-----Artists (Alpha Order)-----
Emily Berger is a woodcarver and yoga teacher living and working in Charlotte, NC. She has displayed
pieces for Gallery Twenty-Two, Culture Initiative, and the Cleveland County Arts Council. She regularly
takes commissions and if she isn’t working you’ll likely find her enjoying the outdoors or participating
in local advocacy events for Women’s Rights, Support of Indigenous People, and Environmental/Wildlife Protection. You can follow her work on Instagram: @roguewoodwork.
Holly Brock is the owner of Hollys’ Flowers in beautiful, historic, Uptown Shelby. She had the good
fortune growing up to be surrounded by flower growers. Little did she know that this love would
become her career! Holly had no formal training but surrounded herself with people that fed her their
knowledge and luckily her underlying ability for design grew and grew! Pun intended!
Several Members of Buffalo Creek Gallery worked together on this artistic canvas in the form of a jacket
entitled “Growing Together”. This jacket shows medium in pen, ink, water colors, clay and sharpies to
represent the fun and joy artists can have when the work together. Though most of the drawings are
black and white, colors bloom randomly throughout the piece. Buffalo Creek Gallery has celebrated
their 10th year as a co-op gallery bringing art and color to Uptown Shelby. The contributing artists are
Pat Edwards, Mort Couch, Susan Jones and Tricia Woodland.
Beth Coiner’s jewelry represents an intimate statement of adornment, marking the wearer’s passage in
life, much like a tattoo. Being raised in a small town on the coast of eastern North Carolina, and living
in New York City for twelve years as a performance artist and designer, she developed a work aesthetic
that is an example in contrasts. As a jeweler, her work draws from natural and architectural landscapes, creating textural designs that reflect both urban and rural tiny vistas. Whether the object is an
original piece of work, or an heirloom that has been repurposed into a new design, the end result is a
tiny sculpture, full of symbolism and sentiment.
Leah Day is an online quilting teacher and host of the podcast Hello My Quilting Friends. When she’s
not making quilts, Leah enjoys knitting, crochet, sewing costumes, and building massive masks. You
can learn more about Leah at her website LeahDay.com.
Lynne Fiorenza has a fine arts degree and has worked as an art teacher, portrait artist and with her
husband as a professional photographer. When she discovered peyote beading, a technique used since
ancient times, she realized that it was her most fulfilling and meditative artistic expression. Mark has
been involved with different styles of art for 30 plus years working with glass blowers, jewelers, potters
etc. A few years ago he was introduced to PMC (Precious Metal Clay) and they started collaborating
with Lynne doing the inspirational metal center pieces for the bead work and the silver and copper
buttons used on the bracelets for closures. We love creating together and hope that you enjoy the
one-of-a-kind results.
Betsy Fonvielle became a weaver in 2005 after taking a weaving class from Susan Doggett at the
Cleveland County Arts Council. She and Susan founded the Carolina Handweavers’ Guild, which is
currently inactive. Betsy weaves for family and friends. She has exhibited handwovens and
demonstrated weaving. This is her first participation in an art show.
Gabriel Foust was born the son of a tinkerer he’s had no choice but to be one and has been building
outlandish things since a young age. From a forge in the driveway to a tank he’s built several oddball
contraptions in his 18 years.
Jonathan Foust is an artist and writer from Indiana who moved to NC in 2008. He holds a BA in
theatre and a master’s degree in teaching. He loves the element of creation involved in the theatre.
Taking an idea that only exists inside one’s head and bringing it to life is the essence of creation.
Vickie Jo Franks has been classified in the folk art genre and creates compositions with everyday object
and messages both realistically and with mystical imagination. Reused, repurposed and purchased
materials are connected to create compositions.
Diane Gardner is a British designer now based in Asheville, specializing in dance, performance, and
fitness wear. Her practical and elegant garments move beautifully with the body. She believes in the
revival of local economies and slow design. Find her at AccentuatesClothing.com
Carol Gress has a Masters Degree in Nursing but is an artist at heart who has mastered many
mediums. Her original medium was fiber art which she studied at Radford College before becoming a
nurse. She has since learned pottery and stained glass and has always been able to draw whatever came
to mind. She enjoys using found objects like computer parts in her creations. She lives and creates her
art in Shelby, NC.
Jensyn Gunnon is a local fashion designer who began the line J. Reice in 2017, after having the
opportunity to walk the runway at Gotham Hall during New York Fashion Week. Using multiple
mediums J. Reice is a line for everyone from pre-teen to adult.
Paula Bowers Hotvedt recently moved from her home west of Nashville, TN to the Asheville area of NC.
She was seeking a stronger and more vibrant community of fiber artists- and she has certainly found
it! Paula began exhibiting seriously in 2000 and has steadily gained regional and national recognition for her art. In 2009 she received an Individual Artist Fellowship in Craft from the Tennessee Arts
Commission. One of her most cherished honors was being invited to become a member of the Southern
Highland Craft Guild in Asheville, NC. Paula was accepted into the Piedmont Craftsmen’s Guild in
2014. Prior to her move to North Carolina, Paula served on the Board of Directors of TN Craft.
Donna Hollinshead lives in Weaverville, North Carolina and appreciates the simple joys of life. Spirit is
her source of inspiration. She paints from her abundance of LOVE and appreciation of creativity and
color. Her mission is to inspire people to love and laugh as much as they breathe.
www.IAMLivingLovingLaughing.com
Laurie Horsley is a pediatric nurse practitioner who loves art, music, and theater. She is married with
three artistic children. She and husband Rich have been prop makers for The Academy of Performing
Arts for many years, and Laurie has designed and painted signs for Peace Avenue in Downtown Shelby.
She recently painted one of the Don Gibson LP’s installed around the court square as well.
Indie “Danielle” Jones is a lover of all things handmade. As a graduate of the Savannah College of Art
& Design, Danielle is a photographer and graphic designer by trade but she finds much of her happiness in making art by hand. Specializing in handcrafted clay beads and jewelry, Danielle dabbles in
a range of crafts and has always had a love for fashion and design. She combines this admiration of
fashion with her design background to make one-of-a-kind jewelry pieces and wearables for a range of
aesthetics.
Jason Lineberger is a teacher, writer, musician, and technologist. He designed his entries using online
design tools Thingiverse and Tinkercad and fabricated the items on a Printerbot Simple Metal 3D
printer that he built from parts.
Christine Lukowitsch’s, medium is color. A Registered Nurse by day, she fell in love with fabric
dyeing because it marries art and science to create beauty. If there’s a limit to what can be done with
Procion MX dyes, she’s yet to find it, but the process so far has been an adventure! 2 theme dresses
created from salvaged textiles and hardware.
Beth Mayo, owner and primary instructor of Academy of Performing Arts brings a long resume of experience, talent and enthusiasm to her classes. She performed in Cats for 2 years where she met her husband
John Mayo. She has done several Broadway national and international tours, as well as performing at Radio
City Music Hall and the White House. For 5 years she performed at Universal Studios and worked as a choreographer and actor in TV shows. Beth has 3 children and feels that her experience as a mother has helped
her more than anything to be a creative and motivating teacher.
Jennifer Murphy & Paul Hersey of Organic Armor sculpts wearable art from the unusual
combination of liquid rubber, fiber and acrylic. They creates custom costumes for creative people around
the world, Inspired by ancient cultures and futuristic visions. This husband and wife team now offer online
and in studio classes. Find them in Asheville, NC or at OrganicArmor.com
Coco Nuco is a visual artist with a focus in botanical dyes and harmless fashion. She creates one of a kind
textile by extracting pigments from wild flowers, healing herbs, and food waste. Most creations are wildly
crafted in small batches and naturally dyed by hand with locally foraged plant matter. Experimentation is
the heart of these creations. This daily practice interrupts routine and embraces irregularity.
Beth Oczkowski has been interested in and dabbled in art most of her life although she has had no formal
education in the field. She was first introduced to quilling in 1986, at a craft class at a local nature center
where she fell in love with the art and has been doing it ever since. Most of the techniques she uses have
been self-taught through trial and error. Beth is a member of the North American Quilling Guild and has
been fortunate to attend the last couple of annual conferences of the Guild where she has had the opportunity to meet and share with other quillers. Selling at many local craft venues over the years, it has only been
recently that she started quilling full time and exhibiting professionally.
Rodger Perry is a digital/ hand drawn multimedia artist currently living in Shelby. Rodger grew up in
Herndon, VA and graduated in 2006 from Virginia Commonwealth Univ. School of the Arts with a BFA in
Kinetic Imagery (art direction for video, audio, animation & multimedia design). Rodger has illustrated two
children’s books and has created a variety of freelance graphics and illustrations for small business’ and
non-profits across VA & NC. Outside of the visual arts Rodger is also a musician whom taught himself how
to play the piano and Native American style wood flutes.
Maribell Sarate is a professional makeup artist and award winning fine art body painter. She placed 1st in
the audience Choice at the Living Art America International Championships 2016 and took 4th place in
front of international judges. Originally from Colombia South America, Maribell has a strong background
in canvas and sculpture as well, in the past 8 years she has trained with contestants from the tv shows “skin
wars” and “face off ”. She will be traveling to Austria in summer 2017 to represent USA with a team of artists
where they will compete at the World Body Painting Championships.
Ansley Melton is a self-taught tie-dye artist living in Shelby. She has tie dyed all of her life but got serious
with it a couple years ago. She uses Procion dyes on cotton and rayon clothing and tapestries. She also
crochets and incorporates both in some things. She is married with 2 step sons and lives in Lattimore where
she has her tie dye studio.
Jen Swearington grew up in rural Indiana and knew by age twelve she’d become an artist. She earned a BFA
from Pratt Institute in 1997, an MFA from the Savannah College of Art and Design in 2000, and served a
one-year artist residency at Arrowmont School of Crafts. Early in her career, she focused on creating fine
art: mixed media paintings, art quilts, and small works on playing cards. Soon, however, she found she
could make a living by focusing on wearable art, and in 2003 in Asheville, North Carolina, Jennythreads
Studio was founded.
Sally Staton Taylor is originally from Charlotte and is married to Brock Taylor for 25 plus years. Sally and
Brock have three Children 24,22,17 years old. Sally has always had an interest in all forms of art, enjoys
crafts and the smell of a hot glue gun.
-----2017 Township Three Art Club Artists (Alpha Order)----Ten your old Shelby born artist Jasmine Anthony discovered her love of art at Township Number Three
studying under Natalie Clark. Her artwork currently focused on a dress with many used things, she loves
what she does.
Jada Callahan is an eleven year old artist who loves to make art because it is fun.
Avrin Anthony is eleven years old. He started making art when he was eight years old.
Madison Emery is a nine-year-old girl. She was born in Shelby North Caroline. She discovered her love for
art when she first drew a picture. She works mostly is pencil drawings.
Nine-year-old Alexis Martin loves art. She discovered art when she was four years old, when she drew on
grandma’s fridge. Her art is crazy, really fun, mostly Goth stuff.
Fifth grade artist Kytiunia Petty has an enthusiastic approach to her art work. She throws herself into every
piece that she makes with outstanding result. She has mostly worked on two dimensional drawings and
paintings but has recently branched out into fashion design.
Maggie Pruitt is a ten-year-old Shelby born artist. She discovered her love for art the age of five. Her artwork
is mostly focused on drawing at this time. She hopes to become a magnificent artist one day.
Jeremiah Richards is a 5th grade artist that attends township three elementary school. He has been in art
club for two years and enjoys working on his various projects, usually focusing on drawing.
Emmalee Schorr is a 10-year-old Charlotte born artist. Emma knew she liked art when her mother first
showed her some artwork at an early age. Emma has made realistic and non-objective art.