Gabriel Lipper is an accomplished artist renowned for his distinctive fusion of abstract and representational art. With a career spanning three decades, he captivates audiences with his dynamic and expressive paintings. As the driving force behind “8Paint Infinite Arts,” Gabriel mentors both aspiring and professional artists, sharing his unique perspective and expertise through his acclaimed course, “Learning to See.” His art, rich in both technique and emotion, invites viewers on a journey of visual exploration and discovery.

BIRU (Abby Larcombe) is a 20-year-old emerging artist based in Southern Oregon. Working primarily in oil paint, BIRU creates ethereal yet gritty portraits of angels that embody feminine rage, sensuality, defiant joy, and quiet inner power. Raised in the church as a sapphic woman, her work subverts and reclaims biblical imagery through the female gaze. Often drawing inspiration from music, she combines visual art and writing to connect women with their dreams, desires, and truth. Through her art, she hopes to empower her audience to tell their stories that have long been silenced, giving them confidence to be unapologetically themselves.

I’m an Ashland-based artist creating art of all kinds, from portraits of local botanicals collaged with fabric scraps, to mixed-media creatures made from found objects.  Using reclaimed materials is core to my artistic inspiration, process, and aesthetic. Faced with the blank canvas (literal or proverbial), I hear crickets; my creative fire is sparked by encounters with scavenged garments and curios collected at thrift stores and other second-hand resources. I’m inspired by the souls and stories of cast-off and overlooked objects, whose physical qualities inspire, constrain, and direct my imagination in creating new fantastical beings that recontextualize the original material.

Robert is a lifelong tinkerer and former engineer at Apple, Nest Labs, and Google whose work has reached millions worldwide. In 2024, he founded Voria Labs to merge art, technology, and interactive design, launching with Lumanoi, a wall-mounted light sculpture he crafted from start to finish—combining woodworking, electronics, and software into one immersive piece.

Eyliana Gibson is a hands-on creator who works with natural and found materials to craft immersive sensory experiences. Her installations invite viewers into worlds of color, texture, and heart-centered intention, offering space to create their own stories. Through her work, she encourages reflection, connection, and a deeper appreciation of the beauty woven into the everyday.

Tlh’jii (till-chee) is a two-spirit artist who works in digital, lino, beads, and various painting styles to convey the alienation they experienced growing up. With personal works often focusing on the themes of strange femininity, queer desire, and literal aliens, Tlh’jii sends a message that no matter how you look, how weird you are, and how much you feel separated from those around you, there will always be someone who not only wants to be around you, but wants to love you as well.

I'm a queer artist with a focus on celebrating femininity and identity through visual art. My work often explores the female form and fan culture, using it as a way to uplift and honor women. I primarily work with acrylics, though I haven’t painted in a while — but the creative pull is still very much alive. Art has always been a personal and expressive outlet for me, especially in connecting with my identity and community.

Jessee JoLee (all pronouns) is a 2SLGBTQ+ writer and artist, with lived and living experience in mental health and addiction recovery. They are based in Jackson County, where they live with their husband, senior chiweenie, and one rose bush they’re trying not to kill. He holds a BFA in Creative Writing from Southern Oregon University, where he found a deep passion for storytelling, experimental poetry and mixed media visual art. Her works revolve around self-love, self-discovery, and self-power; combining different mediums (poetry, acrylics, watercolor, photography and collage) and primarily using found and/or donated materials, she tells personal stories of survival, recovery and rebirth. Jessee believes writing and art save lives as vehicles of hope, resilience, resistance, healing and joy.

DK Lind is a seasoned artist from Oregon's vibrant 'I can do this too' art scene (Who doesn’t like a handmade pickle?) His work, he happily concedes, is the rubble of his own existential battle between what he’s allowed to express and his unspeakable and unconscious passions.