Jess Blaustein is a conceptual artist and wannabe spy. With backgrounds across architecture, craft, and the humanities, she often uses discarded materials to tell stories of places—especially places underneath and in between. Jess crafts books, quilts, maps, and other tactile devices under the name B-PLOT and is also the co-founder of STUDIOOSS Applied Arts Collective.
A former Teacher and Translator, Kristin is an improbable Mosaic Artist. What began as an exploration of her Italian heritage has become a way to express profound emotion. Initially self-taught, she has grown through study of Classical and Modern Mosaic techniques. Her Mosaics are born from memory and develop through a meditative and painstaking process over weeks or months.
Bonnie Levine is a clay artist who makes functional bowls and sculptural forms. She experiments with various clay bodies and firing methods which have been an integral part of her creative process. The plasticity of the clay, the mood of the moment, the moisture in the air and other variables converge to produce objects that hold space for beauty.
Hastings-on-Hudson based artist Jamie Kay MacKenzie is known for her ethereal figurative paintings. She is interested in exploring the emotional and spiritual lives of her subjects, and forging a psychical connection to their past. Each piece serves as a kind of vessel for the collective unconscious, combining the poignantly personal with an inclusive universality.
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RiverArts’ programs are made possible, in part, by support from The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. RiverArts’ programs are made possible, in part, by ArtsWestchester with support from Westchester County Government.
