Barbara Balzar

bbalzer@hotmail.com | www.bbalzer.com

Barbara Balzer is a national award-winning artist whose work is included in many collections. She is the recipient of two State of Florida Artist Enhancement Grants, and her work was also included in the Inaugural Exhibition of the Florida Museum for Women Artists.

Ann Christiansen

850-443-9354 | atcart@hotmail.com

Mask sculptures (not wearable) as reflections of culture. Mixed media communicating human reactions to events/occurrences. Paintings combined to form a whole.

Sean Coffey

229-221-6398 | coffeyscustomwoodworking@yahoo.com

I am a Tallahassee woodworker specializing in scrollsaw portraits and intarsia. Intarsia is the process of cutting and shaping different species of wood while utilizing their unique color and grain patterns and then putting them back together to create one-of-a-kind, three-dimensional art.

Mark Dickson

850-656-2472 | dicksonstudios@embarqmail.com | www.markdicksonstudios.com

I enjoy deconstructing ordinary concepts, the things we are used to seeing in only one way. Objects and ideas whose beauty and intrigue we may have become immune to. When they are reconstructed in an abstract manner, form is allowed to flow freely without the constraint of the accepted norm, and the viewer is invited to rediscover the ordinary object in a different way. My sculptures are intended to engage the viewer visually, and will hopefully inspire them to challenge the familiar.

Mary E. Donahue

shivadpottery@yahoo.com | maryedonahue.blogspot.com

Ken Echternacht

850-385-4703 | kechternacht@embarqmail.com

The subjects of my sculpture portray my long-term interests. To earn the money to support my art I have worked for many years in the arena of environmental sciences -- principally water quality. Coupled with that pursuit has been a lifelong fascination with the fauna living in and around and also dependent on water. For the past several years, my sculptural work has focused on the waterbirds inhabiting Florida's wetlands. My interest is in creating naturalistic impressions of those magnificent creatures. I work in mild and stainless steel, bronze, and copper.

Mark Fletcher

850-504-1367 | turtlehillclaystudio@yahoo.com | www.markfletcher.embarqspace.com 

Mark Fletcher had already built his own kick wheel and two wood-fired kilns in his backyard by the end of high school, but it was during his apprenticeship with a ceramic artist in Japan that he really developed his art through the medium of clay. From 1993 to 1996, Mark lived in Japan and studied sculpture, ceramic design and ink painting.

Stephen J. Fox

850-656-4624
sfox59@comcast.net

Beth Fusaro

  850-297-2052 | bethfusaro@nettally.com | home.comcast.net/~bethfusaro

Phil Gleason

850-228-1245 | phil@phil-gleason.com | www.phil-gleason.com

Originally from Minnesota, Phil moved to Tallassee to earn a MFA in Sculpture from Florida State University. He is the studio manager at the FSU Master Craftsman Studio and an adjunct professor at FSU. He develops illusions with lights, mirrors, and magnets which create skewed perceptions, levitations, and the illusion of infinity. Phil's artwork has been on display in Austin, New Orleans, Minneapolis, Maryland, and throughout regions of Florida.

Linda Hall

goosehall@gmail.com | lindahallart.blogspot.com

I am an artist and art educator living and working in Tallahassee. My main focus is the connection that we as humans have with the natural world. With painting and sculpture, I explore the delicate bond and the disconnect we have with wilderness within ourselves and the earth.

Marty Haythorn

229-221-3096 | marty@ancienthands.com | www.ancienthands.com

For over twenty years, I have been re-creating Native American pottery from Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and Arkansas. In addition, I have been contributing to a revival of that tradition by creating original contemporary pieces using many of the same techniques and imagery. My work has received numerous awards in competitions throughout the Southeast, including three "Best of Show."

Ira Hill

850-264-1661 | robertirahill@yahoo.com | www.irahillsculpture.com

The work I chose to create is labor intensive and built to inspire beyond my time. All we are each given—our minds, our spirits, our energies—are spent in ways often undetermined by ourselves. Today we experience a variety of influences that sometimes make it difficult to think, function, and focus as a creative individual. We forget that we are capable of doing amazing things by using our minds and applying energies in focused work.  In choosing what work to invest our spirits, we realize that it is the work that makes us real, and work is good. 

Claudia Howat

850-385-4754 | chcurly@aol.com

I make my mosaics by rolling out a slab of clay, outlining the image, firing it, glazing and refiring it, and then break the ceramic into mosaic pieces. I usually attach the mosaic to table tops or patio stones.

Michael Jernigan

850-933-5083 | mdjernigan@portraitsculpture.com | www.portraitsculpture.com

I create realistic portrait sculptures in bronze and stone. Capturing the essence of the subject is my goal. Visit my website to view examples of my work.

Deborah La Grasse

850-510-0908  |  dlagrasse@yahoo.com  |  www.deborahlagrasse.com

I use cast and fabricated metal and mixed media to define the mystery, strength and power of the human spirit in a symbiotic relationship with the transience of life, the immediate and the eternal. I am most interested in exploring images, symbols and metaphors for fears that transcend cultural and physical boundaries relating to life and to the landscapes that we have created. Symbols and meanings of metals, minerals and natural stones relate to spiritual growth, consciousness expansion and healing. The mixture of media expresses collective energies in communication with the soul of the earth as an inquiry as to its inner depth and meaning, and our relation to it.

Joan Matey

joanmatey@hotmail.com | www.joanmateyart.com

Joan Matey is perhaps best known for her three dimensional assemblages. Since childhood she has enjoyed the challenges of fabrication and her over- active imagination has resulted in many curious miniature scenarios. Her subject matter often deals with her frustrations concerning human behavior and society in general.

Katie McFarland

407-421-1604 | krazy15k@hotmail.com | www.katiemcfarland.com

I make clay murals. I begin by putting clay up on my mural board where it is sculpted, carved, and embellished. Then it is cut into pieces where it is fired and glazed before being reassembled. Murals can be any size, theme, or color palette. Besides making murals I also make pottery.

Mark E. Miller

850-309-0966 | castvee8@aol.com

Specializing in humanoid animatronics and robotics, lots of kinetic, interactive and technology based art. You will never snooze through one of my exhibits...trust me!

John Penrod

850-385-0608 | Penrod.jp@comcast.net

Artistic woodturnings using recovered wood. Turnings are created primarily from subtropical woods and a variety of palms.

Sandy Proctor

850-562-0000 | wspbronzes@nettally.com  | www.proctorbronzes.com

Native Tallahasseean W. Stanley “Sandy” Proctor has a national reputation as a professional sculptor of the highest caliber. Providing both life-size and monumental bronzes, Sandy has collaborated with families, companies and architects to create the perfect sculpture for indoor and outdoor display. The State of Florida commemorated Sandy and his contribution to the arts as they inducted him into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in March 2006.

Marilyn Proctor-Givens

850-364-3481 | mpg@piecesofartonline.com | www.piecesofartonline.com

Teresa Reaver

teresareaver@bellsouth.net | www.teresareaver.com

Cassia Reimer

850-294-0003 | cassia_reimer@yahoo.com | www.cassiawithlove.com

Ken Reshard

comments@reshardgallery.com | www.reshardgallery.com

Kenneth Reshard works in many media – ceramics, painting, drawing, printmaking, graphics and collage. Sometimes, he combines techniques in a single piece. His work is rich both in surface quality and in symbolic expression. His work combines images of African textiles, cubist fractures, and modern frontality.

Robin Rodgers

850-668-4952 | rabbitpond4@yahoo.com

Wheel thrown pottery with incised imagery of native Florida flora and fauna. Raku-fired.

Perdita Ross

850-222-5444 | 4art@perditaross.com | www.perditaross.com | perditaross.blogspot.com

Perdita Ross is a self employed artist who has decorative art & painting service, Artisans, located in Railroad Square. She also teaches workshops in painting, drawing and sculpture at LeMoyne Art Foundation. Perdita describes herself as a mixed media artist who is interested in the experimental nature of art and the creative process.

Joel Scilley

850-272-4700| jscil1@yahoo.com | www.audiowood.com | www.facebook.com/pages/Audiowood/294749059127

Joel Scilley is a product designer and woodworker who specializes in audio equipment and other useful home accessories. His aim is to introduce wood and whimsy to what might otherwise be ordinary devices. His education includes studies of art, design and architecture in New York City and Europe and he earned a PhD in Media Studies from the University of Pittsburgh. His work has been featured in The New York Times, Metropolitan Home, California Home and Design, Zink, and other major publications.

Susan Stelzmann

suestelzmann@comcast.net | www.stelzmannart.com

My ceramic pieces mix familiar architectural motifs with exotic decorations. By using architectural motifs, I express my feelings about the world and how I internalize its values. But unlike an architect I want to challenge these values by contrasting known motifs with unexpected quirky elements. By inserting whimsy and fantasy I want to create a dream world reality that is evocative. 

Lucas VanSickle

850-408-8056 | lucasvansickle@gmail.com | www.lucasvansickle.me

I am a Tallahassee native with a degree in Civil Engineering from FSU. I have turned away from that career path to pursue my love of wood working and design.

Michael West

Gerry Zengel

850-459-7463 | gtzengel@yahoo.com

Retired management executive, own small farm east of Tallahassee. I have a small working studio on the farm. My wife paints and wood carves. I wood carve mostly two-dimensional objects, some three-dimensional. Hand carve walking sticks and some canvas work.