SEEDS XII

Juried by Vanna Black

November 6-December 19

Just in time for the holidays! Our 12th annual juried show of small works features local and regional artists with a variety of styles. Join us on First Friday, November 6 to hear from this years juror, Vanna Black, at 5pm followed by a reception from 6-8pm.

MICRO Gallery

Seedlings

Works by area K-5 students

November 6-28

Westo-boutique

pop-up shop by Handmade Fair

December 4-19

the Juror

Vanna Black is an illustrator, painter, and muralist with an expertise in graphic communication. She obtained her BFA from Georgia State University in graphic arts as a hybrid designer. Having studied fine arts as an undergraduate, she found her style relating back to brightly colored African Motifs of symbology combining them with Japanese landscape and floral illustrations to be stoically serene and neutral. Her art displays colorful, motion-filled landscapes and floral imagery that is inspired by her own love of being outside; from nostalgically as a child discovering what nature provided to the development of her own imagination to being an adult and going on different trails in the Appalachian Mountains. Vanna is a native of Atlanta and grew up in Ormewood/Grant Park neighborhoods. Her artworks are represented by Cat Eye Creative. She has created work for ATL DTN, LivingWalls, City of Atlanta, Sustainable Forestry Industry, Hermès, and Canada Goose of Atlanta. Vanna is currently a volunteer member of the social media team for CreativeMornings ATL Chapter

the Artists

Trevor Aselton // ALPHARETTA, GA // @_sleepless_7

Trevor Aselton is a Graphic Design Major living OTP of Atlanta, GA dedicated to creating engaging, multi-media paintings while working full-time in Alpharetta. His recent work explores abstract paintings about memories and how they influence, guide and premeditatively affect our lives in subconscious ways. By using a transparent medium,  Trevor attempts to show how past events affect our present experiences and decisions.

Yana Bondar // AUGUSTA, GA // @lovelessamaranth // www.yanabondar.com

Yana Bondar’s work draws from life experience as a neurodivergent, nonbinary, queer person with the residue of a catholic background. Born in Augusta, GA, they earned their MFA in Ceramics at The Lamar Dodd School of Art: University of Georgia and BFA from Augusta University. Currently, Bondar serves as a faculty member at both Augusta University Department of Art and Design and USC Aiken, teaching Ceramics and Foundation courses. Their work has been exhibited in multiple galleries throughout the southeast in several solo and group shows including ArtFields, The Reeves House Visual Arts Center and Spruill Gallery. Residencies include the Elf School of the Arts 2025 Summer Residency in Printmaking and Penland School of Craft 2022 Winter Residency in Ceramics. Bondar led a studio workshop, “Impossibly Beautiful - Moveable Porcelain Dolls” at John C Campbell Folk School in October 2025 and will be returning to lead this workshop again in April 2027.

Dane Brown // COVINGTON, GA // @danebrown1st_artist

Dane Brown is a multidisciplinary artist based out of Atlanta, Georgia. After leaving Jamaica at a young age and being raised in the Bronx, he takes an expansive look at the diversity of black culture and identity throughout the globe. Even though he started drawing on and off as a young adult, he didn't take art seriously until 2009 when he started taking online classes first at The Art Institute of Pittsburgh, then at Academy of Art University. Even though his studies were in 2D and stop animation his schooling gave him a chance to learn a variety of digital and traditional mediums. That exploration of different mediums stuck with him outside of school as he has worked with everything from painting, to craving, to collages. Even though he tends to blend all of these mediums in unique ways, he primarily uses woodburning, pen drawings, and glass artworks as the base for his visual story telling. And as the story of what it means to be black in an ever-changing cultural engorged, figurative reflects the transformation in black introspection.

 Bev Corder // EVANS, GA // @bevcorderart // bevcorderart.com

Bev Corder is a textile and mixed-media fiber artist based in Evans, GA, drawing on the quiet fields of her family's farm in Edgefield, SC. Her background in Recreational Therapy taught her that pattern, purpose, and life go hand in hand — a belief that carries into every piece she makes. Bev's layered landscapes pair printed sunset skies with needle-felted wool, silk hankie clouds, embroidery, fiber trims, and tatted lace, capturing the light and stillness she finds there. Her work speaks to women in seasons of transition — the fields a quiet mirror for unhurried, purposeful becoming. Her current series, "Quiet Fields," follows the changing sky across the seasons, grounded in the rhythms of home.

Stephany Lewis Dukes // MCDONOUGH, GA // @or_stephany

Stephany Lewis Dukes is a self-taught paper collage artist working with dense arrangements that delay the event of recognition. A former researcher & practitioner in the field of behavioral phenomena and mother of two boys, she departed a private practice during maternity. Holding private in-studio viewings with varied audiences forced the work to evolve over the last six years, allowing for freedom of memory to return. Dukes work gives into ambiguity, requiring more of the viewer. A craving for patience and staring contests formed & a resentment emerged for bolded words, auspicious phrasing, and witty trademarks requiring ambiguity to frame structure. Rotating each piece brings small changes which force incremental movements. One image becomes many, the running narrative of movement now becomes a still image and the observer’s decisions is bought or dismissed.

Corinne Galla // LUTHERSVILLE, GA // @corinnegalla.art

Corinne Galla has lived in Georgia her whole adult life, but originally grew up in a little Quaker village in South Jersey near the shore. She still misses her farm life childhood and still hopes to find someone in Georgia who can make a good hoagie. Corinne graduated from college with a BA in apparel design, falling in love with drafting classes. The straight pencil lines and fancy rulers satisfied a sense of order. Nowadays, Corinne lives out in the middle of nowhere in Meriwether County, Georgia, where she raises chickens, occasionally plinks around on the piano, works on art and teaches oil painting in Newnan, Georgia.

Aaliyah Letriece // SUWANEE, GA // @aaliyahletriece // aaliyahletriece.com

Aaliyah Letriece is an Atlanta–based designer and illustrator whose work celebrates the relationship between nature and human experience. Inspired by the natural world and its ability to bring healing, she draws from the intricate forms and symbolism found in plant life and animals to invite viewers to slow down, observe, and reconnect with their environment through a lens of wonder. Through acrylic, ink, and colored pencil she creates pieces that explore curiosity and connection. Her work displays bold, energetic linework and layered textures, building dynamic compositions rich with detail and rhythm. Aaliyah received her B.F.A. in Graphic Design from Georgia State University. She is a published children’s book illustrator and currently has art on display at Lee + White Grady Clinic and at LaGuardia Airport in New York City.

Gerry O’Meara // AUGUSTA, GA // @gerryomearaart

Gerry O’Meara is a retired physician and ceramic artist whose work celebrates the intersection of nature, function, and discovery. Working primarily on the wheel, she creates functional ware enriched with nature-inspired glazes and found-object embellishments that transform everyday forms into vessels of quiet reflection. Each piece reflects a dialogue between the organic and the intentional - where texture, color, and form echo the landscapes that inspire them. Holding a BFA from UGA, O’Meara has exhibited in numerous juried shows and completed a range of private commissions. Her work continues to evolve through exploration of surface and material, inviting viewers to find beauty in the interplay between the handmade and the natural world. Her 2025 duo exhibition (Parallel Vessels) further expanded this exploration, offering new perspectives on clay as both medium and message.

Jeffrey Wilcox Paclipan // ATLANTA, GA // @jeffreywilcoxpaclipan

Jeffrey Wilcox Paclipan received an AA degree, International Fine Arts College, 1989, Miami Fl. His solo and group gallery exhibitions include Hathaway Contemporary Gallery, Mason Fine Art, Galerie Tew, Bill Lowe Gallery, Mammal Gallery, MINT Gallery, Kai Lin Art , La Luz De Jesus Gallery, Life on Mars, NY, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition, NY. Online exhibition Fables and Form, Asian Art Contemporary, 2026. Atlanta- area exhibitions and installations in museums and public institutions include MOCA GA, Slotin Folkfest, Chastain Arts Center, Fulton County Arts and Culture Acquisition Program, Fulton County Aviation and Community Cultural Center, Sewell Mill Library and Cultural Center, High Rise Show with ShowerHaus Gallery, The Atlanta Financial Center, Lenox Square, ARTFIElDS 2020. ArtPrize 2020/23, Paclipan's mixed media collage submission "Salvador Del Mundo" was a highlight in a Miami Herald art review of the 36th Hortt Museum Exhibition, 1994. Recent group exhibitions include MINT Gallery, Marietta Cobb Museum of Art, Coca Cola Headquarters, Pride Exhibitions 2024/26, Studio Resident Artist at the Atlanta Contemporary Art Center 2020-23, Atlanta, GA. Jennifer Balcos Gallery, Scope, Miami Beach, Art Basel 2021 and Atlanta Art Fair 2025. Jeffrey was born in the Philippines and currently works and resides in his studio/home, Atlanta, GA.

Sarah Swanson // HOGANSVILLE, GA // @sarahswansonart

Sarah Swanson grew up in Augusta, GA, where her earliest memory of being interested in art involved drawing. All kids love to draw but Swanson could tell it meant something different to her. She earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Augusta State University with a focus in drawing and painting in 2001. Swanson counts herself lucky to have been mentored by Philip Morsberger and Janice Whiting, fine professors who not only continued to encourage her artistic pursuits but also pushed her to try new techniques and embrace new artistic perspectives. Swanson’s worked hard to deepen the versatility and texture of cross-hatching and has recently been using more color and focusing on engaging viewers’ senses with compositions. Swanson’s art has been featured at solo, juried, and joint exhibitions in a variety of locations across the state. She has also curated several exhibits at The Suffering Artist, a small-town gallery she owns with her husband. Swanson currently live in Hogansville and work in Newnan, dividing time between family, art, and work as an oncology registered nurse.

Khara Woods // MEMPHIS, TN // @khara.woods

Khara Woods is a multidisciplinary artist and graphic designer based in Memphis, Tennessee. Her practice spans abstract geometric painting, wood assemblage, sculpture, and public art. Using line, repetition, and modular form, she examines architecture, labor, family history, and the built environment. Woods’s relationship to wood deepened after ancestry research revealed that her maternal grandfather worked as a lumberer at E.L. Bruce Company and that earlier generations of her family were carpenters and woodworkers. She completed her first mural in 2015 and has since created public art projects for civic and community organizations throughout Memphis. Her work includes Basin Portraits, a data-visualization mural commissioned by Mural Arts Philadelphia in 2019. Her exhibitions include presentations at the Hilliard Art Museum, Christian Brothers University, Crosstown Arts, Sheet Cake Gallery, Red 225 Gallery, and Westobou, where she presented the solo exhibition Euclidean City in 2025. In fall 2025, Woods returned to Crosstown Arts to complete her first artist residency.