Teachers are sources of opportunity to ignite aspirations! A HUGE thank you to this year's Teacher participation - you made an impact that will last a lifetime! You and your talented students are a part of this collective connection of artists from around the world! LAKE CENTER MIDDLE SCHOOL Teacher: ROSS GOULD "Ross Gould is a History teacher at Lake Center Middle located in Santa Fe Springs, California and part of Little Lake City Elementary." -Quoted from RateMyTeacher "Mr

A sincere thank you to all of our exhibiting artists for every amazing piece that everyone in our community was able to experience! It was a pleasure to see a glimpse into your unique worlds and to feel the connections made with one another. Artists, you all are thoroughly applauded! ANGEL ACORDAGOITIA Bio: "This painting called La Frida represents the icon Frida was. The way Frida looked, dressed, painted and expressed her self-made her a one-of-a-kind. The Second piece is m

"George Rodriguez never set out to become a photographer. Photography came to him. It was 1954. He was at Fremont High School in South Los Angeles, and he needed an elective to meet graduation requirements. “A friend said, ‘Take photography, it’s easy,’” he recalls, seated in his cluttered downtown Los Angeles studio. That class set the course of his life. For more than half a century, Rodriguez has made pictures for magazines and record labels and, most importantly, for hims

"Domenico Foschi was born in Bari, Italy, in 1962. Although always exploring different kinds of creative media since childhood, he found that photography would be what he would stick with for many years to come, after stealing his brother's camera for a short trip . He was nineteen at the time. Not being able to afford a formal education in photography, he started to study the work of the masters in books. He found the expressive power of the work of Alvin Langdon Coburn ,

Artist, Manuel “Manny” Cuchilla was born and raised in Whittier California. Manuel always knew that art would play a integral part of his life. One of his first big projects was a mural for the class of 2001 in Whittier High School. After graduating from high school, Manny attended the prestigious California Institute of the Arts an received a Bachelor’s in Fine Arts. His academic training focused on film, but he is interested and passionate about design as well. Created 3 sh

Based in Los Angeles CA, Film Writer/Director at Warner Bros. Entertainment From the streets of Los Angeles into the quiet of his sister’s bedroom, using nothing but action figures as characters and bed sheets for a background, Justin's future in entertainment began. With digital recorders and portable devices becoming more available in the passing years Justin wasted no time sharpening his skills as a filmmaker throughout La Serna High School. Justin's apatite for growth beg

ARTIST STATEMENT I am fascinated with the way memory influences how stories change and evolve over time. This happens not because the facts change, but because the inner orientation of the stor yteller has. Their perspective grows, expanding and contracting with experience. The storyteller journeys us deep into the timeless aspects of the human experience; the kingdoms of love and loss, through grief, resolve, growth and into the balance of purpose. The human form, quite ofte

"I was Born in England in 1972 to two artistic parents, Paul Barrett- Brown, an engineer and special effects costume and prop maker, and Diana Tackley, a textile designer and fine artist. After studying at Shrewsbury College of Arts and Technology I moved to Pennsylvania in 1992. This is when I ventured more into prop making and 3D artworks. I co-founded a small company called EFEX Alive, which made masks and movie props, and this is when I began to develop my airbrushing ski