John Michael Keating is a Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from Grass Valley, California.

John Michael Keating, an oil, acrylic, watercolor, monotype, and digital print artist, is Professor Emeritus of Art and Humanities at Sierra College in Northern California. He has twice been Visiting Artist at Franklin College in Lugano, Switzerland. He has lectured on Art at Cal Poly State University in San Luis Obispo, California, and at various arts clubs and organizations.

John has lived in Switzerland and Spain and exhibited award-winning oils, watercolors, and prints in the United States and Spain. His works have been purchased by Marriott, Bank of America, San Francisco General Hospital, and the Toyota Motor Corporation. His paintings hang in the Firehouse Restaurant in Sacramento, Napa Valley Museum in Yountville, and Eric Rood Administrative Center in Nevada City, California.

See more work, visit johnmichaelkeating.com

Richard Resnick is a Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from Brooklyn, New York.

Upon retirement from the Metro Transit Authority, Richard Resnick’s interest turned to photography. They took classes in various venues including Kingbird Community College and International Photography Institute. They show their photos at art shows.

To see more artwork by Richard, visit facebook.com/richgray51.

John Edwe is a Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Group Exhibitions

• Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, New Jersey (2022)
• Luxembourg Art Prize, Luxembourg, Luxembourg (2021)
• Pleiades Gallery, New York, New York (2020)
• Gallery Zero, Milan, Italy (2017)
• Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, New Jersey, Curated by Brian McCormack (2016)
• Galerie Metanoia, Paris, France, Curated by Marc Hinnonet (2015)
• Hamilton Street Gallery, Bound Brook, New Jersey, Curated by Brian McCormack (2015)
• Second Saturday Gallery, York, Pennsylvania, Curated by Ken Husband (2015)
• Gallery La La Artisan Market, New York, New York (2015)
• Institut Francais, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (2010)
• Sande Webster Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2004)
• Pennsylvania Convention Center, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (2004)
• Gallery One, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2003)
• Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York (2001)

Solo Exhibitions

• Haitian Embassy Brussel, Belgium (2018)
• Liberty Shop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2013)
• Academy Art University, San Francisco, California (2009)
• University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2005)

Commission

• Fresco, Ambassador of Jesus Christ (Church), Brooklyn New York (2002)

Education

• MFA Academy Art University, San Francisco, California (2009)
• BFA University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (2005)

See more work by John Edwe, visit johnedwe.com.

Carlos Alves is a Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from Miami, Florida.

Carlos Alves has been serious about art since he was a child. It shows in his passion for making things out of clay, glass, metal, salvaged artifacts, and recycled objects. His mission to make art from anything is encapsulated in his motto, “Chip it, crack it, smash it. Put it back together and give it whole new life.” He draws from his Cuban / Puerto Rican roots and South Florida upbringing, communicating the themes that encompass love, hope, history, culture, politics, nature, and a kinship with the sea.

Education

Carlos graduated with a Masters in Fine Art from Illinois State University, Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Miami, and scholarship to Scuola Lorenzo Di Medici in Florence, Italy. He started his post-college career with a free-flowing tile installation located on the floor and walls of the Art Center South Florida. The project eventually led to commissions by several public and private clients in the United States, London, and Hong Kong. He is excited by making artwork that is seen in large public art settings such as airports, parks, fountains, courthouses, libraries, restaurants, galleries, and private residences.

Public Art

Recently, Carlos designed and completed a courtyard featuring a sculpture fountain, garden benches, planters, seating rocks, and bamboo railing at a rehabilitation facility in Fort Lauderdale; mosaic sidewalk “Save Our Water” for Miami-Dade Water/Sewer Department; and entrance / ticketing area for the Port Everglades’ Holland America Terminal.

He often enjoys projects with local youth and has accomplished many public artworks working with them including “The River Poetry Project”, “The Miami Children’s Museum”, and a 186-foot mural at the entrance of the new Miami-Dade County Children’s Court House. Carlos works closely with his wife and partner of over twenty years, JC Carroll, in all aspects of public art from concept, design, and manufacturing, to completion.

Private Work

As much as Carlos enjoys the public art arena, he loves creating pieces for private clients, museums, and gallery exhibitions. He is currently working on a series, “Animal Instincts”, creating large, animal shaped clay bodies filled with recycled figurines and glass. The final piece in the series is a globe that will show the animals and sea life of each region and the fragile ecosystems of the world with emphasis on showing the planet’s need for our protection.

See more work, visit carlosalvesmosaics.com