Rajab Ali Sayed is a Filipino/Pakistani visual artist, educator, and chef based in Los Angeles, California. Through painting, Sayed explores storytelling, intimacy, memory, and the relationship between human experience and the sensory world around us.

Alexandria Deters creates research-driven works that investigate the construction of memory, belief, and visibility through photography, embroidery, video, and installation. By transforming archival materials and personal imagery, Deters explores how stories are preserved, obscured, and reinterpreted over time.

Chrys Roboras creates evocative figurative paintings that merge realistic human forms with expansive, colorful semi-abstract landscapes. Her dreamlike works explore movement, memory, and emotion, inviting viewers into stories where the past, present, and future exist simultaneously.

Gherdai Hassell is a multidisciplinary contemporary artist, independent curator, and researcher whose work explores identity, memory, migration, and nostalgia. Through layered materials, textiles, collage, and painting, Hassell examines Caribbean heritage, postcolonial narratives, and the histories embedded within materials.

Susan Schmidt’s contemporary figurative paintings explore memory, nature, and personal transformation through layered surfaces, abstraction, and expressive mark-making. Drawing from experiences of loss and connection to the natural world, Schmidt’s work reflects the enduring relationship between place, emotion, and remembrance.

Pittsburgh-based artist Jake McCauley creates paintings rooted in mundane realism, exploring themes of observation, memory, place, and perception. Through cinematic compositions and recurring imagery of windows, his work examines how we experience the spaces between ourselves and the world around us.

Jazlyne Sabree is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores memory, land, and the persistence of African diasporic histories. Through immersive installations, collage, and material exploration, Sabree creates powerful visual narratives that honor lineage, resilience, and the stories embedded within the spaces we inhabit.

Featured in the Time Capsule exhibition, Anna Wallace creates intimate watercolor works centered on the human hand, exploring memory, loss, and personal reinvention.

Featured in the Time Capsule exhibition, Shelby Austin Tourney creates mixed media works exploring memory, comfort, and discomfort through spaces shaped by nostalgia and self-reflection.

Featured in the Time Capsule exhibition, Gina Gwen Palacios uses painting and mixed media to explore Mexican American identity, family history, and cultural memory. Her work reflects on belonging, displacement, and inherited narratives across generations.

Nashville-based artist Sharon Harms made the leap from award-winning graphic designer to professional painter in 2020. Drawing from decades of experience in visual communication, her work explores narrative and emotion through a refined yet intuitive painting style. With selections in international exhibitions and features in top art magazines, Harms continues to prove it’s never too late to pursue your passion.

Jennifer Small is an abstract painter whose work is about elevating the everyday to express appreciation for the wonder of the ordinary. She is a Pennsylvania native who received her BFA in Painting and BS in Art Education from Millersville University and an MFA in Painting from Savannah College of Art and Design.

Join us as we delve into the work of Diane Phares, an artist whose journey from Brooklyn to the New Jersey countryside informs her vibrant mixed media pieces. Through quilt fragments, painting, and rich narratives, Diane honors the stories of strong women in her life while addressing crucial themes of identity and social equality. Explore her artistic evolution, influences, and the profound connections she makes through her craft in this inspiring profile.