My art is a reflection of my roots and culture. I use bold and bright colors to tackle themes that range from dark and serious to lighthearted and fun. I like recycling materials because why not. Therefore my paintings are mixed media. www.lizbethortiz.com
I photograph what calls to me, almost without question. It’s a mix of conscious and subconscious. I feel if I ever shoot with an eye towards what the audience would like, then I’m just pandering to external taste before I’ve even framed something in camera. www.visibleinlight.com
Evolved Metal by Jonatan Lopez
Jonatan Lopez is an interdisciplinary artist living in Houston Texas. His performance and installation works address personal struggles and issues of debate, often becoming self-healing rituals and social experiments seeking to open valuable community dialogue. His sculpture and commercial works employ recycled metals and found objects, ranging from life size figurative sculpture to metal crafts. He experiments with other art forms such as video and sound. www.jonatan-lopez.com 512-689-0209
Jonatan has shown at numerous venues in Houston, from alternative art spaces such as Project Row Houses and DiverseWorks ArtSpace to traditional venues like Bayou City Art’s Festival. Jonatan currently co-facilitates Houston’s Performance Art project Continuum.
Laura Lopez Cano Art Studio
Laura Lopez Cano paints memorable images that disclosed memorable images of her culture. She has exhibited in numbers galleries and fine art shows throughout the country and has been invited to display at the United Nations. Today with her son Louis who is autistic, they are painting and exhibiting together. Together they have a wide range of images profiling two very different perspectives of the same theme.
http://www.lauralopezcano.com 281-532-1278
Laura López Cano Biography
Laura Lopez Cano is a widely acclaimed and recognized artist, an entrepreneur, a public speaker, and a life and business coach. Laura’s art is an interpretation of culture and tradition that embodies her Hispanic heritage. Ms. Lopez Cano has built a successful (25 year old) business on her belief that everyone can earn an income from living their dreams. Laura Lopez Cano has been training as a Life and Business Coach, taking courses in Ibiza Spain, from The Global Coaching Network and Sage University. Now she shares her knowledge and experience of entrepreneurship through workshops, by providing personal coaching to clients and public speaking.
Laura deeply believes everyone can earn an income out of living their dreams. She wants to make everyone’s lives better by showing them how to earn a living, while keeping true to themselves and discovering their hidden talents. Whenever you receive coaching or training from Laura, you return to your life and career with a whole new perspective. Laura teaches the practical steps for expanding your business with more fun and less effort. All coaching sessions and workshops can be conducted in either English or Spanish or both.
Laura Lopez Cano’s workshops are designed to help the participants light up and to light up others. Every person has something that they can do supremely well or that thing they were born to do. In her workshops, participant will find their life’s desire. By developing small projects, they will be well on their way to living their dreams and earning that living. Participants will learn new communicational tools which they need to successfully work with others, build up self-esteem and becoming entrepreneurs.
Laura walks her talk. By following her passion Laura as has been featured in countless exhibits in galleries and fine arts shows throughout the United States. She has been selected as the poster artist for the Center for Disease Control’s National HIV/Aids Partnership Awareness Campaign, which was unveiled at the United Nations on World Aids Day 2005. Laura has also received the honor of Best of Show in numerous exhibits across the country.
In 2006 Laura served on the McDonald’s Corporation’s Mom’s Global Insights Panel. Laura is a graduate of several Leadership Training programs which include: National Leadership Institute, Harvard University JFK School of Government and Center for Creative Leadership Institute. Recently Laura was select by MECA and NESCAFE to paint a mural in downtown Houston.
Laura Lopez Cano Awards and Acknowledgement Guest Speaker- Latina Empowerment Breakfast, El Concilio, Modesto, California 2010 Guest Speaker- Latina Empowerment Luncheon, El Concilio, Stockton, California 2010 Guest Speaker- Houston NHPO Leadership Class 2010 2010 Award- “Mujer del Ano en las Arts” Sucesos-Citgo Newspaper- Houston, Texas 2010 Book Cover Desing- Dr. Ana Nogelas “Latina Power” 2010 Guest Speaker- University of Colorado –Colorado Springs 2010
Book Cover Design- Featured in Book “Aim High” by Laura Rowe 2009 Mural Project- MECA in Houston , TX sponsored my NESCAFE- Nestle Corp. 2009 Hispanic Women of Texas Network, 2009 Chair Award 2009 Macy’s Guest Speaker & Private Artshow – Corporate office Cincinnati, Ohio 2009 Poster Artist- MANA “Las Primeras Award Gala” Arts, Washington, D.C. 2009 Poster Artist- Hispanic Women’s Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona 2009
MANA Reception for MANA 33rd Aniversary- Indian Treaty Room at The White House 2008 MECA Advisory Board Member 2008 Sor Juana Festival- National Museum of Mexican Art- Houston, TX, Visual Arts Exhibit 2008 Poster Artist- Hispanic Women’s Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona 2008 Poster Artist- MANA “Las Primeras Award Gala” Arts, Washington, D.C. 2008
Houston Dynamo and Bud Light, 2007 Outstanding Hispanic Community Leaders. 2007 Poster Artist- St. Thomas University-Dual Language Conference 2007 Poster Artist- Hispanic Women’s Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona 2007 Poster Artist- MANA “Las Primeras Award Gala” Arts, Washington, D.C. 2007
Nordstrom, Hispanic Heritage Month National Exhibit and guest speaker 2006 Latino Grammy Awards/ Note cards included in Gift Baskets 2006 Member- McDonald’s Corporation Mom’s Insights Global Panel 2006 National Hispana Leadership Institute Fellow 2006 HEB- Mi Tienda –In Store Special Mural projects 2006 NCLR Private Reception sponsor by State Farm 2006 Poster Artist- Hispanic Women’s Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona 2006 Poster Artist- MANA “Las Primeras Award Gala” Arts, Washington, D.C. 2006
One Women Art Exhibit- Talento Bilingue de Houston, Houston, TX 2005 Poster Artist- Center for Dieses Control, National HIV/Aids Partnership, Washington, D.C. 2005 Poster Artist- Hispanic Women’s Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona 2005
Poster Artist- MANA “Las Primeras Award Gala” Arts, Washington, D.C. 2005
Featured Artist- Art Book published by Hispanic Research Center, Arizona State University,
Triumph of our Communities, Four Decades of Mexican American Art, 2005
Cover Artist- “di-verse-city” Austin international Poetry Festival Anthology 2005 Guest Artist & Speaker- MANA Conference, University of TX Pan American, Edinburg, TX 2005
Cover Artist- Textos, Voces e Imagines by Criado Reyes, Hanover College 2004 Store Logo- Happy Feet Mean Longer Walks Total Relief Footwear, Austin, TX 2004 Poster Artist- Hispanic Women’s Corporation, Phoenix, Arizona 2004 Poster Artist- Hispanic Women in Leadership/NFL, Houston, Texas 2004 Guest Speaker- JR League Mother & Daughter Program, St. Edwards University, Austin, TX 2004 Guest Artist- MANA Conference “University of TX Pan American” Edinburg, TX 2004 Poster Artist- MANA “Las Primeras Award Gala” Arts, Washington, D.C. 2004
Poster Artist- MANA “Las Primeras Award Gala” Arts, Washington, D.C. 2003 Poster Artist- National Hispaña Leadership Institute, Orlando, Florida 2003 Poster Artist- Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas Annual Conference, Austin, TX 2003
YWCA- Woman of the Year Award in Art, Austin, Texas 2002 Poster Artist- Las Comadres Para Las Americas, Austin, Texas 2002
Abigail McKenzie
Every product at Made In Rye is forged by a single pair of hands. For me, there is this therapeutic feeling and sense of purpose I get from making something with my hands. . www.madeinrye.com
The Silver Acorn
We all have the desire to belong and to connect. From the first cave drawings to today’s company logos or school mascots, we have used shared symbols to communicate with each other, form social and religious communities, remember together, comfort or inspire each other, and share our life stories. Symbols reflect what we are often unable to put into words. I collect symbolic antique and vintage wax stamps, wax seals from antique documents, and intaglios from the Grand Tour, from which I handcraft beautiful symbolic fine silver and bronze wax seal jewelry that has unique meaning or enduring symbolism. www.thesilveracorn.com 281-794-1180
After spending twelve years in the software industry, with the last two years of it working remotely with my work desk right next to my jeweler’s bench, I feel extremely blessed to be able to pursue my true passion of jewelry making full-time. I love the nature of the handmade process with every piece differing slightly with its own variations and beauty. The Japanese refer to this as wabi sabi – a beauty of things imperfect. It’s the appreciation of the quirks and anomalies arising from the process of construction, which add uniqueness and elegance to the object.
Currently residing in Katy, just outside of Houston, Texas, I design and handcraft each piece in my home studio, with the support of my loving husband, my inquisitive stepdaughter, and two loyal, but lazy dogs by my side.
Monique Weston Jewelry
I create remarkable jewelry from antique and vintage architectural elements, including hinges, keyholes, chandelier parts and doorbells. I also repurpose musical instruments, clock-parts, vintage tools and postage stamps. I search high and low for castoff pieces of the past, then reinvent them. I frame them in classical jewelry settings, to highlight their hidden and often unintended beauty. The result is a striking and adventurous synthesis of industrial strength, history and glamour.
moniqueweston.com @moniquewestonart facebook.com/MoniqueWestonArtJewelry
In creating my pieces, I want viewers to feel them as much as they see them. I combine realistic images with the elemental use of color and texture. I strive to induce a feeling that renders words somewhat inadequate.
www.vivianmoraart.com 713-385-5548
Vanessa Vaught
Hatton Henry is a line of leather goods by Vanessa Vaught. Each bag is hand crafted in our Houston, Texas studio. Due to the nature of working with natural materials, each colorway is limited and often one of a kind.
Our shop is the namesake of two true American entrepreneurs, George Hatton Vaught and George Henry Vaught (Vanessa’s Grandpa). Better known to the saddle making world as G.H. Vaught & Son, they produced saddles, harnesses, men’s belts, and more out of their Rockwall, Texas based leather workshop (pictured above) for over 100 years.
Valerie Gudell, 3D mixed media artist, was born in NYC. She currently works in Houston, TX, where she creates assemblage art as well as vinyl and clay creatures with unique and sometimes complex personalities. Her main artistic influences include the Steampunk genre, Asian culture, and street art.
Online Shop: https://culturedcrittercollective.bigcartel.com/
During the past few years, Valerie has shown her work at the Japanese American National Museum (Los Angeles, CA), Irving Arts Center (Irving, TX), ShockBoxx Gallery (Hermosa Beach, CA), CraftBoston, d’Art Center (Norfolk, VA), and the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts (San Angelo, TX). She has shown her work locally at the First Saturday Arts Market, Ardest Gallery, Texas Art Asylum, Winter Street Studios, and Art Museum TX. Her work has been featured in the Houston Press, Culturemap, The Leader, the LA Beat, and the OC Register, among others. Valerie is currently an artist at Hardy and Nance Studios (Houston, TX).
