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Fariba Darvishi was born in a
small city in Iran. Fariba has a PhD
in environmental science and worked
as a teacher and environmentalist
for many years. In 2011, Fariba
immigrated to the US. Her work is
influenced by nature and its beauty.
She is presently an art student,
creating works primarily from
recycled items.
Nicolette Diamond-Payne likes
to work with her hands and create
things. She loves the feeling of
bringing something into being where
there was nothing before. Currently,
she is considering becoming an art
teacher, which would allow her to
pass on her love of creating and
help young people grow their own
passion.
Evans Digregorio enjoys creating
through art with a focus on depicting
the mundane through abstraction as
well as portraiture. Evans is majoring
in art new media and advertising
and continues to expand his learning
in other mediums of art, including
animation.
Marie Dixon is a master painter
and sculptor at Sacramento Fine
Arts Center. She is a returning
printmaking student at American
River College. With an AA in art
from ARC, Marie is preparing
to apply for a master’s in art at
Sacramento State. She works in
all media and sees herself as a
community artist trying to help
others through her art.
Bridget A. Engler has been
taking art classes at American River
College for a decade. Before taking
classes, she drew and painted,
but since attending ARC, Bridget
has experimented with ceramics,
sculpture, printmaking, collage, and
photography. She spends her time
thinking about art and creating art.
Marina Epova is an art major
at American River College. Her
work was exhibited at Folsom Lake
College, and she was honored at the
Kingsley Merit Awards Reception.
Marina’s goals are to be an art
teacher and to illustrate books. Her
passion is in projects that combine
working from observation with
content from her imagination.
Julia Flippo is a Sacramento
artist working toward an AA in
art. Julia received the Kingsley Art
Scholarship in 2014. She works
mainly in charcoal, watercolor,
and ink, representing figures in
a surrealist form while allowing
the elements of each piece to be
suspended in a limbo between
process and completion.
Brian D. Ford is a digital artist
whose extensive exploration of
photography and photo manipulation
led to his success as a fine art
Photoshop artist. Brian has worked
on the staff of American River
Review as an illustrator and designer,
and he was the art director of the
2017 edition. He is currently working
as a graphic designer.
Christopher Gingrich began
working with ceramics after
retirement, when he took his first
class at American River College.
His work has been exhibited at
Kaneko Gallery, and he has won
some awards. He builds coil ceramic
pieces that are usually very large and
some smaller pieces of near perfect
symmetry.
Ramtin Golanbooh started to
draw when he was very young as a
coping mechanism to pull him out of
the real world and let him be himself,
because when he lived in Iran
there was a war going on, and the
government was against his family’s
religion.
Anastasia Golosna is a fine art
photographer based in Sacramento.
Her passion for photography was
sparked by her father, who was a
photographer in Ukraine. She was
inspired to pursue this passion
through the support of her family.
Anastasia’s work explores the
harmony between nature and the
human form.
Erika Gonzalez is an artist based
in Sacramento. She loves using
a multitude of medias and likes
working in different styles. She has
been using her family and culture
as a focus of her art as of late and
enjoys mixing Hispanic and Western
influences into her work. Erika’s
work has been exhibited at Crocker
Art Museum.
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