Milepost 5 Artists :: Milepost 5 Artists Online

Orion Bradshaw is a professional actor/ performer and educator, who hails from Ashland, OR. He holds a BFA in Theatre Arts w/ a Minor in Shakespeare Studies from Southern Oregon University. After 3 seasons in the Oregon Shakespeare Festival resident Acting Company, Orion decided it was time to expand his artistic horizons. He will begin by performing in Compass Repertory Theatre’s upcoming production of ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore and by starting a resident theatre company (Post5 Theatre!) out of Milepost 5 with his friend & colleagues, Ty Boice and Jeff Gorham. They are both ecstatic to be putting on their … Continue reading →

Kate Fenker

Mixed Media Bio b 1965 BFA 1987 Oregon State University MFA 1990 San Francisco Art Institute Kate Fenker began her professional career as a painter in Portland, OR, then again as an entertainer and glam-folk artist in San Francisco, performing with musical theater group Enrique, and encrusting consumer products with sequins. Next, Fenker moved to New York, where she worked with fashion designer Zaldy. Her designs have been worn by luminaries such as Gwen Stefani, Rufus Wainwright, Antony, and RuPaul, and her handcrafted accessories have been featured in W and Vogue magazines. Kate crafts mathematical and abstract artworks from … Continue reading →

Tom Jones

Painter Statement Tom jones is a lover of process, discovery of materials of all kinds is where his inspiration comes from….from abstract images infused with color to assemblage work designed to stir thoughts , ideas and memories in the viewers psyche. creativity for him is about fun. while at milepost5 it is his goal to live as simply as possible, create as inspired to create and work in the garden to nurture his soul.

Manuela Kalestiantz

Encaustic Fine Artist Bio Manuela Kalestiantz studied Art at the Superior Academy of Fine Arts in Lisbon, Portugal. She studied Painting, Sculpture, Space Geometry, Anatomy, Art History, Live Drawing. Her first love was Indian Ink on water color paper, she continued her Art studies once in the US and pursued Acrylics, Photography and Digital Art. Manuela started researching the world of Encaustics 4 years ago and fell deeply in love with this all mesmerizing Medium! She paints with Encaustic on birch panels, pours wax medium on birch panels and carves and applies low/high relief to her pieces. Her work … Continue reading →

Will Elder

35 mm Photography, Charcoal/Graphite Drawing, Installation Statement Color film as a format challenges me to break away from its sheer realism. Color pictures can exactly evoke truth, acting as a primary source for historical information, but I want to distance myself somewhat from this expectation so I can tug forth inconspicuous phenomena – the mundane – for critical appreciation. Email: will.r.elder@gmail.com

Kyra Goodhart

Textile and Metals Artist Bio Kyra Goodhart was born and raised in Boulder, Colorado. The child of two massage therapists, the younger sibling of an artistic sister, and the granddaughter of a gifted seamstress, art and hand-work always made the most sense to her. She moved to the San Francisco Bay Area to pursue her BFA in Textiles at California College of the Arts (and Crafts). In the past few years she has become obsessed with copper, lace, bottles, fabric and upholstery patterns and seeing all the ways she can combine them. Her art processes include: drawing, photography, video, sewing, … Continue reading →

Cindy Baker

Painter Bio Cindy Baker was born in Houston Texas from a family of artists. Among the early and lasting influences were the old masters that her mother also a painter, had a keen interest in. As a child weekly classes at the Houston museum of fine arts was part of her regular routine. Cindy attended college studying Fine Arts, outside Seattle Washington followed by two years in St. Louis Missouri at a small private college. Cindy moved back to the Pacific Northwest in the late ’70′s, were until a few years ago she was able to continue to develop her … Continue reading →