MARCH | APRIL 2019 ISSUE NO. 20
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MEET THE ART CHOWDER TEAM
Rebecca Lloyd, is the founder of Art Chowder and
currently holds the Creative Director position for the
publication. She is passionate about sharing the talents
of artists and creating opportunities for art enthusiasts
to connect with art within our communities. She enjoys
spending time with her husband and two children,
traveling and painting — primarily working with acrylic
on canvas. Ann Contois is Editor/Proofreader for Art Chowder;
she is a stained glass artist, writer, web designer and
arts marketing consultant. With a curious spirit and
myriad interests, she has traveled widely, visiting
European castles and Asian temples ... always feeding
her artistic vision. She earned a BA in Fine Arts/English
from University of California, Berkeley and is co-owner
of Contois Reynolds Art Glass Studio, creating fine art
glass for gallery, residential, and liturgical markets.
Denny Carmen was born and raised in Spokane,
Washington, where he had a long career as a Journey-
man Plumber. His career ended because of injuries, so
Denny turned heavily to his painting. He has shown
his art at many venues and sold around the country.
Denny is the past President of River Ridge Association
of Fine Arts; Co-Founder of Charts, Child Humanitari-
an Arts; Resource Manager of Art Chowder Magazine
and current member of the Spokane Arts Commission.
Denny is involved with many art fundraisers and he
truly loves what he does. Chelsea Cordova has long been enthusiastic about the
arts being a powerful connector for building commu-
nity. She now finds Art Chowder a perfect fit, allowing
her to get to talk art with many different people while
helping them promote their art and activities. She
is a teaching artist who shares Redbrick Art Studio in
Coeur d’Alene, is a longtime active member of the
Arts and Cultural Alliance, is an Idaho Arts Commission
Changeleader and is certified as a facilitator of Open
Studio Project.
Ginny Brennan - Life and career allowed good fortune
of living in the West, Midwest and Southeast all the
while painting and exploring art as well as studying
the works of favorite artists — Winslow-Homer, Charles
Reid and Richard Taylor. Ginny has been associated
with co-ops, galleries and art associations across the
country. Returning to Spokane in 2013, Ginny is actively
involved in the arts community, with her own art and Art
Chowder magazine. Melville Holmes is a traditional artist and published
scholar versed in historic techniques and the chemistry
and technology of painting materials. His subjects include
still lifes, figure paintings, landscapes, and architectural
pieces. He is best known for his major role in Davenport
Hotel renovation and the new Davenport Tower. Other
work has included the Post Street Alehouse, the Great
Western Building, Riverview Corporate Center, the Patsy
Clark Mansion, and private painting restorations.
Karen Mobley is a visual artist, poet and arts con-
sultant. Her poems have been published in WA129,
Spokane Writes, and Lilac City Fairytales. She will be
artist in residence at Laboratory (2018). She serves as
a Program Contractor for Spokane Arts. She served as
Arts Director for the City of Spokane from 1997-2012.
She holds an MFA from the University of Oklahoma
and a BFA with Honor from the University of Wyo-
ming. For more information: [email protected]
509 499 0784 Marilee Hudon is a Pacific Northwest native, art
lover/blogger, and writer. A member of Spokane Au-
thors and Self-Publishers, the Tin Pencil and St. Francis
writers groups, she specializes in urban fantasy and
personal interviews.
Photo Credit: Creative Life Spokane
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Olivia Brownlee - LA born and Spokane bred, Olivia
has been wrangling words from an early age, largely
through her career as a songwriter, performer, and
recording artist. Combined with a Bachelor of Arts
in Theatre (Eastern WA University) and a Master in
Theatre for Social Change (Emerson College), her
education, experiences, and interests led her to buy
dozens of books on language, anthropology, foreign
policy, and cartography. She transplanted back to Spo-
kane area this year and is in the process of developing
a written and practical curriculum on the linguistic and
communal properties of music. Chandler Baird - When I moved to Spokane in 2014,
I had two questions: “What is there do in Spokane,
Washington?” and “Where can I buy a raincoat?”
Three years later, I can say I have found a raincoat and
I have fallen in love with this city I call home. I am an
almost six-foot-tall Texan girl who found myself in the
Pacific Northwest. I discovered my passion for food
and travel in college when I studied abroad in Europe
and Asia. This allowed me to master the art of multi-
media storytelling. Now, living in Spokane, my curiosity
allows me to continue to seek out the food, communi-
ties, and businesses that make this city unique.
Janis V. Bers - My zodiac sign of Gemini couldn’t be
more appropriate! My extensive and varied careers
in broadcasting, audio/visual production and creative
writing have been split equally between and equally
rewarded by Great Britain and the United States. It’s
this international “twinning” that has offered me a very
broad overview of the wide world of performing arts. Karen Conrad was born and raised in Maitland, Florida
where she joined the Navy and saw the world. She
retired with her husband in St. Maries, Idaho after 28
years working for the U.S. Army. Karen is an avid oil
painter and member of the Coeur d’Alene Art Associa-
tion, Plein Air Painters of Idaho and Arts Wallace.
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