Art & Soul Rowan invites all people to explore the transformative power of creativity and contemplation to cultivate wholeness, heal brokenness and foster spirit filled living.
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Meet the Team
Dedication. Expertise. Passion
Our Artists in Residence:
Art & Soul's AIR program aims to host at least four local artists every year. Selected artists are provided program stipends, art studio spaces, and facility resources so they can spend their time focusing on their creative practice. During their residency they are encouraged to hosts classes, lead programs, and host a gallery exhibition or performance. We often create resident events where we invite the community to join as we celebrate their developing bodies of work.
Shane Manier
Visual & Spoken Word Artist
Shane Manier is a Creative Coach, Visual Artist, Live Event Painter, Tedx and Key Note Speaker, Trauma Informed Care Instructor, Poetry Mentor and National Spoken Word Poet based in the Charlotte Metro Region of NC. She is the founder of The National Poetry Month Summit, and Guerilla Poets, a nonprofit art collective with branches in the US and UK.
She is currently the Visual Arts Teaching Instructor for The Harvey B. Gantt Center, Henderson High School, The Arts Empowerment Project, Playing for Others, as well as Center for Faith and the Arts Visual Artist in Residence and has served on board of CCAG Arts Collective of Cornelius North Carolina in 2017.
She is one of the few North Carolina live speed painters in the Charlotte Metro area and an Ultimate Painting Finalist for Regional Championship Live Speed Painting Competition. She has showcased two bodies of work through her residency at Center for Faith and the Arts, “Black Kings,” and “This is Salisbury.”
Alaina Cantrell
Creative Movement
Alaina specializes in creative movement and has started teaching Tai Chi classes here at Art & Soul Rowan. Through ASR she has been working with children on the autism spectrum teaching creative movement at Partners In Learning. She is a certified Tai Chi instructor through Functional Aging Institute and has a 2nd degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do. She is a recent graduate from Catawba College where she majored in Sociology and minored in Dance. She also performed with a professional Ballet Company, Carolina Ballet Theatre, for 5 years.
Kela Hunt
Visual Artist
Kela Hunt, is a visual artist from Cleveland, NC. who obtained a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Western Carolina University. He is a visual arts instructor for Rowan County Schools and coaches track and field. He is a proud member of Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity Inc., and a member of Third Creek AME Zion Church. He is the owner and operator of Flexx Design Studio LLC. Where he serves as an active artist and art advocate. He believes that art is used to express oneself and allow their voice to be heard. That voice becomes a visual artform which aids in telling a story. What is your story? He enjoys the challenge of portrait work and has found pleasure in doing paint classes and ‘sip and paint’ parties. He also enjoys doing murals when time allows.
Caleb Hill
Musician
Caleb Hill is one of our newest Artists in Residence. Caleb is a local musician and songwriter. He also handcrafts a variety of instruments, and he teaches private music lessons. Caleb is also what he refers to as a "garbage artist" making art from found objects. Caleb leads our monthly drum circle on the last Friday of each month from 6-8pm. The drum circle is free and open to everyone, including children. The drums are provided, so just drop in.
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