Pasaquan Preservation Society

Pasafest 2020

Featured Artists

Matthew Moye; from rural Georgia, became interested in drawing at an early age. He enrolled in the Art program at Columbus State University, where he was introduced to encaustics. Since graduating, he has been promoting his work. His themes, and the ephemerality of the wax, explore his feelings of vulnerability in his quest for identity in this world.

Katie is a multi-faceted visual artist living and working in Atlanta, GA. She currently specializes in clay and textiles but is always expanding her use of different mediums whenever she feels inspired. In addition to her art practice, she has been teaching visual art to all ages for the last 7 years. She is drawn to the unusual, embraces imperfections and makes intentionally wonky creations.

Martha Clippinger grew up in Columbus and had the great fortune of experiencing Pasaquan at an early age. Its everlasting influence can be seen in her colorful abstractions that span a variety of media. The woven wool bags featured here are part of an ongoing collaboration with weavers Licha González Ruiz and Agustín Contreras López of Teotitlán del Valle, Oaxaca, Mexico. Their tapetes, Spanish for "rugs", have been in numerous exhibitions across the country, including solo shows of Clippinger's work at the Columbus Museum, Institute 193, and Philadelphia's Magic Gardens.

John Mollica started making art immediately- cartoons, wood cuts, images on plates, etc. In the middle, rock and roll screen prints in Memphis, show posters in the southeast. Now original works of acrylic on canvas and board, many with handmade frames adorned with bottle caps, glass, rusted metal and other found objects - all a blending of psychedelic visionary folk art in etablo style but suited to the bordello. A small slice of it lives in the mobile art museum he calls the Church of Duane Allman.

Fawne DeRosia is a multi-talented artist from Thomaston, Georgia who creates in a variety of mediums, including painting, sculpture, window art, and large format murals. She is the founder of Flint Rose Studio, where she increases her body of work, hosts art workshops, and works to foster the growth of art culture in the greater Thomaston/Upson County area.

Josey Isabella Sanders is a self-taught artist whose medium vary from acrylic and watercolor to polymer clay and carpentry, don’t forget lots of glitter! They consider themselves a contemporary surreal artist. With their craft they hope to rekindle a sense of childlike curiosity into their viewers by using bright, bold colors. They get their inspiration from the magic happenings in nature and our inherent connection to them.

JAWjawGal was born under the mound of shingles torn off her ancestral home in Parrott, GA. Faced with a pile of metal as huge as the new roof’s debt, Meg Tilley Anderson followed friendly advice to "Paint on ‘em!” Came by her name through her father (jawjawboy@…), an original Georgia-boy, he, too, talked a lot; told stories in paint!

Born in Carrollton Georgia in 1963, Lee Laney was issued a pack of Crayolas shortly thereafter and has been drawing steadily ever since. After the new century arrived he was pleased to discover he could sell his work. His wall art can be found under the Uncle Lee Folk Art trade name, while his ceramic work is known as his half of Tortured Pine Pottery.

Her childhood spent in the North Georgia Mountains’ on creek banks, rope swings, and horseback, Artist Mariah Hope first experimented with smashed poke-berries, and clay from the family swimming hole in Deep Creek. In the past few years her love of animals and the need to spread happy vibes and loving energy lead her to a busy career in pet portrait.

Originally from Newnan, GA, Charlie Dingler is a Clayton, GA-based outsider artist. He regularly creates unique works by hand, using various mediums. His paintings include scrap metal, wood, and items collected over time. His works are comprised of his signature Whirligig pieces that often pick up on moments and images of everyday life

Christine Cannon is a painter from LaGrange, Georgia. She attended Columbus State University where she earned a BFA in Studio Art and later attended the University of South Carolina, earning an MFA in Studio Art in painting. She teaches at Chattahoochee Valley Community College and serves as Chair of the Fine Arts and Social Science Division.

Brianne Sharpe graduated top honors with a BFA and MA in art history from Savannah College of Art & Design and Georgia State University, respectively. Her studies helped facilitate her further exploration and contextualization of her own life-long practice of various fiber crafts and fine art painting, as well as the long tradition of fiber craft by women on both sides of her family.

Brent Wykle draws inspiration from the experiences of his upbringing in the mountains of Northeast Georgia. He is greatly inspired by religion and its influence on southern culture.