Kurtis Lamkin
KURTIS LAMKIN is an award-winning poet, songwriter, musician, and sometimes musical instrument inventor. He collaborated with conNECKtedTOO to write its very own jingle entitled “Bet on YOU”, a hope-filled message of mutual support between TINY Businesses and the communities they serve. He and his daughter also lent their voices and playing to the recording of […]
Arianne King Comer
ARIANNE KING COMER is a BFA graduate of Howard University, and has served as an Artist in Residence in the state of South Carolina since 1995. She specializes in indigo batik dyeing, and presents lecture demonstrations on creating indigo textiles and preserving the heritage of indigo dyeing across the Southeast. She was the owner of […]
Sonia Osio
SONIA OSIO is a Venezuelan-born artist whose work celebrates both the diversity of our world, and the threads of the arts that can connect us all. She is known internationally for her Global Mandala. In Charleston, she co-created an installation commemorating the 100th anniversary of James Simons Montessori School, which uses paper mandalas designed by […]
Morgan Kinne
MORGAN KINNE is an artist with an emphasis on sculptural work that analyzes and celebrates the universality of the human experience. In 2011, she received a BFA/Sculpture from Winthrop University, and in 2014, an MFA/ Contemporary Art, Sculpture from the University of Edinburgh. A minimalist at heart, she pursues beauty, found in the relationships between people […]
Sharon Cooper Murray
SHARON COOPER MURRAY leads the Community Rag Quilting Initiative. It is an emerging nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the Gullah textile tradition of rag quilting and developing employment opportunities based on the cottage industry model. She is also a storyteller specializing in reviving and celebrating Gullah and historic African American arts traditions. textilesocietyofamerica.org/2461/narrating-the-lowcountry-charleston-to-savannah/
Kit Loney
KIT LONEY has an M.F.A from the University of South Carolina in Fiber Arts, and taught art to youth and special needs students for decades. She is a visual artist, a poet, a weaver and now specializes in handmade books. In conjunction with conNECKtedTOO she created a series of accordion books in which hundreds of […]
Timothy Hunter
TIMOTHY HUNTER is a student of science at the College of Charleston, but at the Rhizome studios he brings his gifts for painting and artistic design to various projects and installations. He is working on a new larger-scale installation temporarily entitled “When the water rises, so does the rent” along with Jean-Marie Mauclet, Morgan Kinne […]
Aysha Bowens
AYSHA BOWENS is a high school senior at Burke High School set to graduate in 2020 as the Valedictorian of her class. Aysha brings her thoughtful, intelligent approach to all aspects of her work at conNECKtedtOO, and assists with social media management and content creation for all of the Rhizome social sites.
Shanequa Rainey
SHANEQUA RAINEY is a ‘design-centric’ apprentice who lends her adept writing, computing, and artistic skills to many projects around the Rhizome studios. The only thing she loves more than cute stationery is collaboration on tough but rewarding projects. She dreams of becoming an art director and owning her own art studio one day.
Markelle Evans
MARKELLE EVANS is a creative in every sense of the word- this jack-of-all-trades. As an arts apprentice she can be found painting, drawing, cooking, even woodworking!- depending on the day. She has lent her artistic abilities, leadership skills, and effervescent sense of humor to many projects including the TINY Business models in the “You Bet […]
