Veronica Perez
STUDIO RESIDENT

Veronica Perez is an artist who works alongside the community to speak about erasure, identity, and interdependency.

Perez works as the Administrative Assistant at Indigo Arts Alliance, a Black-led arts and residency organization in Portland, Maine. They are also a co-organizer in Tender Table, an organization focused on uplifting the Black and Brown community in Maine through storytelling and food.

AVALON WESTBROOK
Website: veronicaaperez.com
IG: veronica_a_perez

Jocelyn Toffic
STUDIO RESIDENT

Jocelyn Toffic is the founder of Avalon North. She is also a figurative narrative artist working mainly in oil, although she dabbles in mixed media assemblages, and live/dead animal installations. Her work is part of the permanent collection at Harfnarborg Museum and The Icelandic Phallological Museum.

She also founded a sister company
Avalon Womens Tavel Co.
International travel designed for introverts
Avalonwomenstravel.com

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Website: jtoffic.com
IG: @jtoffic

Eileen Ryan
Studio Resident

Eileen is an interdisciplinary artist that incorporates her background in microbiology, art, and hospitality to create investigative works about science and mysticism. Using a process of imagination, experimentation, and observation, Eileen creates installations, performances, and paintings to communicate her concepts to a variety of audiences around the world. Her publication “CODEX” is out now!

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Website: eileenryan.com
IG: @sci_witch

Victoria Karol
Studio Resident

Local crone in the Slavic native pagan folk tradition, inherited matrilineally; illustrator; fiber and installation artist; ritualist and ceremonial performer; community organizer; Buffy the Vampire Slayer 4LYFE; SaaS b2b creative services director for income; if the studio door is open, I am open to visits, hugs, chats, silent shared presence, and am available to see you if you want or need to be seen. You don’t have to be alone in the dark.

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IG: @hottrashportland
Linkedin

Mariah Blodgett
Studio Resident

Mariah Blodgett is a neuro-spicy multidisciplinary artist and general creative maker of things. She has a degree in communications, professional experience as a graphic designer, and more hobbies than she knows what to do with. For the last four years, she has put all of her eggs into the basket of her four-year-old and has decided she needs some of her own baskets. You may find Mariah in her studio doing any number of tasks, including but not limited to writing, painting, jewelry making, and breathing new life into salvaged items, sometimes simultaneously.

AVALON WESTBROOK
IG: @newrootscreative and @mer.gets.sketchy
Website: www.newrootscreative.com

Kamala Raab
Studio Resident

Kamala Raab is an artist and poet. Her art is guided by intuition, emotion and dreams that also influence her poetry. She is a certified Yoga Teacher. Her earlier career included apparel design and development for domestic and international companies that took her to Hong Kong, Bangkok, Tokyo, New York and London. She loves spending time working in her studio, enjoying the river view and the energy of the club. She hopes to meet more of you. Please stop in if you see her in the studio.

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IG: @Kamala.raab

G Ferragamo-Gilbert

G (they/them) is an interdisciplinary poet, painter, performer, collaborator, shapeshifter, meaning-maker, freelancer, thrift-lover, mover, shaker, and friend everlasting living & working in Southern Maine. They usually have a few projects going at once and a few books in their bag. G is the creative strategist (and enthusiast) of the Portland Poets’ Society, performing poetry live every month. G self-publishes their work on weird corners of the internet. G is available for writing, spitballing and editing work. G is interested in being part of a team, hands on collaboration, experiencial art installations, set design & creative installations.

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Website - Awake Undead
Instagram - @g.ferragamo.g

Kat Legier

Kat (she/her) is a ceramic artist fresh out of the UNH system with a degree in sociology and women’s studies with a minor in fine arts. She enjoys traveling (Hungary, Nicaragua, and Greece are her holy three), creating, and dipping her piggies in natural bodies of water. She is passionate about harm reduction, reproductive rights, and housing for all. When she can, she mixes her love for ceramics and other mediums with activism and is serving as the Reproductive Freedom Fund’s first-ever artist in residence.

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Instagram- @ceramicsbykat

Jessica Evans
Photographer

(she/her) One of Jessica's favorite things about art is the personal touches you can give it - the stories behind it, and the feelings it gives you.
She loves to make art about these feelings, and is dedicated to sharing them. Whether it is through writing, photography, handmade books, letters, or simply whatever music she's listening to that day, she just wants to help herself make sense of the world.
She hopes that her art can help you do the same.

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Website: maudlinities.com
IG: @maudlinites

Meaghan McNeal-Francisco

Meaghan is an artist and true renaissance woman. Her recent mixed media works focus more on bringing nature into ordinary spaces by combining her fascination with moss and mushrooms and her skill with taxidermy. Her paintings center around her Love of the human body and all its different shapes and sizes, with a special focus on nude portraiture. When she’s not creating art in her studio you can find her frolicking in the woods, hiking, or in front of the stove cooking and baking. She is a pagan who follows the turning of the wheel and incorporates her spiritual practice in everything she does.

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Instagram- @micmeaghan

Nola Hesby

Nola Hesby is an artist living in Seacoast NH.
She explores her love of nature and light through various forms, often painting with gouache and pastels. Through her works, you will find vibrant colors, optimism, and a true love for the earth we share. She loves being part of a wonderful community of artists and creators such as Avalon North.
Nola loves travel, Hawai'i, the outdoors, the 1970s, thrifting, astrology, and being with friends.

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Website: NolaHesby
IG: @leefee_green
LinkedIn: Nola Hesby

Ronnie Dane

Ronnie is a mom of three who has held a beating heart in her hand while flying over the Swiss Alps at sunrise, but is currently disabled due to ME/CFS (feel free to google and ask her about it!) In her past life, Ronnie has been a critical care RN, professional dancer/dance instructor, and she is a trained sexual assault nurse examiner and confidential advocate. She’s navigating the ups and downs of her health journey, and figuring out how she can best serve herself and others during this time.

AVALON DOVER
she/her

Marcie Bonilla

Marcie (She/her) is a single mom and a powerhouse of support for those around her as well as so many just causes. Marcie is consistently the first to show up at the rally and is a constant north star when energy flags.
She is creative and analytical and has very recently come out of her creative shell to participate in our makers markets with her gorgeous block prints.

“I'm good at organizing, planning, data stuff and process improvement. All that introverted Virgo stuff.
Hoping the incredible creativity and talented women in this club will help me grow creatively.”

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IG: @mbonillapix

Amy Michael - forensic Anthropologist + professor

(She/her) I'm relatively new to New England and currently working at the University of New Hampshire as an Assistant Professor of Anthropology. I'm a forensic anthropologist interested in solving cold cases involving transgender and gender-expansive victims. I am a founding board member of Trans Doe Task Force, a grassroots activist organization focused on identifying LGBTQ+ cold case victims. Outside of work, I love cult horror movies (like, obsessively!), finding used book stores to raid, hiking (particularly the Sandwich range), and attempting a range of hobbies that I'm never very good at but always wanna try!

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Website: amymichaelphd.com
IG: @youwin__youlose
IG: @transdoetaskforce

RACHEL LAWRENCE

Super nerdy about money, with a Certified Financial Planner™ designation, a Masters degree in Personal Financial Planning, and 20+ years in the field
I love bringing financial planning to those who need it the most (regular folx like you and me), tackling systemic issues (misogyny, racism, ableism, capitalism, homo/transphobia, etc.) in ways that can be good for the world AND our bottom lines.
Founder/CEO of two businesses: Reverie Wealth and Plan Ventures

Websites: reveriewealth.com and planventures.co
IG: @rachelsl.fp and @reverie.wealth
LinkedIn: Rachel Lawrence

Abby Hall Luca

Abby Hall Luca (she/her) is a momma, witchy woman, midwife, educator, and interfaith chaplain who loves to companion people through big life transitions with warmth and presence (and a little irreverent humor), and without fixing or saving. She teaches College Writing and creates continuing education courses, retreats, and workshops on radical active listening presence for folks in the helping professions. Through her private practice, The Hearth Chaplain, Abby offers both virtual and in-person chaplaincy sessions for the strictly secular, the devoutly religious, and everything in between.

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Website : The Hearth Chaplain

KAY kinderman
Artist + death doula

(she/they) Kay is an artist of many different techniques and mediums, she is working towards becoming a death doula, and has always had art practices in her life since coloring at her grandma's kitchen table as a wee one.
She also loves to read, walk in the woods, run, pet her beautiful pup Jasper, sit with her back to the woodstove, push cloves into oranges, let chocolate melt slowly on her mouth, talk to anyone and everyone about death and dying, learn and practice nonviolent communication, learn and practice alternative relationship structures, and has likely cried at least a handful of times in the past week and loves this about herself.

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Rebecca Eliot

Writer/ dancer/ fiber artist, sewing, knitting, creative, intuitive, early retired & loving it!

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Nikki Rae

Fire Fae, a vibrant soul, studied fine arts at the New Hampshire Institute of Art. Lost initially after college, she discovered herself within a community of creative weirdos traveling and going to music festivals, living her best life excelling in fire performance and founding an all-female collective with her best friends, called Luminous. After running away to the circus, she embraced a slower pace, delving into bath alchemy and founding her business, Star Quality Ritual. As a mother to a teen she is now navigating her crone phase, she balances roles as an activist, personal growth enthusiast, soap and candle maker, fire dancer, and digital witch. Her passions include live music, travel sex magic, ritual, dance, gathering with like-minded souls and dismantling the patriarchy.

AVALON DOVER
IG: @Nikkiraespaga @Starqualityritual
Website: Star Quality Ritual

Celina Lemieux

Celina Lemieux is a fitness & nutrition coach, intuitive tarot reader, puppeteer, Usui Shiki Ryoho Reiki Master, improvisational dancer, and lifelong student of the arts. She has been involved with the Shoestring Theater in Portland, ME since 2021: puppeteering & performing in their parade marching band.

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IG: @cellyjulie @_daughterofcups

Jen Perry

Jen (she/her) is a dilettante, but hopes to one day master something. She is an avid reader and artist painting mostly in acrylic but is starting to learn how to work with pastels. With many ambitions, she is currently focusing on teaching herself to write songs on the piano, attempting to learn French, learning more about magic, meditation, and our power as spiritual beings, wants to travel and learn to homestead. Jen moved to Maine in 2021 and is currently residing in South Portland with her 5- and 6-year-old, 2 dachshunds and spouse. She works from home in supply chain to pay the bills.

AVALON WESTBROOK
Website: www.jenispainting.com
IG: @JenShmenPerry

Laura Killiany

hi there, i’m laura! i’m an infj libra sun, gemini moon, and aries rising. i am a cat mom to the sassiest shadow, daisy, as well as a plant mom to a few sweet bebes. i’m a barista at starbucks, i enjoy art in all its forms, and i don’t rlly know what i’m doing other than searching for that gööd serotonin!

Laura is also an incredible model who loves working creatively with art photographers

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IG: @laurakilliany
LinkedIn: Laura Killiany
she/her

Erica Sgrignuoli
-nerdy weirdo + nature lover

Erica is a mom, nurse, and weird human with wide ranging interests. She works as an oncology nurse navigator but dreams of having about 8 other different careers- there is never enough time! You are likely to become friends with this introvert over donuts and terrible puns.

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Linkedin: Erica Sgrignuoli

Nikki Codgill
-Burlesque dancer + exceptional analogy maker

Nikki Codgill (she/her) is an experienced amateur burlesque dancer and a founding member of the Portsmouth-based Lady Luck Burlesque. She loves to entertain and make people laugh.
She also enjoys embroidery, latch hook rug making, delightfully inexpert tarot card readings, and attempting to make resin molds that look like old jello recipes. She never tries to do anything perfectly and it doesn't matter! When she's around everyone has a good time.

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IG: @bettyvonkekse

Jacqueline Finnerty

Jacqueline (she/her) is a long-time Dover resident and recent graduate, where she received a dual degree in sociology and social justice studies. She’s always up for a new adventure whether it’s a walk down a local trail or a trip halfway around the world (whenever it’s possible). Jacqueline is a paralegal who dabbles in all kinds of creative processes but her favorites are calligraphy and crafting flowers from paper. In the summer you can find her trying to grow actual flowers and vegetables in her garden. After injuring herself several years ago she found yoga and meditation to be helpful tools for stress and pain management and she loves to share these practices with others. She’s a history nerd and loves reading historical fiction.

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Kim Leshinski

Kim (she/her) is a graphic artist. Her Dover-based company Kimski Creative focuses on branding, packaging design, print and digital marketing. She has also studied Herbalism and has a side project – Kimski Botanika, making tea blends and body care products from plant medicine. She is deeply moved and inspired by the vibrations of nature and music, and loves connecting with others through these passions. Aries, empath, dreamer, traveler, connector, forever curious about life.

AVALON DOVER
Website : Kimski Creative
IG: @Kimskicreative @Kimskibotanika

Christine Pizzo

Experienced catalyst, creative director, innovation strategist, college professor and community builder she's hard to pin down, but a charming delight to be around. She's built up inclusive motorcycle communities, traveled alone for all women's moto campouts in Wales and Joshua Tree, taken her bestie Sherlock (Australian Shepherd + Bearded Collie mix) to 11 states and 2 countries in the sidecar (she's hit 46) and is learning to fly airplanes due to owning/living on NH86 Intervale. In the calm, you'll find her covered in dust antiquing, sawdust via DIY projects or glitter with crafting. Reach out for a hug and serendipity!

AVALON DOVER
IG: @the.motozo, @babesbikesbeards, @nh86_intervale, @yeti.in.a.ural
LinkedIn

Kelley Hartman

Kelley is a People Development and Inclusion Program Manager at ResMed where has successfully created and launched ElevateHer: Emerging Women Leaders Program and the Global Mentorship program as part of her Women@ResMed framework. She is also a certified Oula Dance Fitness Instructor. She will be launching a consulting business in 2024, so stay tuned! She is deeply passionate about fostering environments that enable individuals to flourish and evolve. As a compassionate advocate for human potential, she firmly believes in empowering people to reach their full potential.

AVALON WESTBROOK
IG: @kelcamhart

Autumn Cheyenne dos santos
-Corporate but also chaos good

Hi there, I’m Autumn (she/her)! By day I work in the big, bad business world flexing my MBA skills and frequently side-gigging as a business consultant. In my free time, you can find me in my garden, on the beach, playing with resin, painting, collaging, working on an embroidery project, doing spell work, making flower mandalas or binge-reading…often with a cocktail in hand. I’m passionate about culture, travel, food and music and usually have a trip on the books to indulge in all of the above. Let’s be friends!

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IG: @AutumnCheyenne

Emily Serway
Studio Resident

Emily Serway is an art teacher, writer, artist, mama, and musician who has been teaching art in public schools for 25 years. Emily has been insatiably curious and industrious her whole life, and her devotion to art and music manifests itself in her wide array of interests including painting, photography, embroidery, jewelry making, beading, ceramics, knitting, and playing drums in an indie rock band called The Drop Sets.

STUDIO RESIDENT AVALON WESTBROOK
IG: @emilyserwayart

Sarah Lovell

Sarah Lovell (she/her) is an executive function & ADHD coach for ambitious professionals, creatives, and perfectionists who want to learn how to work with their brain. She loves helping people create unique systems to get unstuck in their day-to-day lives & work with their energy in her monthly coaching membership, The Stuck to Started Society. Sarah believes self-care & self-talk are the foundation of everything we do. When Sarah isn't working, she's taking her rescue pitbull Georgia on a trail hike, paddle boarding, or snuggling up with a good book.

AVALON DOVER
Website: www.executivefunctioningfirst.com
IG: @executivefunctioningfirst
LinkedIn

Mac Crawford - designer + world traveler

Mac (she/her) is an educator and life-long learner. She is passionate about the future of education and is dedicated to being on the cutting edge of educational innovation. When she is not working as a Learning Experience Designer at a Cambridge-based learning design firm, she spends her time reading, traveling and pursuing her ever-expanding list of hobbies.

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IG: @crawford.mac

Cheri Gaudet

Cheri Gaudet (she/her) is a health and empowerment coach specializing in helping women to break free from emotional eating so that they can stop obsessing about food and start living their most delicious lives! She lives in Dover with her husband, Colin, and has two impossibly cool stepsons, Ben and Keenan. Given the chance, Cheri will talk for hours about their cats Albus and Dexter, and their criminally cute miniature golden doodle, Osman Frances Peanutbutter Cheesebeard.

AVALON DOVER
IG- @cheri.gaudet
Website- cherigaudet.com

Elizabeth Meader
Crown POINT SERVICES
Studio Resident

Liz tries to accomplish the impossible by making insurance something that is not painful and is easy to understand! She is licensed in Life, Health, Property & Casualty so basically whatever you need related to insurance she can help you navigate. She is a whiz at both Medicare and the health care marketplace. Need help during open enrollment? She’s your girl.
Best part? Her services are free.

She is also wickedly funny and gets even funnier on her darker days.

AVALON DOVER
Owner: Crown Point Services
Website: thecrownpoint.com

Steph Fradette
Steph loves pets

The “Steph” behind Steph Loves Pets, a pet-sitting business servicing the Dover and adjacent seacoast area. Local dog walker, cat whisperer, artist, ex-barista, revenge seeker, and hype girl.
Steph has a degree in fiber arts from SCAD and leads our monthly Stitch n’ Bitch sessions at the club. *Option for just bitching no stitching.

AVALON DOVER
Instagram - @stephlovespets
website stephlovespets.com

Dresden Lewis
NOMMUNISM BAKERY

Retired high-volume lady chef and ex-Texan. The most rambley person at least two people have ever met in their lives. Baker, candle maker, and mediocre embroidererer of birds and boobs. Head Nommmunist at Nommmunism. Lover of nihilism and naïveté. Also a mother, a mother fucker, and a whimsical sparkle pony. That last part is super secret.

IG: @nommmunism
Website: Nommmunsim.com

Sally Pietrafitta
Silver street flower Farm

Sally has a flower farm right around the corner from the club in downtown Dover on Silver Street!
Silver Street Flower Farm.
And she's just opened up for CSA flowers! The most beautiful gift for you, or another.

AVALON DOVER
IG @silverstreetflowerfarm
Website: www.silverstreetflowerfarm.com

Kira Norby

Hello! I'm Kira (she/her) and I'm a Jill of all trades, master of none. I'm a painter, gardener, climber, crocheter, musician (kind of), and lover of cats. I'm always looking to pick up more skills and spend time with people who are curious and passionate. Looking forward to the opportunity to connect with other women looking to stoke their inner light and feed their peace. In the next few months, I'm planning to start a flower farm out of my back yard.

AVALON WESTBROOK
Website: Birch and Pine Studio
IG: @birchandpinestudio

Emily Mazurak

Emily is a PICU nurse with 10+ years of experience. After overcoming her own nursing burnout in 2020, she created the Fill Up Your Cup Project for nurses who are looking for a change, but unsure of where to get started. When not working as a nurse mentor or at the bedside, she is an avid book reader, gardener and tries to get outside as much as possible.

AVALON WESTBROOK
Website : Fill Up Your Cup Project
IG: @emily.mazurak

Bridget Von Markgraf
ELDER & WILLOW

I’m an herbalist, hedgewitch, artist, musician, mother, tarot reader and culinary genius. I create in several mediums including sculpture, painting, (watercolor and acrylic) wirework, and beadwork.
I’m a student of herbalism and folk medicine and have an herbal-based business where I sell botanical skincare, loose-leaf herbal teas, and magical herbal incense. I’m a single mom to 2 young Autistic adults and we’re self-directed, (and largely eclectic) homeschoolers.
From early spring to late fall I can be found working at Live Bee or Die Farm in New Boston NH connecting with nature and growing as many of the herbs I use for my business as possible. I am a punk/goth girl at heart and I adore the macabre and ANYTHING from the Victorian era.

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Owner: Elder and Willow
IG: Elder & WIllow
Website: ElderAndWillow.com

Mischa Schuler

Mischa is a Clinical Herbalist and Craniosacral therapist co-authoring an herb book to support folks moving gracefully and confidently along the continuum from Preconception through Pregnancy to Postpartum and Infant Care. She delights in hanging out with the plants in her garden, walking in the woods, sewing, and singing! Mischa offers one to one sessions and facilitates herbal workshops, retreats, and apprenticeship programs locally and in the Americas and Europe.

AVALON WESTBROOK
Website : Wild Carrot Herbs
IG: @WildCarrotHerbs
Linkedin

HOlly Acampora

Holly is a mother, wife, cat collector and gardener. She is a maker at heart, dabbling in everything from beaded chains, to mixed media collage, murals, and even a brief stint in pottery. In 2015, she combined her love of textures and textiles, with her experience in graphic design and marketing, to open up a water-based screen printing shop called Creation Lab. She keeps it spicy by collaborating with other local creatives to release limited run screen printed designs.

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Website: pluspeace.me
IG: @pluspeace.me
Linkedin

Jessica KennEy

Jess is a maker, artist, cat and chicken mom, witch, and wife. She was born and raised in Texas but got to New Hampshire as fast as she could. She left years of teaching in 2023 to start her own business- Every Witch Wares NH. Jess works with herbs and crystals to create intention candles, spell jars, and other ritual items. When she's not at one of her many craft and metaphysical fairs, you will find her at Avalon Dover crocheting, reading witchy books, and exploring craft supplies.

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IG: @everywitchwaresnh
Website: Every Witch Wares

Astrea Charlett

Astrea Charlett is a single-homeschooling mother and artist, hailing from an island off the coast of Maine. Creating a variety of arts, including designing nature and Pagan inspired jewelry, fantasy costume accessories and headresses. As an introvert, she finds joy and solace in the forests and shores. Many an hour spent foraging wild mushrooms, gardening and paddle boarding. She considers herself a eager, perpetual student of the arts, humanities, social sciences, health sciences, and nature sciences.

AVALON WESTBROOK
ETSY: EarthSpiritJewels
IG: @earthspiritjewels

MaIre Trombley

Maire Trombley is a mother, gardener, teacher, maker, collector of craft supplies and lover of sweet baked goods and cats. After being a classroom teacher for 14 years, she slowed down to a support teacher role to have more time for her family and creativity. Now an accidental small business owner, she makes jewelry, pottery and dried flower work as Catmint Crafts, named after a flower because ADHD Crafting was a little too on-the-nose. She loves to read, wander outside, bake, make puzzles, embroider, go thrift shopping and being part of an empowering group of women.

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IG: @catmintcrafts

Nicole quiñ0nes
QUIñoHOME CAndles

Nicole is a candle maker and entrepreneur. In her past life, she was a fashion designer in New York. Skills: making costumes/ resin/ new moon water/ TikTok expert/ sewing/ gossiping, but in a life-affirming way that brings only joy.

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IG @quiñohome
Website: Quinohome on Etsy

Kristen Lamb
potion maker + executive director of the center for wildlife

My name is Kristen (she/her) I have a degree in Wildlife Ecology, I’m an executive director of an environmental nonprofit with 15 employees and a new $6M facility and campus, reiki attuned, green witch that completed a year and a day of pagan study and connection, and just started Petrichor Potions which brings spiritual and physical healing and connections to our everyday life.

Petrichor Potions uses sustainably harvested or wildcrafted ingredients, biodegradable or recyclable packaging whenever possible, and creations are made in tune with the cycles of the earth.

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Website: Petrichor Potions
IG: @sweetpetrichor
Website: thecenterforwildlife.org

Lindsey castellon
ANGRY GATO DESIGNS

(she/her) I'm a maker and illustrator who specializes in cat and critter art. ​ There are two things I live for when making art: exploring new ways of creating, and making people smile. ​ Usually, I start with a digital illustration and then produce tangible goods such as laser-cut jewelry, stickers, tees, and suncatchers.​ I love learning and experimenting with new things - follow me to see what I'm exploring now!​

IG: @Angrygato_designs
Website: AngryGatoDesigns.com

Malone Cloitre

Malone (she/her) is a mid-Atlantic girl with some Southern roots at heart. She has a passion for permaculture, gardening, and being in harmony with the land. Slow crafts of knitting, sewing, mending, refinishing, and cooking from scratch, ( the list goes on), are her happy places. She absolutely loves learning just about anything— from making maple syrup to various somatic therapies and how ancient cultures learned about phenology and the impact that had. She has a background in environmental public health and has been known to do a little yarn bombing.

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Instagram- @Riverlife_21071

YULIA ROTHENBERG

(she/her) Dreamer, creative soul, community builder, connector. Knit, crochet, sew, embroider sashiko and boro style. Design clothes, make stuff, share ideas, read and sometimes write. Natural dyes, natural materials like wool, linen, cotton. Crochet baskets using plastic from single use bags. Invent new ways to upcycle materials into new items. Make new clothes from old clothes and mend by applying patches and using boro stitching. Draw mostly using pastels or pencils but like to use other mediums: inks, watercolors, and acrylics. Upcycle furniture, lamps, old suitcases, upholster chairs and even one couch. Cook and preserve food - love to make pickled anything, mostly jalapenos and radishes but also cuces and green tomatoes. My home made hummus is famous.

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IG: @YuliaRothko
Website: the3act.com

Kara Holbert HOWE
Studio resident

Kara (she/her) writes music and recently purchased a piano. She works as a graphic designer and illustrator for Bottomline Technologies. Kara’s degree is in Painting, and she loves film and experimenting with digital visuals for her music in her spare time. She will be releasing new music soon, stay tuned.

Her studio is filled with all manner of elaborate contraptions, and we are endlessly curious about what she does with them all. She’s probably addicted to coffee and peanut butter and is easily one of the sweetest peas in the pod.

STUDIO RESIDENT AVALON DOVER
IG: Kara Holbert Howe

BREE ZEPHYR

Bree is the tall woman running around Portsmouth with a bass drum in a baby carriage. She is a current member of the Leftist Marching Band and participates in activism campaigns in the tri-state area. In earlier days, Bree produced and hosted the annual comedy game show William Shatner Beat Night. She also recorded with local artists on various RPM Challenge projects, including one band that performed at TedX Piscatiqua in 2013. Other stage activities include storytelling, acting, and theater tech. A degree in Economics and a career in data analytics, warehousing, and logistics did not prepare Bree for a fulfilling life but she is happy to share what she knows about corrugated cardboard, Excel, and outdated DOT regulations.

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IG: @breezy_whispers
she/her

Ariel hayes
YOUTH SUCCESS PROJECT

Ariel is an Arizona transplant and was Director of the Youth Success Project. Who has gone part time at the org to get her Masters!
The Youth Success Project is a board of young people who have experienced homelessness and are working to improve systems and end youth homelessness in New Hampshire. Ariel is passionate about grassroots advocacy work, Harm Reduction, social justice work, community building, youth empowerment, and housing equity. Ariel spends her free time relaxing outside with her dog Abby (an honorary Avalon member), doing YouTube yoga, and paddle boarding.

IG: @i_amthemermaid
IG: @nhyouthsuccess
LinkedIn: NH Youth Success

Students

Julie Shipley

Mom of 3 (teen/college ages). Current mental health counseling student at Antioch University. Background in nutrition and behavior science. I’m enjoying new freedoms and interests as newly divorced after 28 year marriage. Moved from Chattanooga, TN in’23 . I enjoy outdoor activities, improv, all things of depth, novelty and mystery.

Shahida Keen

Traveler, seeker, feminist, knitter, certified Green realtor, baker, kitchen witch, lover of great conversation, music, dancing, delicious food, holistic medicine, a good laugh and doing all the above with my wife and our dog.

AVALON WESTBROOK

Website : Shahida Life and Home
Instagram : @shahidarealestate

Amanda Giles
WEB DEVELOPER

(she/her) When she's not bending WordPress to her will for clients and friends, Amanda Giles enjoys writing and performing her poetry. She's on a mission to 
bring more visual art into her life and right now is exploring that through acrylic pour painting and the occasional collage or other craftiness. Amanda is also known as an organitrix, is infamous for her sneezes, and her favorite holiday is Halloween.

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Website: amandagiles.com

Rebecca L. Jeffery

Rebecca is a writer, editor, and artist who moonlights as a manufacturing engineer. While her passion is writing horror, speculative fiction, and magical realism, she also dabbles in mixed-media art, film photography, and fiber arts. Rebecca is an accomplished traveler who lived a year in Scotland while studying the poetry of W.B. Yeats. She lives with a small menagerie of pets and her fiancé.

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IG : @calicolee @becwritesstuff

Kathryn Amato

Kathryn has an MFA in Writing Fiction for Children and Young Adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts and a Master of Arts in Teaching English Language Arts from The University of Pittsburgh. They live in Maine with their wife, one dog, two cats, and far too many houseplants. Kathryn was born in Florida and lived in twelve different houses before they turned eighteen. Kathryn’s favorite color is yellow, favorite food is eggplant, and favorite movie is Moonstruck (and yes they realize these may be mildly controversial favorites…)

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Website : Kathryn Amato
Instagram : @kathrynmamato

LISA CAREY

Lisa Carey is a novelist who lives in Portland with her husband and teenaged son. She joined Avalon to have a safe space where she can be just a writer and leave the wife and mother at home. You may see her on the green couch knitting, reading or drinking tea, plotting her next novel and soaking up inspiration from all the witches making art around her. Feel free to ask her about Irish goddesses and fairy tales.

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Amanda Leigh Harvey

Amanda just published her first book of poetry
”Heartstrings”

Amanda is also a professional queer nerd. She is a writer, pianist, and owner of Living Fictions Entertainment where she helps fellow nerds engage in escapism and beat each other up in the woods with foam weaponry. When she’s not engaging in nerd bullshit she’s working in finance or has her nose buried in a book while being bombarded by her rescue Pitbull, Russian Blue, and Lynx Point Siamese. She avidly advocates for mental health and addiction and often volunteers for these causes.

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IG: @pianoxfetish
IG: @foxhollowwrites
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