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Nancy Bonig

Visual Arts

Nancy Bonig designs and creates most of her kilnworked pieces with the hope that they will bring as much pleasure to the person who buys them as they did to her when she created them. The design process starts with the finished piece in mind: its final size, shape, bend, and function. Then she draws on the influences of the Art Deco period, with its sleek, geometric forms and stylized imagery in decoration and design, while she experiments with line, color, texture, and balance to achieve a pleasing whole. Nancy tries to learn something new with each project, whether it be design, color combinations, or firing techniques. Working with glass, she has learned to respect the material, be awed by its transformation with heat, and wonder at future possibilities. She also thinks it is important to educate the public in the process and techniques of creating art. This is why she started Front Range Open Studios in 2011, where artists open their actual working studios to the public and demonstrate the tools and materials in their unique sanctuary of creative expression.

Maxine Grossman

Visual Arts

After some adventures in the craft industry, Maxine realized that her true calling was working with glass. She began with creating unique lampwork beads. She expanded into stained, fused and slumped glass works. Her unique creations are often inspired by Colorado’s natural beauty.

Michelle Hair

Visual Arts

Michelle Hair is a Colorado Springs lampwork and fused glass artist as well as the owner of New Earth Beads. Lampwork is the art of using a torch to melt glass rods and form the molten material into shapes, such as beads, with hand movements and tools. Fused art is where sheet glass is cut into shapes, arranged, and fired in a kiln where it melts together to form various creations. She has a home studio and properly anneals all glass pieces in her kiln for durability. In May 2017 she began teaching fused glass glasses at her home studio. To view upcoming classes or to schedule a private group class, please visit https://squareup.com/market/new-earth-beads or email Michelle@newearthbeads.com. Michelle is a relatively new glass artist having taken initial classes in August 2013. Her teachers/mentors recognized and praised her natural talent with glass and encouraged her to pursue her new passion. Michelle feels such intense joy when she is creating with glass and believes that this energy is infused into each piece. She designs each piece with the intention to invoke joy and inspire others to follow their passion. She currently practices her art full-time. In 2014, her first year of introducing her art to the public, Michelle participated in many handcrafted art events which included: MeadowGrass Music Festival, Colorado Farm & Art Markets, Downtown Sunday Markets, Woodland Park Fine Art Market, Front Range BBQ Art Show, Discover GoodWill Market, Senior Center Art Fair, and Cheyenne Mountain High School Holiday Fair. She is a key player in advocating for the continuation of the successful summer Downtown Sunday Market in Acacia Park. While vending her art at these events she was approached by managers of the Pikes Peak Regional Hospital gift shop in Woodland Park and also the Colorado Springs Pioneers Museum offering to sell her creations in their stores. Her lampwork bead bottle stoppers were featured in the Fall 2015 edition of Springs Magazine (Locally Good, p.45). To date, she creates the following glass art pieces: Lampwork – individual handcrafted glass beads, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, zipper pulls, wine charms, bottle stoppers, and beadable utensils. Fused Glass – earrings, pendants, cufflinks, tie pins, tie bars, dishes, coasters, yard art, and nightlights. Michelle continues to expand what she creates and makes deliberate conscious choices when purchasing findings for her projects. When possible she uses products made in the USA. She also uses only energy efficient LED lightbulbs in her nightlight creations.

Nina Kuberski

Visual Arts

Nina creates with warm glass, stained glass, ceramics, and textiles to create her unique pieces. Nina grew up in El Paso, Texas where she begged her mother to teach her to sew before the age of 8. She learned to knit and crochet from her mother also. She was introduced to warm glass by her sister who has been working with glass for more than 30 years. Nina was taught how to make glass “fabric” using powdered enamels on glass. Using sgraffito (“scratching through”) with beautifully colored glass powders, she creates unique colors and designs in window glass.

Myra Patin

Performing Arts; Visual Arts

As a native of south Louisiana, I am proud of my Cajun heritage and have lived and worked in Colorado Springs, Colorado since July 1990. Some of the mediums I work in include watercolor, oil, colored pencil, pastel, photography and stained glass. I am a signature member of the Pikes Peak Watercolor Society and the Southern Colorado Watercolor Society. My artwork can be seen at Boulder Street Gallery at 206 N. Tejon Street in downtown Colorado Springs and on my blog www.myrapatinart.blogspot.com. My stained glass work is done by commission and is in many homes in Colorado Springs, Minnesota, and Louisiana. I am organist at Gateway Presbyterian Church at 731 Castle Road in Colorado Springs. I also provide organ, piano, and vocal music around the Pikes Peak region for weddings, funerals and memorial services, as well as background piano and vocals for private parties in homes and businesses and other events such as art openings, club functions, senior centers, Christmas parties, open house events, tour of homes, etc. When I’m not creating artwork or music, I work as a legal assistant working with my husband, Sidney, who is an attorney in Colorado Springs.

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