Broderick Poole is a Twin Cities-based artist hailing from Saint Paul’s historic Rondo neighborhood. He began creating art in grade school, and in 1996, his work was first featured in a national publication—a milestone that fueled his passion for both art and community. In 2000, Broderick combined his creative talents with his desire to give [...]
Layl McDill
Credit: Sarah Maricha White (2nd photo to right) Layl McDill grew up in Gillette, Wyoming where she began creating at a very young age. Her early works were dollhouses, marionettes and even an entire “Smurf Village”. Layl received her BFA in Illustration from the Columbus College of Art Design but she found it more exciting [...]
Dralandra Larkins
Dralandra Larkins is an award-winning spoken word poet, author of “Before I Lie, 2025”, and a recipient of the MN State Arts Board Creative Individuals grant. Her work is featured in literary publications including the League of Minnesota Poets Agates Anthology, MN Women’s Press, Tupelo Press, The Edge Magazine, and Insight News. She is the [...]
Linda Brant-Malm
Linda Brant-Malm studied art at Macalester College in St. Paul, MN and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Minneapolis College of Art and Design. She spent her 40-year career working in costume design, specializing in animals for mascots, amusement parks, festivals, and stage productions throughout the world. She loves the challenge of changing [...]
Nicholas Pawlowski
Nicholas Pawlowski M. Ed. is the founder of The Story Table Foundation, a non-profit that promotes mental and emotional wellbeing through interactive storytelling and makes space for great storytellers from around the world! Through improvisation, drawing, dance and conversation, audiences are invited to participate in active listening and explore values like empathy, thankfulness and cooperation. [...]
Sarina Partridge
Sarina Partridge is a musician, song-leader, educator and activist based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. She feels most alive when learning, creating and sharing songs — especially songs that grow out of time spent in wild places. Sarina sings with a wide variety of music projects: community choir song-leading; singing/ playing with folk trio Heartwood; and performing [...]
Laura Korynta
Laura Korynta is a multimedia artist specializing in eco-arts, puppetry, and comics/zines. She uses her art to investigate how to build connections with ourselves, each other, and the natural world. After spending 8 years as a licensed ESL teacher in both public schools and overseas, she discovered her real passion is helping students tell their [...]
Jan Elftmann
Jan Elftmann is a public assemblage artist believing that art should be everywhere. A major part of her process as an artist is the treasure hunt aspect of looking, gathering, and collecting the components, but she also enjoys collaborating with her audience. What this means for her work is that the audience not only completes [...]
