The Month in Review
We started 2023 off with a bang! Here are all the artists we featured this month.
This month we featured 16 amazing artists, musicians, and designers. Here are the highlights!
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Featured Profiles
In addition to our daily actualities, two artists were featured in full length profiles this month. Both located in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, these artists are masters at their craft and use their skills to better the community around them.
Noelia Nuñez
An artist and yoga instructor based in Staunton, Virginia, Nunez’s paintings are full of life. Read “Taking the leap” to hear her inspiring journey to becoming a full time artist.
Jake Johnson
A potter based in Waynesboro, Virginia, Johnson makes unique pots inspired by biology and genetics. He runs Make Waynesboro Clay Studio with his wife Katie and the two have founded a creative hub in a former corduroy factory. Read “Organic Creation” for more about the studio and how he discovered his love for clay.
Daily actualities
A glimpse of each designer, jeweler, artist, and musician featured in January.
Searows: Alex Duckart’s Melancholy World.
Creating her Own World: Leah Rose Rice makes whimsical illustrations and art dolls.
YITAI: Sustainable fashion doubling as wearable art.
“Decorate you differently”: Susannah King crafts maximalist jewelry at its finest.
“I paint a lot of bricks”: Olivia Jane is an architectural illustrator, painter, and printmaker.
Learning the Language of Flowers: Paige Buursma creates jewelry inspired by nature and folklore.
Honing the art of glass: Glassblower Michael Martin creates unique forms with liquid metal.
“Shapers of audio dreamscapes”: Discover Meltt, an alternative-psychedelic rock band.
Seize the day: Divine Sweater is an indie band holding nothing back.
Bringing the “Fork”: Artist Francis Aud brings personality to every note.
The feelings of femininity: Carla Petelski explores femininity through colors and vibrations.
Feel like royalty: Haus of Junon creates couture crystal clothing and minimal gemstone jewelry.
A modern worldview: Marc David Spengler turns daily doodles into fine art.
Who would you like to see next?
If you see an artist, musician, or creator that you think is interesting, or just want to say hi, let us know in an email actuality.newsletter@gmail.com or an Instagram DM @a_ctuality.