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Cheryl A. Fausel is an internationally acclaimed watercolor and mixed media artist known for her unique blend of realism md abstraction. Her work emphasizes meticulous design, composition and vibrant color palettes. She holds signature status in several prestigious organizations, including the American Watercolor Society (AWS), National Watercolor Society (NWS), Southern Watercolor Society (SW), Florida Watercolor Society (FWS), and Tri-State Watercolor Society (TaWS)

Born into a lineage of artists, Cheryl’s talent was recognized early, earning her scholarships to local art galleries in Rochester, NY, and acceptance into an early study program at the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she majored in illustration. Her artistic journey led her to reside in Germany and Switzerland before settling in Cape Coral, Florida. Throughout her career, she has been featured in publications such as “A Walk Into Abstracts”, Splash 17,” and The Art of Watercolour.”

Cheryl’s work has been showcased in numerous exhibitions, including the Fabriano International Exhibition in Bologna, Italy and she has received multiple awards for contributions to the art world. Beyond creating art, she is dedicated to teaching, offering classes and workshops through various art associations and in her studio.

For those interested in exploring her work or learning from her, Cheryl’s latest creations and information about upcoming classes can be found on her official website, www.cherylafausel.com.

Tammy is a SW Florida mixed media artist inspired by color, texture and the emotion that art can bring to the viewer. For her, art is a tactile experience and she tries to bring elements to her art that can be touched, as well as viewed. Tammy’s background has been a roller coaster of start/stop artistic learning. Beginning with wheel throwing clay, on to fused glass and jewelry and now mixed media pieces that combine may of those skills together in wall and functional art.

Leema Snyder  is an American Thai artist, designer, and passionate cook who loves growing herbs and using their benefits in her recipes. She grew up in Thailand surrounded by fresh flavors and family traditions, and now shares that heritage through fun, hands-on cooking classes. Join her chicken dumpling class at the Alliance for the Arts to learn delicious recipes and the culture behind them.

Vinson “Wordsworth” Johnson is an educator, author, and musician with a rich academic and creative background. He holds a Master’s in Music Business (University of Miami), Secondary Education, and Educational Leadership (Grand Canyon University), and a B.A. in Language Arts from S.U.N.Y. Old Westbury, where he famously wrote assignments in rhyme, and honored as a top 50 graduate. A co-creator of MTV’s The Lyricist Lounge Show, his music has appeared in Netflix’s Peabody and Sherman, Bel-Air, Power, Criminal Minds, NCIS, SpongeBob SquarePants: The Movie, and Dexter’s Laboratory. His poetry book What Words Are Worth: Volume 1 reached #9 on Amazon’s Top 10 New Releases, and his children’s book Socks has received critical acclaim from educators. Johnson developed a middle school TV/Film and music production curriculum and licenses his songwriting course Organized Rhyme to the University of Miami. A sought-after speaker, he has presented at Harvard, SXSW EDU, and more. He currently teaches TV, film, and music production in middle school, and hip hop history and culture as an adjunct professor at Monroe University.

Erica Klopf was raised in a nautical gift shop and marine supplies store in old Naples in the late 1980s-1990s. She has a deep appreciation for the forgotten ways of maritime culture as well as the stories of Southwest Florida’s native and wild landscapes. In her work, she seeks to evoke memories of the past, through distantly familiar colorful motifs and textural nostalgia. Her professional study of ceramics began in 2004 at Studio Art Centers International in Florence, Italy. She studied painting for two years at Savannah College of Art and Design before transferring to Florida Gulf Coast University where she finished undergraduate degrees in Art and Environmental Studies. She was celebrated in Florida Gulf Coast Universities 20 year anniversary Alumni Art Show and also in FGCUs 20th anniversary Pinnacle Magazine profiling 20 alumni Entrepreneurs.

You will find her every first Friday throwing pottery in the streets of downtown Fort Myers during Art Walk, and around town live throwing and vending her pottery.