Jess has been exploring art her entire life and was introduced to her first fire art form, cast metal, as a teenager. She has since grown her love of creating with heat, spark, and flame to include enamel, blacksmithing, jewelry arts, welding, and encaustic painting. She creates work ranging from jewelry to public art scale, [...]
Gita Ghei
Gita Ghei is a multi-ethnic sculptor specializing in public art and teaching. Her father was from India and her mother from Red Wing. She identifies as a second-generation immigrant and woman of color. She has lived in the North End neighborhood in St. Paul for 23 years and has a studio in SE Minneapolis. After [...]
Katrina Knutson
Katrina Knutson was born in South Minneapolis and raised on working class ethics, progressive politics, street art and hip-hop. Since then, she has lived everywhere from Mexico City to Toronto, studying art and looking for inspiration under bridges, on the streets, and in galleries across North America. But no matter how far she travels, Minneapolis [...]
Amy Wilderson
Amy Wilderson loves so many things about being a teaching artist but the one that excites her the most is being able to share this art form that so many people have never considered being something that they could actually do. It’s an absolute joy for her to be able to assist participants as they [...]
