PPCS Community CollabARTive Artists
Con Christeson is founder and managing artist of the community collaborARTive. She is a practicing community artist and teaches communications and arts appreciation at Webster University and Ranken Technical College. Public art / design collaborations include capital projects for Metro Arts in Transit and a streetscape project for Euclid Avenue with CWE Midtown Development In St. Louis. She is a studio ceramicist and that work includes three-dimensional house portraits, supplying two galleries, and participation in various art fairs. She is an active member of Americans for the Arts and is a fellow of the Community Arts Training Institute of the Regional Arts Commission in St. Louis and speaks regularly at conferences about the field of community arts.
email Con: con-sult@juno.com
Jane Ellen Ibur, poet/educator teaches creative writing in non-traditional settings: prison, homeless shelters, residential schools, art museums; is Lead Faculty for the Community Arts Training (CAT) Institute through the Regional Arts Commission, uniting artists and social/community service professionals to mentor the arts with underserved populations; in 1993 received A World of Difference Award from the Anti-Defamation League for her multi-cultural work with juvenile male prisoners; co-hosts Literature for the Halibut on 88.1, KDHX-FM, St. Louis; in 2004 and 2007, received a Certificate for Excellence in Teaching from the Missouri Scholars Academy; co-directs The Gifted Writers Project for gifted middle and high school students. Her work appears in numerous literary magazines and anthologies, most recently Boulevard and Natural Bridge; her public art poetry adorns the floodwall on Trailnet in downtown St. Louis. She is a 2008 recipient of the Grand Center Visionary Award for arts educator.
email Jani: Drjjcowgirl@aol.com
Phil Robinson grew up on the south side of Chicago. Robinson received a BFA with a painting and drawing emphasis at the Art Institute of Chicago. In 1995, he received his MFA in studio Art from the University of Illinois, Chicago. Robinson was awarded the Henry L. and Natalie Freund Fellowship, which brought him to St. Louis and Washington University where he taught from 1996-1999. Robinson is currently an Associate Professor of Art at The University of Missouri, St. Louis. He exhibits and consults locally and nationally, creating gallery, public, and community artworks.
Michele Ryker-Owens lives and works in the St. Louis area. She holds a BFA from Webster University in St. Louis with minors in Psychology (Certificate in Art Therapy) and Comparative Religion. While at Webster, she received two study abroad scholarships which led to a year of study and self-directed research in Vienna, Austria. She completed her graduate studies at Washington University Graduate School of Art with an MFA, receiving the Association of Women Faculty Graduate Student Award for Excellence and a Teaching Fellowship. She continues to teach for Washington University College of Art in St. Louis, MO. A large portion of her recent work has been in collaboration with local arts based initiatives concerned with disparity in social justice issues, especially homelessness.
email Michele: mcoart@swbell.net
Melanie Krog Daniels is the Founder and Director Emerita of Taproots School of the Arts, a 25,000 sq. ft. facility. I am a papermaker, printmaker and book artist. I studied at the Bellas Artes in Mexico; completed my BFA at Memphis College of Art and my Masters of Leadership in Social Artistry at the Graduate Theological Foundation, South Bend, Indiana.
I have been teaching the art of creative expression to children and adults for the last28 years. I am a Fellow of the first Community Artist Training Program "CAT"created by the Regional Arts Commission. Currently I am completing my certification as a Smart Coach through the SMARTWired program: teaching individuals how to discover their particular strengths and use their own perceptual thinking pattern to use and trust their own minds. My artwork is in private and corporate collections around the country.
Lois Ingrum
As the founder and owner of L. D. Ingrum Gallery & Studio Inc we produce commercial and Artistic photography. L. D. Ingrum Gallery & Studio has been located in the Central West End Neighborhood of St. Louis Missouri since 1991. As an educator of photography I’ve had the privilege of teaching hundreds of students, elementary through college.
Beside my commercial work I‘ve spent twenty five years adding to my personal portfolio of artistic work. I’ve always considered myself an artist first. The Urban League’s first Black Fine Art Show, Art Coop and University of Missouri-St Louis Art Shows have given me opportunity to showcase some of my work.
Ana Maria Hartenbach
I am a St. Louis artist. I have been a professional oil painter since 1995.
I started out painting portraits when I graduated from Kansas University majoring in Painting. Since that time, I have expanded my painting to include abstracts, landscapes, illustration and large-scale murals. My artwork can be found in many private and public collections across the country.
The majority of my works are commissioned oil paintings. Often my clients hire me to paint something that they have been envisioning for a long time. I consider my commissioned work to be a joint project with my clients. Inviting my clients to be part of the creative process, gives them a sense of ownership with the artwork before it’s even been created. In turn, I create a painting that I know my client will always enjoy as well as remember being a part of its creation.
I do not make a practice of advertising in newspapers or magazines. I have painted full time for nine years and depend solely on referrals from my clients.
It does not matter if I am working with a family, an interior designer or a large corporation, I make sure that everyone is completely satisfied with my work and my professionalism. I present each client with digital layouts of what their future artwork will look like as well as an agreement to its cost and due date. Not only do I create a beautiful work of art, I complete it in a timely manner and at the cost I promised.
I treasure my clients and the relationships I build within the St. Louis community. I love what I do and love being able to share it with others. Feel free to call me with any questions you may have about commissioning your own piece of art!
Corporate Collections:
Mercedes Benz, Citibank Headquarters, Mercantile Bank, Missouri State Bank, Ameristar Casinos, State Farm Insurance, Momentum Worldwide, Belle Terre Casino.
email Ann:
anahartenbach@sbcglobal.net
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