Patrick McAllister (he/him)Patrick McAllister is an artist who lives and works in Burlington, Vermont. He paints with watercolor and gouache, draws with a variety of materials, and oversees the art programming at the Essex High School/CTE Library. Patrick enjoys hiking, trail running, and spending time outside.

Hope Santineao (zie/zir)Vermont born and raised, Hope spent the last 20 or so years wandering up and down the east coast before returning home last year. Zie first picked up a needle off the floor of zir mother’s sewing studio at about age 7 and hasn’t stopped sewing since. Known as UnpredictableArtist on Twitch, zie streams zir embroidery work and every other kind of art that takes zir fancy. Zie particularly delights in the fiber arts for how strongly they tie form, function, history, and community together in the process of creation.

Ashton MacKenzie (he/they)Your friendly neighborhood mulch and bus-bench enjoying queer on a bicycle, Ashton MacKenzie is a certified flatlander from north central Illinois who made his home here in Vermont thirteen years ago. His mother is a fine artist and he was never without pastels, paints, and charcoal - or thread, yarn, leaves, and anything else they could make art with. @pikeminnnow on Instagram, he is making an effort to share more of his art with his community.

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