Our Featured Guest Artists & Speakers

About Our Featured Speakers and Artists:
Rania (Rai) Nelson
Certified Precious Metal Clay Level II Instructor who also teaches polymer clay, wire wrapping, and chainmaking. 
Kim Z. Franklin
Graphic Illustrator, beadwork artist, & instructor.
Judy Donovan
Published Artist, Teacher, Writer, Program Director for UBead 2 & South Jersey Bead Society.
Jeri Schatz
Metalsmith, beadwork & needlework artist and instructor.
Erin Gonzales-Hicks
Wire work jewelry artist & instructor.
Ellen Marshall
Polymer clay, fiber, ceramic arts, & instructor.
Marsha Neal
Ceramic Jewelry Artist - Marsha Neal Studios
Linda Gettings
Bead artist, published author, and designer Bead-Patterns.com
Nina Leon
Bead artist and designer - Beaded Luxuries.
Wendy Ellsworth
Color Artist, Designer, Published Author
Connie Sheerin
Polymer Clay Artist, crafter, published author.
About Franko
Wire-wrapping Artist Extraordinaire!
Azhia
Beaded belly dancer extraordinaire!
Bernie Pisarchick
Owner of Lodin's Gems and Minerals, Brave Knight, Chainmailer, and official Keeper of the Cabachon.
Frank DeSantis
Nationally acclaimed award-winning photographer, writer, graphic designer, and art director.
Bernadette Montilla
Teacher, store owner - Beadeologie
Leslie Rogalski
Editor-in-Chief, Step by Step Bead Magazine
Dr. Lexi Ericson
President, Pennsylvania Goldsmith's Organization, M.A. Jewelry Arts, PhD Anthropology. Professor at the Blum School of Art.
Patricia Smink Rogowski
Attorney, & President of Philadelphia Intellectual Property Law Association.
Debby Rooney
Teacher, Co-founder - Beads for Education
Ross Hagstoz
Co-owner of Hagstoz on jeweler's row in Philadelphia, PA. 
Victoria & Harry Harding
Co-owners of The Bead Cellar, and author of The Bead Cellar Pattern Designer software.
Annette Tocconelli
Annette was born with Second Sight.  “I am interested in articulating the
invisible.  I was born a seer.  My art is an extension of this gift.”
Kelly Russell
Army brat, world traveler, and famous PMC Diva with the red curly hair - of Beadfuddled designs.
Louise Mehaffey
Lampwork artiste extraordinaire!  www.eGlassplace.com
Khara Schonfeld
Creativity is her game - even if it is with a few old ugly ties...www.kharascreations.com

Ann Dilker
Artist, Weaver, Author of  Moss Hollow Pottery - & Kumihimo guru!
Meredith Roddy
Artist, jewelry designer & Beadalon rep!
Dottie Hoeschen
Multimedia artist extraordinaire!  Seedweaving, stringing, wire work, macrame, polymer clay - Dottie does it all!
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