Here are past staff and volunteers who helped us build this thing.
Brandi Cerna (she/her)
Brandi Cerna served as a public-school educator for 9 years and is currently a full-time Registered Nurse. Brandi desires to provide quality care and help people feel valued.
Heike Blakley (she/her)
Heike Blakley is a self-taught, emerging artist working with a wide array of mediums such as acrylic, oil, watercolor, pencil, charcoal, pastel, mixed media, pen & ink.
Also specializing in resin art, jewelry making, woodwork, clay sculptures, fabric art and poetry.
Using her creativity as a form of learning and for meditative purposes, she is determined to, âabsorb as much âcollective knowledge,â as she is able to grasp in one lifetime and effectively communicate understanding through art.â
Heike gains inspiration through spirituality, the conscious/ subconscious mind, studying esoteric natures of the universe, her interactions with others, the environment as well as understanding herself.
Combining surrealism, figure, abstract, textured, fine and visual art, she describes her process as âeclectic artâ.
Kyle Duce (he/him)
Raised between the San Juan Mountains of Colorado and a small farming community in Wisconsin, Kyle gained an appreciation of the land, wildlife and the beauty of nature. Kyle grew up as a 3rd generation artist, his grandfather was an oil painter and his mother ran a stained glass business out of their home in Wisconsin. There was no shortage of art projects, outdoor activities, hunting, fishing, camping and gardening. Post college, Kyle traveled and moved back to Colorado, Seattle and now Austin. He has been living in downtown cities since college. The clash of these two timelines reflects the duality expression in most of his work. This duality can also be seen through his passion for the skate, snow, music, tattoo and architecture world.
Kyle Duceâs work ties in these elements to showcase his broad range of skill sets from landscape, sculpture, music inspired live painting, taxidermy, and lowbrow styles. Kyleâs main goal is to evoke emotion when looking deeper into his paintings. Finding that balance between the serenity of the outdoors and the fast-paced gritty city living.
