Urban Fresh Arts
Maya Simmons Lifelong experience in the visual arts. Born as an artist and attended Auburn High School, C.A.P A. Program and following The School of Art Institute Chicago at the Chicago Arts Museum and Rockford College. Although Maya is accredited to instruct Visual Arts, kindergarten through 12th grades. Maya has taught K-12 grades within the […]
Rudy Galindo
Enjoy doing culinary arts.
Pieces Gallery
Multi-faceted environment for creators to expand their creativity and share it with the community through various channels of resources.
Woody Olsen
My paintings are fresh, experimental, abstract expressionist, mixed media, primarily bright neon colors, overlapping, floating colorations, informally balanced shapes, sizes with a positive center of interest. My paintings change in the shifting light by using iridescent enamel and metallic paint to create depth and highlights. My work has been critiqued with references to Jackson Pollock.
Peter Mera
Paula Marsh
I am a visual artist and a writer. Last April, I wrote and illustrated a Children’s book, Echo the Sparrow. I have been an artist for 40 years, my first experience in art was drawing classes at RVC, and after several years using only graphic pencils, which I believe were the building blocks, I later […]
Brando Bottensek
My name is Brandon Bottensek, but you can call me Brando. I’m a multi-media painter focusing on folk art and impressionism with some pop art influence. My process emphasizes texture and layers of transparent washes of pigment. I often find myself drawn to creating abstract compositions built on layer after layer of washes, blocks of […]
Kat Heitzman
Kat is a self-taught artist inspired by fantasy, nature, and her inner spirituality. She is passionate about teaching others and bringing people together with her painting events. In addition, not only is she an avid painter, but she is also skilled in pyrography, drawing, sewing, quilting, and mixed media arts.
Emily Grobe
Professionally, I have 10 years of experience in graphic design, 6 of which as an in-house designer and 2 in an agency setting. I obtained a BFA in Visual Communications, a minor in Marketing, and a certificate in Social Entrepreneurship from Northern Illinois University. I have experience in for-profit and non-profit settings and currently work […]
Nicholas Kruzel
I am an impressionistic figurative oil painter. I paint from life including still life and outside plein air work. I make all my oil paint and watercolor paint that I sell. All my work is done alla prima with a high focus on expressive color use. I stream all my painting sessions on YouTube and […]
Celeste Rub
Printmaking: linoleum block printing on multimedia; Collage: mixing all types of media into one cohesive piece; Cosplay: recreating high-skill looks from video games, movies, and TV shows; Jewelry making: creating wearable art from shrinky dinks, wire, beads, and charms; Button making: both digital and physical drawn artwork made into wearable buttons; Drawing: charcoal, graphite, colored […]
317 Art Collaborative
We have an onsite gift shop called Weirdo Art Collectibles , which features artist designed and made, small batch, prints, art toys, sculptures, books, apparel, jewelry and plushies. Our inventory is a haven for collectors and fans of fringe, low brow and pop surreal art. Our inventory cannot be found anywhere else in town!
Ana Ramirez Castaneda
Robert Coleman
Woodcarver pyrography painting I have done almost any art, magician, and balloon artist, for over 40 years.
Valentina Fedoseeva
Painting: acrylic paints Mixed media: acrylic paints, oils, modeling paste, gold leaf, silver leaf Drawing: soft pastels, inkI specialize in vibrant floral paintings using acrylics, nature-inspired mixed media pieces incorporating acrylics, oils, modeling paste, gold and silver leaf, and delicate drawings with soft pastels and ink. My work celebrates nature with themes like botanical, mushroom, […]
Laura Gomel
Painter, working in acrylic, watercolor ink, and alcohol ink. Drawings in graphite, colored pencil, ink and pastel.I I am known for my portraits and my use of color. I am inspired by cultures, both popular and ancient. I am most drawn to creating art that sparks conversation. My influences are pop surrealism, Francis Bacon and […]
Maya Simmons
Expertise in portrait painting, most media’s of painting, mixed media, drawing, and face painting. School of Art Institute, SAIC Chicago Fine Arts Scholarship, Winner of “Student of the Arts Award” by Rockford Area Arts Council, the artwork featured in Seventeen Magazine and Rockford Register Star.
David Van Delinder
Ethan Alan Designs
We love giving back to the community and look forward to hosting and sponsoring community events to bring locals together to inspire creativity.
Christina Tobler
I can make anything from quilts to awesome Halloween costumes I prefer acrylic paint but I will use any media but oils I love to crochet anything. From little cuties to clothing
Sinclaire Casarotto
Painting: watercolor, acrylic, oil Printmaking: relief & screenprint
Brian Hierstein
Alize Carpenter
Obviously Art Specialize in acrylic painting, as well as digital works including but not limited to, logos, murals, pet portraits, live painting, and commissions
Eamonn James Talkinton
My main area of expression revolves around painting emotive, so called, post-expressionist and abstract paintings. Though I do feel the term, “abstract,” it’s a bit reductive. I enjoy creating installations and interactive exhibits that provide the viewer or participant with a sense of catharsis or an urge to question the status quo. I, too, create […]
Kate May Fitch
Kate Fitch I have worked in a variety of mediums from bronze statues in Illinois, murals in Iowa, painted banners in Kansas, and various other works in Nebraska and Wisconsin. I have a realistic to impressionist style, often with acrylic paints on canvas, not hiding the brush strokes or build-up of color. This leaves the […]
Angeles Meyers
Im not an expert. I feel like a haven’t quite figured out myexpertise, but dabble in many skills instead of mastering one. However, I love making abstract paintings and sneaking eyes into them. that you can then flip and get a different feeling or mood while using bright colors . I create/build live plant terrariums
Lynne Koenigsberger Townsend
Graphic design was my vocation for more than 40 years. In retirement, watercolor is my avocation.
Robert Coleman
Molly Carter
Nancie King Mertz
ArtDeTriumph Painting in oil & pastel, painting instruction, custom framing
L. Sue Wild
College Degree and work experience in Graphic Design. I enjoy painting and the arts.
Cindy Bear
Watercolors by Cindy Watercolor artist with a focus on nature art.
Tom Holoubek
Sandy Reavis
Let It Pour I’m a self-taught fluid artist, using various methods of paint pouring on common & not so common objects. Such as vases, coasters, rocks, vinyl records, to name a few. I’m an active member in the Rockford Art Guild, as of February of 2023.As of this year, I have displayed my work at […]
John Naretta
Tempest Bianca Jones
Art by Tempest I have participated in a variety of events in the community by coordinating, vending/showing artwork, and live painting. Some examples include spring/fall Art Scene, Love your Mental, and multiple events in collaboration with RKFD/CO. I love art in all forms- visual, music, dance, poetry and beyond. I create paintings, epoxy resin creations […]
Rose Salinas
I am a Neo-Expressionist painter. I have a Masters Degree in Education and License to teach K-12th grade art both in WI and IL. The arts are my passion. This season of my life ; I have been focusing on painting and it has become like new lyrics of my life. In the Past music […]
Samantha Schroeder
Visual artist: specializes in acrylic canvas paintings, animated characters, portraits, and still life drawings.Photographer: concentration on family or individual photographsPoet: vocalizes viewpoints on mental health and self awareness in poetryTheatre: as a member of the thespian society I have stage managed many plays and musicals for the Byron Civic Theatre.
360 Grace Woodworks
Aaron Carlin is a woodworker who loves to be involved in woodworking projects big and small, such as large live edge dining room tables, outdoor furniture such as Adirondack chairs and smaller, more personal art. He also love exploring laser engraving and laser cutting to make fascinating new art.
Olivia Gaumond
I am a mixed media artist concentrating in colorful acrylic painting on collage depicting pets, wildlife and mythical creatures. I am also a PADI certified professional mermaid, I love sharing my passion by bringing people all ages magic and whimsy. Besides aquatic performance, I read oracle shells, sing songs and play mergames. I specialize in […]
Annie Hose-Ryan
While my Master’s degree is in Politics and Government, I have meticulously educated myself on how to best advocate for marginalized voices, and that includes using what I’ve currently got: my story. That and I can SING. Podcast forthcoming, as well as my first book.
Hannah Sleger
Drawing: graphite, colored pencil, pastels, charcoal, and chalk concentrating in portraiture and surrealism but has covered many subjects; Painting/Scenic Painting: Acrylic, water color, and water based Scenic paint from small scale to large scale (wall murals, Theatrical backdrops), tackling a wide range of subjects and paint treatments; Theatre: performer, director, work in properties and costuming, […]
DeeAnna Villarreal
Bespoke based painting/design/sculpture for every individual home/space/environment DeVL Designs
Arin Whitmore
My areas of expertise include drawing in minute detail, scientific illustration, dreamscapes, intaglio and woodblock printing, as well as photography.Drawing is a never ending process of capturing the magic of life. I’ll always be interested in the process of translating thoughts into lines, documenting my life through time and space.
Jean Apgar
I work primarily in watercolor with an emphasis in realistic representation of the natural world, florals, old farms and barns and animals. I also do sculptural beadwork and hand painted silk.
Paul Pinzarrone
Digital photography, variety of visual 2D software, airbrush. High resolution images printed on metallic paper & bonded to the back side of clear plex [2023]. Models posed to be photographed high resolution, then manipulated and layered with fractal patterns for a ‘wrapped’ appearance. Imagery touches on Italian Renaissance painters, Greek mythology and science fiction. Sub […]
Drew Eurek
Oil painting on canvas and charcoal drawing Canvas stretching and repair
Therese Rowinski
I am a painter, using acrylics, watercolor, alcohol inks, and oil paint. I do murals and have done a large variety of pet portraits.
Anna Gosci
I just go where the art tells me to go, I don’t know if I have much control in that. Right now it’s taking me to a medieval style with traditional primary colors. Lots of animal and human figures morphed into one. I have an ongoing series of god-viewed houses, which look like blueprints of […]
Nicole Landreth
Nicole has worked in multiple visual mediums and performance art since her youth. She has a passion for the role of arts in community and in education. Visually, Nicole’s work is playful, colorful, and meditative. Her passion lives in the process of creative making, especially collaboratively. Woodburning and macrame are my primary mediums
Carmen Turner
Ryan Stukone Lape
Olivia Stieg
I took AP Art in highschool. I was always interested in art and wanted to pursue it as a career. I experimented with a wide variety of mediums including oil and soft pastels, acrylic painting, charcoal, conte, and graphite as my traditional media. I went to school for graphic design and received my degree in […]
Lissette Tellado
My areas of expertise is in traditional drawing although I do dabble in graphic design and photography. Mediums I’ve worked with have been acrylic paint, charcoal, dry pastel, clay, water color, gauche, color pencil, and more. When it comes to my art I enjoy taking a more realistic approach, however throughout the past few years […]
Zack Shereck
Tattooing since 2011
Liz Wolf
BFA PainingMFA Book & Paper ArtsLetterpress greeting card company Wolf & Wren Wolf & Wren Press
Arlene Coffeen
Mixed-media in both two and three dimensions is the emphasis of my work. Wood, vines, found objects, collage and acrylic on canvas are the mediums I utilize. My response to nature and to my heavenly Father is what spurs me to create. I believe that one of the functions of art is to allow man […]
Peter Gulatto
@petemangu
Wesley Perkins
I am a young artist from the Rockford area and have been inspired by the work of local artists my whole life! I am good at public speaking and love to volunteer
Abigail Pixler
Abigail Pixler is an artist from Loves Park who is addicted to all things beauty and art. She has a BFA in Graphic Design, but discovered a love for painting several years after graduating. While she specializes in portrait work, she is continuously challenging herself to attempt new subject matter and mediums. Abigail is also […]
Chris Geebus Artwork
Comic book publishing: from start to finish including writing, drawing, printing, and distribution; Drawing: graphite, pen and ink, marker; Illustration: character creation, cartooning, colorist, novel art, cover art; Painting: realism, airbrush, acrylic, spray paint; Sculpture: paper mache, stage props, puppet crafting; Graphic Design: digital art, procreate, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator
Kayo Martinez
Graphic designer, painter and muralist for 13+ years. Started learning to 3d sculpt for past year creating designer toys and props.Majority of artwork I do are logo designs and graphic illustrations. I’ve screen printed as well creating shirt designs and prints.
Kate Mayo
Kate Mayo, a disabled and neurodivergent artist from the south, began drawing and painting at a young age. Her passion shifted to performance art for a couple of decades, earning a BA in Theatre and working as a professional actor and comedian. Illness and disability led her to stop performing and refocus on the visual […]
Alexis Wagner
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Lukas Garst
I am a graphic designer who has made the Mother’s Day Flyer for the charity organization called “A Mother’s Love”. I mix music, by looping and sampling different songs and editing them together in such a way to make a remix/mashup or something new entirely. I am in an Art Class at the Arc of […]
James Sexton
I’ve worked for MTV Animation, Natural History Museums, and Nice Restaurants. I enjoy sketching, photography, and cartoons. And Cooking.
Sya Ryn
Artist that works with abstract, cartoon, realism, and surrealism
Rebecca Beneditz
Cut Flowers & Flower Arranging, Dried and Pressed Flowers, Crepe Paper Flowers Painting: Watercolor concentrated on nature and flowers, often combining watercolor and penCollage: Handmade paper combined with pressed flowers and text from vintage books; watercolor collagesFlowers: Flower arranging with flowers from my garden; dried flower arrangements combined with crepe paper flowers I do a […]
Sarah Hallberg
I have been an artist since I was little, from school to garage art camps to now. I believe I have experienced lots of different media. My early art classes were epic, we made paper, made our own Batik kits, clay, water color, and lots more. Just started painting again it feels good, I hope […]
Anthony Lewellen
ANTHONY LEWELLEN is a Chicago based multidisciplinary art maker. In his formative years he was an innovative figure within Chicago’s graffiti culture and is still active to this day. Early on he made a name for himself in the Midwest and beyond hallmarked by street work that featured a simple bold palette and emotionally complex […]
China Cat 663
Chinacat is an artist who works predominantly with linoleum blocks, acrylics, color pencils and watercolors. She studied Illustration for two years at the Fashion Institution of Technology in NYC and later moved to Rockford, Illinois. In 2010, Chinacat attended Rockford University and discovered her passions for printmaking. Her works showcase a combination of “Cute” characters […]
Aida Rosemore
I have a BS in Chemistry and laboratory experience in the formulation of water based paints. I am a trans lesbian artist who focuses on the structure of animals (non-human and otherwise) and plants. I love to do large scale works as well as anatomical studies and I have started to enjoy live painting outside […]
