Debra Ann Nielsen-Salat

I am a hand embroidery artist. I have been doing embroidery almost my entire life as I learned as a child at my grandmother’s side. I love to use two strands of embroidery thread and my hands to express myself in color and texture. I love to make what I call my...

Barbara Hageman Sarvis

I am a retired art educator and spent the last 35 years living and working in Florida.  I was raised in Bergen County NJ, and attended the School of Visual Arts in NYC, Ramapo College in NJ and the University of North Florida. After taking care of my aging mother for...

Chung-Ah Park

I was born and raised in South Korea and moved to the States to study engineering at the University of California at Berkeley. I moved to Cambridge NY in 1990 and I have been making crafts ever since. I started with sewing simple clothing and then learned to weave....

Diana Schleicher

My interest in art led me to study for an Associate degree in Applied Science in the field of advertising art and design at the State University in Farmingdale, NY. Instead of pursuing a job in that field, I decided to work in the Occupational Therapy Department of...

Rose Klebes

I have been an oil painter for five years, with the last three focusing on plein air painting of local landscapes. A member of VAM since 1999, I created hand made and painted furniture for 10 years, then started mosaic art using local pottery and found objects. I now...