Rachel Marie-Crane Williams received a B.F.A. from East Carolina University in Greenville in 1993. She attended Florida State University, where she earned her M.F.A. (1995) from with a concentration in painting and drawing and her Ph.D. in Art…
Ryan was born in Des Moines, Iowa in 1979 and would later earn his B.F.A. from the University of Iowa in 2002. Most recently, Ryan participated in a solo exhibition at the Karolyn Sherwood Gallery in Des Moines, Iowa.
Mary Merkel-Hess was born on April 6, 1949 in Waterloo, Iowa. She grew up in an extended family near Gilbertville, Iowa. She attended Marquette University in Milwaukee, WI and graduated in 1971 with a BA in sociology and philosophy. She attended art…