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Lynn Basa

Visual Arts: Mosaics, Other, Sculpture

With public art, the people, history, and purpose of a place become my materials. Every public art commission starts with the aspirations of its community, whether it’s about commemoration or commerce; reparation or reclamation, it all forms the symbolic meaning of my work. This human effort and constant innovation fueled by the necessity for survival is what I celebrate in my public work.

Nicole Beck

Visual Arts: Mosaics, Sculpture

Nicole Beck is a professional working artist in Chicago who fabricates sculpture in her studio, has worked for many years with young apprentice artists on collaborative public art projects as a Lead Artist, and has an extensive show record. Beck has installed site-specific public art commissions that are the result of intensive research and collaborative input from invested stakeholders. She has won numerous grants, awards and has attended many artists residencies, creating a web of support nationwide. Her work has evolved over the years to incorporate the concepts and applications of physics and the natural sciences. Botanical sciences, optics and astronomy are frequent themes. Nicole’s work has evolved to include iconic and unique large-scale public sculptures that incorporate a variety of materials, deftly moving across mediums to apply whatever best materializes the concept. Her works are installed nationwide.

Barbara Ellmann

Visual Arts: Mosaics, Murals

Barbara Ellmann was born in Michigan and lives in New York, where she works as an artist in painting, drawing, and mixed media. She has produced public works for the MTA; the City of Summit, NJ; and the Queens Public Library. She has been selected for residencies at Yaddo, the Hermitage Artist Retreat, Haslla Art World Museum in South Korea, and Baer Artist Residency in Iceland. In 2016 her exhibition AN OPEN BOOK 2 was presented in Palm Springs by the McCallum Theatre Aesthetic Education Program and College of the Desert. My paintings are primarily about memory and place. I draw imagery from a wide range of source material and use varying degrees of abstraction to suggest fleeting impressions from observation and memory. This practice explores the patterns, landmarks, symbols, and colors that we use as markers to catalog visual experience, and gestures to the overabundance of visual stimuli that we daily sift through and assign meaning to in order to form a worldview.

Faducci LLC - Solomon Bassoff

Visual Arts: Mosaics, Sculpture

Faducci was developed in 2002 by the combined exploration of artists Solomon Bassoff and Domenica Mottarella. Their whimsical emotive sculptures have received enthusiastic acclaim and have been acquired for both public art installations and private collections. Their creative interests are sparked by nature and constantly influenced by the wildlife that surrounds their home in the Sierra foothills. They are experienced at creating artwork that celebrates the natural environment, while delighting and inspiring the viewer. They have accomplished this goal with public art installations at the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, WA; Redding, CA; Natomas, CA; the Northwest Library in Oklahoma City; and again and most recently in Sunnyvale, California. The work illustrates their diversity of theme and skill in creating large public sculptures. In addition to large public art projects Faducci sculptures are held in high esteem in private collections across the country.

Guy Kemper

Architectural; Visual Arts: Mosaics, Murals, Sculpture

Study • Listen to and collaborate with the committee, construction team, and community • Research heritage of site to inform artwork meaning • Address engineering, technical and budgetary issues Design • Succeed as art, meaningful community marker, and architectural art • Timeless, joyful, elegant Make • Make as beautiful as possible • Make to require little or no maintenance for 100 years • Usually make from blown glass or Italian mosaic smalti • All projects are installed on time and on budget Me • Professionalism and experience minimize unpleasant surprises • Internationally recognized. Work exhibited and commissioned in Asia, Europe, America, and the Middle East. Lectured at architectural design conferences in the United States, South Korea, and Germany. • Subject of two half-hour documentaries broadcast nationally in US and Germany • Featured in over 80 publications in the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East • Winner of CODA International Design Awards in 2021, 2018, and 2013

Kersey Ceramics LLC

Visual Arts: Mosaics, Murals, Sculpture

When Diana Kersey was a kid growing up in Lubbock, Texas, her parents let her dig a mud pit in their backyard. Thirteen inches down, she hit clay, and she’s been working with it ever since. Kersey is a visual artist working exclusively in clay, from small studio pieces to large architectural installations. Her work has become instantly identifiable, due to the muscular, spontaneous qualities of the material enhances with her colorful, translucent glazes. Her public works have been commissioned by the City of San Antonio, VIA Metropolitan Transit, The San Antonio River Authority, and the City of Harlingen. In 2021 she completed her largest private commissions to date (over 650 square feet) for a new office tower in San Antonio, Texas. Kersey earned an MFA in ceramics from Washington State University in 1997, and a BFA in drawing from Texas Tech University in 1994. She serves on the faculty at Northwest Vista College and owns and operates Kersey Ceramics LLC.

Showcase Mosaics

Visual Arts: Mosaics, Murals

For me, mosaic is a form of magic. The process of breaking down large sheets of glass, finding that perfect glass for each small piece, that just right hue, level of transparency and surface texture that will speak to what I’m trying to say with this glass “brush stroke.” The medium is always a joy and a challenge, cutting the perfect shape and size tesserae to create that feeling. The overall theme of my artwork is a resolute celebration of this life; of our world, both our own creations and of natural things. Mosaic carries a message of wonder, not only in the monuments and architecture of our surroundings, but also of the hope intrinsic in this celebration.

Susana

Architectural; Visual Arts: Mosaics, Sculpture

My work is often an architectural reliquary of sorts. I am inspired by how architectural styles reflect the times and locations from which they sprung. The nostalgic yearning of an ephemeral past, memories soon lost, covered with layers of new stories, new techniques, new dreams: in fact, a completely new cast of characters. These characters are my art, retelling stories tinted in new colors, old shapes reworked into a modern version of the past. Using techniques that are at times medieval, and at times cutting edge technology and materials, I strive to create juxtaposition with my work. Currently I am creating a second mosaic garden in an underserved community. I work with at risk teens on designing and creating places of magic. Specializing in exterior grade glass and steel components: Sculptural, Decorative walls, mosaic. We also work with concrete, mosaic, resin, and stained glass

Ann Tarantino

Architectural; Visual Arts: Installation, Mosaics, Murals, Other; Low-Relief Wall Mounted Collage

I create drawings and paintings, collages and installations, and public art projects, including murals. My work explores human experiences of place and landscape—including the colors, patterns, light, shapes, and shadows found across the natural world and the built environment—telling stories about people and the spaces they inhabit (or dream of). I use source materials about places and spaces to generate a visual language of color, line, shape, and form, combining and digitally tracing elements before etching or cutting the resulting images into paper, acrylic, wood, and other materials–or using those pieces as stencils for paintings. Each material is thus a building block combined and layered with others to create vibrant multi-dimensional works. Ultimately, my work emerges from the landscape and the built environment; the lives and memories of the people who move within such spaces; and the patterns and imprints we leave upon and learn from the world around us.

Mike Tauber

Architectural; Furniture; Visual Arts: Fountains, Mosaics, Murals, Other, Woodcraft

A professional artist, Mike Tauber earned his bachelor’s degree in art at San Diego State, and completed indoor and outdoor murals internationally. Tile commissions are at City of Tustin, Crab Cooker Newport Beach, and Taco Stand Laguna Beach. Painted mural commissions are at Wilshire Grand Center Los Angeles, and Geppetto’s Toy Stores throughout San Diego. His travel postcard was recreated on stage at the 2022 Pageant of the Masters in Laguna Beach where he was name Artist of the Year in 2018.

Kelly Witmer

Architectural; Furniture; Visual Arts: Bas-relief, Fences / Gates, Fountains, Glasswork / Neons, Installation, Mixed Media, Mosaics, Murals, Painting, Sculpture, Site-specific

I work out of my Joshua Tree studio to create paintings and sculptures in ceramic, glass and steel. Public art has been an exciting field to explore, since I love working in different mediums and relish a challenge. I have worked with many interior designers and art consultants for specific installations, and enjoy collaborating towards an envisioned environment. I received my BFA from University of the Arts in Philadelphia,PA, with additional studies at Parsons School of Design in Paris. I have attended residencies at Atlantic Center for the Arts in Florida, Watershed Center for Ceramic Arts in Maine, ArtVallarta in Mexico and Can Serrat in Spain. My public art installations can be found in Los Angeles, Santa Rosa, CA and Las Vegas, NV.

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