Artists
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Theresa Göttl Brightman
Theresa Göttl Brightman is a poet and writer who uses her work to examine how the mundane and the mystic interact.
Her poems have appeared in many online and print publications, two chapbooks, and one full-length collection, and she has performed her poetry across the US. Theresa has received awards from the University of Akron, the City of Ventura, Cleveland Museum of Art, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, Rhysling Award, and Best of the Net awards.
As a poet with an interest in environmental activism, her most recent poems often explore themes within ecopoetry.
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Mary Defer
Mary Defer is an artist who primarily works with analog photography. Her work is inspired by the unreliable nature of memory, the natural world, and the unearthing of family history. A near-lifelong Northeastern Ohioan, Mary grew up on a family farm and discovered her love for photography at Kenyon College, where she earned a B.A. in Studio Art. She is captivated by the sense of alchemical magic found when developing film and making prints in the darkroom. When practicing this type of photography, myriad issues can arise (light leaks, expired chemistry, etc.). It feels akin to a small miracle when things work out.
Mary's work has been exhibited regionally through spaces such as the Cleveland Print Room, Valley Art Center, and Pinwheel Gallery, and nationally through organizations including auburn art gallery in Los Angeles, Soho Photo Gallery in New York City, and Filter Photo in Chicago. In 2012, her book as when was included in DIY: Photographers & Books, the first-ever museum exhibition of print-on-demand photobooks at the Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Dee Fairweather
Dee is an oil painter located in Medina, Ohio.
Her interest in history began in grade school when her family moved to Roscoe Village, a historic canal village located in Coshocton, Ohio.
Using primarily neutral tones and influenced by American Tonalist artists, Dee’s emotionally fueled landscaped typically feature vast scenery with awe-inspiring skies.
Dee’s goal is to create timeless, atmospheric landscapes highlighting breadth, distance, and luminosity to fuel mental health, stress relief, and escapism.