Stephen has been drawing and painting for the better part of his entire existence. What began purely as an interest very early on, quickly developed into a passion and eventually a career, art became his life's pursuit! As both an illustrator and oil painter, Stephen focuses on a range of diverse subjects in his work, covering everything from landscapes, to portraits, to still-life compositions, exploring form, color and contrast, resulting in vibrant, visually striking works of art.

Deborah Greco is a landscape artist residing in Guilford, CT. Deb has a BFA from Syracuse University School of Visual Arts and has studied at the Arts Students League, Silvermine School of Art, The School of Visual Arts, Guilford Art Center, workshops with master pastellists Chris Ivers and Liz Haywood Sullivan, and is currently studying with nationally known landscape painter David Dunlop. 

Lesley Koenig is a self-taught abstract expressionist who has exhibited in almost 80 juried group and solo shows since 2013. She received an Award of Merit in 2014 for one of her earliest paintings and is a juried member of The National Association of Women Artists. 

Artist Katro Storm is a true son of New Haven and a force of positivity. His style has been called “full frontal figuratism;” his unmistakable technique employs layers of drips and tonal modifications, creating an active surface in which figures seem to emerge.

Artist Andre Rochester is a Fine Artist from the Greater Hartford region of Connecticut. He studied illustration at the University of Connecticut: School of Fine Arts and completed his BA in Studio Art at Charter Oak State College.

Artist Adger Cowans (American, b. 1936) is a celebrated photographer whose wide-ranging work includes the civil rights movement, jazz musicians, landscape, and artistic studies of the human form, water, and light.

Miguel Angel Mendoza Melchor was born on November 21, 1967, in the villa of Zaachila, Oaxaca México. He is a versatile Mexican artist. He finished his bachelor’s degree in the regional education center in Oaxaca Mexico. In 1988 he emigrated to the United States, and he worked as a cook at various restaurants. Four years later returned to his hometown to teach in different high schools in Oaxaca Mexico, after that he discovered his talent as a painter, opening an art workshop in high school Lazaro Cardenas del Rio to help children develop their skills in the beautiful world of drawing, painting, sculpture, and carving.

Artist Krikko Obbott has applied his many talents to joyful ends. Not only is this practicing architect, an avid saxophonist, he has also taken the art of drawing to monumental proportions.

It was in his birth country Haiti that artist Jean Benoit's obsessive love affair with the arts began. At an early age, the artist was exposed to an array of art forms from Historic Plays which often included Folklore Dances, Ballet Jazz to Traditional Artisan arts and comic books.

Jasmine's mission is to create art that helps people feel seen. She acknowledges and empathizes with people's pain, hard work, joys, struggles, and excitement, and she sees their strength - and she means REALLY STRONG! Jasmine believes that passion is doing something without needing outside motivation, and for her, art is that thing.

Artist Faustin Adeniran is a contemporary artist from Lagos, Nigeria working in New Haven, Connecticut. For the past ten years, his work has been to re-imagine materials that would otherwise be considered trash or recyclable.

Artist Don Wunderlee is an abstract painter who lives and works in New Haven. He received a national award and print contract with Studio El, Emeryville CA and has sold his work internationally. His main paint of choice is acrylic. His work varies from pure abstraction to expressive landscape. Don’s approach to painting is discovery and based on a need to find new ways to contribute to the language of abstraction.