Sequoia Bostick

Sequoia Bostick is an illustrator, maker, and designer living in Cleveland, Ohio. After earning her BFA in Illustration from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 2014, she pursued a career as a resident teaching artist where she works with local youth to grow their visual art skills, all while growing her own artistic practice as a multi-disciplinary freelancer. She is a project-oriented artist and loves working with others on large assignments.

Connect with Sequoia Bostick:
Website: www.sequoiabostickart.com
Instagram: www.instagram.com/sequoiabostickillustration
Patreon: www.patreon.com/SequoiaBostickArt 

Tecia Delores

Tecia Delores is a Cleveland native, dedicated devised theater artist, and art educator whose work is deeply rooted in the power of shared narratives, ancestral veneration, and cultural restoration. For 16 years, she has been committed to honoring the narratives of families, communities, and our collective ancestors through immersive and transformative theater programs. Inspired by history and ceremony, Tecia creates safe spaces for imagination, sharing, and fostering emotional connections and cultural continuity. Her artistic journey is guided by ancestral knowledge and community histories, emphasizing the importance of restoring cultural connections and nurturing community bonds. Tecia’s performances seek to transform viewers from passive observers into active participants, offering a space for healing and truth-telling through immersive art experiences.

Tecia is the 2015-2016 Joan Yellen Horvitz Director Fellow, Cleveland Foundations 2020 Minority Arts Education Fund recipient, Akron Soul Train Award Recipient and CAN Triennial 2022 Artist in Residency. Her work includes the social justice series “Freedom on Juneteenth” and “Freedom After Juneteenth” for Karamu House, as well as the documentary “Rooted in Change: The Impact of Karamu House, America’s Oldest Black Producing Theatre.” She has served the community by teaching at Cleveland School of the Arts, Cleveland Public Theatre, managing programming for Karamu House, and currently teaching for East Cleveland School District.

Tecia uses the arts to dismantle the illusion of isolation, restoring connections to our roots and empowering communities through the exploration of new perspectives.

Avery Mags Duff

Avery grew up in Akron, Ohio, and they have been making art their whole life. They are a graduate of the University of Akron with a BFA in Painting and a BA in Spanish.

They are also active in urban farming, fermentation, foraging, and experimental music.

Website: https://cargocollective.com/averymagsduff
Instagram: www.instagram.com/avery.mags.duff/

Eva Kwong

Eva Kwong was born in Hong Kong and moved to New York City with her parents as a teenager. She studied at the Rhode Island School of Design and Tyler School of Art. Eva has been a resident of Northeast Ohio for four decades. The similarities and diversity between forms from nature – flora and fauna, rocks and microbes, microcosm and macrocosm inform the visual vocabulary and conceptual background of her artwork.

James Quarles

James Quarles is an artist from Cleveland, Ohio, with a focus on painting, graphic design, and illustration, graduating from Columbus College of Art & Design in 2009. He now resides and works in his Cleveland home. He has used his talents in both visual and written expression for activism and curating spaces in the city. Quarles is a muralist for local businesses and organizations. He also creates graphics for music groups, venues, and art and political establishments. With a style that lends from pop art to folklore, he is inspired and informed by all configurations of media, culture, and history. Quarles has a scrupulous attention to detail that he uses along with bright color palettes to engage in social commentary and seeks to invoke and balance the likes of previous artists such as Jamie Hewlett, Emory Douglas, and Shel Silverstein.

Exhibition Curator
Thea Spittle

Thea Spittle (she/her) is an independent curator and writer based in Akron, Ohio. She collaborates alongside artists to produce exhibitions, publications and public programs for the greater Northeast Ohio community. Spittle holds a Master of Arts in Curatorial Studies from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York and a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and Spanish from Hamilton College, Clinton, New York. Her first curatorial project, the sunroom, was in a Cleveland Heights home, and showcased site-specific installations throughout the home and its yard. She served as co-curator for CAN Triennial 2022 producing exhibitions at Zygote Press, Morgan Paper Conservancy and artNEO. She currently co-directs Gallery 2602 with Deidre McPherson, a roaming exhibition and public programming platform situated within community spaces. She has written essays for Cleveland Institute of Art, CAN Journal and Gallery 2602 and moderated the panel discussion Who Curates Contemporary Art? at Cleveland Museum of Art.

About Museum of Creative Human Art
Michael C. Russell II and Antwoine Washington

The Museum of Creative Human Art employs a character-based approach to connect creative expression with education and personal development. In addition to providing a space for underserved youth to learn, connect, create, and share, they also offer exhibition opportunities for professional and emerging artists. At its core, their work focuses on cultivating conscientiousness, moral agency, core values, and social attitudes essential for individuals to make meaningful contributions to society. Learn more at www.creativehumanart.com.