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 Gwendolyn Magee
Craft - Fiber
Jackson, MS
Recently chosen as one of the fifty 2007 United States Artists Fellows - four Fellows are from the Southeast - Gwendolyn Magee's narrative textile work focuses on African-American experiences. Her abstract work is an exploration of color and texture.
Read more about Magee and her work 
 John Baily & Richard Blanco
Visual Arts - Painting &
Literary Arts - Poetry
Miami, Florida
John and Richard have known each other since 1993, but did not realize how much their work had in common until three years ago, when they began working on a collaborative project, "Place of Mind." This exhibit juxtaposed Baily's abstract paintings with Blanco's poetry to create subtle dialogs left open for the viewer's interpretation.
See more of Bailly's work & Read Blanco's Poetry
 Kathyrn Stripling Byer &
Marilyn Kallet
Literary Arts - Poetry
Cullowhee, North Carolina &
Knoxville, Tennessee
These two poets came together to edit the multi-genre, multicultural anthology of nonfiction essays, poetry, stories, and letters, The Movable Nest. What brought them together? Themes including mothers saying good-bye to their college-bound daughters, daughters reflecting on leaving home, and daughters caring for aging mothers.
Read more about Kallet & About Stripling Byer
 Mariachi Band Garibaldi
Folk/Traditional - Music
Montgomery, Alabama
After capturing audiences in Miami and Atlanta for decades, Mariachi Band Garibaldi made it to Montgomery, AL, in 1997 and has been entertaining ever since. The group's performances include music from throughout Mexico as well as explanations of the traditional dress, musical style and instrumentation of Mariachi music.
See Mariachi Band Play at AL Governor's Mansion
 Ondine Geary
Dance - Modern
Memphis, TN
Living alternately in Memphis and London, Ondine Geary has been recognized for her work as a dance advocate, performer and choreographer. Her choreography, "Cat's Eye" was inspired by a Margaret Atwood novel of the same title. Ondine says of her craft, "Dancing enables an honesty I do not find elsewhere in my life."
Learn More About Geary
 Vicki Niolet
Craft - Mixed Media
Bay St. Lois, MS
New York's Ward-Nasse gallery will feature "Boxing Katrina," now until January 8th, the exhibit features works made of found objects by Gulf-Coast resident and assemblage artist, Vicki Niolet. Niolet's artwork can also be juxtaposed with two books of photography, Parting Shots and West Side Stories: Before, During and After Katrina which she compiled and edited in order to chronicle the destruction of Hurricane Katrina in her area.
Learn more about Niolet
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