Artist Directory

Michael Pach

Visual Artist - Writer - Photographer

I have been a professional photographer since 2000 and run two photography-related businesses, AdventureCam Photo and 3 Peaks Photography & Design. I teach photography and Photoshop classes and used to work for the Fort Carson Mountaineer.

Laszlo Palos

Visual Artist

I was born in Zurich, Switzerland, to Hungarian revolutionary parents. At age three we immigrated to Fort Collins, where I was raised as a bilingual child. My mother, a painter and writer, always supported my artistic whims. In contrast (although supportive), my engineer father influenced my pragmatic qualities. I pursued... More

Pam Pappas

Visual Artist

Attended Rocky Mountain School of Art 1976-1978 . Graphic designer for SFR 1992-2000. Muralist and faux finisher 2001 to present day. I paint in oils, acrylics and mixed media. I like to explore the effects of mixing mediums. I have been working on figurative sculptures for the last 2 years.I... More

Tricia Parish

Musician - Singer - Songwriter

Canadian born, Tricia Parish, is an accomplished singer/guitarist/songwriter who is currently working on her second album. Her first album, Tricia Parish, is available on her website: triciaparish.com. Her smooth voice and delicate guitar playing will remind you of her influences: Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, Joni Mitchell and Emylou Harris. She... More

Brandon Parker

Visual Artist

I am a fourth generation Colorado Springs native. I have lived in the "Springs", Denver, St. Louis, and Dutch West Indies as well as a brief stint in the darkness of reality. I am currently a student relentlessly pursuing a degree in "fine art". As a twenty plus year veteran... More

Holly Parker Dearborn

Visual Artist - Specializing in Art & Ecology Concepts

Holly's experience of living and working in Italy inspired a concern for the landscape and a passion for interpreting it in various and meaningful ways. Her research there spawned an interdisciplinary spirit that includes traditional paint, alternative paint, video, photo-based mediums and more. Among this work, is a series of... More

Cyndi Parr

Actor - Director - Filmmaker

A native of Colorado Springs, Cyndi has been involved with community theater since she was 16 as a costumer for Smokebrush's Macbeth. She has gone on to work on productions for Star Bar Players, Theatreworks, Theatre 'D Art, The Moody Mystery Touring Company, and the Club of Arts, where she... More

Michelle Patterson

Musician

Michelle Patterson began writing songs as a pre-teen and has developed into a talent well beyond her years. A married mother of four, she writes, tours, coaches new songwriters and juggles a household of budding musicians. Michelle's heart-melting voice has earned loyal fans here and abroad, who eagerly applaud her... More

Matt Payne

Visual Artist

Most days I can be found in an office working at my full-time job as the Director of Clinical Support Services at Peak Vista Community Health Centers in Colorado Springs. Whenever I can, I head out into the great outdoors and take photos. I specialize in landscape photography, especially photos... More

Karen Peace

Composer - Poet - Singer - Visual Artist - Writer

***2009 MOONDANCE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WINNER FOR ORCHESTRAL MUSIC *** Recent events and projects: In April 2010 CVAE performed two of my pieces as part of their Voice, Verse, and Vision concert. One piece was a musical setting of my dear friend Price Strobridge's "Were Sisyphus..." Last year, I taught... More

Jacqueline Pearson

Visual Artist

Jacqueline is a native of New Orleans, LA, now residing in Colorado Springs, CO. She is an artist, photographer and copywriter. She lived in Newport Beach, CA, where in addition to private art instruction, studied at Laguna Beach School of Art, Coastline Community College, Newport Beach School of Photography and... More

Daniel Perkins

Visual Artist

I moved with my wife from Hawaii to Colorado in 1993. My interest in the Visual Arts came later in life. I am a chiropractor and a self-taught artist. I working in a variety of media.

Tallia Petrone

Choreographer - Dancer - Musician

Tallia has been studying the art of dance for almost 9 years. She loves Ballet, Tap, and Jazz. Tallia has danced in several Colorado Springs Philharmonic Orchestra Nutcracker productions, dancing with both the San Diego Ballet and Ballet Idaho. Tallia is a pre-professional student of the Ballet Society and a... More

Gwen Phillips

Dancer - Visual Artist

Gwen Phillips began dancing in Singapore at the age of three.  She continued her training under Wynn McCurdy at the Academy of Ballet Arts in Marietta, GA, and then went on to minor in dance at the University of Georgia, where she danced works by Bala Sarasvati, the late Carlos... More

Matthew Pieffer

Actor

I'm a 37 year old Man ,, Single Full time father, been doing Professional up close and stage magic for 8 years now, been a Jester at Many Rennaissance Festival throughout the USA for the las 20years, wehn i'm not doing that i'm also a WHITE FACED clown for birthday... More

Karen Pierce

Visual Artist

If asked twenty years ago what she'd be doing in the 21st Century, Karen Pierce would definitely not have guessed, "Making art." She grew up in the Midwest and obtained degrees in German, French, International Business and Human Resource Development. Vienna, Austria was her home for twenty years when she... More

Dale Pittock

Visual Artist

Many people find it surprising that an electrical engineer by day becomes a talented landscape artist by night. Although I have worked for Agilent (Formerly Hewlett Packard) since 1973, it is my artwork that gives me a greater sense of gratification. Growing up in Colorado Springs, among the grandeur of... More

Holly Poledicha

Visual Artist

Holly Poledicha is a Colorado-based designer and fabric artist. In 2004 she founded Mint Handbags, which designs and manufactures custom and ready-made handbags and accessories.  Holly has been designing apparel for many years. She has studied fashion design and merchandising at Los Angeles Trade Tech School, Long Beach College and... More

Kim Polomka

Visual Artist

Australian visual artist working specifically in Acrylics, Watercolors. Kim also works in a larger environment Mural applications. He has also been involved in specialized interior design projects, that have required a more elevated approach to aesthethics. Kim has been living in Colorado Springs as a permanent resident, and after 9... More

Michael Pope

Musician

I refer to myself as an enthusiast of the Didgeridoo. I handcraft them from local timber, teach and play. My shop is located on the westside and the timber I use in construction comes from anywhere from Divide to Blackforest. The word 'chrysalis' refers to the capsule or cocoon caterpillars... More

Lauren Potereiko

Visual Artist

Lauren Potereiko is a visual artist who is immersed in the culture of the downtown Colorado Springs area.

Lauren's first solo show at the Heebee JeeBeeS Studio will be Friday, April 3rd from 5-9 p.m. The show will run through the end of May.

Lauren's figurative paintings evoke a sense... More

Sandra Prager

Visual Artist

International from the outset, Sandra was born in Montclair, NJ, but raised in the South of France, with her English mother, an art-lover, who named her after Sandro Botticelli. As a young child, she was surrounded and influenced by artists, both well-known (such as Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger, Claude Schurr,... More

Benjamin Pratt

Composer - Musician - Poet - Singer

I am Benjamin Pratt, both a lover of poetry and music. I decided to develop my passion to do my part to keep the world healthy. One of my favorite quotes is,"We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry." - W.B.Yeats

Benjamin... More

Edna Price

Visual Artist

I am a 2012 graduate from the University of Colorado Colorado Springs with a Bachelor's degree in Visual Arts: Studio Art. In 2010 I took part in the collaboration of a mural through Ent Federal Credit Union for UCCS, and in 2011 I worked with Senga Negundi to create a... More

Charles Prignano aka MAJOR MANDOLIN

Musician - Promoter

I was born Charles Michael Prignano on 23 August 1949 in Elmhurst, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago. I spent most of my adult life in the military, working my way up through the enlisted ranks and into the officer corps, retiring at the rank of Major. I married a... More

Mitch Proper

Composer - Musician - Poet - Singer - Writer

I've been playing guitar and writing music for a long time...passionately. Influences include The Appleseed Cast, As Tall as Lions, Minus the Bear, The Replacements, Mouth of the Architect, Isis, Red Sparows, Botch, Cult of Luna, Explosions in the Sky, Mogwai, The Get Up Kids, Braid, Cursive, and many many... More

Valentina Provenzano (Kai)

Makeup Artist

Valentina Provenzano is a professional makeup artist with four and a half years of makeup artistry experience. Her work has been featured in short films for the Colorado Film School, portraiture, music videos and bridal photography. She specializes in flawless airbrush makeup and adornment. Valentina is a certified skincare therapist... More