Evie Digirolamo is a theatre maker who specializes in new plays made from scratch. Her work is highly physical using partner acrobatics and aerial arts, highly collaborative, and highly innovative using multiple art forms (poetry, music, puppetry and more) to tell a story. She is a company member with Sandbox Theatre where she produces, writes, [...]
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Esther Piszczek
In 2008, Esther left the practice of law to live more creatively. When she was introduced to the Zentangle (R) method of pattern drawing, a non-representational, contemplative way of drawing complex patterns, her life changed. She’d been drawing patterns since she was a child, but it wasn’t until she experienced the Zentangle method that she [...]
Jinjer Markley
Currently, not available for Creative Classroom Residencies until Spring 2026. Jinjer Markley is an artist, illustrator and color nerd in Minneapolis, MN. Her formal training is in science: She has an M.M.s in Plant Biology . She also formally studied science teaching, and formerly taught middle school science. Her interest in math and science leaks [...]
Moira Villiard
Through public art collaborations across Minnesota, Moira Villiard (pronounced “Miri”) is a multidisciplinary artist who uses art to uplift underrepresented narratives, explore the nuance of society’s historical community intersections, and promote community healing spaces. She is proficient in a variety of artistic mediums and genres, including public art, painting, digital and graphic design, animation, photography, [...]
Karen Caldwell
Karen Caldwell is a British-born Barbadian artist whose abstract works explore transformation, identity, and connection through layered textures and shifting light. Working primarily with acrylics, palette knives, and metallics, she creates pieces that evolve throughout the day, inviting new perspectives with every glance. Her work has been exhibited in Europe, the Caribbean, and North America, [...]
Constanza Carballo
Constanza Carballo is a bilingual, bicultural Latina artist and nurse based in Minnesota. Her art practice began in 1991 and is deeply rooted in community engagement, storytelling, and the traditions of printmaking, mosaic, mural, and public art. She works to create spaces where art is not only seen but also experienced and shared collectively; sparking [...]
Candice Simpson
Candice Simpson is an art teacher, painter, and a passionate ‘wholeness through creativity’ advocate! She works as a COMPAS teaching artist and also teaches and creates in her studio in NE Minneapolis’ Arts District California Building. Candice worked as the Art Teacher and then Art Director at a day program for adults with disabilities, has [...]
Jan Elftmann
Jan Elftmann is a public assemblage artist believing that art should be everywhere. A major part of her process as an artist is the treasure hunt aspect of looking, gathering, and collecting the components, but she also enjoys collaborating with her audience. What this means for her work is that the audience not only completes [...]
