Artist Directory
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Alesa Bernat is the author of Everything Is Fine, a self-published poetry collection about Bipolar Depression. Her poems have appeared or are forthcoming in print and online literary journals and magazines such as Boreal Zine, Sad Girl Diaries, Black River Review, and North Star. Bernat's poem "Elegy for Heartache Resurrected" received Honorable Mention in the Seneca Park Zoo's 2024 Water Into Words Nature Poetry Contest.
Allison is a multi-disciplinary artist who dabbles in a variety of art forms, focused on always adding new artistic tools to their repertoire. Allison studied digital arts, communication, and data analytics at Clarkson University where they learned all about coding, graphic design, programmatic art, writing, photography, and data storytelling. She was a recipient of 2016 McHenry award which funded an interactive installation at BIRE called "Hudson River Science: A Data-Driven Interpretive Exhibit." Since returning to the north country in 2023, Allison has participated in several SLC programs including the Plein Air festival and several community exhibits. Allison also had a solo show at the Ogdensburg International Airport in 2024 called "BALANCE" that consisted of double exposed digital photography across NYS. Her main goals have always been making information and arts more accessible, allowing more perspectives to be seen, heard, and shared. She is always up for a learning new medium - through taking a class or teaching it!
Rooted in creativity, craftsmanship, and a love for simple living, The Dirty Business Bath Company and Frog Acre Farms represent a unique partnership based in Potsdam, New York. Founded in 2008, Dirty Business Bath Company grew from a passion for creating handcrafted, affordable bath and body products designed to nourish the skin without sacrificing quality or accessibility.
Every item, from soaps and lotions to scrubs, salts, and bath bombs, is thoughtfully made by hand with a focus on both function and enjoyment. Their mission is to make self-care approachable by offering beautiful, beneficial products at a price point that works for everyday life.
Complementing this work, Frog Acre Farms is a local farm focused on fiber, agriculture, and sustainably produced goods, including items crafted from alpaca and sheep fiber. Together, the two ventures reflect a shared commitment to hands-on production, self-sufficiency, and community connection. Often appearing side by side at local markets, they bring together bath and body care with farm-based products in a way that highlights the value of locally made goods.
As family-run businesses, Dirty Business Bath Company and Frog Acre Farms embody a lifestyle centered on quality, creativity, and making everyday experiences more meaningful and accessible.
Business Name: Prophetess Portals
Poet by day, Figure Drawing Model by evening.
Poetry, professional photography, and various other art forms-with a mystical, heart-wrenchingly honest approach. Making the little details of life known through art.
Poetry published in: Potsdam Pride & Potsdam DIY's Collab Zine: Potsdam Salvage (Volume One) & Boreal Zine's "Laundry" August/Lughnasadh 2025 Edition.
Photography featured in multiple past SLC Arts Exhibits.
Poetry featured in the following past SLC Arts Exhibits: Decay (2025), Harvest (2025).
Won the People's Choice Award for a poetry piece in the Harvest exhibit.
rockhollowfarm572@gmail.com
Dayna Lancaster’s journey with the fiber arts began at eight years old, knitting and sewing through 4-H, guided by her mother, Dancy Noble—herself a North Country artist. Over the years, Dayna dabbled in watercolor and acrylic painting, but it wasn’t until later in life that she truly found her artistic home: fiber. What started with a love of knitting and garment sewing evolved into a passion for spinning yarn and creating one-of-a-kind heirloom quilts. For Dayna, playing with color—whether in yarn or fabric—is pure joy. Recently, she and her husband added The Shed to their farm, a cozy creative space that houses her long arm quilting machine, her fiber arts shop, and a welcoming studio for classes and collaboration. It’s a place where creativity is shared, stories are told, and learning is encouraged. Dayna creates hand-crafted knitted pieces and heirloom quilts. When working individually, she creates pieces which capture the vision of each client. She also offers group classes and private lessons in knitting, spinning, quilting, sewing, and fiber processing—always with warmth, encouragement, and a belief that anyone can learn with a little guidance, a touch of humor, and a lot of heart.
I have always had a passion for Art and have been creative in one capacity or another my whole life. I used to dream about making pottery when I was a little girl making mud pies and dishes that would not endure the test of time. Once, I even drew a diagram of my future home studio.
After earning a bachelor degree in visual arts, I decided it was time to really focus my efforts on my creative side and start working towards my dream of being a potter one day. But Pottery is not a cheap art to pursue, it's an investment in time, energy and money. So for a while I explored other mediums, oil painting, and working with stain glass. All the while, never loosing sight of my dream to learn about pottery. Then I decided to take a pottery class at Blu Seed Studios in Saranac Lake; this was about nine years ago. As I had believed I would, I loved it. At that point I started working towards building my own home pottery studio, which I have had now for about six years.
Creating Pottery is a lot of work, it takes time, and I feel there is alway more to explore and I have a long way before I would call myself a 'master Potter', but I am enjoying the process, and have learned a lot in this journey, and I never tire of building new things and trying new techniques. There is something magical about the process of creating with clay, always something more to learn and explore. I sometime think of that little girl who who made mud pies, cakes and dishes and was disappointed when the rain came and washed them away. Those days are long gone and I can now call myself a Potter. Diana Cox 🙂
Dominique LaVoie is a self-taught artist whose work is rooted primarily in watercolor. After a fulfilling 25-year career as a school counselor, she now dedicates her time to creating art that reflects both her creative spirit and her commitment to emotional well-being. She enjoys landscapes, florals and abstract creations.
Among her most popular works are her mini watercolor magnet paintings—small, expressive pieces that make original art accessible to a wider audience. These miniature creations allow collectors to own a unique and meaningful piece of art, no matter their space or budget.
Dominique’s work is guided by the belief that art is not only something to be admired, but also a powerful tool for connection, resilience, and personal growth.
Donna began her watercolor journey in a SOAR class in 2018. She now coordinates the Soar Watercolor Workshop (ten weeks each semester) and, while she professes not to be a teacher of watercolor, she does provide some instruction. She also offers watercolor classes at the Badenhausen Public Library in Brasher Falls.She turns many of her paintings into cards that she donates to the Badenhausen Public Library as a fundraiser and also has them for sale at SLC Arts. Proceeds from the sales go to purchase more materials to make cards to donate.
Born in Nicaragua, Esthela is a poet and visual artist. Author of several books including the pioneering book of ethnobotanical poetry Soplo de Corriente Vital (2008), Coyol Quebrado (2012), the bilingual anthology The Bones of My Grandfather (2018) and Paper Beehive (2022).Her Poetry has been anthologized in The Mind of Plants: Narratives of Vegetal Intelligence, Ayahuasca Reader: Encounters with the Amazon's Sacred Vine, El Consumo de lo Que Somos: Muestra de Poesía Ecológica Hispánica Contemporánea, Ghost Fishing: An Eco-Justice Poetry Anthology, and The Latin American Eco-Cultural Reader. Her work as a visual artist was featured in individual exhibitions at the art gallery of the Municipal Building of St. Lawrence County in Potsdam, NY: Inside the Ancestral Current (2017) and Pollen (2019) sponsored by SLC Arts. Work has also been featured at SUNY Potsdam in 2017 and the Brush Gallergy at SLU (2019-2023). She is now a creative designer for the global fabric and wallpaper company Spoonflower
Evelyne Verret is a visionary artist, Intentional Creativity® teacher, and transformational guide. Her work bridges the mystical and the deeply human. Through her intuitive painting process, she channels archetypal energies, symbolic imagery, and alchemical insight to invite viewers into a deeper dialogue with themselves. Each brushstroke becomes a portal, one that awakens, heals, and reconnects us to the parts of ourselves we’ve forgotten or left behind.
Evelyne’s work is rooted in the belief that creativity is a sacred act, and that art can be both a mirror and a medicine. Her signature style blends vivid colors, layered textures, and feminine archetypes that speak to the wild, wise, and wounded parts of the soul. As an artist-healer, she sees painting not just as visual expression, but as ceremony, a space to grieve, to reclaim, to celebrate, and to remember our wholeness.
Evelyne has guided hundreds of women through transformative painting journeys in her studio and online circles, helping them transmute doubt into confidence, silence into voice, and pain into purpose.
She is currently developing new offerings that blend intentional creativity, embodiment, storytelling, and sacred feminine wisdom to support others in returning to the essence of who they truly are, radiant, messy, powerful, and whole.