Kelly Raines - Photographer (USA)

Photography is more than a job for me.... its my passion and my release from the world. I enjoy exhibiting my work in local galleries in my free time and enjoy photographing local groups such as TASK and the Special Olympics to demonstrate the need for incredible organizations such as these.

Some highlights:

Member of the Arts Council of Princeton

Exhibitor at Gallery 14, Hopewell NJ

Exhibitor at South Brunswick Arts Commission

http://www.kellyrainesphotography.com/index.html

Meeke Mutter - Painter (NTH) (USA)

“When it was impossible to find a dance poster of her liking, she came to the decision to create her own and so began Meeke’s dancers.”

Meeke Mutter is an artist from The Netherlands. She is a painter of abstract figurative dancers: Meeke’s dancers. She works in acrylic and watercolor. She started with abstract painting in 1998. Her artwork is exhibited frequently and considered as stunning and beautiful. To her it is all about the beauty of dance and abstract calligraphy.

Meeke is also a dancer. She began her ballet training at the age of eight and has often performed. Later she switched to competitive track and field and ran 100/200 meters. She recently finished a 3-year Professional Training Program at Dance New Amsterdam in NYC with one year on scholarship. Since January 2010 she is studying ballet at Ballet Arts with Kirill Matveev, Kenny Larson and contemporary with Nina Buisson.

Meeke has received her masters from the Free University in Amsterdam in Culture, Organization and Management (Social Sciences). She also completed studies in senior communication consultancy. She has worked as a communication consultant for HVR Public Relations in The Hague.

Her performance experience includes working with modern companies/choreographers Neil Ieremia, Ex Nunc Ex Nunc, Pieter de Ruiter, Anne Rene Petrarca, Hanna Samson. Meeke has also choreographed productions for live jazz musicians in The Netherlands.

”I love colors, especially gold, I love elegant lines, fast brushstrokes. Being an artist means being able to focus and knowing you cannot go any other way. This is who you are. Fantastic.”

http://www.meekemutter.com/

J - Morrison - Designer/Screen Printer/Performer (USA)

Fans of Xiu Xiu may recognize the work of J-Morrison - he created covers for the Vinyl releases of the band's albums "Fabulous Muscles" and "La Foret" - but the self -described artist/designer and screen printer hopes he'll get even more attention for his live collaborations with artists and musicians in his "performative art". Morrison who's work has been exhibited at New York's P.S 1 and John Connelly Presents galleries, has become a downtown darling for the screen prints he creates on canvases, bags, T- Shirts, for audiences at Manhattan's Exit Art Gallery, Brooklyn's Powerhouse Arena and the New York Book Fair. "I am interested in bridging the gap between commercial art market and consumer culture," he says, "specifically through using screen printing as a vehicle to transport the work into other sectors of life".

http://www.j-morrison.com/

Mary Madsen - Dancer/ Choreographer (USA)

Mary Madsen is a small town gal from Maribel, WI. She holds a BFA in dance from the University of WI-Milwaukee in 2003. Since graduating, she has been living and working as a dancer, choreographer and Pilates instructor in New York City. Mary has been dancing with Regina Nejman and Company for 5 seasons, and also currently dances for John J Zullo Dance. Other performing credits include Simone Ferro and Friends II as a Solo Guest artist, (Milwaukee '09), Fusion Danceworks, David Appel Dance, Rebollar Dance Theater, and Foothold dance. In 2005 Mary co-founded the Indie rock band performance group Jigsaw Soul, which she continues to work with as movement director, performer, and collaboration curator. Early in 2008 she appeared as a featured dancer in their music video Cockroach Hotel. Other choreography credits include the production of ‘You Can’t Take it With You’ at the University of Rochester, NY in 2008, and ‘Open the Dark Door’ in the New York Musical Theater Festival (2009). Mary is truly inspired by the momentum of everyday life on the city streets and challenges you to take a moment to 'be still' every now and then.

http://vimeo.com/13351812

Matthew Johnson - Writer (USA)

I guess the first thing you should know about is that I really don't like writing about myself. I've been writing in one form or another since I was a kid, I get my inspiration from the people around me and the emotions they evoke.
There was a stretch of time where I didn't write as much as I wanted, then I met someone and she opened the flood gates to everything I've been writing lately. She is my muse.

I am a father of two beautiful girls. My main focus in life is making them happy and providing for them, and making myself happy.

I enjoy writing and reading, movies and tv. I have a lot inside to write about. I just have to find the words...

http://lyceumdrift.blogspot.com/

Sue K. Green - Photographer (USA)

Photography is a serious hobby of mine. It allows me to give expression to the beauty and diversities around me. I look for that ‘unique’ perspective. Buildings, patterns, flowers and landscapes press me to take them in new focus. I allow myself to appreciate and enjoy the full panorama before studying its’ parts, angles, and lighting. I attempt to create an image that allows the viewer to enjoy the obvious but prompts him to look beyond and create his own story.

CdCC

Cranbury Digital Camera Club has allowed me to grow as an artist by providing me with challenges and new friends with whom I can share my passion. Several of my images have won recognition in their monthly competitions with one, “Geometrics,” taking Best of Show.

PSA, Photographic Society of America has helped to further my development in the ‘art’ and ‘skill’ of photography.

My website is currently under construction but many of my images may be viewed here:

http://www.psa-photo.org/

Awards:

“Geometrics” NYC

1st Place in Class and Best of Show CdCC Competition, May 2008 – Walls

“High Tower” Empire State Building, NYC

HM, January 2008 CdCC Competition – Architectural Elements

“Sail On” San Diego, CA

3rd Place, November 2009 CdCC Competition – Maritime

“On the Buoy” San Diego, CA

HM, November 2009 CdCC Competition – Architectural Elements

“Bird’s Eye Vie” Vestal, NY

HM, December 2008 CdCC Competition – Fall Season Colors

“By the Glow of the Lamp” Forsgate Community, Monroe Township, NJ

HM, April 2009 CdCC Competition – Winter Scenes

“Drip”

3rd Place, October 2007 CdCC Competition – Stop Action

“Fountain in the Fog” Forsgate Community, Monroe Township, NJ

HM, April 2008 CdCC Competition – Water

“Temple of Dendur” Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC

HM, December 2007 CdCC Competition – Places of Worship

“Lion’s Paw” San Diego Wild Animal Park, CA

HM, August 2009 CdCC Competition – Animals

“Arnold Palmer” USGA Golf House, Far Hills, NJ

2nd Place, January 2009 CdCC Competition – Portraits

“Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone” Lower Falls from Artists’ Point

3rd Place, October 2009 CdCC Competition – Grand Landscapes

“Bloomin’ Tea” Original Composition

1st Place, January 2010 CdCC Competition – Still Life

“Sound of Music” Museum of Music, San Diego, CA

HM, February 2010 CdCC Competition – Movie Titles

“Tree Ogre” Grounds for Sculpture, Hamilton, NJ

2nd Place, March 2010 CdCC Competition – Textures

“Flying High” Catskills, Glen Falls, NY

HM, April 2010 CdCC Competition – Standing Out

“Looking at You” Depression Geyser, Yellowstone National Park

HM, May 2010 CdCC Competition – Macro Abstracts

“It’s a Stretch” Thanksgiving 2009

1st Place, June 2010 CdCC Competition – In Flight

Exhibits:

Art and Frame Express, Summer 2007

“City Street”- “Still Life”

Art Way Gallery Princeton, Fall 2009

Art Way Gallery Princeton, Fall 2010

“Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone”- “Across the Lake” – “Morning Mist, Sun, and Shadows”

“NJ Has It All”

South Brunswick Municipal Gallery , January-March 2010

“La Promenade”

“Art for Art’s Sake”

Gallery 125, April 9-June 5, 2010

“Lady of the Lake”

“Spring Song”

South Brunswick Municipal Gallery, April-June 2010

“Cherry Blossoms” – “Tulip Opening”

“Summer Pleasures”

South Brunswick Municipal Gallery, July 13-September 30, 2010

“Sail On” – “Cooling Waters” – “On the Beach”