Kat Sayegh is an abstract, mixed media artist and Art Therapist born and raised in New Rochelle, New York. She graduated from The College of New Rochelle with a BFA in Studio Art and received a Master of Professional Studies Degree in Art Therapy and Creativity Development from Pratt Institute. Sayegh is also pursuing a second Master’s Degree in Sport and Exercise Psychology at Lock Haven University.

The Driving forces behind her work are the deep emotions that only her subconscious can reach. Within those feelings live the traumas that she has experienced throughout her life as an injured athlete. Her memories are released through her work, which ultimately makes art her therapeutic process.

Born and raised in NYC, he is a graduate of Pratt Institute and reflects his yeshiva education and the times in which he lives. He has been influenced by the abstract expressionists, but continues to add the overlay of his Hebraic studies. The constant reminder that the calligraphy of his early education provides a counterpoint to the wild mass of color and vivid imagination.

Spinowitz graduated Pratt Institute with a BFA and MA in 1967. He began teaching art privately and under a federal grant program to NYC public schools. All the while he continued to work at his paintings and ketubot, which are in private collections throughout the United States. He has been included in group shows at the YU museum and had a one man show when the gallery museum opened at West Point. Beginning in 1980’s, Spinowitz began designing Judaica in silver, brass and porcelain. His work has been presented to heads of state.

My photographs aim to capture the scenes in nature that often go overlooked. So much of our time is spent looking straight ahead that the beauty around us is overlooked. I spend my time looking up, looking around, and looking down. We see much more when we take the time to bend over or kneel down. A different perspective comes into view. This is what my photography hopes to capture. I do not want to capture what I and everyone else can see; I want to capture that which we must make an effort to see... that is what makes it all worthwhile

Amanda Lynne is a New York mixed media artist and painter. Her art is inspired by the beauty of the natural world, and features a wide variety of animal species and flowers. She holds a BFA in Illustration and Art Education from Pratt Institute, and an MFA from The College of New Rochelle. She has studied internationally in Rome, Italy. Amanda is an active member of numerous art organizations in New York and Connecticut, and shows her work extensively throughout the area. Amanda’s public art experience includes an outdoor mural at the Kent Art Association, Kent, CT, and the Rye’s Above Butterfly project for two consecutive years. In addition to serving as Secretary to the Board of the New Rochelle Artist Association, Amanda serves on the Visual Arts Committee for Arts on the Lake, Carmel, NY. Amanda Lynne recently retired from her position as the Art Department Chairperson for Carmel Central School District, Carmel, NY. She taught the Advanced Studio Art course at George Fischer Middle School. During her teaching career, she taught at all levels in Carmel.

Steph Gonzalez is a Vector Illustrator and Designer, drawing inspiration from postcards, art history, and maritime studies for her works. She earned her BFA in Digital and New Media from Pace University and is interested in using her skills for interdisciplinary projects: projects aimed at making art and information more accessible to wider audiences. In addition to freelancing and exhibiting in local shows, Steph works at New Rochelle High School as a Substitute Teacher and is attending Lehman College to earn her MA in Art Education.

Salvador Sanchez is a Deaf multimedia artist, illustrator, animator, and graphic designer. He grew up and works in New York. He has a remarkable gift for art and feels affection for his paintings. His graphic design work and illustrations explore visual representations of ASL signs, while his paintings are a representation of wakefulness, his visions, his experience with deafness, and his search for personal identity.

He starts with an interesting subject, such as a self-portrait, and then sees what happens next. He hopes to accomplish learning new creative skills, learning more about art, and sharing his art. He hopes to share his experiences and help people learn ASL animation through his animations. He's been part of art organizations in Westchester and Rockland since 2018.

The images for my work come from many sources. I search for ideas in books and magazines about the 19th century but I often refer to photographs from the early part of the 20th Century.

Modernist photographers from this period experimented with interesting perspectives and abrupt cropping which often creates a sense of psychological imbalance.

My technique is to make multiple copies of one element within an image and then cut and layer those copies to reconstruct a new image with a 3-D effect. The camera takes a dimensional scene and creates a two- dimensional representation of it; then I do the reverse which makes the image a little less familiar. Creating a third dimension makes it feel like more is concealed.

The idea of the uncanny is a theme common to much of my work and altering photographs in subtle ways establishes new ways of re-seeing the familiar.

Although I now live outside New York City - only twenty five minutes from Broadway, I am a country gal at heart. Growing up in New Hampshire and rural Connecticut, I spent my childhood on the water's edge, running in the woods and just being at peace in the stillness of the natural world. The heart of my art began in the outdoors of New England and around the kitchen table with my family. Family bonds and natural elements are recurrent themes in my paintings. I use bright, bold color, natural patterns, and layers upon layers of it in my artwork. The process of layering bright, bold color with fluid acrylics, graphic patterns, text, lettering, symbols, and ephemera in my journals and paintings create the same feelings of joy and exploration that I felt in the backwoods of my childhood. - “I believe there is nothing new in art. Art is meant to be shared by putting your heart and soul into it, making it unique to you.”

Kathleen Nesi holds an AS in Graphic Design and a certificate in Publications Design with honors from Tunxis Community College in Farmington, CT and is a graduate of The Finishing School, specializing in Designer Wall Finishes. Her faux finishing and mural work can be seen in several homes in lower Westchester County. She is an active board member of the New Rochelle Art Association participating in many local shows. She can also be found teaching art to children in a private local schools, in elementary level enrichment programs as well as out of her home studio.