Photographer and college professor Dan Herrera appreciates the art of using older or alternative methods in his work; some of his techniques date back 200 years or more. 

A professional clarinetist broadens her creative output with ceramics, writing, filmmaking, multimedia performances — and puppets.

Sudhakaran calls her work abstract minimalism, and she applies paint to canvas in layers, creating an ethereal effect that suggests movement and contemplation.

Akira Beard recently became a tattoo artist so he could “go anywhere, tattoo, make money while I’m there, trying to open up doors of opportunity with my actual art,” he says.

Jupiter Lockett paints in a free and childlike manner, but his subject matter focuses on the Black experience and is intended to make the viewer uncomfortable. 

June Steckler is optimistic about the Capital Region’s art scene and her role in it as both artist and curator.

Octavio Valencia has a secret identity. Or two.

Demetris “BAMR” Washington is inspired by graffiti, cartoons and his faith in Christianity, the latter of which was also the inspiration for his alias: BAMR is short for Becoming a Man Righteously. 

Jennifer West was still new to her role as film commissioner for the City of Sacramento’s Sacramento Film + Media office when she was sent home because of the coronavirus pandemic.