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Asher Robino
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Asher Kai's main focus is music, their loudest outlet of expression and main passion. She writes, records, mixes and masters her own projects, and other peoples' by commission. Their music exists in the realm of folk and indie, and can be found on streaming platforms under "Asher Kai", played on a freshly burned CD, or heard fully acoustic played live. Asher also designs her own merch, which is either made using bleach and a paintbrush or by screen printing.
Becky Waterhouse
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Becky is a designer and illustrator living in North Adams since 2013. She helps runs the North Adams Artist Impact Coalition, is the Development Director of Common Folk, and the Gallery Associate at Ferrin Contemporary, a ceramics gallery on the MASS MoCA campus.
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Carli McGurn
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Carlizard is a nonbinary artist who grew up in the Berkshires. They enjoy experimenting with different visual mediums including paper making, collage, embroidery, resin and their first love, illustration.
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Crystal Howcroft
As an artist in the Berkshires, Crystal tries to think outside the box and incorporates everything her inner child enjoys. Her art focuses on shiny and glow in the dark and her medium of choice is resin but occasionally branches out to incorporate other elements. Much of her work focuses on a style adapted to incorporate details into decoration on and including cast pieces. Crystal is a traveling artist who has traveled throughout the east coast doing pop up shows and presentations at various events.
Dede Webber
Known best in the Berkshires for her muffins and breads and presence at the North Adams Farmer's Market since 2021 as Bohemian Nouveaux Bakery , Dede Webber , aka "Muffin Mama" , is and always has been, ever since she could hold a crayon as a child, an Artist.
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Epiphany Thomas
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Epiphany Love is a musician and poet based in North Adams, MA. In addition to two self published poetry books, entitled “A Mountain of Words” and “Cyanide Coffee”, she released an EP entitled “Dreamedelic” in 2018. She continues to release music independently via Bandcamp and Spotify. Epiphany Love has also participated in various WordxWord readings throughout Berkshire County, and has experience in performing slam poetry.
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Isabel Twanmo
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Isabel grew up in Cabin John, MD and moved to North Adams, MA in 2018 after graduating from Bennington College. Her preferred focus right now is in black and white illustration, but her academic background in sculpture and printmaking has encouraged her to experiment beyond the 2D page. Isabel’s illustrations often depict anthropomorphized vegetables and other foods in whimsical scenes and positions…she thinks of these as a way to play with food in the least messy way possible :) Her preference towards bold, black and white figures reflects her interest in contemporary tattoos, while her desire to translate personality and comedy through food originates from her love of cooking and ingredient exploration.
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Jacqueline Gamache
Jacqueline Gamache ("Jacqui") is a writer and graphic designer who has been living in North Adams since 2016. She is a bit of a "Jacq" of all trades when it comes to writing, doing a little bit of everything but mostly dabbling in speculative fiction. She writes short stories and poetry and is currently working on her first novel, The Problem with Lyrewell and its companion project "The Friends of Lyrewell", a digital writing/art project on Instagram, both which tell the story of a fictional revolution inspired by the anarchist movements of the 1910s-1920s in a dark, “hydropunk”-esque world. Jacqui is also one of the co-owners of the 2 Beans Café, a virtual café committed to great drinks and the power of the written word, and a proud sponsor of the upcoming Emerging Writers Series.
Jen Aviles
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Jennifer works full-time for Freia Fine Handpaint Yarns in North Adams. In her free time, when she’s not fiddling around with yarn, fiber, fabric, or words, you'll probably find her with her other half, Danny, rummaging around in thrift shops or roaming a museum. She is a knitter, crafter, and natural dyer, and is always thrilled to meet and interact with other artists.
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Jess Sweeney
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Jess Sweeney (aka Sweens) is a small business consultant and coach based in Berkshire County. She serves freelancers, DIYer’s, Independent Contractors, Small Businesses, Artists, & Gig Workers throughout Western Mass and beyond.
Sweens’ believes in sustainable, people centered, mission driven projects. She provides services that help clients build efficient systems that help teams and businesses thrive.
Sweens is the founder and owner of Common Folk Artist Collective (North Adams, MA). She also owns and operates Savvy Hive (North Adams, MA), a secondhand and eco-friendly shop. She does her consulting and business coaching through Savvy Hive.
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Jon Dinerstein
Katie Haig
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Katie is a visual artist, Berkshire county native, mischief maker, leader with Common Folk, store front volunteer, and lead organizer of Carpe Diem Music and Art Festival. She just really likes to create and share art.
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Sheila (Katja) Smith
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Katja's oil paintings narrate through biomorphic and suggestive imagery experiences of females through pictorial metaphors focusing thematically on the consciousness of distress, trauma, abuse, and neglect.
Landon Marchant
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Visual Artist, Community Organizer and Common Folk Leadership Member. Learn more about Landon on their creator page.
Makayla-Courtney McGeeney
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Makayla-Courtney McGeeney is a digital marketing strategist with a degree in journalism from MCLA who specializes in helping small business owners and artists achieve success. She creates content for social media accounts, does photography and builds websites for clients while also serving as the marketing coordinator for Common Folk Artist Collective and the board chair of the Louison House homeless shelter. With a passion for small businesses, entrepreneurs, and artists, Makayla is committed to promoting their longevity and sharing their knowledge to help clients succeed in the digital age.
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Sarah DeFusco
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Wallasauce (Sarah DeFusco and Andrew Casteel) create handmade custom clothing, accessories, home decor & more in North Adams, MA.
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Tina Louise
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North Adams based artist and herbalist, Tina Louise creates art that inspires a zest for life and herbal remedies that support gentle healing.
Casey Howard
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She likes to pay attention to detail and tries to keep the same standards for all her crafts.
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