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Spotlight Gallery
The Spotlight Gallery features artists whose work demonstrates both talent and impact, highlighting the link between art, community, and social change.
ArtForce brings together creativity and entrepreneurship through practical education, sponsorship, mentoring, and industry connections. New artists are matched with sponsors, receive a creative starter kit, and gain ongoing support to build their profile and a sustainable creative business.
By connecting artists, emerging creatives, and purpose-driven leaders, ArtForce creates lasting opportunities where creativity can grow into meaningful work.
Let's create something meaningful together.
August 2026
Simone Evans
“Art has been a continuous source of transformation for me- as a way to process, express, and turn what I experience into something beautiful.”
ArtForce is excited to feature Simone Evans, whose work explores textiles, nature, travel, and cultural traditions. With a background in Textile and Material Studies, Simone uses techniques like water marbling, botanical printing, and Shibori dyeing to create work inspired by the places she visits. She also teaches internationally, bringing her love of art and travel into workshops that connect people through creativity.
Harlan Lovestone
“He is one of the hardest workers I have ever come across. Harlan is very daring and highly experimental”- Alvin Loving, American Abstract Expressionist Painter (1935-2005)
“Harlan is caring, articulate, intuitive, and a very talented artist in many media” - Gilda Snowden, African-American Artist, Educator and Mentor (1954-2014)
ArtForce welcomes Harlan Lovestone - an artist, painter, poet, educator, and founder of The Art Haus Project and Color Wheel Learning. Inspired by comics and a lifelong passion for creativity, he creates work that blends storytelling, personal connection, and artistic exploration. For Harlan, art is both therapeutic and a way to bring people together, with every piece reflecting his belief that creativity has the power to inspire, connect, and enrich lives.
Hailey Ryan
“For me art is a safe space in which I can enter a state of flow and forget about the stress and worries of everyday life. As someone who struggles with anxiety, art helps me to calm my nerves and let go of any anxious energy. I tend to spend hours on a painting in a different world, getting lost in the details of the piece. I’ve always loved art but have found a newfound love for it in the recent years, building my portfolio and small business with commissions for clients and original pieces and finding my voice along the way. Forever grateful for the invention of paint 🎨 :)”
ArtForce is proud to feature Hailey Ryan, whose work explores memory, storytelling, and the beauty found in everyday moments. Through her paintings and creative projects, Hailey captures the people, places, and experiences that shape how we remember the world around us. Her art blends emotion, observation, and thoughtful detail to create pieces that celebrate personal stories and human connection.
July 2026
Alla Kondrateva
“Our inherent nature is the creative force, through which we learn the different facets of our being.”
ArtForce is excited to feature Alla Kondrateva, whose work explores the connection between healing, energy, and self-discovery. Through expressive color and intuitive forms, Alla's practice draws from energy work, yoga, and art therapy to reflect the body's innate capacity to heal. Rooted in the belief that everything carries a frequency, her work encourages the release of emotional blockages, the restoration of balance, and a deeper reconnection with the self - offering a quiet reminder that healing begins from within.
June 2026
Dan Peragine
"Rebellion, for me, is the act of remaining faithful to one’s inner vision—especially when it diverges from trends or expectations. It is the quiet insistence on depth over decoration, on questions over answers. At times, rebellion is refusing to simplify, to flatten, or to appease. It is also found in the refusal to abandon wonder, even in the face of cynicism.”
ArtForce is honored to feature Dan Peragine, whose work reflects a commitment to personal vision and creative independence. His practice is rooted in curiosity and a willingness to engage with complexity rather than offering simple conclusions as to invite reflection and room for discovery.
Kevin O’Reilly
“I’m into creating art because…it gets me in meditative flow state…where I can tap into a higher state of consciousness…forget about the things that tend to weigh on me. Creating art gives me freedom. When I create art it’s also a form of exercising my emotions.”
ArtForce is excited to feature Kevin O’Reilly, whose positive outlook and curiosity within the creative process encourage authenticity, experimentation, and a willingness to embrace the unexpected.
May 2026
Annie Dunn
“Your paintbrush represents the creativity to sow thoughts of fulfillment and joy with intentional, positive creation. Color outside the lines. Your canvas is always a ‘do over’ if you chose to to be. Be quiet within yourself. Sometimes, I paint with my eyes closed. Don't look for the outcome but feel the intuitive process.”
ArtForce is proud to feature Annie Dunn who’s positivity and exploration of the moments within creative ambiguity inspire and embrace experimentalism alongside authenticity.
"You are allowed to keep adding color to the canvas of possibilities that you are until you like what you see." - Billy Chapata
April 2026
Stella J. Richey
“Art allows expression of our innermost feelings.”
ArtForce is honored to feature Stella Richey who’s work explores the interplay between fragility and endurance.
In this rose, fluid watercolor forms nuanced tonal shifts to evoke both transience and permanence - capturing a moment that simultaneously feels both fleeting yet deeply rooted.
Tom Sakariasen
"Art should comfort the disturbed and disturb the comfortable." - Cesar A. Cruz
ArtForce welcomes Tom Sakariasen who’s ideal is that of which there is none - through abstract expressionism, he finds “breaking the rules” of tradition to be a rule in itself when you’re trying to translate the perpetual need to create. His use of paint involves a sense of irony, streaking, and scratching layers to form a relationship between surface-texture and underlying meanings that are smudged by sponge and elements of mystery.
March 2026
Janelle Carter
“My North Star is simple: Be the most I can be. Everything else flows from there.”
ArtForce is proud to feature Janelle Carter’s work that pulses with color, symbolism, and unmistakable personality. Drawing from her innermost sense of self, she creates vibrant illustrations that feel both wildly imaginative and deeply grounded - each piece a window into a world shaped entirely by authentic expression.
Avery Taylor
“Art has become a huge silver lining during my healing process.”
ArtForce is honored to feature Avery Taylor. Her work is full of exploring emotion through bold experimentation and intuitive mark making. Avery’s work spans two distinct approaches - fluid, music-driven pours and raw, deconstructed portraits - united by a deep commitment to authentic expression.