Danielle Steele has spent the past 15 years in customer service and office support and now joins the Alliance for the Arts as the Administrative Coordinator. With a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Central Florida, her main objective in life is to be an all-around force for good As an advocate and spectator of the arts, she believes in the power of art as a vehicle for not only self-expression, but to inspire, connect, inform, and at times, challenge its audience. She is excited to be a part of the Alliance team and looks forward to being an active member in the arts community.
Born and raised in the Cape Coral/Fort Myers area, Danielle enjoys tending to her garden, buying more books than she could possibly have time to read, doting on her furbabies Marvin and Ernie, and tent camping as much as the Florida weather permits.
Jayne Baker began her artistic career early in life at age 12 selling macrame bracelets and necklaces to her classmates. Jayne began modeling and living in Chicago, married Brian and moved to Ft. Myers in 1981. They soon opened the award winning Mad Hatter Restaurant on Sanibel Island, then later Jaynes Victorian Garden Cafe in Ft. Myers. Jayne’s love of art and nature spurred her to create unique organic and natural food products as well as garden art and jewelry gift items for many years, selling locally and internationally.
Recently relocated to her home and studio in the SoCo area, Jayne is currently showing her new collection of one of a kind, upcycled jewelry using assembled bits and pieces, including gemstones and crystals, in the Alliance gift shop. Being the multi-talented artist that she is, she is also busy creating vintage crystal and glass adorned stepping stones; bead and shell topped pillboxes; recycled garden furniture, shell mirrors, jeweled frames and many more projects in the planning stage.
Carolyn is a true Floridian, born and raised in St. Petersburg, Florida. She is a graduate of the University of South Florida with a Bachelors and Masters in Art Education and was an art instructor for 30 years. Highlights include: Being hired by Ida Baker and Opening Cape Coral High School in 1979-80 as its first full time art instructor, as well as teaching at Cypress Lake Middle School, an arts magnet, for 18 years. She was honored as a Golden Apple Teacher in 2001. She’s a National Board Certified Teacher and was Middle Art Teacher of the Year twice for Lee County and Middle School Art Teacher of the Year for Florida. She worked as an adjunct professor at Edison Community College, University of Florida, and Florida Gulf Coast University.
Carolyn has always been involved in the arts organizations in Lee County. She has been involved with the Alliance for the Arts since its inception and is currently a board member. She was co-President of the Lee County Art Education’s Association and taught workshops at Florida Art Education Association’s conferences and at the National Art Education Association convention. Also, she is currently the Chairperson of the Public Art Committee for the City of Fort Myers.
Carolyn has always been drawn to crafts, preferably working small. She originally created jewelry, which she taught for 5 years at Edison Community College, and then worked in fused glass in the 1990’s when it was a new medium. Currently she likes to work with multi mediums, paper, fiber, watercolors to design 3-dimentional creations.
Carolyn’s works have been juried into shows at the Cape Coral Art Center, the Alliance for the Arts, RSW “Art in Flight,” FAEA Educator Show, Tampa Art Museum, and an Israel-USA Show “Art Beyond Boundaries.” She has juried shows for the Alliance for the Arts, Cape Coral Art Studio, Cape Coral Art League, The Fort Myers Art Association, The Pine Island Art Association and LAEA High School Juried Art Show.
Lillian Coury lives and works in the realm of infinite possibilities, and brings those possibilities into her art with vibrancy, luminosity and depth. She challenges her students to see their world in a new way, and interpret their inspirations into a personalized expression of creativity. Lillian combines her passion for creativity with her career background as executive coach/leadership development professional, engaging students to achieve a better personal best.
Diane Lampitt, M.Ed. is a Certified SoulCollage® facilitator and brings over 30 years of experience in the areas of retreat facilitation, leadership training, and program development. She holds a Master’s in Education from Boston College, a Certificate in Spiritual Direction, and is a trained Labyrinth facilitator. Diane is passionate about creating environments where people can experience transformation and growth. Diane lives in Fort Myers with her husband, Scott. https://www.creatingsoulspace.org
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