Imagillaboration Collaborative Sculpture Project

GROUP 6 FACILITATOR

Claudette Jocelyn Stern, Ann Arbor Michigan

Claudette Jocelyn Stern both writes and is a maker of things in a variety of media. Her paintings and poems have taken the form of collages and limited edition books ( Infinite Possibilities , a small press collaboration with Barbara Brown). In 1998, she produced the independent 35mm feature-length film “Ciao Marcello”. Her recent work has taken the form of sculpture, installation, and performance art, and she has been participating in the Mesalands Iron Pour, in Tucumcari , New Mexico since 2001. Claudette is currently editing a video on iron, earth, and the annual Tucumcari iron pour under the working title: Alchemist's All and is assisting in the production of Bilal's Stand , a 16mm independent feature film.

"My gratitude to Ryan Gillies, Richard and Mary Kordes, and Fred and Janice Reese. Without your searching, finding, connecting, gathering, and sending, my first round vision would have remained just that."

Susan Byrnes, Dayton Ohio

Bio info Susan Byrnes is an artist, art administrator, and art educator. She holds a BFA in photography from Syracuse University, and an MFA in sculpture from Eastern Michigan University. She exhibits sculpture, installation, and performance work, most recently at the Dayton Live Art Network Performance Slam in Dayton, OH, and 516 Arts in Albuquerque, NM. Susan also produces arts-based broadcasts for college radio, previously at Alfred University, and currently at the University of Dayton. Born in Rome, NY, she resides in Dayton, OH and serves as director of ArtStreet, a residential arts facility at the University of Dayton.

Kirsten Bloomer, Bowling Green Ohio

Emma Laatsch, Wayne Ohio

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Elizabeth Meadows, Oberlin Ohio

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I am a mother and metal sculptor in that order. I suppose an artist's statement is supposed to be about my body of work. My body of work from the past 25 years includes parenting 3 boys under the age of 10, creating metal sculpture, teaching art to children, teens and adults, organic gardening, practicing and teaching yoga, and running a stone architectural ornament company.

The exploration of the figure in clay and non-ferrous metals has preoccupied my art for some time. The themes of fertility and birth in my metal work developed into floral interpretations that are hammer formed in copper and brass sheet metal and added to recycled metals.

I work on many pieces at once. I stack objects for a project and set them aside. I watch them as I walk through my shop. They are on my mind all of the time. When I steal an evening from our chaotic life, I finish the project that cries out the loudest.

I took jewelry classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art ages 12-18, graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1994 with a BFA in Sculpture, worked as a metal finisher and ornamental iron shop assistant, joined the Boilermaker's Union in California to learn more about welding, moved back to Ohio, took welding and welded art classes at the local vocational school and community college, I currently work as an artist in residence at day care centers and schools in Lorain County, Ohio, I am also co-owner of Fairplay Stonecarvers LLC with my husband. I am also a member of Artmetal.com.

Don Thibodeaux, Dearborn Michigan

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Greg Meuller, Bowling Green Ohio

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	GROUP 6 FACILITATOR Claudette Jocelyn Stern, Ann Arbor Michigan WEBSITE *Claudette Jocelyn Stern* both writes and is a maker of things in a variety of media. Her paintings and poems have taken the form of collages and limited edition books ( Infinite Possibilities , a small press collaboration with Barbara Brown). In 1998, she produced the independent 35mm feature-length film “Ciao Marcello”. Her recent work has taken the form of sculpture, installation, and performance art, and she has been participating in the Mesalands Iron Pour, in Tucumcari , New Mexico since 2001. Claudette is currently editing a video on iron, earth, and the annual Tucumcari iron pour under the working title: Alchemist's All and is assisting in the production of Bilal's Stand , a 16mm independent feature film. "My gratitude to Ryan Gillies, Richard and Mary Kordes, and Fred and Janice Reese. Without your searching, finding, connecting, gathering, and sending, my first round vision would have remained just that."
	Susan Byrnes, Dayton Ohio Bio info Susan Byrnes is an artist, art administrator, and art educator. She holds a BFA in photography from Syracuse University, and an MFA in sculpture from Eastern Michigan University. She exhibits sculpture, installation, and performance work, most recently at the Dayton Live Art Network Performance Slam in Dayton, OH, and 516 Arts in Albuquerque, NM. Susan also produces arts-based broadcasts for college radio, previously at Alfred University, and currently at the University of Dayton. Born in Rome, NY, she resides in Dayton, OH and serves as director of ArtStreet, a residential arts facility at the University of Dayton.
	Kirsten Bloomer, Bowling Green Ohio
	Emma Laatsch, Wayne Ohio Website
	Elizabeth Meadows, Oberlin Ohio website I am a mother and metal sculptor in that order. I suppose an artist's statement is supposed to be about my body of work. My body of work from the past 25 years includes parenting 3 boys under the age of 10, creating metal sculpture, teaching art to children, teens and adults, organic gardening, practicing and teaching yoga, and running a stone architectural ornament company. The exploration of the figure in clay and non-ferrous metals has preoccupied my art for some time. The themes of fertility and birth in my metal work developed into floral interpretations that are hammer formed in copper and brass sheet metal and added to recycled metals. I work on many pieces at once. I stack objects for a project and set them aside. I watch them as I walk through my shop. They are on my mind all of the time. When I steal an evening from our chaotic life, I finish the project that cries out the loudest. I took jewelry classes at the Cleveland Institute of Art ages 12-18, graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in 1994 with a BFA in Sculpture, worked as a metal finisher and ornamental iron shop assistant, joined the Boilermaker's Union in California to learn more about welding, moved back to Ohio, took welding and welded art classes at the local vocational school and community college, I currently work as an artist in residence at day care centers and schools in Lorain County, Ohio, I am also co-owner of Fairplay Stonecarvers LLC with my husband. I am also a member of Artmetal.com.
	Don Thibodeaux, Dearborn Michigan Website Has not submitted information or photos for who's who
	Greg Meuller, Bowling Green Ohio Website