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Lys Santamaria

Visual Arts: Jewelry, Mixed Media, Sculpture; Bead Embroidery

Lys Santamaria believes her beadwork is her own personal way of healing and meditation and that art can heal by bringing joy into people’s lives. It is her mission to share that with the world. For years, Santamaria has spent time living and traveling abroad independently. She was born in Colombia and grew up in Canada and the United States. While in Canada, the First Nations people shared their traditional beading techniques with her. Since then, she has been painting with beads by weaving hundreds of tiny beads into fabric to create 2D artwork, sculpture and jewelry. She incorporates ancient techniques into her work to create non-traditional pieces that are simple yet intricate. Significant life events, people and places inspire her work. All artwork and jewelry is 100% handcrafted by Lys Santamaria in her home studio in Austin, Texas. Visit her shop at https://www.etsy.com/shop/LysArtShop

Jun Shen

Performing Arts: Dancer; Opera

Shen Jun began his formal dance training in high school, where he studied Ballet, Chinese classical Opera dance, and Chinese folk dance. He danced in Wuxi Song & Dance Troupe for 3 years, and went on to earn his bachelor degree at the Beijing Capital Normal University in 2001. He joined the Beijing Dance LDTX after his graduation, and attended many worldwide dance festivals such as Guangdong Modern Dance Festival, Grand Performances (LA), Dance Salad Festival ( Houston), Busan International Dance Festival. Shen has also collaborated with numerous artists and dance companies such as Willy Tsao, Scot Putman, Charles Anderson, Hugo Dalton, Wang Jianwei, as well as Ziru production, Hou Yin Dance Theatre, Alonzo-King Lines Ballet Training Program. Shen was invited to join the graduate dance program at UT Austin in 2013, and earned his Master degree of Fine Arts. In 2016. He founded the Shen Jun Movement Effect, based in Austin area, where he serves as artistic director. He teaches at the Austin Community College as an assistant professor, as well as has taught modern dance classes at the Blue Lapis Light studio. He recently joined the company as a principal dancer and collaborator.

Wm. Barrett Simms

Wm. Barrett Simms plays an eclectic mix of Americana ranging from blues, swing, folk, and jazz. Early in his music career, he focused on blues artists from the ‘50s and ‘60s such as Nina Simone and B.B. King. He transitioned to playing folk/rock such as James Taylor and The Band. The result is a guitar player and vocalist with an eclectic style of off-beat swing with engaging musical progressions.

Karen Skloss

Visual Arts: Film

Karen Skloss is an award-winning filmmaker whose work has been shown on HBO, at NYC’s MOMA, in wide theatrical release, and in film festivals internationally. “Sunshine,” her first documentary feature as director, premiered at the SXSW film festival and was nationally broadcast on PBS’s Emmy Award winning series, Independent Lens. Skloss’ work as an editor includes the celebrated documentary, “Be Here to Love Me: The Story of Townes Van Zandt” (dir. Margaret Brown) as well as, “Taken by Storm” (dir. Roddy Bogawa), which outlines the storied career of Hipgnosis album artist Storm Thorgerson. She has edited several other documentary features as well as shows for Jerry Bruckheimer Television, A&E, Discovery, TLC and TNT. She is also the drummer for the band, Moving Panoramas. Karen began her career in film as an actress playing Odile in the feature film “Odile and Yvette at the Edge of the World,” which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in 1995. “The Honor Farm” is her first narrative feature and a loose follow up to her narrative short, “Smitten” which premiered at The Rotterdam International Film Festival and was distributed through Hart Sharp Video.

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