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  • In The Moment Arts Collective
    In The Moment Arts Collective
    Crafts; Crafts: Other; Folk Art; Folk Art: Other; Folk Art: Puppetry; Folk Art: Storytelling; Literature; Literature: Drama; Literature: Fiction; Literature: Non-Fiction; Literature: Poetry; Music; Music: Instrumental; Music: Vocal; Theatre; Theatre: Acting; Theatre: Directing; Theatre: Other; Theatre: Technical; Visual Arts; Visual Arts: Other; Visual Arts: Painting; Visual Arts: Sculpture; Scenic Design, Props, Thematic Sculpture, Murals, Costuming, Haunt & Trail Ride, Holiday Decor
    Hi there! Stephen and Jessica are a St. Augustine couple specializing in theatrical and visual arts. They have designed and crafted theatrical sets, props, puppets, museum exhibits, costumes, scripts, haunts, lighting, and sound design. They've also acted as directors and performers in numerous stage productions and films. In the Moment can help you design and organize your artistic needs, whether a stage production or special events such as weddings, parties, festivals, or custom indoor or outdoor signage. Need a theme park-grade outdoor sculpture? In the Moment's got ya covered!
  • Lance Carden
    Lance Carden
    Literature; Literature: Drama; Literature: Non-Fiction; Literature: Poetry; Theatre
    Lance Carden moved to St. Augustine, Florida, in 2014, after a writing and editing career at The Christian Science Monitor. He has a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from the University of Oregon (emphasis on playwriting). His first book, Witness: An Oral History of Black Politics in Boston, 1920 to 1960, was published by Boston College in 1989. In 2013, he and his wife, Charlene Vincent, published Tuscan Retreat, a book of poetry written during a long visit to Italy. In 2015, he published another book of poems titled City of Lions, A Poet’s Guide, celebrating the 450th anniversary of St. Augustine. In October of 2018, A Classic Theatre (ACT) gave a successful staged reading of his play Democracy & its Demise in St. Augustine. Spiritual Exercise, the latest of his books of poetry was published by Wipf and Stock Publishers in September, 2019.
  • Thomas S. Hischak
    Thomas S. Hischak
    Literature; Literature: Non-Fiction; Media: Film; Theatre: Other
    Thomas S. Hischak is an internationally recognized author and teacher in the Performing Arts and one of the foremost authorities on the American Musical Theatre. He is the author of over thirty non-fiction books about theatre, film, and popular music, including The Oxford Companion to the American Musical; The Rodgers and Hammerstein Encyclopedia; Broadway Plays and Musicals; Through the Screen Door; The Tin Pan Alley Encyclopedia; Off-Broadway Musicals Since 1919; The Disney Song Encyclopedia; Word Crazy: Broadway Lyricists; American Literature on Stage and Screen; Theatre as Human Action; 1939: Hollywood’s Greatest Year; and The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. He is also the author of over fifty published plays which are performed in the United States, Canada, Great Britain, and Australia. Hischak is a Fulbright scholar who has taught and directed in Greece, Lithuania, and Turkey. From 1983 to 2015 he was Professor of Theatre at the State University of New York at Cortland where he has received such honors as the 2004 SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activity and the 2010 SUNY Outstanding Achievement in Research Award. Four of his books have been cited as Outstanding Non-fiction Books by the American Library Association and The Oxford Companion to the American Musical was cited as an Outstanding Reference Work by the New York City Public Library in 2008. His playwriting awards include the Stanley Drama Award (New York City) for Cold War Comedy and the Julie Harris Playwriting Award (Beverly Hills, California) for The Cardiff Giant. Hischak is currently an Adjunct Professor teaching film and theatre at Flagler College in St. Augustine, Florida.
  • Jennifer Jordan
    Jennifer Jordan
    Crafts: Jewelry; Literature: Non-Fiction; Visual Arts
    Jennifer grew up in Pennsylvania and got her BA in Advertising Photography from Rochester Institute of Technology in upstate NY.  From there, she was a freelance photojournalist for the Pottsville Republican newspaper in Pennsylvania. She spent most of her 20s working for the Pennsylvania State Legislature as a communications specialist for the House of Representatives and the Senate. She and her husband Josh moved to St. Augustine in 2007. Since moving to Florida, Jennifer has worn many hats while always staying creative.  She has worked as a freelance photographer for the St. Augustine Record, an assistant to the Director of the St. Augustine Art Association, she managed marketing and exhibition management for the Lightner Museum, and most recently was Community Connections Director at the Ponte Vedra Cultural Center. Currently, Jennifer has chosen to work for herself, set her own hours, and spend more time with her family which includes her husband Josh, 9-year-old George, Jack Russel mix Daisy, and retired racing Greyhound Angel. She is working on her own entrepreneurial endeavors by creating a vegetarian recipe book called "Veggin In St. Augustine," featuring her favorite dishes from area restaurants, B&Bs, and markets. As a "side hustle," she has also started her own jewelry line using natural gemstones and antique beads called "Veggin in St. Augustine," which can be found on Etsy.
  • Chris Kastle
    Chris Kastle
    Folk Art: Puppetry; Folk Art: Storytelling; Literature; Literature: Children's; Literature: Fiction; Literature: Non-Fiction; Literature: Poetry; Music; Music: Composition; Music: Vocal; Visual Arts; Visual Arts: Illustration; Visual Arts: Other; Visual Arts: Painting; Visual Arts: Photography
    As a professional touring musician and storyteller, songsmith, author, artist, and educator for half a lifetime, Chris Kastle has performed throughout the United States and in Canada, Europe, and New Zealand. As a recording artist, and part of a duo, she has released 12 critically acclaimed CDs and a DVD and recently, three solo CDs of music and spoken word. In 2015 Chris was the recipient of the Annette J. Bruce Lifetime Achievement Award from the Florida Storytelling Association. In May of 2016 she posted a video of her song, El Faro, in memory of the crew. As an educator, she worked as the Director of Education at the St. Augustine Lighthouse & Museum, an instructor for the Inland Seas Education Association, a Visiting Professor at Governors State University, Community Educator for Friends of A1A Scenic & Historic Coastal Byway, has done a myriad of educational residencies, and is currently on the faculty at the Old Town School of Folk Music, and a Teaching Artist for VSA Florida. As an author, she has penned articles for maritime publications and been a contributing author in a maritime history anthology published by Claremont Press. She has many original short stories to her credit and, most recently, was the author/illustrator of a new children’s book, Dolly the Decorator Crab, inspired by her work as a teaching artist for VSAFL and also From the Icy Fingers of the Deep, a book of short, scary, sea stories that received five stars in Goodreads.com. As a visual artist, Chris has helped students of many ages and abilities to create personal and collaborative artwork such as watercolor, sculpture, collage, set design, and puppets.  Her individual work has been displayed alongside that of her students at the Cummer Museum of Arts and Gardens and by the Thrasher-Horne Center for the Arts. As an arts administrator, advocate, and producer, she is the Executive Director of Common Times, the folk-arts organization that presented the "Chicago Maritime Festival" and the "Chinquapin Folk Music and Storytelling Festival" and has served on the boards of the Florida Storytelling Association (Past President) and the Tale Tellers of St. Augustine (Secretary, Past President). She is a one-time Tall Ship sailor from Chicago who has found a new home in St. Augustine, the nation's oldest port city, and is enjoying the best of the old world and the new!
  • Frances Keiser
    Frances Keiser
    Literature; Literature: Children's; Literature: Fiction; Literature: Non-Fiction; Literature: Poetry; Visual Arts; Visual Arts: Illustration; Visual Arts: Other
    Frances Keiser has been designing and publishing books for over 20 years and is a faculty member of the University of North Florida Department of Continuing Education teaching publishing-related classes. She is a multi award-winning author, artist, and craftsman. A 25-year resident of St. Augustine, Keiser is also a University of Florida Master Naturalist and writes the weekly Backyard Adventures column for The St. Augustine Record. She is married to award-winning artist and illustrator, Hugh Keiser.  
  • Bobbi Linkemer
    Bobbi Linkemer
    Literature; Literature: Non-Fiction
    Bobbi Linkemer has been a professional writer for more than fifty years. During that time, she has written twenty-eight books, coached many aspiring authors on how to write and publish their books, developed and taught writing courses online and for the community college system in St. Louis, Missouri, and written on a wide array of subject matter for print and electronic media. After thirty years as a creative entrepreneur, Bobbi retired in 2019 to concentrate on writing books and painting. Her current mission is to help older adults live well now and plan wisely for the future. Her most recent book is How to Age with Grace: Living Your Best Life in Your 70s, 80s, and Beyond. Click here to browse Bobbi's Amazon store.
  • Sallie O'Hara
    Sallie O'Hara
    Literature: Non-Fiction
    Vilano and the North Beaches, authored by Vivian Browning, Sallie O'Hara and John Pilecki, is a pictoral history of the Vilano area. It is among over 1000 Arcadia Publications documenting small town history and events. www.vilanobeachfl.com/14-events/36-arcadia-book
  • Bob Patterson
    Bob Patterson
    Folk Art: Storytelling; Literature; Literature: Non-Fiction; Music; Music: Composition; Music: Instrumental; Music: Vocal
    Bob Patterson is an award-winning songwriter, singer, storyteller, author, visual artist, and public speaker. He's been performing all over the country at festivals, clubs, radio, and television for more than fifty years. He was awarded the Fellow Man and Mother Earth Award from the Stetson Kennedy Foundation and has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Florida Storytelling Association. While capable of performing a wide variety of music, he prefers performances where he can perform his original Florida Stories and Songs. He's an advocate for protecting the wild heart of Florida, especially clean water. His career began in the late 1960s when he signed a recording contract with the prestigious folk music label, Vanguard Records. He recorded an album at that time with his folk-rock band, Elizabeth. Bob wrote and sang the popular single "Mary Ann," along with four other cuts on the album. Bob moved to Florida in 1969 and became an integral part of the Florida folk music scene. He has been featured at the Florida Folk Festival for over forty years performing 12 string guitar and songwriting workshops, storytelling, and music concerts. He opened for Emmy Lou Harris at the 2005 event and was chosen as one of the Legacy Performers for 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009 festivals. He independently produces music and stories on CD which have received rave reviews from critics and fans alike. His songs have been recognized by the American Song Festival and The Best of Florida Song Writing Competition. His song "Lullabye of the Rivers" was used in the documentary film about the Ocklawaha River. He had his book "Forgotten Tales of Florida" published by the History Press. Bob is the co-founder of the Gamble Rogers Folk Festival and has served as the event's artistic director for over fifteen years. He is a board member of the Florida Storytelling Association and has been producing music for the HAWKE Wildlife Association’s "Music for the Birds Concert" for over twenty years. The editor of First Coast Entertainer, Rick Grant, writes that “Bob valiantly carries on the Gamble Rogers tradition of humorous storytelling, folk-singing, and consummate guitar artistry. He is a true Florida songwriter and superb picker of the 12 string." Dr. Margaret Longhill, president of the Will McLean Foundation writes, “His songs, like his photographs, vignettes of the heart, stir us to look a little deeper and love a little more." With a distinctive voice and 12 string guitar technique, Bob will take you on a trip through the real Florida that is filled with humor and folklore of the people."
  • Teri Tompkins
    Teri Tompkins
    Literature: Non-Fiction; Visual Arts: Painting
    Teri Tompkins followed her love of art around the world. She has lived in Rome and, most recently, California. Now, she has returned home to St. Augustine. As a teenager, Teri Tompkins traded her St. Augustine upbringing for the artistic richness of Rome. “I was working as an au pair, which afforded me the ability to study from the wealth of masterworks on every street. I spent hours at the Vatican each weekend, studied Caravaggio in churches, and gawked over centuries of paintings.” Tompkins studied illustration, painting, and art history in California and has returned to St. Augustine. Her paintings — a collection of positive and hopeful works — are shown at Neff Jewelers. She also runs a Monday night figure session at the St. Augustine Art Association. The Compass caught up with the multifaceted artist to chat about returning to her roots, painting Northeast Florida, and portrait work. Compass: Why did you move back to St. Augustine in 2005 after living in California for almost 25 years? Teri Tompkins: I have always loved my hometown, and I’ve always appreciated how special it is — even when my hunger for learning and adventure took me to other places. The water and coastline on the West Coast is quite interesting to paint, but here, it is far more fun to be in the water. I also love that I can ride my bike just about anywhere. Compass: What are some of your favorite places to paint in Northeast Florida? T.T.: First of all, my very favorite places to paint are top secret — especially the places where I am not supposed to be painting. Anastasia State Park is pretty fantastic early in the morning. Up and down the Intracoastal Waterway, there are so many beautiful spots that require some exploration to find. And, of course, the way the light hits the old architecture in town at different times of day is extraordinary. Compass: Tell us about the women you paint in pieces like “Guardian of the Honey Bees” and “Wildflower Renaissance.” T.T.: The angelic figures in my environmental “Guardian” paintings are not portraits, but rather metaphors for the guardian or protector in each of us. I take the protection of our environment and creatures very seriously, and painting the world as healthy and cherished is a kind of visual prayer. I am lucky enough to have some very beautiful friends and family members who regularly get roped into modeling for me. My niece Kelsey posed for “Guardian of the Honey Bees,” my granddaughter Jesse posed underwater for the ocean Guardians, and my daughter, Rain, posed for “Florida Native Butterflies.” Models typically pose live, then I take reference photos to see me through the many layers of paint required to complete the work. Compass: We were looking at the “Portraits” page on your website. Are those all commissioned works? T.T.: My first love may be portrait painting, and I have been accepting portrait commissions for years. When teaching portrait classes, I sometimes ask a friend to pose in exchange for the study when we are done. Between commissions, I beg family members to model. Compass: How is Plein Air painting different from painting from a photo or memory? T.T.: There simply is no substitute for painting from life. Whether painting a human, a bowl of fruit, or an outdoor scene, you perceive things that a photograph just cannot tell you. As handy as a reference photo can be, they do not tell the whole truth — especially digital photos that translate information through a little computer. Photos are great for completing work when the subject cannot be present, or the cloud formation has moved on. In nature, the artist can feel, see, hear, smell and sense things, and those influences appear on the canvas like magic.
  • Marisella Veiga
    Marisella Veiga
    Literature; Literature: Fiction; Literature: Non-Fiction; traditional Cuban home cooking demonstrator and Cuban food histories
    Marisella Veiga writes in various genres and teaches writing as well as Cuban home cooking.  Her first book is We Carry Our Homes with Us:  a Cuban American Memoir (Minnesota Historical Society Press 2016).  Other nonfiction includes Cuban Rice Classics (Rubber Tree Press), her work as a syndicated columnist for Hispanic Link News Service, and more than 150 articles in commercial magazines and newspapers, including the Washington Post, Art In America, Poets&Writers.  She was awarded an Evelyn LaPierre Award in Journalism for a feature story.  Her short fiction has been widely anthologized, most recently in Sudden Fiction Latino:  Short Short Stories from the United States and Latin America.  She won a Canute J. Brodhurst Prize for best short story and a Special Mention in Fiction by the Pushcart Prize:  Best of the Small Presses.  Her poetry has appeared in more than 15 literary magazines. Veiga has worked as a literary and commercial translator, bringing Spanish language writings into American English.  In addition, Veiga has written an encyclopedia entry on Cuban food in America.  She was featured as a traditional home cook at the Florida Folk Festival in 2015 and teaches children and adults at various cultural and community centers.
  • Basil Yothers
    Basil Yothers
    Literature: Non-Fiction; Visual Arts: Painting
    My "Way" of painting derives from years of study, teacher feedback and practicing. As I mature, both  calmness and contentment have developed--essential factors--for success. Thus: aware of both heart and mind, I start painting by just " letting-myself-go"; a spontaneous outpouring of movement--similar to a dance of brush on paper surface. Colors chosen, brush rhythms, areas of washing or detail rendered--it all comes together somehow. As I begin,... a vague idea may be lingering, or a special feeling will be noticed. But no certain purpose, no 'fixed' destination, form or object will be decided upon... I  trust in my feelings. A confidence in myself helps. Contemplating the vagueness  in layered washes--suggestions and guidance occurs; I trust in whatever images, ideas and forms,  call to me,  or become attractive. Because ' All of Creation', on the largest of scale, moves me most deeply:  Seas, Skies with Cloud-- Mountains and Valleys, oftentimes are conjured up. Maybe,... showing energies of the universe The spirit within,  finds  forms  (or pictures), and perspectives that "fit me" best. That  which you truly love the best--seem to best make paintings live. Oftentimes,  the brush's path, or strength,  reveals  a moment-to moment excitement of discovery--to additionally inspire the viewer, as it did the painter! I never attempt to mirror outside reality or use photographs, but rely on subjective imagination, fantasy and unconscious, hidden memories, (which may prove symbolic).
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