Traci Meitzler is a Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania.

As an artist, Traci Meitzler works hard to develop art that speaks both to her and others about her emotions and frame of mind while creating. She classifies her style as chaotic architecture. Traci enjoys the juxtaposition of straight edges with organic curves. She believes that a painting or any design cannot have just one element, but that each element exists in harmony because of the others.

Traci creates artwork using acrylic mediums along with other materials such as marker, charcoal, spray paint, and modeling paste. She likes to add non-standard items to create texture such as clear acrylic sheets, textured wallpaper, cheese cloth, and coarse sand.

To see more work, visit mad7studio.com

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, 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

Audrey Dowling is a Side Arts Certified Visual Artist from Westfield, New York.

Audrey Kay Dowling received a BS in Art Education at SUNY New Paltz and a MS from SUNY Fredonia. She works in her clay, painting, and printmaking studios full time. Audrey is an award and grant winning artist and the gallery owner of Portage Hill Art Gallery in Westfield, New York.

See more work, visit audreykaydowling.com