Members
Nathan Leemis
2026 Fellowship Award Recipient
Artist bio: Nathan Leemis is a 4th generation artist working to explore and capture the changing and varied la...
Wendy Keeling
2026 Fellowship Award Recipient
Bio: Wendy Keeling is a multimedia artist based in Yulee, Florida, and the owner of Hidden Fire Studio. Best k...
Michael Kinsey
2026 Fellowship Award Recipient
Website: Kinsey5media.com Bio Michael Kinsey is a portrait photographer, filmmaker and content creator based i...
Eszter Sziksz
2026 Fellowship Award Recipient
Eszter Sziksz · MFA, DLA Instagram: @szikszeszter Website: www.szikszeszter.com Bio Eszter Sziksz is a Hungar...
Blair Peterson-Updike
2026 Fellowship Award Recipient
Website: bupdikeart.com Whether it’s portraits of Florida’s cow hunters, scenes from the Seminole War, or impr...
Kelly Joy Ladd
2026 Fellowship Award Recipient
Website: www.kellyjoyladd.com Artist Statement: I explore how ritual and intention transform materials...
Ellen Chapman
Art Enthusiast
Ellen ‘s professional career over the past thirty years has been focused on the creation and financial managem...
John Sims
2020, 2021 Fellowship Award Recipient
In Memoriam: 1968 – 2022 John Sims, an accomplished artist and activist, is known for his profound contributio...
Gale Fulton Ross
2023 Fellowship Award Recipient
2023 The John Sims Legacy Award Recipient Vision Statement for Halo Arts Project “ The argument for the necess...
Marc Brechwald
2025 Fellowship Award Recipient
Website: www.brechwald.art Instagram: @brechwald_art ARTIST STATEMENT: I’ve always been drawn to drawing peopl...









