“Catalyst is really a laboratory for me, it’s the place where I get to try things, mess up, start over, and share. That’s what makes it special.”

A visual artist based in Boise, Kayla works primarily in painting and mixed media. A lifelong creator, she began drawing and painting as...

Her work lives in that space, in between the sacred and the everyday. One person once said her art feels like “Matisse and Kandinsky had a child.”

Art didn’t start as a career for Danica Factor, it began as survival.

“Learning how to draw is like chipping away at a wall of granite with a spoon,” she says. Art takes time, focus, and endurance.

“Every face tells a story," Mitsuko mused while commenting on this kind of art.

When asked about her art aesthetic Jessica replied, “I don’t have style, I just have moods.”

Frankie Sims has been an artist most of her life, but she hasn't always been aware of this truth...

Casey Gurr has been sculpting the clay of imagination into tangible forms for most of his life...