BAYarts Staff, Author at Collective Arts Network

Weaving Currents: Reclaiming Joy / Artwork by Melissa English Campbell

In Weaving Currents: Reclaiming Joy, Melissa English Campbell presents a vivid and unapologetic celebration of family, community, and the serenity of water. Drawing on themes of swimming, watching children grow, and sun-drenched days at the lake, she transforms these familiar experiences into powerful narratives of identity and resistance. Featuring her own family members—including those from the LGBTQ+ community—as models, Campbell […]

14(4) Winter 2025/2026

BAYarts: 75 years and counting!

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Time flies when you’re having fun! It’s hard to believe BAYarts (formerly Baycrafters) was founded in 1948, and at least two of the campus buildings are over 130 years old. The BAYarts of today is the result of a renaissance in 2005 that saved an organization mired in debt and disrepair. Since then, guided by an unwavering mission to provide […]

Rafts: Jason Milburn at BAYarts

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As an object, a raft is simple: a flat object that floats on water. To some, it is a platform for recreation. You lie on it in a pool or lake to relax and get some sun or you do cannonballs off of it. To others, a raft is a vehicle of necessity built out of desperation in order to […]

11(4)Winter 2022-2023

On the Painting Porch, at BAYarts

Karen Petkovic

In July 2019, dear friends Cathie Bleck and Marianne Berardi casually decided to paint in Cathie’s large back porch amid her flourishing garden, while juggling the complexity of events happening in their own lives. It was not a preconceived idea or a project, or even meant to yield something that would be exhibited. It was something they enjoyed, and found […]