jessica
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTIST
My name is Jessica. Some people call me Rufus or Jessicat, but I am Tasha. Painting and drawing is what I like to do. My paintings are a mixture of colors based on my mood. My work is inspired by the people in my life, and babies. I also like to go for drives and do puzzles. Walk please. I eat worms. And snakes. Ew. Firetrucks! I like them. I kiss them. MUAH! I kiss my mom. I love her.
Steven
VISUAL ARTIST
I am visual artist working in drawing, printmaking, and photography. The inspiration for my work centers around my love of tattoo art, BMX, and racing culture.
Jack
Multimedia Artist
I am a Jack of all trades. I enjoy making in many different mediums such as drawing, digital art, music, and live performances. Much of my work is inspired by my love of FNAF (Five Nights and Freddy’s), galaxies, techno music, and my little ponies.
Amber
MULTIMEDIA ARTIST
I am a multimedia artist who primarily works in digital art, painting, and theatre. My love of color influences my visual work. I enjoy how different colors interact and accent each other. I also am inspired by music, acting, and enjoy participating in group sketches and performances.
Noah
MULTIMEDIA ARTIST
I am a multimedia artist primarily working in drawing and digital art. Much of the inspiration for my work comes from my love of biblical stories such as Noah’s Ark. I am also a Ninja and regularly compete in the Ninja obstacle courses in Lincoln which is also a big inspiration for much of my work.
BRITTANY
VISUAL ARTIST
I am a visual artist who primarily works in drawing and painting. My work is inspired by my love of color, Dr. Pepper, and relationships with my pets and friends.
Micah
VISUAL ARTIST
My name is Micah, but my pseudonym is Arthur Archibald. My preferred medium is pen and paper, and my art is like magical pixie dust. I have an incredible memory and eye for perspective. My work is inspired from tv and movies and a universe of characters from my own imagination. You will often find me at LYS events drawing caricatures, and I might even turn you into a fairy or cat. My favorite thing about the studio is having a space to create my drawings, and I love the Film Fantastico class. I love movies, and I enjoy connecting with people by sharing my favorite quotes. For fun I like to go on adventures around town, riding to the park, walking, and reading.
Son
MUSICIAN AND VISUAL ARTIST
Good morning Vietnam! My name is Son. I’m a really good cook, and I enjoy feeding people. You got a party? I want to make ribs, rice, and egg rolls for you. I love to work with my hands in any medium, a true jack of all trades. At LYS I like to paint, make sculptures, and design. My art varies from beautiful landscapes to geometric patterns, but it is all very precise. My first art show was a series of paintings called “Son-sets”. I enjoy using cardboard and balsa wood to make sculptures of airplanes, cars, and houses. Recently at LYS I learned how to sew, and I’ve made a handful luchador masks, bags, and pillows. I’m also the teacher’s assist in our screen printing class, and help print my designs on t-shirts and coffee mugs.
CAT
MULTIMEDIA ARTIST
I am inspired by anime, dragon movies, and children’s story books. My primary work is touch and feel embroidery, miniature fantasy model displays, relief prints, crafted designs and curating my YouTube channel. I am influenced by my sword fighting guild, children in the disability community and YouTube channels featuring doll repaint and embroidery stitching.
Andrea
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTIST
Hi, I’m Andrea. I like to draw and work with clay and sculpey, and I get inspiration from animals, nature, and television. My drawing style is full of colorful and inspired by cartoons. I especially love to draw bears and cats doing things that humans do, like having a disco party, eating tuna sand-witches, and having gas. I also enjoy participating in classes at the studio. My favorite classes are screen printing, meditation, tie-dye, and Friday’s dance party. Lately I’ve made many designs for t-shirts, mugs, and pillows for our gift shop. My favorite thing to do outside the studio is garage sale shopping and walking in the parks.
ANDREW
VISUAL ARTIST
I am a visual artist working in drawing, digital art, and animation. I draw inspiration from nostalgic childhood memories, cartoons, video games, and my experiences with friends and family.
Josh
VISUAL ARTIST
I am Josh Morrison. I like to paint pictures, make wood work, and make sculptures out of trash. I start with an idea and then I find pieces that will make it come together. Sometimes my idea happens after I find a piece of trash on walks. I work fast so I don’t forget my idea. I need to walk or run to think of ideas.
Dave
VISUAL ARTIST
I am a visual artist working in drawing, digital art, and painting. Most of my work is abstract and inspired by my friends and family.
Hanna
VISUAL ARTIST
I am a visual artist working in printmaking, drawing, and painting. Inspiration for my work comes for nature, art, family and friends.
angie
VISUAL ARTIST
I’ve been making art since I was in Kindergarten. I love drawing, painting, and sculpture. I like working with wire, sculpey, pipe cleaners, feathers and working with materials that have different textures. Mythical and legendary creatures inspire my work. I also enjoy doing shiny hunts to find extremely rare Pokémon. My favorite class at the studio is Into the Dungeons which is a tabletop role playing game made of my own character. I decided to create a Golden Griffin which has a special high power attack.
ERIN
VISUAL ARTIST
My primary work is photography and crochet. I am heavily influenced by friends and nature. I am inspired by life; making people happy, keeping busy and having fun.
CArla
VISUAL ARTIST
My name is Carla. The details of classic cars, fords, and semis inspire my work. I love to draw and make sculptures of those vehicles out of cardboard and tongue depressors. My work is a self soothing practice that has taught me patience as I develop each detail of the vehicle. I enjoy design class that helps me turn my drawings into t-shirts or mugs. I’ve recently began playing the piano, and I would like to try working with leather too. Though I enjoy making art every day, my favorite thing about the studio is hanging out and joking with my best friends. I had an art show in 2019 that showcased my sculptures. My friend, Bill Chrastil, even performed at my art show! When I’m not at the studio, I like watching TV, WWE SmackDown, and horror films. My favorite horror film is Christine. That’s my dream car!
Brianna
VISUAL ARTIST
WASSUP! I’m Brianna Heaps, but you can call me Bri, as it’s much easier to remember. I’ve only been at LYS since January 2019, but it’s been a fun learning experience for me. Learning new art styles besides traditional drawing (as that is my main medium) has been good. Currently I have been trying out other art styles and mediums, like digital art, watercolor and sewing. Traditional art is easier for me, as I have done it for a long time now, since I was…um…well, let’s just say I was young. But I hope to be better at digital art in the future. My favorite things are wolves, video games, anime/manga, more anime, and even more anime! Okay, okay. Obviously I’m an anime fanatic. I enjoy drawing anime and manga too. (For those of you who don’t know what manga is, it’s another name for Japanese “comics”.) I love the art style, and I wish to go to ComiCon or NebrasCon someday to see the different art. But for now, I’m happy where I am, at Live Yes Studios!
Aleah
VISUAL ARTIST
Much of my work is inspired by animals and nature. I base my pieces on the forms of existing creatures, but design them more in line with my own psyche, which I describe as twisted, imaginative and somewhat goofy. As often as my work is amusing, many of my pieces are made to be visually beautiful. My preferred process is mixed media. While inspired by nature, I also upcycle “trash” so that they can be reused as a way to honor nature for what it gives us.
While attending a school for the blind in Nebraska City, I learned that art isn’t just a painting on a canvas. I formed an aesthetic process from materials that are tactile, and I could touch with my hands. I view this process as a calming mechanism; a connection to my inner sense of flow. Making work empowers me to alleviate fears of being in front of people, and to better open up and connect with others. Since 2016, when I joined Live Yes, my exploration of art in various mediums has developed my style. It makes me push myself out of my boundaries in terms of what I can or can’t do, and learn how to improve that further.
I’ve always been surrounded by animals, and had experience with therapy dogs early in my life. I started working with a Norwegian Fjord named Lyder in 2015. This lead me to driving a carriage competitively with Lyder. I was the first legally blind person to compete in the Nebraska State Fair in carriage-driving.
JOE
VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTIST
I go by Joe man, Joseph, Josephina, Joe, Joey, and Oey Oh. I love to create art, but I especially love to make drawings in design class to print on t-shirts and mugs. I’m very funny, and my sense of humor inspires my characters and artwork. I also love the performing arts. My favorite performing class at the studio is Live Yes Live. I get to dress up in costumes and act funny scenes out with my friends. My best friend Josh B. and I love to act in scenes together. I also love music because it makes me calm and melts my stress away. It feels like I can escape from frustrating moments in my life. I taught myself how to play the guitar by ear, and I enjoy playing the drums too. At Live Yes, I’ve learned how to record and create music on GarageBand. My favorite thing about the studio is having fun with everyone, and I like working with the instructors because they help me learn different things. My art and music is a way for me to connect with people. I also live on a farm which influences my every day life. I like draw tractors and animals. I used to show stocker and feeder cows, and I even have 5 trophies for grand championship!
CARA
COMEDIAN AND VISUAL ARTIST
Hi. I’m Cara. I like to draw food and people. I’ve made a series of faces with funny saying that we’ve printed on t-shirts and mugs. My artwork is inspired by myself. I’m funny, and I have some weird stories. My favorite classes are embroidery, ceramics, and Live Yes Live. I enjoy acting for videos, and my favorite character to play is Snake Eyes (seen in picture above). My best memory of 2021 was pie-ing Tasha in the face. TEN TO TWO! I’m also a comedian. I had my first stand up comedy show at LYS in February of 2019. My favorite part was making people laugh. It makes me happy. The show was a blast! I shared the stage with other local comedians. One was even in an Amigo’s commercial! I’m also using my comedic skills in writing a podcast for the first time. I also like going fishing with my dad in Canada and traveling with friends. I love swimming, watching sunsets and taking pictures of them! I even like going to the dentist! Speaking of the dentist, I’ll leave you with a joke…What time do you go to the dentist?..........Tooth-hurty!!!!
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