Polly Bradburn
Chelsea Area

For as long as I can remember I have been involved in one form or another of art. 9 years ago I tried my hand at pottery and feel it is now my true passion. Pottery gives me the chance to search into my soul and thus express my self through my creations. I make hand built and wheel thrown pieces. My pottery is functional with a twist.

Dave Brenner
Chelsea Area

Dave Brenner is an award-winning artist and graphic designer with over 25 years of experience in his field. His photography and graphic design has been published in numerous books and magazines and featured in such publications as USA Today. Dave is also a web usability expert with extensive experience constructing CSS-based web designs and Content Management Systems like Drupal and Wordpress.

Ed Comeau
Chelsea Area

Missy Cowan
Chelsea Area

Missy is a watercolor artist currently living in Chelsea, Michigan. She finds her inspiration in nature and paints what she loves; colorful flowers, leaves, and trees. Many of her compositions are derived from the extensive flower garden in her backyard. For Missy, it's all about color and bringing that color to people's lives, one painting at a time. Her works have been accepted in several juried shows and are exhibited in various businesses in the area and on the web. Missy is a member of Ann Arbor Women Artists, the Chelsea Center for the Arts, and The Michigan Watercolor Society.

Marsi Darwin
Chelsea Area

I believe that we are largely in charge of our own destiny. I envision the reality in which I'd like to live, and then do what I can do make it happen. I create little worlds, whether in glass, or in words, or in web designs, that make the imagination come alive. Stained and etched glass ornaments, coasters, and panels in celestial and southwestern designs are my trademarks.

Bill Darwin II
Chelsea Area

I learned the art of stained glass from my grandfather when i was 16, and have made a living doing it for over 30 years. Custom doors and windows are my specialty, for homes, churches, and businesses. About 10 years ago I started restoring and selling antique slot machines as a sideline, which is now a thriving business.

Rick De Troyer
Chelsea Area

I have always been intrigued with making things, being aware of nature and trying to limit my use of resources on this planet so to reduce global warming. Recycling is a big part of my art. I try to practice what I preach by using found objects in my work. They tell a story of their own, along with adding character to art. When I see a design in my mind I try to shape it into reality. My work is freehand and comfortable. I cut or add to my eyes’ delight. I like curves and flow the pieces into a new use. . I find a new energy from some objects, and creativity takes that "Ah Ha!" step. Some metal can develop a look over time much as a wine’s flavor can grow. I try to blend the look of rust with the shine of grinding. I hammer the surface repeatedly to develop a textured look. My hands seem to know what to do when I cut, hammer and weld metal. Learning to let my heart over rule my conscience is sometimes the hard part.

Sheila Graziano
Chelsea Area

Rooted in ten years of tap dancing as a kid (thanks Mom!), my feet started trembling with excitement when, as a young adult, I first discovered Appalachian clogging and other forms of traditional percussive stepdancing. I knew immediately that this was what I’d been preened for, and have been intimately involved with the traditional music and dance community since the 1980s. I was a founding member of and choregrapher for The Crosstown Cloggers, Crow’s Feet and The Commonwealth Dance Collective, and also spent several years performing as a soloist with a local stringband. My current performance configuration is Matter & Ghost - a collaboration with Michigan’s official state troubadour, Neil Woodward. I am the dance instructor and choreographer for two high school fiddle groups in Washtenaw County, and run ongoing adult clogging classes. Private lessons and special teaching/performance situations are always considered. It took me many years and many miles traveled to find qualified instructors to teach me the art of traditional stepdancing, and am thus extremely dedicated to passing on the material I’ve had the pleasure of learning to any interested folks.

Lisa Hinz-Johnson
Chelsea Area

Director of Music & Co-founder, Chelsea Center for the Arts; Voice Instructor

Sharon Kegerreis
Chelsea Area

Michigan wine and food enthusiast Sharon Kegerreis has been called many things… Venus of the Vine. Wine chick. Wine goddess. Michigan ambassador. She answers to them all. Sharon has co-authored two books on Michigan wine. Her first book, From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries, is a 2008 Michigan Notable Book. Her just-released second book is The History of Michigan Wines, the first book to document the 150-year history of winemaking in Michigan along the Great Lakes. Sharon is working on her third Michigan book, while devoting her days to consuming delicious Michigan agriculture and blogging for Yellow Door, a local food initiative in Chelsea. Sharon thoroughly enjoys presenting to groups interested in Michigan wine country, in conjunction with book signings and sales.

Joan Kelley
Chelsea Area

Black and white social commentary photography. Photography of art work for submissions and promotion. Composites and straight photography

Debra Kennedy
Chelsea Area

Jackie Ludtke
Chelsea Area

I am a self-taught artist from Chelsea. I love to paint abstract portraits! I use acrylic paints, and I paint on everything from canvas, ceramic tiles, handbags and shoes! I also paint with my computer and have these designs printed on handbags, t-shirts, card cases and more! I hope you love my work as much as I love creating it!

Michelle Lumia
Chelsea Area

Michelle Massey Barnes
Chelsea Area

Michelle Massey Barnes Photography offers contemporary and artistic custom work that captures authentic expression and natural beauty. Michelle's use of natural lighting will produce stunning results that you will love for a lifetime. Each image is then processed and enhanced by hand to bring out the very best. Michelle Massey Barnes Photography offers a full line of boutique products include unique offerings that any art lover will adore. All photographs are printed on archival grade papers including speciality papers and high end custom canvases. Featuring newborns, children, high school seniors and families. Professional head shots are also available.

Gwyn McKay
Chelsea Area

Chelsea area artist, wife, and mother of three.

Dayle Micoff
Chelsea Area

Alex Mote
Chelsea Area

I am a Drum and Bass Dancer. I aspire to inspire others to Dance no matter what their style.

Natalie Nirdlinger
Chelsea Area

Both the preservation and the degradation of memory are present in my work. Memories are always in a state of metamorphosis. By using materials that are impermanent, I have created work that is also in flux. Each time a viewer engages with the art, a new interpretation results, and a different memory comes to mind. There is a tension between the solid portions of memory and the fading, dissolving portions, created by combining permanent materials with delicate, impermanent parts. Wax preserves a delicate structure, but heat destroys it. Enamel lends strength to thin, pierced silver, but shatters if dropped. This tension between stability and impermanence is important to express how I conceive of memories: they are something that we need in order to understand ourselves, but we also sometimes need to destroy or alter a memory in order to protect ourselves. Nothing can change an event from having occurred, but the construction of memories surrounding an event can be altered, destroyed, improved on, and corrected to suit the needs of the individual at any given time. Although we cannot change our past, we can change the way we understand it.

Nicole Pangas
Chelsea Area

Studio artist. My work explores abstract image making through a variety of processes and materials involving painting, printmaking, sculpture and clay.

Roy Schmidt
Chelsea Area

Run, Drum, Write. Photograph, Mountaineer.

John Schwarz
Chelsea Area

Mixed media, found object assemblage

Dave SmilingSun
Chelsea Area

Trevor Stone
Chelsea Area

I use art as a philosophical learning tool, to practice inventive thinking, to entertain others and myself, to bring communities together, and as a means of social outreach.

Marlies Wandres
Chelsea Area

I am a mosaic artist I started making mosaics about 10 years ago in the Caribbean where I decorated my house with mosaics. Soon I was making mosaic tables wall murals etc. for local hotels and guesthouses . Back in Michigan I started Artistica gallery in Dexter with some ladies and soon was asked if I would teach mosaics. The rest is history... I recently moved my studio into the Dexter Arts Center that just opened a few month ago in Dexter. I am very motivated by nature and I usually integrate items I found into my Mosaics.

margo west
Chelsea Area

i make dishes....i make dish-washing fun!

Elizabeth Wilson
Chelsea Area

Our mission is to provide opportunities to explore artistic expression in a warm and inviting environment for those interested in enhancing artistic expression or developing a greater appreciation of art. Our classes focus on sculpture and drawing. We also offer opportunities to share studio space with other dynamic artists to work or teach.