Evie Digirolamo is a theatre maker who specializes in new plays made from scratch. Her work is highly physical, using partner acrobatics and aerial arts, highly collaborative, and highly innovative, using multiple art forms (poetry, music, puppetry, and more) to tell a story. Evie invested 12 years as a principal teaching artist with Upstream Arts, [...]
Jinjer Markley
Jinjer Markley is an artist, illustrator, and color nerd in Minneapolis, MN. Her formal training is in science: She has an M.M.s in Plant Biology. She also formally studied science teaching and formerly taught middle school science. Her interest in math and science leaks into everything she does, including her abstract watercolor painting. Working with [...]
Moira Villiard
Through public art collaborations across Minnesota, Moira Villiard (pronounced “Miri”) is a multidisciplinary artist who uses art to uplift underrepresented narratives, explore the nuance of society’s historical community intersections, and promote community healing spaces. She is proficient in a variety of artistic mediums and genres, including public art, painting, digital and graphic design, animation, photography, [...]
Constanza Carballo
Constanza Carballo is a bilingual, bicultural Latina artist and nurse based in Minnesota. Her art practice began in 1991 and is deeply rooted in community engagement, storytelling, and the traditions of printmaking, mosaic, mural, and public art. She works to create spaces where art is not only seen but also experienced and shared collectively; sparking [...]
Joe Davis
Joe Davis is an award-winning spoken word artist and bestselling author who uses poetry to power possibility. He is the founder and director of Finding Your Freedom Practice, an artist collective teaching holistic health and wellness practices through spoken word, writing, music, theater, film, and dance. Joe holds a Master of Arts degree in Theology [...]
Stephanie Hunder
Stephanie Hunder is a Minnesota artist and arts educator who creates with ink, paper, and light. Her current work studies human relationships to the natural world through botanical and scientific iconography, combining photographic and digital techniques with traditional printmaking processes. Creating content through process and the importance of hands-on research are a focus in her [...]
Rita Panton
Rita Panton shares her whimsical passion for clay while exposing students to foundational techniques of ceramics. She seeks to create a playful environment of exploration, welcoming students to find their own story in clay. As an educator her focus involves encouraging students to find meaning and connection in their making process. Students learn to use [...]
Katie Knutson
Katie Knutson is a storyteller and teaching artist based in the Twin Cities who has performed and taught around the US and in Canada, Chile, Italy, and the United Arab Emirates. She has been called an “enchanting and magical” performer, and an “articulate, fun and inviting” workshop leader. Katie began storytelling in high school and [...]



