Creative Network Members

About Jessie McClanahan Jessie McClanahan is an artist and storyteller from Southern West Virginia. Her upbringing was spent in the forests and coal...

About Karen Sparks I have a deep desire to create art that touches and stirs the imagination of the beholder The imagination is very powerful and...

About Curren Sheldon As a documentary filmmaker, my goal is always to capture true life in all of its contradictions, beauty, and pain. As a West...

About Elaine McMillion Sheldon At Grounded Theory, we believe the best stories - whether fiction, hybrid, or nonfiction - emerge from real...

About kathy talley Artist Statement Always I have felt drawn to the beautiful hand- crafted baskets woven by Appalachian artists. Weaving gives me a...

About Moment Johnson I originally hail from Virginia, but it was my decade-long stint in Utah that sparked my deep connection with rocks. The...

About Kelly LaCava I am a self taught artist and started painting 14 years ago as a means of stress relief when I realized a career as a chemist...

About Suzanne Williams I work with silk fusion because it satisfies my tactile and visual loves. Silk roving is a sumptuous fiber and mixing other...

About Thomas Ott My purpose as an artist is to tell stories, and to tell those stories in beautiful ways. What I use along the path of creation can...

About E. May At six, I heard a life-changing sound: an acoustic piano. I sat down next to Cindy, the lounge pianist who would become my first...

About Jorn Lynae Mork In 2018, I opened Wandering Bird Gallery in downtown Lewisburg, WV, to share my art with the community. While the gallery...