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Seth Anderson

Author/Writer; Director; Filmmaker; Media/Visual Communications; Voiceover

A content creator and filmmaker with over 15 years of professional experience, Mr. Anderson co-founded Mountain Media House in 2021 after returning home to Michigan with his wife in 2018. Now that media technology is more accessible, and geographic...

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Sol Anzorena

Illustrator; Jeweler; Mixed Media Artist; Muralist; Musician; Painter; Photographer; Vocalist/Singer

My name is Sol Anzorena, and I’m a visual artist, artisan and musician from Argentina, now living in Wakefield, MI. My work is principally inspired by the work of that greatest of artists, Nature Herself. For years I’ve been exploring the method...

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Raulaniesa Aranda

Mixed Media Artist

I am a self taught artist whose passion is painting with beeswax and fire. My art is my meditation, a spiritual journey allowing life’s energy to flow around and through me while creating an amazing experience for the senses – both mine and...

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da Upper Yoopers' Barbershop⁺ Chorus

Musician; Performance Art; Vocalist/Singer

Mission We increase harmony in communities. Purpose We fund local schools’ singing students. Vision We become a visible, viable, vigorous, vivacious, vibrant, vocal, virtuosic, vital community asset in Marquette County and beyond.

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Noah Bauer

Musician; Vocalist/Singer

Being a professional musician means wearing many hats — songwriter, performer, roadie, sound technician, manager, booking agent, graphic designer, social media promoter, salesperson, customer service rep, accountant, and more. It’s a constantly...

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Kathy Binoniemi

Muralist; Painter

Kathy Binoniemi is a native Yooper, born and raised in Negaunee, and now makes her home just north of the Dead River Basin. She has been drawing and painting with acrylic since childhood. She has been commissioned to paint murals in several...

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BETSY BUCKNER

Painter

HI! I ENJOY PAINTING BIG, NO SMALLER THAN 20″X20″. My creative work is all about animals and nature. I love painting huge animal portraits in a loose, expressionistic style. I usually start my art off on canvas placed on the ground, do a...

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Jax Caligula

Artist of Color; Author/Writer; Illustrator; Maker; Musician; Painter; Poet; Storyteller; Vocalist/Singer

I personally study a ton of esoteric knowledge and will recall myself as a fellow yogi. I enjoy creating psychedelic and otherworldly creations that bring you to a whole different universe. I enjoy exploring with many different colors as well....

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Olivia Capodilupo

Graphic Artist; Illustrator; Muralist

Hi, I’m Olivia Capodilupo a.k.a. O. Cap, an illustrator, designer and muralist from the Escanaba area. I love organic shapes, bright colors, and channeling my inner child through art. I work in a variety of mediums, primarily acrylic paint and...

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Kyrsten Cavazos

Actor; Director; Performance Art; Producer; Teacher/Instructor

Kyrsten has worked primarily as a Producer with Mackinac Island Community Theatre since its re-founding in 2018. Her credits include Behind the Pageant (Performer, 2018), Bye, Bye Birdie (Performer, 2019), The Music Man (Director, 2020-2022), How...

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Sawftsea Chelsea Monaghan

Illustrator; Muralist; Painter

Sawftsea /soft-see/, aka Chelsea Monaghan, was born and raised in Michigan and currently lives in the Upper Peninsula on Anishinaabeg Land. Her style is bright and colorful. Inspired by the great lakes and the life it brings, her paintings often...

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Randi Clemens

Author/Writer; Dancer; Poet; Teacher/Instructor

Randi Clemens is a poet, editor, and educator who lives in Michigan. She received her BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and her MFA in poetry from Northern Michigan University where she also taught...

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Kathleen Conover

Painter; Teacher/Instructor

My life-long love of art was nurtured in the fertile environment of southern California’s prominent artists, museums and galleries. Academic fine art studies started at San Diego State University and commenced with a Master of Arts earned from...

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Simon Cornwell

Author/Writer; Media/Visual Communications; Mixed Media Artist; New Media/Technology; Teacher/Instructor

Simon Cornwell is an artist.

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Jacob Darner

Illustrator; Painter; Photographer; Printmaker

Jacob Darner is a 25 year old, multi-disciplinary artist based out of Marquette, MI. In his spare time Jacob enjoys the outdoors, whether it’s hiking through the woods or paddleboarding around Lake Superior in the summer, watching soccer, and...

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Maren Doughty

Musician; Vocalist/Singer

My name is Maren and I am an aspiring singer-songwriter in the Upper Peninsula! I play guitar and sing acoustic covers, including some of my own work. I take vocal lessons for classical vocal performance as well, so my background includes group...

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Keith Ellis

Graphic Artist; Teacher/Instructor

Professor BFA University of Tennessee MFA Savannah College of Art & Design Keith Ellis received his BFA in Art with a concentration in Graphic Design from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, while working for web firms, print houses, and even...

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Rob Fisher

Actor; Maker; Mixed Media Artist; Multiple Art Forms; Musician; Painter; Performer and Writer; Photographer; Vocalist/Singer; Voiceover

I create, therefore I am.

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John French

Painter

“If I’m not painting, I’m thinking about it. Painting a favorite scene is like visiting and exploring the place all over again, and using my brushes and colors to tell you what I see.” A viewing of Michigan artist John French’s oil paintings...

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Tammy L Toj Gajewski

Ceramist; Craftsperson; Mixed Media Artist; Painter; Poet; Storyteller; Teacher/Instructor

At a very early age Tammy’s mother encouraged her creativity and supported her exploration of poetry, drawing, painting and animals. She attended university and learned the base of oil painting, ceramics, fiber arts, French translation and welding....

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Travis Gerhart

Graphic Artist; Illustrator; Media/Visual Communications

Travis Gerhart is a graphic designer, lettering artist, and arts & culture advocate based in Marquette. He brings many years of experience participating, volunteering, and leading community-based arts organizations, including the Copper Country...

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Troy Graham

Actor; Author/Writer; Composer; Musician; Performance Art; Performer and Writer; Poet; Producer; Teacher/Instructor; Vocalist/Singer

Troy Graham, otherwise known as Great Lakes Graham, is a folk singer-songwriter, poet, and children’s entertainer from Marquette, MI. Musically, Troy is most recognized for his original foot-stomping Irish and folk music and as a storytelling...

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Niikah Hatfield

Artisan; Author/Writer; Ceramist; Dancer; Maker; Mixed Media Artist; Multiple Art Forms; Musician; Performance Art; Vocalist/Singer

Emerging from the wilderness, Niikah is an artist & singer-songwriter from the north woods of Michigan. Dancing between reality and the ethers, her work is in constant conversation with the world. She grew up on a small family farm near the...

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Kathleen Heideman

Maker; Painter; Poet

Kathleen M. Heideman is a writer, artist and environmentalist working in Michigan’s wild Upper Peninsula. Heideman is the author of Psalms of the Early Anthropocene (Winter Cabin Books), Explaining Pictures To A Dead Hare (Traffic Street Press),...

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