawings, and sketchbook pages. Though she works primarily in acrylic paint, she also collages with ink, pastel, watercolor, graphite, opaque marker, magazine pages, and junk mail.You can contact her via  Lshefler@aol.com. See more of her work at https://laurasheflerart.net/.

Jonathan Taylor- is a Fine Art Photographer.  "My aim is to translate my feelings of the subject by carefully developing the negative and placing the tonal values.  I make prints for black and white work, and photograph in color.  Digital imagery is included in my practice.  I'm  inspired to photograph people and I explore nature and floral as well." To see his work work visit:  jonathan-taylor-z9lr.squarespace.com You can contact Jonathan at gxobe@yahoo.com

Tim Thorton- is a visual artist living in Missoula, Montana. "I see my role as an artist, as a sort of filter from which I can distill the overwhelming mass of visual information available. Much of my work is derived from cinema, and the subjects I choose to paint are emblematic of popular themes in American culture." Tim can be reached at:  
http://thorntonartgallery.com/

Valerie Brown Troutt is a visual artist, pastor and teacher. Art and creativity is a sacred platform that fuels Valerie’s passion for expression of life experienced and hoped for as a woman of the African Diaspora.  She believes it is a gift to be creative.  Black culture birthed in her the power to breathe and exhale in beauty and the wonders of this life despite overt racism and constant struggles for justice . What is in her and what has brought her along life’s journey can be found in her images of  collage and paint.  She loves the use of reuse materials because they best capture, interpret and sustain things that are often lost in time.
http://valeriebrowntroutt.com/

Valerie Troutt - Bay Area born and bred, jazz and gospel trained, internationally respected, singer Valerie Troutt is an unapologetically unconventional artist, teacher, activist, for whom art, activism, and social justice are intertwined.  "The Sound of Peace"  is her full length debut album which follows up her acclaimed EP, "Prepare for the Future."  Visit: https://www.facebook.com/Valerie-Troutt-26534883002/
and http://www.valerietrouttprojects.com/home

Click here to learn more about the artists via the  Artists page
Visit the Artist's Marketplace