Our Artists

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Katya Reinhard is a ceramic artist based out of Indianapolis, Indiana. They have been working in clay since early childhood and graduated with a Bachelors in Fine Arts with a focus in ceramics from Herron School of Art and Design in 2021. Their work serves as a way to brighten any day in the most mundane of places, your kitchen cabinet. The use of different textures and surface treatments keeps the user stimulated at all turns and encourages fidgeting! They take inspiration from their day to day experiences as a queer and neurodivergent artist through self adornment and a deep interest in creepy crawly creatures imagined and real.

I'm Lauren and I like to make things. I love bright colors and busy patterns. I'm a creative by compulsion and not classically trained in any manner (except violin, but that's long since gone).

Sometimes I wish I would have went to art/design school.. followed that little 6 year old's daydream of being an artist. Even at that age, I was entirely too pragmatic and knew my work "wasn't good enough to be art" and I think that mindset held me back. I didn't realize that creativity is a muscle. You can exercise it, it morphs and changes with you the more you engage with it. Through learning, through doing, by observing, by trying; you are actively building your skills.

Even though I did not pursue art or design; in my adulthood, I found my way to it. Through making, decorating, finding community online, just trying and being exploratory....I started creating solely to make myself happy, and that is when I really started to see things just pouring out of me.

Creativity and art quite literally helped me find myself after a difficult period. I'm proud of what I was able to overcome, of the work I created, and that I now will allow myself to identify as an artist.

Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ball State. Learned woodworking from my grandfather and father. Love to work with wood that is native to Indiana. We do Arts and craft shows throughout the year and enjoy meeting people. I enjoy the challenge that each individual piece of wood offers and deciding what to create with them. I also like to use resin in some of my work to add a unique look and feel to those pieces. Also like to use engraving with chisels and wood burning tools to add a artistic element to the wood.

Guided Hand Studio is the creator shop of Irene Mudd, an artist and illustrator from Louisville, KY. Mudd creates richly layered illustration work using mixed media techniques that combine painting, cut paper and textiles. Guided Hand Studio offers products ranging from paper goods like art prints, stickers and cards, to hand-sewn decor such as wall banners, pillows and bell talismans.

Centered around themes of folklore, astrology, and witchcraft, Guided Hand Studio’s aesthetic can be described as “Venusian”, paying homage to the planet of beauty, sensuality, and the divine feminine.

I've always had a great love for the outdoors and nature, so when I started The Mindful Dahlia, I wanted to find ways to exercise my creativity without negatively impacting the environment. From plantable cards made with native wildflower seeds to drying flowers and infusing oils, I'm able to do what I love while benefiting the consumer and staying grounded in the nature around me. Rooted in care, crafted with love.

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Hello, I’m so glad you are here!

My love of jewelry began at a young age, perusing the seemingly mythical contents of my mother’s jewelry box, filled with gratitude when bestowed a pair of earrings from her youth or a simple gold chain that needed warm skin to cling to for a bit.

I’ve been making jewelry out of found items, and most assuredly anything from mother nature, since I can remember: Fimo, grapevines, riverbed clay, discarded items from my dad’s workshop, flower stems, beading kits, hay from my uncle’s barn, repurposed vintage pieces, and so on. And then came learning the basics of professional jewelry making while working at a gallery during college. The need to create has always run deep!

My inspiration comes from around the world and my style is ever evolving. Years ago when I first began traveling, I collected a pair of earrings from each new place I visited; an ode to the excitement, culture and flavor of the time. Stepping off of US soil for a new adventure slowly turned from Intrigue to pastime and then to a lifestyle, and not only did my assortment of earrings grow with each new destination, but also my collection of ideas, appreciation and dreams to create.”

Dedicated to making daily use functional handmade ceramics & art pieces.

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Gary R. Morrison is a southern Indiana landscape photographer. I started my journey as a landscape photographer 20 years ago when I purchased my first digital camera some 50 years after purchasing my first film camera. Soon after purchasing the camera, I became friends with a noted landscape photographer, Ben Greenberg, who continuous to help me grow my passion today.

A great day is traveling backroads, gravel roads, and dirt roads photographing the beauty I find in nature. I seldom photograph people or manmade artifacts. Rather, my search is for the undisturbed beauty in nature that is abundant in our state to share with others and to help preserve our natural heritage. I also enjoy meeting folks along the road who will often share a story or a hidden location known only to the locals.

Southern Indiana provides a challenge for the landscape photographer. Indiana has few sweeping vistas and no snow covered mountains like the west, so a photographer must adapt to different styles. Often, I work to compose and photograph scenes that lack a vista and show a different kind of beauty through the discerning lens. My intimate landscape portraits focus on the smaller details in nature.

Danielle Urschel is a Bloomington, Indiana based artist specializing in printmaking. Since receiving her BFA and MFA degrees from Indiana University, Danielle has worked to produce her own body of work while educating others by designing public programs, teaching classes and running workshops.
In my current work, I’m combining screen printing, woodcut and linocut in order to utilize the inherent qualities of each process in the finished piece. Each color layer is created by exposing a hand painted transparency onto a photosensitized silk screen a then hand printing each image onto BFK paper using water-based, transparent, lightfast ink. Once all of the color layers are complete, the final relief plates are printed with traditional oil based ink. Each print is part of a very limited edition.

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We’re Unibrow Society: a collaboration between Sara Bicknell and Kathleen Marcotte.
We’ve united under one brow to create thoughtful, empowering, cute, fun, illustrated goods to brighten your day. We believe in laughter, in play, and embracing all the awkward, weird parts of ourselves that make us human.
Unibrow Society follows one code: be kind, be cool, embrace imperfection, and support one another. We’re all on this spinning rock flying through space together!

I am a retired mechanical engineer living in Tipton County. I have been woodturning for about 29 years. I am a member of the American Association of Woodturners and a member of the Central Indiana Woodworkers Organization. I like to mentor and teach lathe woodturning skills and frequently do demos for the club’s meetings
I am passionate about turning and am having fun doing it. I turn a variety of shaped bowls, closed vessels, spheres, and lidded round boxes. My designs are inspired by pottery vessels, natural shapes from nature, and ideas I find on the internet.

I always said that, when I retired, I would write children’s stories and dabble in watercolors. Somewhat to my surprise, upon my retirement, I did begin writing and painting. As it turned out, I’ve spent more time painting with alcohol ink than with watercolors, but the vision came true. Since 2018-19, I’ve taken numerous classes and workshops, but I am largely self-taught. Alcohol inks appeal to me because they lend themselves to serendipity. I love to start with a few colors that reflect my mood in the moment . . . and see what emerges. Often, the resulting image is abstract, a swirl or flow of colors and design. On the other hand, the inks sometimes surprise me by revealing a creature or landscape. And, occasionally, I begin with an idea and discover how the inks want to express it.

After writing, illustrating, and publishing my first children’s book, The MOSTLY True Stories of Roly Poly’s Great Lake Adventures, I began to exhibit my artwork. I’ve had the opportunity to hang several solo shows and to participate in numerous group events. In fact, I was delighted to be awarded “Best of Show” in my first group exhibit. My work is featured at Second Story Studio (Nashville), Pillar Arts Alliance (Bloomington) and Pillar By Hand (Bloomington). I teach alcohol ink workshops at Bloomington Fine Art Supply and Second Story Studio. Recently, I was awarded a 2025 Bloomington Arts Council grant to complete and publish my second children’s book.

Overall, I must say that retirement has been a joy! And that’s my driver as an artist. I want to experience and express the exuberance of life. My goal is that, upon seeing my art, viewers will find moments of serenity, take deep breaths of expansion, or simply grin in delight.

Rooted in the natural beauty of Brown County, Indiana, Alyson creates hand-embroidered pieces inspired by the wildflowers, woodlands, and quiet moments of the landscape around her. Each piece is unique and thoughtfully made—stitched one thread at a time—with deep attention to detail and a love for the slow, meditative process of embroidery.
After attending the Reignite Retreat, she began to embrace creative risk and trust her artistic instincts, allowing her work to grow with greater freedom and purpose. Through her embroidery, she invites others to pause, notice the beauty in nature, and find meaning in the handmade.

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Emily Wilson Gillespie is a visual artist working and living in Bloomington, IN. She received her BA in Studio Art from DePauw University and her MA in Arts Administration from Indiana University. In 2014, Emily completed the Efroymson Arts Fellowship and in 2018 she was awarded an Individual Advancement Program Grant from the Indiana Arts Commission.

Her current paintings explore and celebrate rural landscapes by combining playful shapes, bright watercolors, and native plant dyes.

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Talon is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker and photographer whose work centers queer and marginalized communities through emotionally resonant visuals. Talon’s work blends cinema and still photography, often capturing the co-existence of vulnerability and dominance.

Talon has photographed prominent queer figures such as Sasha Colby, Meatball, A’Whora, Tayce, Baga Chipz, Hannah Conda, and others.

Headrest Talk (Best Comedy Nom) premiered at the 2024 Cindependent Film Fest.
Los Angeles premiere at ARPA FF 2024 in Hollywood.

The Mailing List (Best Writer) and AmeriKKKa (Best Film), official selections in 2021 Hoosier Films Annual Film Fest. AmeriKKKa has since appeared in seven festivals across North America. The Mailing List, official selection in 2020 Indy Shorts Int'l Film Fest.

Hi there, my name is Jake Kujava. I have a Bachelor Degree in Art and a minor in history, I have been a cartoon artist and painter most of my life. My inspiration comes from comic books, old movies and blues music. I compare my pieces to liquid poetry; the closer you look, the more you notice.
My subjects are people and animals; I enjoy playing with the differences and interaction between them and their environment. My paintings and comics are a form of Naturalistic Expressionism.
My first step in painting is a realistic outlook, which then becomes more abstract and simplified; I'm looking for a more edited, essential style of expression.
Colors are brightened or muted depending upon the mood I want to express.

Since graduating from Indiana University with her BA in Art History and BFA in Textiles, Hannah has shared her love and joy of natural dyeing as an independent dyeing and sewing teacher around the Indianapolis area. Every year she grows dye plants in a home garden to use in her artwork and workshops.

Alongside her teaching and dye work, Hannah creates handmade stuffed geese—playful, soft sculptures that carry her textile practice into the realm of functional art and storytelling. Each goose is sewn from natural and repurposed fabrics, filled and shaped with care, and made to highlight the warmth and whimsy that textiles can bring into daily life.

Hannah is passionate about sustainability in textiles and about connecting people to the colors, materials, and imagination found in nature.

Planet’s work takes inspiration from hardcore music, nature, urban art, and spiritual theology, portraying concepts in a grunge pop art style. The dark and authentic imagery shows a different side of the spirituality that is often left unexposed. A real look at the forgotten and misunderstood; Planet dives into the grey of spirituality, deconstruction, and divine beings while navigating what it means to be human.

Former Professional Dancer raised in Indianapolis dreaming of pursuing a Broadway Musical Theater Life in New York City. B.F.A with Honors, Butler University’s Dance Program. While working as a member of a Regional Ballet company, I earned an M.F. A. - Analyzing the Vaganova Russian Syllabus Method of Ballet Instruction. I then moved to NYC and absolutely loved every single moment of my Musical Theater Dance Life - Performing, Choreographing, and Teaching there!

In 2007 after my Dance career had ended and my beautiful daughter Heather had left home, I discovered Clay Love at Greenwich House Pottery. My first classes were with Peter Lane, who nurtured my new language in clay, encouraged personal style and emphasized the discipline and importance of technical practice – so similar to the need for discipline, focus and practice in Dance. Working with Clay became my new Dance - creating whimsical movement in porcelain stillness my motif. #neverstopmoving

My make-believe gardens, caricatures of tiny owls and puffins, dancing chickens, jazzy cats and Fleurs Bella reflect where I would love to sit or #justbe, surrounded by dots of bright color and blooms in the sunshine. Handmade with Love, feel-good moments, cheerful pops of porcelain whimsy for tables, walls and windowsills. #neverenoughflowers my mantra!

August 29, 2022 - On IG, Roberta Smith, Art Critic for the New York Times – featured photos of & described a Porcelain Vase of mine “Confetti Heron, The Vase” now owned by Jerry Saltz, Senior Art Critic for New York Magazine … “It’s late late LATE Rococo, beautifully painted inside and out and signed by ‘Cara”

My clay loves have been shown at and are now a part of the Permanent Collection of the International Museum of Dinnerware Design in Kingston, NY. Other galleries include “PITH – A Special Exhibition” at Roll & Hill Designs in Tribeca, Numerous Tokyo-NYC Friendship Association Ceramic Competitions in NYC, The Brooklyn Waterfront Artist Shows, The Fountain Square Clay Center, ETHOS Arts, Casa de Costa Gallery, Second Story Studio Gallery and Exhibitions at the Jane Hartsook Gallery of Greenwich House Pottery. But Most fun of all, my clay loves - created one piece at a time, handmade & inscribed with Love, now decorate the windows, walls and tables of Family and Friends all over the world.

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Leah Baker recently relocated from Franklin to Nashville, Indiana. She integrates data and observations from her daily excursions into the woods into her perpetual nature journal, transforming these moments into watercolor paintings that attempt to convey her awe of nature. Leah finds endless fascination in the beauty that exists everywhere around us, if only we take the time to look. Her work invites viewers to share in her wonder and appreciation for the natural world, capturing fleeting moments of beauty and serenity through her art.

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Tobie Hall was born in Big Springs, Texas. Her interest in art was encouraged at an early age by her mother, an artist herself.

After receiving a Bachelors of Art at Ball State University in textile design she worked in an art gallery for several years. She painted occasionally but it was never her focus. She had a loom and did occasional projects but spent 15 years raising her kids and owning a pilates studio. When the kids left she and her husband bought a house in the hills of Bloomington, Indiana, and she had a little more time to devote to art. She started painting and quickly realized maybe she had a talent she could now take with her into empty nester years.

She has received several awards for her paintings, as well as having 3 solo shows and several juried shows. She is now devoting her attention to oil painting.

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