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Neeka is a professional artist living in Saint Louis. She received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Neeka makes her own canvases, reuses discarded frames, paints murals and takes commissions. Born in the back of a toy store in Austin Texas, Neeka grew up looking at beautiful picture books. Imaginative with symbols, much of her symbolism comes directly from dreams, "after a vivid dream, I will look up what the images represent because I am interested in how the subconscious shows us metaphors through symbolism." 

 Emily Elhoffer is a nationally-shown artist and designer whose work focuses on sculpture and the human form. After studying at Kansas City Art Institute, Elhoffer moved to St. Louis, Missouri to help found an artist collective on Delmar Boulevard. “The work I make is composed of plump, vibrantly textured soft sculptures whose forms are abstracted from fatty bellies, thighs, and other figurative parts. Through it, I ask questions about body and presence."

 Terri Beth Mitchell is an artist born in Bethalto, IL whose work is influenced by her background in graphic design and in her eclectic life experience. After enlisting in the Air Force, she got her degree in Oklahoma, then moved to San Diego, CA. Now back home, she hopes to bring those that don’t feel comfortable in the “art world” into the fold by allowing people to connect with her work by drawing from their own life experience. Bedazzled caverns could be interpreted as deep musings on topographic landscapes and our “disconnect from nature”, but they can also be viewed as a fun-looking piece that makes you smile. There is no right way to think about it. Sparkles are a universal language. 

 Collaboratively, the artists worked together over several months, creating a fun, vibrant body of work that combines all their personalities and styles.