Travis Winters

Travis Winters is a ceramic artist, educator, and the Programs Manager at Touchstone Center for Crafts. Working primarily with animals and figures, he creates figures based on mundane day-to-day life, past struggles and real people. An

MFA graduate from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, Winters exhibits work nationally and has shown at the Canton Museum of Art, in Canton, OH, Baltimore Clayworks in Baltimore, MD, The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, PA, The Baton Rouge

Gallery in Baton Rouge, LA, and the AMOCA Museum in Pomona, CA. Travis was the Lormina Salter Fellowship Artist at Baltimore Clayworks, long term Resident at

Odyssey Clayworks in Asheville, NC, a Kiln God Summer Resident at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in New Castle ME and a Short-Term Resident Artist at

Red Lodge Clay Center in Red Lodge, MT.

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Henry Bermudez

As a young artist in Venezuela, Bermudez built a successful international career. While still in his thirties, he represented Venezuela at the XVII Venice Biennale (1986). In 2003, however, Bermudez learned while traveling in the United States that the political regime in Venezuela had determined that his art expressed ideas that threatened authoritarian cultural objectives. 

With a friend in Philadelphia who was able to give him temporary shelter, he began his journey as an immigrant, coming to terms with a dramatic twist of fate and the need to build a new life and career in the US. Since that time, his work has continuously evolved. Connections to the mythological subjects and visual strategies of his Venezuela-based work remain, but his art today also reflects the rupture of displacement and the culture of Philadelphia. 

His work can be found in many collections both public and private including the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase, NY; and the Modern Art Museum of Mexico, in Mexico City. Bermudez has been the recipient of support from esteemed institutions and foundations, including the Bader Fund, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and the Brandywine Print Workshop in Philadelphia. He has also been awarded a Peter Benoliel Fellowship from CFEVA in Philadelphia. 

His work was featured in Philagrafika print portfolio that celebrated international printmaking. Recently he had a retrospective at The Woodmere Art Museum. Presently, Bermudez inspires future generations as an art educator at both the Career Academy Developing Institute (CADI) and Fleisher Art Memorial. 

Before the challenges ushered in by the global pandemic, he also served as co-director at HouseGallery1816 situated in Fishtown within Philadelphia. There, alongside managing an active studio, he continues to curate and participate in numerous exhibitions.

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Michelle Marcuse

Michelle Marcuse is a South African American artist residing in Philadelphia since 1984.

Her work is a visual exploration of aesthetics and cultural amalgamation that has evolved from the broader context of her childhood and delves into themes around place and shared human experiences 

Marcuse obtained a Bachelor of Design from The Shenkar College of Engineering and Design in Israel and a BFA in painting at the Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. She has participated in both solo and group exhibitions at venues such as the Corcoran School, BLAM Projects, Taller Boricua, Little Haitian Cultural Center, Art Life Foundation, and Restart Museum in China. Her work is in collections such as The Philadelphia Art Museum amongst others.

Marcuse is a CFEVA Fellow alumni and was on the shortlist for the Joan Mitchell Foundation. She maintains an active studio in Fishtown where she was also co-director of HouseGallery, a community based art space.

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