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Bryn Namavari

Designer; Mixed Media Artist; Visual Artist

Bryn Wears-Fitipaldi draws on a background in the arts to inform her design sensibilities and cross-genre work. Through the use of elemental geometries and repeated sequences, her pieces explore the connection between art and architecture, surface and space, reason and creativity, the artist’s hand and technology, object and place. She utilizes a variety of media including ink, paint, paper/collage, textiles, wood, concrete, and wool to create abstract geometrics. Her work draws on influences from Le Corbusier, the Bauhaus, Joaquín Torres Garcia, and Sol Lewitt. Bryn graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA with honors from Monmouth College and holds a Master’s Degree with distinction in Architecture from Washington University in St. Louis. Prior to moving to the Bay Area, she lived and worked in Chicago for the award-winning firm Sheehan Partners (Sheehan Nagle Hartray) during which time she founded the pattern and surface design company, Namavari. After relocating to the bay area, she co-founded the Sausalito- based architectural design firm Archipelago. She is a contributing writer for Critical Dance Magazine, and a former Chair of the Board of Directors for the non-profit, Architecture for Humanity-Chicago. She has exhibited art and architectural work in Chicago, St. Louis, and Helsinki, Finland.

Sara Nesson

Performance Artist; Visual Artist; Writer

I am an artist, writer, and performer with a lifelong passion for all things creative. To get lost in ink or clay, words or music—this is sacred to me, and I rely on this force in my life. As a Bay Area playwright and actor I have performed in collaborative theater productions such as On the Seventh Day with A Traveling Jewish Theatre and Sides of a Wall: A German-Jewish Story. My solo work, The Broken Mishkan, is touring to communities around the country. My creative projects have received funding from Interfaith America, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, and Alliance for Jewish Theatre. I have led Taizé candlelight services in churches, taught storytelling workshops at seminaries and hospitals, mentored Jewish teenagers, and traversed the United States as a travel writer. I am a graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Harvard College, and the Graduate Theological Union. These days I live on a peaceful hillside in northern California with my husband and two high-personality cats. I listen for owls and coyotes at night, and I try to stay open.

Nancy Nichols

Designer; Mixed Media Artist; Visual Artist

From the beginning drawing and painting have been my primary tools. Through decades of artistic expression my work has taken various directions. My background experience in Fine Art and Graphic Design gives me valuable artistic insight that I apply to my work. I create personalized websites for artists. Mixed media opens opportunity to explore new materials and direction. My imagination is inspired by Mother Nature with a curiosity of the unknown. The beauty of California fuels my creative expression. I grew up in Pleasant Hill and believe my first Art studio was a tree fort in an old oak tree. My most recent involvement has been teaching painting with coffee. Painting with coffee is similar to traditional watercolor painting but much easier. Coffee Art Works teaches creative skills to develop greater self acceptance and personal strength. Painting with coffee is taught in workshops as new and unique means of personal expression. I also paint with wine. When I realized people were not afraid to paint when using coffee I was inspired to encourage their blocked artistic skills. The workshops are especially inspiring for people who believe they cannot paint at all. Because coffee is not really paint people are not afraid to get started with it. I have a background as a social worker and view painting as a form of art therapy. The workshops are taught on Zoom and in live settings. Private sessions and individual lessons are available.

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