Alejandra (She/They) is a painter and illustrator from Palmview, TX. Alejandra’s art is vibrant, cute and lighthearted while also being enigmatic and melancholic. Themes that guide her as an artist are perseverance, introspection and self-love. To Alejandra, seeking understanding in the midst of struggle can bring wellbeing and success. She often starts off with an idea in her sketchbook. The larger and more significant ideas turn into oil paintings or ink drawings and the lighthearted, funny ideas often turn into digital illustrations. You can find her work on ig @44waterlilies and alemartinez1025.wixsite.com

Fae (They/Them) is a fiber artist from Brownsville, TX. Fae’s art is whimsical, cozy, charming, and magical. Their art exists to tell the world that magic lives in everything. Their tools include yarn, thread, needles and textiles. You can find their enchanting creations on instagram @faeblossomenchantments.

Edgar (He/Him) is from Brownsville, TX and is the co-founder of the outdoor brand “Field Rat.” Inspired by local wildlife, punk rock, and his grit for survival, Edgar creates gear to help you get outside and into the thick of it. You can find him making stuff at feildratbrand.com.

Jose (He/Him) or Mr. Lozano as his students call him, is a ceramicist and oil painter from Brownsville, TX. Jose captures the essence of a landscape or subject by using reduced, broken shapes. He has been inspired by abstract expressionism and the French impressionist movements. Jose’s art is spontaneous, expressive, subtle and dynamic. He rolls slabs of stoneware and porcelain to cut them spontaneously, piecing them together to create the shapes in his pieces. His oil paintings focus on more personal subject matter, from life and photographs, where he uses the direct alla prima approach. You can find Jose’s work at lozanofineart.com and on ig @lozanofineart.

Katie (She/Her) is a doula in Weslaco, TX. Katie’s work is intentional, giving, loving, supportive and inclusive. She sees her work as justice work, supporting all kinds of people in their birthing and postpartum experiences. Katie wants people to know they have a right to understand and love their bodies. Katie helps people see their overall health through the lens of their reproductive health. She loves providing people with information and filling in gaps of education. Katie enjoys connecting with herself through her yoga practice and connecting with nature to aid her in nourishing others. You can find her on ig @gentleintentionsdoulacare

Eva (They/Them) is a photographer and cinematographer from Cuernavaca, Mexico. Eva’s work is expressive, poetic, conceptual, atmospheric and driven by storytelling. They capture moments both big and small, happy and sad, all the moments that add up to being the big picture of our lives. Eva likes to storyboard and location scout before a shoot to figure out where they want to go creatively with the work. You can find their art at wardrobemedia.org and on ig @wardrobemedia.

Gloria (She/Her) or Glo as her friends call her, is a silversmith from McAllen, TX. Her work focuses on community and education around wearable and heirloom metals. She aims to create sentimental objects that can be carried with a person throughout their day. Her creative process is a combination of loose ideas, feelings, and the building of small sculptures. You can find her work on ig @tofu_squares_bench.

Priscilla (Ella/She) is a textile artist, farmer, and chemist from Raymondville, TX. Priscilla uses nature to create beautiful tapestries that connect us back to the earth and ocean. She naturally dyes her fabrics with intention, indigo, and flowers she grows and hand picks from her farm. You can find her work on instagram under @pcarbajal.textiles, @hi.vida, and @artsouthpadre where she is currently an artist in residence.

Liza (She/Her) is an intuitive coach from Brownsville, Texas. Liza’s work is nurturing, powerful, compassionate & transformative. Liza is a survivor of trauma and gears her coaching practice towards connecting people to their authentic self, inner child, body, and emotions. She uses open ended questions, meditation, breathwork, EFT tapping, and somatic movement in her sessions. Liza wants people to be able to experience joy, freedom, authenticity, and live out their dreams as miraculous partakers in life. You can contact Liza through email at lriveramiraclecoaching@gmail.com

Mariana (She/Her) is a multidisciplinary artist from Pharr, Texas. Mariana’s work is colorful, detailed, nostalgic, busy, and chaotic. She explores and expresses the ideas of self discovery, fears, chaos, and nostalgia. Most of the work is representational and varies in mediums including oils, watercolor, ink, printmaking, and textiles. Her crochet installation work is a true wonder to behold. You can find her work at www.marianucha.com or on ig @glutenisfree.

Kaylee (She/They) is a multidisciplinary artist from Brownsville, TX. Kaylee yearns to create beautiful things in this confusing and upsetting world. Her work is a byproduct of living with daily anxiety, a way to create a world she feels safe and peaceful in. Her art is colorful, imaginative, feminine and full of heart. Kaylee’s process varies depending on the medium, but is mostly a process of trial and error. She works with images that speak to her and evoke her vivid childhood memories. You can find Kaylee’s work at www.kayleescameos.com and on ig @kayleehernandezart

Gabrielle (She/Her) is a holistic esthetician who currently resides in McAllen, TX. Gabrielle helps people connect with their bodies authentically and works from the realization that we are not apart from nature, but part of it. Her work is nurturing, safe, ethereal, inclusive, and fueled by the earth. Gabrielle is trained in touch, light, sound, and herbal therapy for the body. She uses flowers and stones in her esthetic practice. You can find her on ig @thebotanicalsiren

Fariss (He/Him) is a graphic designer, sound engineer and visual artist on South Padre Island. Fariss’ art is modern, minimal, contrasting and fresh. His work includes a mix of hand drawn sketches, digital renderings, and animation to create stunning AR experiences. Fariss uses drone video and photography as part of his creative process to gain perspective. Sometimes his prints and patterns turn into design work for production. He likes to imagine a world where seemingly impossible objects are possible and even quite probable. You can find his work at fariss.art and on ig @farissryan.

Souther (They/She) is a sculpture and textile artist from Brownsville, TX. Souther’s work is colorful, emotional, surreal, playful and weird. They find their work as a place to process their own emotions. The depth of the feelings in their sculptural art is contrasted against the use of fun and bright colors. They hope their work inspires people to find safe places to express their truest, most colorful selves in an increasingly gray world. Souther’s pieces are loud and unafraid to be seen. Their creative process starts by connecting with the earth and doodling. This is where they find the images that demand to be created. You can find Souther’s work online at southerrecio.com or on ig @souther_berry & @tree_haus_creative.

Ana (She/Her) is a poet, author, and podcaster from Brownsville, TX. Ana’s writing can be described as dark, hopeful, fantastical, environmental, and local. Ana makes art to tell people who feel similarly to her that they are not alone. Themes that guide her as an artist are the exploration of place and belonging. When she is not writing, you can find her expressing herself through block carving and printing. You can find Ana’s work at anachapamillan.com

Ruben (They/Them) is a poet and storyteller from Edinburg, TX. Ruben’s work is personal, intimate, vulnerable, relatable, and inviting. Their work is a record keeping system, reflecting back what they see and experience in the world by analyzing and synthesizing the data into different forms of storytelling. Their work comes from spending time in nature and exploring lived experiences, both their own and what people have offered them. Ruben works in printmaking, papermaking, bookmaking and collage as ways to share their poetry, non-fiction, and flash fiction. Their favorite tools are music, stillness, and patience. You can find Ruben’s work on ig @chulxs_fronteras.