Meg Matko is a visual / interdisciplinary artist using sculpture, gesture and performance to communicate concepts of female identity, masochism, emotional labor and preciousness. Her work is colored by her experience as a person living with mental/emotional and physical illness. Her pieces…
Kristi Copez is known as an Advocate-Artist. Culinarian. Eclectic. Grandmother. Inclusionist. Invisible-Illness-Warrior.Maven. Mentor. Other-Mother.. Poetic-Essayist. Space-Holder. Student. Veteran. Womanist. …and all-around Brazenwoman. Copez, a seminary graduate, believes in Servant Leadership and is passionate about ministry, justice & racial equityas demonstrated through her…
Jordan Wong (WONGFACE) is a Chinese American artist creating visual work inspired by anime, manga, and video game culture. His drawings, icons, and installations explore ethnic and cultural identity, the “Ultimate self”, and “leveling up” through life. Jordan has produced artwork throughout…
Danté Rodriguez is a Cleveland-based artist, muralist, and museum professional whose work bridges fine art and community engagement. He has been with The Cleveland Museum of Art since 2000, beginning his career as a museum guard before advancing through roles as an…
Marika Shioiri-Clark is a multidisciplinary designer and a leader in the field of public interest design and the public realm. Her focus is on using design to build resilient and creative communities, pursue social justice, and support healthy, thriving families. Marika trained…
Ewuresi Archer is a Ghanaian-American multi-disciplinary artist based in Cleveland, Ohio. Archer earned her BFA in Painting with an emphasis in Printmaking and a concentration in Creative Writing in 2022 from the Cleveland Institute of Art. Her work places Ghanaian culture at…
Crystal Miller aka Crymuseum is a mixed-media artist based in Cleveland, Ohio. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting and Sculpture and Expanded Media (SEM) from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2023. Miller’s work is deeply inspired by Afro-futurism.…
Thao Nguyen is a Cleveland-based illustrator, designer, and visual artist whose work centers on community storytelling through culture, and the outdoors. She combines hand-drawn elements with digital techniques to create vibrant visuals that highlight everyday cultural experiences. Her work can be seen…
Justin Michael Will is a multidisciplinary artist working in Cleveland, Ohio. Currently creating at Vessel City in Gordon Square, he also maintains a commercial illustration, design, and mural practice. His work can be found in galleries, local breweries, restaurants, and on the…
Born in Quito, Ecuador, and a Cleveland Heights resident for the last 23 years, Rafael Valdivieso creates intricate compositions that contain hundreds of figures or faces layered into imaginary spaces that evoke a sense of teeming wildness and intertwine themes of human…
