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Diana Ormanzhi creates
artwork that is heavily influenced
by the Surrealism movement.
Inspiration lurks all around her,
sometimes hiding in the pages
of a classic science fiction book,
sometimes bouncing off the walls of
architecture. In every painting, Diana
attempts to push realistic imagery
beyond how it is perceived in daily
life.
Ian Perez-Anderson is a twentytwo-year-old artist and cartoonist
from Sacramento, California. He
uses many mediums, including
ink, colored pencils, printmaking,
ceramics, collage, and assemblage.
Ian’s favorite medium is markers, but
recently he is moving more towards
digital work. His goal is to work as
an animator/cartoonist and to publish
his own graphic novel.
Catherine Ramsey has been
studying both photography and
graphic arts at American River
College since 2012. She works as
a post production artist and graphic
designer at a local photography
studio. Her favorite subjects
are landscape and urban decay
photography. She’s currently
studying alternative methods of
processing digital photos.
Javier Salcedo has been studying
photography for five years. He likes
to tell a story through his work.
Diana Simeroth is an art student
at American River College. She
enjoys creating across all media and
is always intrigued by a new process.
Her favorite media are watercolor
and photography. Her long-term
goal is to continue to perfect her
watercolor skills and to paint
beautiful images of her travels.
Mari Todd is an artist who
previously focused on creating threedimensional work, but has recently
began to paint. The new experience
and opportunities have been a
pleasure.
Frankie Vanity was a self-taught
artist until returning to college five
years ago. Although she has a visual
impairment, that has not stopped her
from learning new forms of art and
adapting by creating new techniques.
She has recently taken up ceramic
sculpture and acrylic pouring and
finds unique ways to combine media.
Her pieces are filled with color and
magic.
Yassaman Vedad was born in
Tehran, Iran. She formerly studied
mathematics and physics, but
always had a love of art. Her family
encouraged her to study art, and she
is now an art new media student at
American River College. Art has
helped Yassaman to find love and
happiness, and she enjoys working
on art with her young daughter.
S. Ward is a student studying
art new media at American River
College. She has won numerous
art-related scholarships in her local
area. Summer is especially inspired
by the storytelling aspect of art. After
getting her AA, Summer plans to
transfer to Cogswell Polytechnical
College in San Jose to pursue her
bachelor’s degree.
Allison Wheaton has a passion
for photography that is evident,
especially in her portrait work. Many
of her art pieces are influenced by
American and Japanese pop culture.
Meschelle White is an art student
at ARC, working with ceramics. The
longer she works with clay, the more
she is at play. Meschelle has won
several awards but finds that the thrill
she gains every time she completes
a clay construction is a reward in
itself. Her work is also published in
the 2017 edition of American River
Review.
Trent Duaine Woolley enjoys
the bizarre. He also enjoys making
art of the human form. Trent is an
art major focusing on sculpture and
printmaking.
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