Leslie Altman works primarily in water-based media, collage, assemblage, jewelry design, and clay.
She's a contributing artist and writer for Somerset Studio Magazine, Belle Armoire, Salon, and Gallery
publications. With a BFA. in design, her experiences as an art director, corporate gallery artist, and
crafter energize her students to explore their "creative passions". Finding alternative uses for existing
materials and "found objects" fuels her creativity for innovative collage and jewelry. Leslie's style
and techniques in class, enable her students to create unique, one-of-a kind designs for altered books,
journals, jewelry, and paper arts. She has her own line of Rubber Stamps. This is her first year with
An Altered Jubilee. Leslie is from Deerfield, IL.
Brenda Ambrosino delights in the creation of altered images. Whether she’s working on canvas or board, on single images or books, she strives to bring a sense of mystery and psychological complexity to her work.
She has a great love for ephemera of all eras, and seeks out unusual objects and surfaces to incorporate into
her work. The tactile complexity of layered images intrigues her, leading to the creation of images she
describes as "the different sides of my soul on display." Early experimentation with art rubber stamps
and collage led to her interest in the emerging art and craft of altered books. Brenda teaches classes to
share the skills and techniques she has collected with other interested artists. She has been published in
RubberStampMadness, Legacy, Artitude, and many times in Somerset Studio and the Gallery. This is her
third year with An Altered Jubilee. Brenda is from Palm Harbor, FL.
Kimberley Barnhardt is a mixed-media artist and instructor with an ongoing love affair with the creative process. Her work is a revelation of color, rediscovered flotsam and provocative minutia. Her professional
credits include a career in design and education for the theatre, and this is where her current work thrives:
at the intersection of the visual and the written word. She has a passion for the journey of creating,
and has developed her website of artist's materials and inspiration to cater to others with this same
love. This is her first teaching year with An Altered Jubilee, she was a vendor last year. Kimberley is
from Smyrna, GA. www.twigsofhope.com
Jenna Beegle is a paper crafter by occupation and predilection. She works as a project designer for
Anna Griffin, a scrapbook paper company, where she gets to create beautiful things for a living. Jenna
has taught scrapbooking, stamping and altering classes for more than 7 years. Her work has been published
by Memory Makers, Legacy, Somerset Studio and Paper Crafts magazines. This is her second year with
An Altered Jubilee. Jenna is from Woodstock, GA.
Theresa Cifali is a mixed media collage artist. Her formal training is as an elementary school
teacher. However, she has always been involved in the arts in some way. She began rubber stamping
7 years ago which led to many other venues such as collage art, altered art, beeswax collage and
book binding just to name a few. She began teaching locally and at conventions 6 years ago. Earlier
this year she opened her own company, The Altered Canvas. This is her first year with An Altered
Jubilee. Theresa is from Valhalla, NY. www.thealteredcanvas.com
Patricia Dibona, award-winning Graphic Artist and Teacher is recognized throughout the altered art
and bookmaking community for customized lines and her beautifully designed collage and vellum papers,
accordion books, embellishments and "Pollage Art" which combines acrylic painting and collage on canvas.
Patricia is owner and resident Artist of the Dibona Bookarts Studio, where products are designed,
manufactured and sold on premises. Her digital studio also includes a separate classroom where she and
her guest artists conduct workshops for the general public. Her classes include a variety of subjects
including altered book art, the art of scrapbooking, Photoshop® and interactive workshops for women.
This is her third. year with An Altered Jubilee. Patricia is from Roswell, GA. www.dibonadesigns.com
Laura Goetz has been creating mixed media art with rubber stamps for the past 13 years. As co-owner of Treasure Cay Art Stamps she has followed her passion for creating books, boxes and cards with a simple vintage feel. With the closing of her retail store this year, she looks forward to more time in the studio creating and developing classes for stores and retreats. Laura has her own line of vintage rubber stamps. This is her third year with An Altered Jubilee. Laura is from Clearwater, FL.
Ernie Hendrix says creating "handmade things of beauty" has always been a part of her life. And it has taken many forms - photography, painting, rubber stamping, bookmaking, beading and polymer clay. As a child, one of her biggest thrills was getting a new box of crayons, that big 64-crayon box, and a coloring book. Ernie's special areas of interest are bookmaking and jewelry. She gets a thrill out of seeing students faces when they realize that they have really, truly made a beautiful handmade book. Ernie has been published in Somerset Studio and Legacy. This is her first year with An Altered Jubilee. Ernie is from Douglasville, GA.
Jackie Hull is a self-taught mixed media word artist with a special love for books and vintage materials. For over 10 years she has developed and designed creative classes and workshops for her store, other stores, conventions and artist retreats. Her goal as a teacher is to openly share her knowledge and skills, while encouraging students to develop the creative gifts each of them has. She has had her work published in Somerset Studio, Stamper's Sampler, Doll Chronicals, and has done a book for Plaid Interprises. She and her husband, Gordon, have their own line of rubber stamps and are the organizers for An Altered Jubilee, hosted through their store, StampArt Jubilee & Scrapbooks. www.stampartjubilee.com
Berwyn Hung has a MFA in Book Arts/Printmaking. He has developed his own bindings and runs a small
hands-on letterpress shop. Berwyn also teaches Graphic Design at The Creative Circus and has his work
in collections such as MOMA, Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and The Victoria & Albert Museum in London. Berwyn's
students are amazed at both his talent and his gift for sharing this hand crafted art in the workshop setting.
This is his third year with An Altered Jubilee. Berwyn is from Tucker, GA.
Norma Kooi is a mixed-media artist who designs and creates altered journals, canvas shadowboxes,
artist trading cards and collage/assemblages. In 2002 she launched Baby Jane's Attic, her long time
passion, for convention-based sales of her stockpile of vintage ephemera and antique bits-and-bobs,
appearing at major venues such as Artful Journey, Art Unraveled, Art Continuum, an Art & Soul. She
teaches at area stamp and scrapbook stores and art retreats throughout the country. Her artwork has
been published in Art-E-Zine, Somerset Studio and the new Artist Trading Cards. This is her first year
with An Altered Jubilee. Norma is from Palm Harbor, FL.
Louise McClure has worked in the design and merchandising of interior spaces, fabrics and furnishings
in the US and abroad. After 20 years, she chose to follow her artistic path and now creates and markets her
own jewelry line. She mixes found objects and semiprecious stones, artisan beads, and her own charms and
amulets in designs that whisper of a history yet to be discovered. Her work has been featured in Ornament
Magazine, Bead & Button: Bead Dreams, and HGTV's Crafter's Coast to Coast summer 2005 season. This is her
first year with An Altered Jubilee. Louise is from Kill Devil Hills, NC.
Barbara McGuire is a diverse artist and author who has worked to develop products that inspire creativity. Her many books, products and workshops reflect the artistic influences of her peers as well as the philosophy that art is an essential, innate talent that we all possess. Most recently she has developed a line of jewelry templates and texture stamps for polymer and precious metal clays. Barbara has written articles for craft magazines and appeared on TV shows such as Carol Duvall and Christopher Lowell as a guest designer. This is her first year with An Altered Jubilee. Barbara has recently moved Atlanta, GA. www.barbaramcguire.com
Robin S. Monville says her creative side began about 14 years ago, when she and her Sisters started cutting up calendars to decoupage flower pots and making fabric greeting cards. It took off from there. She began
exploring art and has not stopped since. A lot of her work is from found objects and mixing them with new
objects she's created. She loves turning something old and boring into something beautiful and interesting
to look at. She developes and designs classes and kits so others can make their own! Her teaching goal is
to inspire others to stretch their mind and to think outside the box. This is her third year with An Altered
Jubilee. Robin has recently moved from Florida to Woodstock, GA. www.backyardcards-gifts.com
Catherine Moore is a mixed media artist, a poet and a dreamer. Her primary mediums are collage and paint. Like her art, her classes reflect the inner workings of her studio and life. This year, her muse will take
us back to our Earthly roots, working with imagery of birds, nests, feathers and eggs. Catherine is the
owner/illustrator of Character Constructions rubber stamps. Her journals and artists books have been
featured in Artists' Journals and Sketchbooks, The Art Doll Chronicles, Somerset Studio, The Somerset 2003
Journal Calendar, Stamper's Sampler, RubberStampMadness, and The Studio. This is her third year with An
Altered Jubilee. Catherine is from Peachtree City, GA. www.CharacterConstructions.com
Kim Nickens is a mixed media artist, and her work ranges from artists books (which have been exhibited regionally) to assemblage, jewelry, paper arts and photography. She is a founding member of the Pittsburgh Book Arts Collective and owner/stamp designer for Anima Designs, a rubber stamp and ephemera company. Imagery in her work and rubber stamp designs is primarily from her own photographs. Her work has been published in The Studio, Pisces Rising, Dog Eared Magazine, Memory and Dream, Somerset Studio and most recently in Lynne Perella’s new book, Artists Sketchbooks and Journals. She teaches classes both at the Society for Contemporary Craft and other Pittsburgh locations and nationally. This is her third year with An Altered Jubilee. Kim is from Pittsburgh, PA. www.animadesigns.com
Lisa Ohmer is founder of European Papers, a company that provides materials for collage and bookmaking. She teaches workshops in the paper arts and book binding at her studio, Artful Journey, StampAway, Altered
Jubilee and other venues around the country; as well as organizes Artiscape each spring. Her work often
involves innovation and the development of new bindings and art tools; for which she's registered two
patents. Currently, she's developing a video for bookmaking. An award winning designer, Lisa has served
as a creative consultant to more than 100 companies. This is her third year with An Altered Jubilee.
Lisa is from Columbus, OH. www.europeanpapers.com
Roben-Marie Smith is a mixed media, collage and book artist. She has been teaching classes in these
different types of media for several years. She has shared her talents with students at art gatherings
around the country including Art & Soul, Artiology, Artful Journey, Altered Jubilee and Art Unraveled.
Her work has been published in Somerset Studio, Legacy, Stamper's Sampler, PLAY Zine, ARTitude Zine,
Vintage Collage for Scrapbooking, Artists Creating With Photos, Creating Vintage Cards, Altered Books 101
by Design Originals, and the 2004 Somerset Studio Art Journal Calendar. She is the owner of Paperbag Studios
which offers a full line of mounted and unmounted rubber stamps and collage sheets. This is her third year
with An Altered Jubilee. Robin-Marie is from Port Orange, FL. www.paperbagstudios.com
Leisa Watkins says that mixed media is a term that perfectly describes her artistic talents. Mixed media allows Leisa to use all of the things she learned in her other artistic endeavors and combine them in fun and interesting ways. As much as Leisa loves to spend time in the studio creating, she is more passionate about teaching. She has taught classes in various mediums for over ten years. She receives great satisfaction from helping others create and begin to recognize within themselves some of the creativity she believes everyone possesses. Leisa is known for her ability to teach many mediums in a fun, exciting, and easy to understand way. Leisa has her own company called Kindred Kids. This is her first year with An Altered Jubilee. Leisa is from Salt Lake City, UT. www.kindredkids.com
Libby White, co-owner of Random Art Designs, gets her inspiration from dreams. She has been a prolific
artist and artisan for many years. Incorporating elements of collage, rubber-stamping and found object
art, Libby’s work is both abstract and representational. Libby is a jewelry maker, designer of art
dolls, shrines, as well as a serious assemblage artist. Fabric art is her primary medium now. Besides
pouches, pins and wall hangings, Libby combines the color and texture of fabric arts with her expertise
in bookbinding in order to create dynamic altered books. This is her third year with An Altered Jubilee.
Libby is from Alpharetta, GA. www.randomart.org
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