SANDRA GUSTAFSON
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Ink & Gouache
Sandra Gustafson has been exhibiting art in Des Moines for over 25 years. Originally working with large acrylic abstracts, she transitioned to smaller gouache and ink pieces 16 years ago while on bed rest during her pregnancy. Limited space and materials led her to develop a style reflecting her experience—layering tape, water, and ink to reveal organic, intuitive forms. Her ethereal work invites personal interpretation. In addition to creating in her studio, Sandra teaches workshops to help others tap into their creative potential. She also integrates art into her work as a realtor, gifting original pieces to clients and continuing to exhibit locally.
https://www.sandragustafsonart.com
ANTHIA WHITE
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Metals
Anthia uses metal fabrication to convey personal experiences. Drawing inspiration from textiles and nature, she transforms metal into narratives that resonate with her journey as an artist, maker, and individual.
STIRLING DESIGNS
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Metals
Audrey Stirling creates a wide array of jewelry and small metal sculptures using a variety of metalsmithing techniques. Her current work revolves around insects and how they impact us and our environment.
JENNY OTIS MILLER ARTIST
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Multimedia Artist
Jennifer Miller (she/her) is an award winning artist, educator, and arts advocate who was born and raised in Iowa City, Iowa. Her artistic career began with clay and continuously expands to encompass other materials such as papermaking, printmaking, and book arts. Jen has a deep and abiding reverence for crafts and is inspired to create work about her lived experiences. She holds an MFA in Book Arts from the University of Iowa Center for the Book (2025) and an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Iowa (2000).
CHAD R. MILLER
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Visual Art
Chad R. Miller is a painter, writer, and photographer whose work develops from the tension of competing or complementary concepts such as rootedness/restlessness, precision/fluidity, time/place, and presence/absence. He deals with themes of identity; travel, place and movement; memory and loss; direct sensory experience and illusion.