Featured Artists 2013
Featured Artists
Ryan Wood | Founder, CedarWood Roasting Co.
I grew up all over the US, from Mid-West to Deep South to West Coast, but my high school years were in Portland, Oregon so I guess coffee culture has been ingrained in me. My degree is in Youth Psychology but my work experience has been as varied as my moves growing up. I have been in (continue reading) ...
Tiffany McAnarney | Watercolor, Salt & Acrylics Artist
Tiffany McAnarney isn’t only a person with a hard-to-pronounce last name (mack-an-arn-ee), she’s a craftsman of — and a person forever dedicated to — watercolor painting, pour-over coffee, and meaningful friendships. Although she (continue reading) ...
Gary Humble | Founder, Grapevine Craft Brewery
Gary's fusion of passion and experience in leadership and development has now led to the birth of Grapevine Craft Brewery. The desire to start a brewery begins with great beer, but for Gary it doesn't stop (continue reading) ...
Nicole Morrow | Abstract & Portrait Artist
Nicole Morrow is an abstract & portrait artist based in Dallas, Texas. Her gestural pieces have been described by critics as ethereal and mysterious. Nicole works primarily with acrylic paint, but also employs (continue reading) ...
Maxine Owens | The Southern Table
Born in Mexico and raised as a hometown Dallas girl, Maxine began her design career in the retail world of visual merchandising. With stints at Anthropologie, Barneys New York, and Crate & Barrel, she honed her design eye in both fashion and (continue reading) ...
Erika Huddleston | Visual Artist
Erika Huddleston is a Texas painter who studies urban parks and their relationship to the citydweller. She works entirely outdoors, sitting on the ground with her canvas for full days from 9:00 am to dusk. First, she walks the site for several days or weeks (continue reading) ...
Clark Jones & Amy Boykin | O, Loveland
It all began with some good times and open mic nights. In the fall of 2011, Clark Jones and Amy Boykin combined their art into the band O, Loveland (continue reading) ...
Rob Peabody & Joel Warren | Awaken
Rob Peabody and Joel Warren want to see the people of the church move outside of the comfortable worship experience. Through The Awaken Movement and their project Kingdom Rise , they write songs, sermons, and study materials centered on this topic of putting action to our faith in our communities (continue reading) ...
Guy Delcambre | Writer
Guy Delcambre is a writer, mountain bike and outdoors enthusiast and newfound explorer of living life as a single dad to three amazing little girls. Life is far more frail and unpredictable than often noticed. That is, until it breaks. In 2010, the lives of the Delcambre family took an unexpected turn (continue reading) ...
Kristen Cochran | Visual Artist
From the Pacific Northwest, Kristen Cochran moved to Texas to complete her MFA at The Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University in 2010. She has exhibited in the Pacific Northwest, Texas and New York, and has works in private collections in Italy and London. In Texas, Kristen has exhibited at CentralTrak, Oliver Francis Gallery, (continue reading) ...
James Faust | Artistic Director, DIFF
Dallas Film Society Artistic Director, James Faust, began as the festival’s Senior Programmer at AFI DALLAS’ inception in 2006. A graduate of Cinema Studies at SMU following Telecommunication/Theatre degrees at Texas Tech University, Faust began his film career as a grip on ARMAGEDDON and once locally produced television Walker Texas Ranger (continue reading) ...
T.C. Johnstone | Director
T.C. Johnstone is a director and director of photography who has worked on a variety of projects including television (ABD, CBS, NBC, Discovery, CNN), independent films and a documentary with author and pastor Rick Warren. After producing his first feature 10 years ago in (continue reading) ...
Vivien Jordan | The Eclectic Press
Vivien is a born and raised Dallasite who lives with her awesome theology teaching husband, Jon Jordan, and their dog Hoosier Daddy. She loves color, food, traveling, parties, thrifting, time with friends and more food. When she's not designing (continue reading) ...
Audrey DeFord | Painter
Audrey is Texan by birth, an idealist by nature, a keeper of crazy dreams, and lover of many things. She currently lives in McKinney, Texas, with her musician husband. She is a painter specializing in oil and watercolor. You can find her work in private collections (continue reading) ...
Bryan DeLuca | Foot Cardigan
Chief Executive Officer, Eternal Optimist, Visionary, Website Analytics Wonk, Fastest Beard-Grower in The West, Greets Celebrities In Coffee Shops Like Old Friends. Born on a backyard ranch in the hinterlands of Oklahoma City, (continue reading) ...
Megan Wilkes | Emporium Pies
Megan Wilkes is a small town girl, turned big city entrepreneur. She has a background in interior design and business, and lives in Oak Cliff with her amazing husband and two canine children (continue reading) ...
Kirk Thurmond | Singer-Songwriter & Musician
Kirk Thurmond wants to take you on a ride to remind you why music means so much to people. He wants to give you music, that years from now, will still mean something to you. At age 12, Kirk borrowed a friend’s guitar for a weekend, but returned it a year later. He’s since gone on to share (continue reading) ...
Mike Baughman | Community Curator, Union
Mike Baughman never dreamed of moving to Texas until he fell in love with a Texan and then fell in love with the city of Dallas. Mike is an ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church and father of four kids. He attended Duke University for undergraduate work (which turned him (continue reading) ...