Kristin Moser
Ann Arbor Area

Martha Travers
Manchester Area

My path is to assist individuals in accessing their creativity and life-vision. To do this, I teach contemplative practice (sitting meditation, tai chi, working with color, etc) and nature-based contemplative practice. I teach a 'Writer and Contemplative Practice' retreat at the GilChrist retreat center as well as a nature & mysticism retreat. I also teach these retreats in Northern Michigan in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Park. Open to all who want to quest for deep vision with the assistance of the natural world. My work pertains to all the arts.

UMHS Gifts of Art
Ann Arbor Area

Visual Arts Coordinator for an Arts-in-Healthcare program at the University of Michigan Health System

Jim Leija
Ann Arbor Area

Jim Leija has been the Public Relations Manager for UMS since 2008. In this capacity, Jim manages the more traditional aspects of public and media relations, as well as coordinating UMS’s social media strategies and online community engagement (including overseeing UMS’s presence on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Flickr, managing UMS’s Google AdWords account, and producing original audio, video, and blog content). Over the past year, he has served as the project manager for the UMS Lobby Project (www.umsLOBBY.org), created through an "Innovation Lab" grant awarded by EmcArts with support from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. As a part-time consultant with NEW (Nonprofit Enterprise at Work), Jim interfaces with a diverse array of clients in Metro Detroit’s nonprofit sector. He holds three degrees from the University of Michigan: a Master of Fine Arts in Art & Design, a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre, and a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology. He lives in Ann Arbor with his husband and their two rescue dogs, Maisie and Olive.

Cathrin Ring
Ann Arbor Area

Paul M. Hickman
Ann Arbor Area

A multi-disciplinarily art & design studio creating objects + environments through the decorative arts – green design, personalized custom furniture/cabinetry, home furnishings, decorative finishes, materials and color consulting, interior and graphic design, and fine art prints and sculpture. Reclaim a piece of Michigan’s environmental legacy created by the Emerald Ash Borer with fine picture frames and furniture by Urban Ashes. Designer, Paul M. Hickman’s new line of frames and furniture, Urban Ashes, is hand-crafted with transitional/disabled labor in Michigan from Michigan urban wood, salvaged from local Ash and other trees. These are trees that grew on our streets, in our yards, in our parks and in other urban areas. The entire Urban Ashes collection is hand-finished with petroleum-free finishes often highlighting the unique character of the Ash and other urban woods used in these frames.