Hello! My name is Courtney Lebow, I earned my Bachelor's in Cultural Anthropology as well as my Bachelor's of Fine Arts from SUNY Plattsburgh in upstate NY, graduated in 2014. I relocated to Richmond, VA in July of 2014, and have been working with vibrant organizations including The Visual Arts Center and ART 180. I'm quite the chameleon artist and love creating projects in many mediums! Teaching and utilizing my love for the visual arts as a vehicle for community connection is my ultimate professional goal, and absolute passion! I recently finished my Masters in Art Education from Virginia Commonwealth University in December 2018! I am now teaching art full time at Hanover High School and continuing my personal art practice. All the best, -Courtney http://courtneylebow.mystrikingly.com Instagram: @artist.courtney.lebow Students' artworks Instagram: @HanoverHighSchoolArts

Christine Orr b.1993 (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Richmond, Virginia. Working in clay, fiber, paper-making and poetry, her practice critically navigates how humans have co-evolved with objects. Orr investigates material culture’s role in our understanding of domestic and utilitarian items. This research connects objects and what they are made from as well as their metaphorical and symbolic potential. Orr received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University in 2015. She completed her Master of Fine Arts from Virginia Commonwealth University in the Craft/Material Studies Department in 2021.