Arts Residency 2025 Artists

This year, the residency will look a little different in one major way: you’ll see many more returning faces! The Terradise Environmental Arts Residency, for 2025, will feature six returning alumni artists who will build off their previous residencies through expansions of work in new modes & genres, alongside six new-to-us artists: many, on this list, incredible applicants from past application cycles who narrowly missed the cutoff.

New Artists-in-Residence:

Susan Ann Rhodes — Prospect, Ohio (Homesteading Arts & Painting)
Wendy Murrell — Marion, Ohio (Multidisciplinary & Recycled Art)
Ferman Lee Yoder — Caledonia, Ohio (Songwriting & Sculptural Arts)
Dawn Zero Erickson — Red Wing, Minnesota & Marion, Ohio (Fiber Arts)
Daniel Erickson — Marion, Ohio (Photography & Video Arts)
Louise Chell — Marion, Ohio (Functional Ceramics)

Terradise Nature Center is also pleased to welcome six returning artists-in-residence for special “Alumni Residencies” from March 15th-May 1st, 2025. Our returning residents will mobilize the experience of their previous residency with Terradise in 2022, 2023, or 2024 to create new artwork — or translate past work into new media — that grows their artistic practice in conversation with Terradise Nature Center’s property, mission, history, or legacy. Read on for quick profiles of our six incredible alumni artists; & stay tuned to weekly newsletters between now & May for in-depth interviews with each artist, samples of past work, & previews of their alumni residency projects! Our alumni artists will share out their final work across May 2025 in photo essays, videos, & other reflections: to be featured here, & permanently, on our website.

Returning Alumni Artists-in-Residence:

Chris Gherman (2022) — Delaware & Marion, Ohio (Poetry)
Vicky Branson (2024) — Marion, Ohio (Mindfulness Practice)
P. Brown (2023) — Marion, Ohio (Botanical Printing)
Kati Henning (2024) — Marion, Ohio (Oil Painting)
Steve Moore (2022) — Prospect/Green Camp, Ohio (Songwriting)
Jennifer Haverstock (2024) — Marion, Ohio (Decorative Cake Arts)

Terradise Nature Center’s 2025 Terradise Environmental Arts Residency is made possible through generous grant support from the Ohio Arts Council. Terradise Nature Center is grateful to the OAC for their catalytic investment in North-Central Ohio’s arts economy. If you’re inspired by Arts at Terradise, we welcome donations!

Susan Ann Rhodes — Homesteading Arts

Where do you come from in the world? How do your roots — your family, upbringing, community, homeplace or neighborhood — influence the artist you are today?

Hello, my name is Susan Rhodes, I live between Prospect and Green Camp. I am married to my husband Dan and have three children and 10 grandchildren. I have grown up in the Prospect community my entire life. Living near the Scioto River and in Ohio has always brought change and excitement into my life. The different weather on a daily basis, from flooding to the wonderful excitement of all the changing seasons.

How did you come to your particular artmaking practice? Did any people or experiences put you on the path to working in your particular genre or combination of genres? What motivates you to make the work that you do, in the way you do it?

The people that have been the main influences in my life have been my mother- Marjorie Houseworth, my grandparents – Clyde and Blanche Behrens and teachers that I have had in school. But of course , I do accept that everyone that has ever been in my life have left marks (some good and other not so good). My mother and grandmother taught me how to preserve food and to not waste things. And my art teachers and my grandmother helped to encourage my crafting and artistic talent.

My ability and knowledge of preservation, was learned first from watching and helping my grandmother and mother. They would preserve a lot of different things together. My grandparents and parents always had a large garden. We always had lots of fresh vegetables and berries to eat. Things have changed a lot since when I first started learning , but lots have stayed the same. Up until 2 years ago I still used the same water bath pot that my grandmother and mother used! And still have some of their canning equipment.

The motivation to keep going is from my kids and grandchildren. They still enjoy eating grandma’s pickle and zucchini relish and salsa! Growing up our children never had store bought relish.

Growing up my Grandmother was very crafty. She knitted, embroidered, quilted, sewed clothes and crocheted her whole life. My Mother sewed a lot of our clothes and loved to made seasonal decorations. So , I guess you could say , I was just following a family tradition. I love to try new things and was encouraged by art teachers in high school and college.

What’s one of your favorite things about the arts community in North-Central Ohio region? What’s one thing you’d really like to see that might build capacity for artists, or expand access for arts livelihoods, in the future, for our region?

What do I love about Ohio? What can you say , it’s so diverse! The weather is ever changing, never the same , so you can’t get bored! We have traveled some and people say they love our accent (guess I never thought Ohioans had accents)! I love green grass in the summer and all the beautiful trees and flowers. And we are in the middle of a great country with so many interesting places to see and visit. I love the small town living and the small town activities that Prospect has.

I am active in our local Prospect Farmers Market and other local craft shows. Our family also has a farm stand during the season which is self- serve.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
My name is Susan Rhodes, I am 67 years old and have lived in the Prospect area my entire life. I am a retired Medical Assistant, retired Battle Run Fire Department member. I took art classes at Elgin High School and at OSU ~Marion . I have 3 children and 10 grandchildren. I have always had a interest in art and crafts. I am currently in charge of the Prospect Farmers Market and also am a vendor there and at other local vendor shows.

I grew up in Prospect, and learned canning from my grandmother who had a huge garden. My parents always had a large garden, and understood both the pleasures and importance of growing our own food. I have taught in the Pioneer Days programs in Prospect sharing everything from making homemade ice cream to sharing old traditional hand kitchen tools and their use.

— Susan Ann Rhodes, Gardener & Homesteading Artist

Dawn Zero Erickson — Textile Arts

Where do you come from in the world? How do your roots — your family, upbringing, community, homeplace or neighborhood — influence the artist you are today?I was born and raised in Marion, Ohio. My mother lived her entire life in Marion. My father was a musician. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota he left home at 17. After learning his trade as a musical instrument repairman, he moved to Marion where he spent the remaining years of his life.

Growing up in Marion, I spent every waking hour making something; most often out of fabric, paper, or little bits of nature found on my many walks and bike rides around town. Until I was twelve, when we moved across town, I was always next door with my elderly neighbor Mrs. Chivington. I learned to sew by watching Mrs. Chivington sew dresses and aprons. When I was just five years old, I asked if she would teach me to sew. She handed me a piece of fabric and said “you have watched me everyday, I think you already know how”. That night I went home and stitched a little pinafore. I have been sewing ever since.

Would you say that your artistic practice is environmental or place-based in any way? How have outdoor spaces or places inflected your work over the years? Have any places (anywhere in the world!) especially inspired your artistic practice?Having traveled to more than 40 countries, there is no doubt that the whole world influences my work. Foreign places, those far-flung places in all corners worldwide and places newly discovered nearby. Natural places deep in the forest and my own backyard. Sacred places far from home and the neighbor’s house of my childhood. My work is place-based, visual stories told through colour and pattern, connecting other times and other cultures with my personal life lessons; often reinterpreting and reflecting on both past and present traditions in the places in which I have lived or have traveled. Where I travel has an extraordinary impact on what I create; stories or often just a simple feeling or something seen while passing by, become transformed into works of art. The place-based nature of my work is deeply influenced by my extensive travels around the world: Eastern Europe, Turkey, Russia, Asia, former Soviet countries, and India to name a few.

Immersing myself in another culture or another place, with respect to history and heritage, I listen and observe and ground myself with research that resembles ethnography all while recognizing that my own position and perspective influences everything that I see and do. Be it a spectacular landscape or a desperate and desolate environment, traditional ceremony and ritual celebrations, I seek to find beauty in the ordinary and extraordinary with true appreciation for each place. I expect my work to enrich others’ lives and expose them to other cultures and other places with rich and varied stories and traditions. I want my work to broaden my worldview and to connect cross culturally with relationships of mutual respect and exchange.

The collection of artwork that I create consists mainly of large scale, silkscreen printed, sewn, and constructed, shrine-like, textiles and small textile pieces, both functional and beautiful, relating to place and objects used in ceremony and ritual.

What’s one thing you’re most excited to explore, learn about, or get to focus on, during your time in-residence with Terradise Nature Center this month? Or: feel free to share any first impressions of your experiences with our property & this stretch of the Olentangy!

Although I left Ohio when I was 17, I have deep connections to Marion. I have many memories of tromping around Terrandise as a small child and working at Hemmerly’s Flowers during my college years. The place-based nature of my artwork compels me to immerse myself in the very place where I began my artistic journey. I will travel through Terradise, a paradise of my childhood, to explore, discover, observe, and find inspiration in the historic and natural surroundings, to fill a virtual suitcase of sketches, notes and impressions to create new artwork. Might my days working alongside Trella seep into my pieces? There is so much that Terradise has to offer— what grows and lives on the land today and all of the history of those who lived their lives fully on this land. I look forward to the challenge of what will inspire my work during a month of exploration.

Where/how can readers find or follow your work, if they’re interested in commissions, workshops, classes, lessons, or listening to or reading more? Do you have any educational offerings or works for sale available to the general public at the moment?

I have vast amounts of work to purchase and collect. Commissions are always welcome. My work is available for exhibitions as well. I teach workshops to all ages and abilities, group and private. Most of my teaching is textile based, printing on textiles, stitching of all kinds, any number of things that you can do with paper of fabric. My current, most popular workshop is: Threads that Bind© A workshop where participants slow stitch a remembrance for someone lost through death. I can be reached by email [email protected] or through www.DawnZeroErickson.com

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Dawn Zero Erickson

An Honors Graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design, Dawn is an independent artist/designer. Her textile designs have been exhibited extensively throughout the world and are in the permanent collections of the Kyoto Textile Museum in Japan, the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Design in New York, and The Art Institute of Chicago as well as numerous private and corporate collections. Her considerable foreign travel experiences are evident in her work.

Following her college graduation Dawn moved to New York City where she worked as a Textile Designer. Later moving to Minnesota, Dawn continues to do fine art as well as textile designs for the home textile industry. She has designed for many companies in the country and around the world, Papyrus-Recycled Greetings, Crate & Barrel, Garnet Hill, Eddie Bauer, Pottery Barn, IKEA of Sweden, TAG, and Target … to name just a few!

Dawn lives in Red Wing, Minnesota, with her husband and two cats, next to the Mississippi River, surrounded by bluffs and prairie.

Daniel Erickson — Photography & Video Arts

Growing up surrounded by people working in all sorts of art genres seemed normal to me as a child. My parents encouraged us to explore different disciplines and discover what we enjoyed most and for which we had an aptitude. My father’s interest in photography and home movies, at a time that very few families had cameras, offered me the opportunity to do something that none of my friends were doing. The uniqueness of that alone was very appealing.

The early freedom to explore lead to a lifetime of experimentation and development of my skills in a variety of techniques including all forms of traditional photography, scientific and technical photography, 3D, Infrared, Photomicrography, Astrophotography, and others. I was fortunate to be in the right place at the right time at the beginning of the development of digital imaging technology and have been able to grow with the technology and continue to explore in new ways.

Do you have any “minor” or secondary art practices — i.e., genres or modes you work in, which might not be your dominant mode, but have a special place in your heart? How do these modes relate to your “major” practice?

In addition to my interest and career(s) in photography, video, and related fields, I have also been a working musician, starting from a very young age. Music has been a career and an avocation throughout my life.
These two practices have always coexisted such that while making a living in music, I was also actively creating art with various forms of photography. When my career was focused more on photography, I was also actively performing as a musician.

Because these two arts have always coexisted it is impossible to separate them as primary and secondary. Both have provided careers and wonderful opportunities for me and in some ways have inspired one another or, at times provided an alternative focus and escape.

Any ideas for your artists’ talk or public program at the end of the month, so far, that you want to tease here? What can readers look forward to?

Some of the photographic work that I plan to create for the Terradise residency will involve the use of specialized equipment and techniques. In my workshop/presentation I plan to discuss and demonstrate
the equipment and techniques used but will also encourage the participants to explore ways to make photographs in nature with whatever equipment they have.

Depending on time and the interest of the participants, I hope for them to be able to apply some of what I present immediately by taking some photographs at Terradise and then having a group discussion/critique.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Daniel A. Erickson has enjoyed a life split, more or less, evenly between music and visual art. Having been raised in an arts and music family, and surrounded by practitioners of both, Dan began performing music professionally at the age of nine, and was already exploring photography and making movies. These interests continue to develop simultaneously leading to overlapping careers in both.

After college Dan worked as touring musician, traveling throughout the U.S. for four years before transitioning into work as an independent photographer and multi-image producer. This led to a career in teaching, photography, video production, and digital imaging for more than 15 years at the college level and workshop settings. Music performance remained a constant during this period as well.A second 20+ year career in the music industry, while still performing 50+ music dates each year, and working on photo and video projects has kept him busy and always looking for ways to create art.

Ferman Lee Yoder — Songwriting, Poetry, Music, Photography & Woodworking Traditions

Where do you come from in the world? How do your roots — your family, upbringing, community, homeplace or neighborhood — influence the artist you are today?

Growing up in Brewster, (Western Stark County, Ohio) my love of the outdoors and nature grew as a child when my brother and I would go on exploring expeditions thru the “big woods” which adjoined our wooded property. A beautiful memory was walking through the woods after a heavy snow which weighted down the young saplings creating a tunnel over one of the pathways.

My father, a skilled carpenter/builder, son of a gentle and jovial Amish bishop, built our home in the middle of a wooded plot of land, and always had a variety of tools for me to borrow to build treehouses, forts, wood projects, art projects, and to learn wood carving. I loved to take my pocket knife and find secluded places deep in the woods and whittle on a fallen small branch as I watched and waited for the scurrying chipmunks, squirrels and birds. Those secluded places developed in me a love for quietness, solitude, contemplation, beauty, and I continually searched for ways to describe what I was experiencing, through writing, art, music and photography.

My father always encouraged me to create and I don’t ever remember hearing him complain about missing tools or wondering where his wood was vanishing to as I was always building or creating something! My mother, as a young Amish girl, grew up loving the smell of leather because my grandfather was a harness maker in Holmes County. She loved to sing, learned to play accordion and piano, and taught me how to harmonize when singing with others which instilled in me a love for music and singing.

In junior high choir, a cute blond left me momentarily speechlees, and after graduation said “I do!” In 1999, we moved to Marion County to pursue training in music ministry and fell in love with the Marion County and Caledonia area. For years, one of my favorite places to drive after a a big blanket of snow or frozen frost covers the countryside is the winding and scenic Whetstone River Road which passes by Terradise Nature Center . I was unaware of this gem, almost in my back yard, until my children mentioned to me that they [and their future spouses] met there to explore the trails and have meaningful time together. I have begun to appreciate this oasis in our neighborhood, and have had walks, in different seasons, on both sides of the river, still searching for creative ways to capture , describe, and share the discovered beauty around me.

At Terradise Nature Center, we think alot about the way the Whetstone (Olentangy River) influenced & inspired the life’s work of Trella & Ray Romine. Everyone has some sort of “home river” — even if it’s a little tributary or creek! Tell us a little about your “home river,” “home forest,” “home park,” or & the ecosystem you grew up in! Is there a natural space or place that had a big influence on your childhood?

In my early childhood, we lived near the Wilderness Center in Wilmot, Ohio, where a tributary of the Sugarcreek wound it’s way around through the woods behind our house. My younger brother and I loved to explore, fish, and even got baptized in that creek on a very cold day [a vivid memory for sure!].

When I was in Junior high, my father bought a wooded plot of land near Brewster which had a larger portion of the Sugarcreek nearby. We spent many hours exploring , fishing, swimming [sometimes skinny dipping…but don’t tell anyone!], and tubing in that wonderful stretch of water that was literally connected to our earlier “homecreek” full of unknown critters and many fond memories!

So many of my poems have sprung from inspirational “aha moments” that came to me as I was observing a facet of nature’s beauty or meditating on the cycles of life in nature. In a busy season of my life as a regional supervisor, I found myself out on the road at the crack of dawn and at at sunsets occurring far from home.

I marvelled how so many people would be oblivious to the fleeting beauty in disguise, (in the skies), while I was trying to enjoy it out of the corner of my eye, and not go off the road.

I think these moments of not being able to stop for a photograph to capture the beauty, caused me to try to capture the thundering beauty somehow by trying to paint a picture with words. That season of texting (writing) and driving helped me to redeem those many hours on the road away from home. The small, whispers regarding an observation about something seen in nature come at random, unplanned moments but more often when I take time to look and pray with my eyes wide open.

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Growing up in rural, Western Stark County family, we ventured out into a whole new world of learning how to gracefully shed our Amish roots and explore new found freedoms of expression and devotion.

In this loving family, and beyond, I have learned how to find my voice and develope excellence in craftsmanship but also developed skills in furniture design, woodworking , woodcarving, photography, lyrical writing, song writing and poetry. In 1999, my wife and I picked up our roots, our 3 children , and got planted in the Marion area to pursue training in music ministry. My writing has been included in various publications and have had a photo included in the 2015 annual Ohio Electric Co-op calendar. I worked as a construction supervisor for 20 years and 7 years ago, started Yoder Traditions to specialize in trim carpentry, custom designed/built cabinets and built-ins. I have a passion to capture the beauty and inspiration for my writing from day to day moments and from nature’s neverending supply of life lessons and beauty all around in noticeable and obscure places in the different seasons.

— Ferman Lee Yoder; Musician, Songwriter, Woodworker, & Poet

Wendy Murrell — Multimedia & Recycled Arts

How did you come to your particular artmaking practice? Did any people or experiences put you on the path to working in your particular genre or combination of genres? What motivates you to make the work that you do, in the way you do it?

I feel I’ve grown into the artwork I do today. I wasn’t influenced by anyone in particular. I have an eye when I see something that could be transformed. I’ve never really thought about my genre or medium. I work with many different materials from paint, building materials and items I find at goodwill or on the side of the road. I guess I would say I’m a upcycler. I love the idea of taking something no longer wanted and making it into something new.

What are some of the things you’re most looking forward to about the spring season? Is your artistic practice seasonal, in any way? Are there any North-Central Ohio spring traditions that you participate in, or that are particularly meaningful to you?

I’m most looking forward to getting out into the sunshine. Nothing affects my mood more than the warm sunshine on my face and sitting in some cool moss against a nice sturdy tree. My other favorite practice about spring is “spring cleaning”. Many people are throwing out their old to bring in the new. I’m out there taking their items and making them new for someone else. I love that I’m making functional art and helping the environment at the same time.

One of my most favorite works to do are memorials for those that have lost loved ones. I’ve done portraits as well as encasing items in epoxy. These hold a special place in my heart because I lost my brother 6 years ago and any little memento I can have of him to help me remember him means more than anything to me. I love the smile I’m able to give them for even a second to show them someone is remembering their loved ones.

Tell us about your artmaking space! Some artists have “studios,” of course, but others work out in the world — or in combination! Where do you compose, conduct, or create most of your work? What is the space like & what helps keep you creative, inspired, on-track, or motivated?

I recently moved back into my old studio. I have worked out of my home studio for years. No matter where I live I always have to have space for my materials and to create. My Art has become my therapy. My studio has a combination of some of my favorite things I’ve collected through the years, a combination of finished and unfinished projects and of course all of my supplies. I have everything from paints and brushes to power tools that I work with. I would say I get the most satisfaction out of a good furniture flip.

I graduated from Ridgedale Highschool. The house I grew up in had 8 acres of land with a part of the Little Scioto that flows through it. My brother still lives there to this day and I get to occasionally visit the creek when I have time. We spent all of our summers making rafts to float on it and the winters ice skating when it would flood the yard and freeze. I cherish those times. I’m trying to reconnect to nature as I get older.

I have a Facebook page — Art by Wendy — where I can be found for paint parties or any commissions!

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Born and raised in Marion, Ohio, I’ve been creating art for over 20 years. I studied art at The Ohio State University at Marion (OSUM) and continue to explore new ways to express creativity in everyday life. I run a storefront where I host community paint parties and create upcycled art in my studio space. Alongside my studio work, I also take on interior painting and mural projects. As a mom of five, my work is deeply rooted in themes of resilience, resourcefulness, and connection—often inspired by both nature and the rhythm of daily life.

— Wendy Murrell, Multi-Media & Recycled Art Artist (Marion)

Louise Chell — Functional Ceramics

I work in a pottery studio which is my attached one car garage. We converted the space into a pottery studio 2 years ago and installed a kiln. I am inspired by working in my garden, taking nature walks, kayaking, and taking art classes.

In addition to working in clay I sew, knit, bake and create nature art with found objects. I make pottery that relates to these hobbies. I make mini mixing bowls, sponge holders, bowls, mugs, soap dispensers, and yarn bowls.

I sell my work through my Etsy Shop. I also update followers on what I am making in the studio and upcoming in-person shows on my Facebook and Instagram sites.

Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/YellowCreekPottery
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yellowcreekpottery
Instagram: @yellowcreekpottery

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY

Whether working on drawings or creating with textiles, I have always been an artist. When I was in the first grade, I knew that when I “grew-up” I wanted to create art. Many of my best childhood memories involve time spent outside. My family had a big yard, with an enormous garden and a creek which ran through it. The creek was called Yellow Creek. There, my family and I would catch fish, swim, and in the winter we’d ice skate. It was a beautiful place to grow up.

I have been creating functional pottery since 2003. My designs seek to echo the beauty of nature, my inspiration, Yellow Creek. You can see this in my work: in my “Wetlands” design, through my depiction of frogs, butterflies, luna moths, dragonflies, and flowers.

— Louise Chell, Yellow Creek Pottery (Marion, Ohio)

Chris Gherman (2022) — Poetry // Music

Christopher Gherman is a poet whose work emerges from the interwoven landscapes of ancestry, ecology, and memory. His writing explores the conversation between his pre-Christian Celtic roots and the Indigenous memory of the land he inhabits, tracing the echoes of old ways through the shifting realities of the present.

Born and raised in Marion, OH, Christopher’s poetry carries the weight of place—its histories, absences, and unspoken inheritances. His work moves through themes of embodiment, fatherhood, loss, and the sacred, often finding resonance in the ordinary and the ephemeral: a vulture’s wingbeat, rust freckling a transmission tower, the silence of drought-parched earth.

Alongside poetry, Christopher’s creative practice has spanned music and painting, each medium shaping his evolving relationship to sound, texture, and form. His background in jazz and composition informs the rhythm and breath of his verse, while his paintings share a similar attentiveness to presence and absence, seen and unseen.

Christopher is currently undertaking an artist residency focused on poetry and Ancestral pre-Christian European Indigeneity in conversation with the land of Terradise Nature Center. He lives in Delaware, OH, with his wife, Whitney, their daughter, Isa, their dog, cat, chickens, and beloved community. He serves as Director of Data for the YMCA of Central Ohio Head Start Program.

Vicky Branson (2024) — Mindfulness Practice

Vicky Tabor Branson has called Marion, Ohio for a little over ten years. Prior to that she had always called Ohio home. She is retired from the Ohio History Connection, doing a variety of positions in her thirty years, from costumed interpreter, curator, marketing assistant and finally manager of historic sites. Since she moved to Marion she was the first manager of MarionMade!, and is working at Carroll’s Jewelers and Marion Technical College.

She has always been involved in the arts, studying art history and studio art courses, learning a variety of historic crafts and involved in creative writing since childhood. She believes that art and nature are essential parts of a healthy person’s life.

P. Brown (2023) — Botanical Printing

P. Brown has been a creative artist for many years and enjoys the inspiration of art. Her work can be seen in many mediums: from pastel, watercolor, mixed, fiber and more. She was born and raised in Ohio and lives there with her family. Being educated in the arts, she has always had a passion to share it with others and truly feels faith and family is where her inspiration comes from. Patty’s vivid art pieces have been admired by many across the United States, where it has been won awards in a number of juried art shows. Current projects involve nature, sectional architecture as well as abstract and recycled art.

Kati Henning (2024) — Oil Painting

Kati Henning is a local central Ohio Artist, working primarily as a large scale painter. She began life in the rural areas of Union County, continued to Delaware Ohio to get her BFA from Ohio Wesleyan, and settled in Marion in 2019. In her works you’ll see many natural motifs, particularly scenes of the crop filled fields of her childhood. Her works are often detail oriented but mysteriously left open and unexplained so the viewer can insert their shared experiences into the narrative.

Steve Moore (2022) — Songwriting

“In 2025, I am grateful and very happy for the wonderful opportunities my wife Kristi and I have had to pursue many many musical and songwriting paths. In addition to this wonderful second Terradise residency, many teaching programs through Marion Voices in the Schools, and a constant performance schedule throughout the year playing as the Full Moon duo, I could not ask for a more fulfilling and fun artistic life.” — Steve Moore, Songwriter & Full Moon Band

Jennifer Haverstock (2024) — Cake Arts

Jennifer Haverstock, a lifelong resident of Marion, has been decorating cakes for 35 years. Getting her start in local grocery stores, then progressing to high-end bakeries in Columbus, she now produces custom cakes as well as other baked goods from her home kitchen, DBA Sugarplum Fairy Confectionery. Her work has been showcased in a bridal magazine, as well as an online international exhibition of upscale cakes. A Food Network talent scout even invited her to audition for their Holiday Baking Challenge after seeing her work on Instagram! She was the 2019 winner of Marion’s version of Cupcake Wars. She donates amazing cakes to critically ill children and their siblings as a member of Icing Smiles, the cake version of Make-a-Wish. Last year she was blessed to further her work as a Terradise Artist-in-Residence, and she looks forward to continuing that project this year with a slightly different medium–gelatin!