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.

Angela is a mixed-media artist and paper crafter from Pierrepont, NY. She has been paper crafting for over 20 years and became interested in mixed-media collage style art about 10 years ago. Some of her works have been displayed at the Gibson Gallery, the Fredrick Remington Art Museum, as well as several shows of the SLC Arts Council. Angela is currently working as a chocolatier as well as expanding her on-line store presence as Chocolate Dragon Arts.

Photography has been my retirement enjoyment for the past 13 or 14 years. I have always been taking photos as long as I can remember. I think the passion came from my mother who took many slide photos in her travels. However, years of employment and child rearing left little time for dedication to the art. In 2005, while in Florida for the winter, I noticed an ad for the convention of the Professional Photographer's of America and that started my current destiny. I have been included in many juried shows including the Frederick Remington, Thousand Island Art Center, Lake Placid Art Center, The Gallery at Lake Saint Lawrence Arts, Massena Art Group, SLC Art shows and have sold in most of them. I am also currently doing custom framing on a large and continuing basis. It is an interesting and functional offshoot of my business. I look forward to continuing my passion for many years to come.

Potsdam-based artist Catherine LaPointe-Vollmer creates impressionistic landscape paintings in soft pastel as well as retro-inspired graphic posters. Her work centers on the effects of light and shadow on the landscape, with a particular focus on the distinct character and personality of trees.

Catherine grew up in the North Country surrounded by rivers, trees, and mountains. She developed a love of hiking and adventuring early on, and naturally sought to capture the views she found and put them to paper. ​

After completing internships with the Florence International Theater Company in Italy and Illustration House in New York City, Catherine earned her BFA in Illustration at Syracuse University. She moved back north to establish her freelance practice. A frequent traveler, her love of the natural world grew with each place she visited. This led her to a practice of plein air painting on location, and a focus on landscape art. She recently visited her 40th US national park, creating artwork inspired by her trips.