Ivan Segura is a poet and multidisciplinary artist. Fiercely committed to social and economic justice, his art is infused with extensive experiences in community activism, arts advocacy, and grassroots leadership development for Latinos in South Carolina.

Lucy Kienitz Spence is a contemporary painter from Payson, Arizona. Her work explores perception, memory, and the landscape through layered mark-making and experimental surfaces. She incorporates oil, acrylic, and watercolors suggesting the effects of light and atmosphere.

Megan Tapley (She/They) is an emerging artist working in Columbia, SC. Tapley attended Clemson University and received her BFA with a concentration in ceramics (2024). Her work encompasses pattern, texture, and symbolism that relate to her identity.

Keith Tolen is an American illustrator, painter, and veteran educator based in Columbia, South Carolina. A lifelong resident of the state, he is widely recognized for his community-driven approach to art and his distinctive "dot technique"

Local to the Columbia area, I'm a visual artist and a member of Gemini Arts. My work explores the relationship between form and absence through the disciplined use of negative space. Using acrylic on canvas, I focus on portraits of musicians.

Barry J. White is a St. Matthews, SC native who explores the beauty, strength, and vulnerability of Black men through his acrylic paintings, which have been exhibited at Roc Bottom Studios, Gemini Arts, and Drummond Studio Gallery.

Lindsay Wiggins is a multimedia artist and photographer whose practice focuses on watercolor and fine art oil painting. She was born and raised in Montgomery, Alabama, and currently resides in Columbia, South Carolina. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art from Columbia College in 2011.

Nolan Wright is a largely self taught fiber artist, born in Tucson, Arizona, who uses basketry techniques to make sculptural forms. He currently lives in South Carolina, but grew up in the desert southwest and was deeply impacted by the rugged landscapes there, and by his family’s collection of traditional and contemporary crafts, including the work of indigenous  artisans from many parts of the world.

Born in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, to a South Carolina father and a Puerto Rican mother.

Ellen Naomi Zisholtz is the President/CEO of Center for Creative Partnerships.  For ten years, she served as the Director of the I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium at South Carolina State University, where she was Assistant Professor, teaching Museum Studies in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts.  

Susan Lenz is a fiber and mixed-media artist renowned for her ability to transform found objects into meticulously composed works of art. From a distance, her pieces captivate with striking cohesion and visual balance