Artist Influences
In the broadest sense, artists are many things. This article discusses one aspect of artists: how their creative work influences one another.
Hi there! It's great that you're looking to expand your Artistic Influences. We expanded our understanding of our creative potential by finding kindred creative spirits. Another artist can show us how powerful it is to speak authentically and connect with someone who understands the significance of our self-expression. In a community, I find new perspectives to see what matters most, see our free self-expression as valuable, and have the courage to honor that sacred creative mind space.
Biographies are a fantastic way to learn about the lives of others. They tell us stories of courage, strength, and resilience and help us understand and empathize with different experiences. In my creative network, you will find inspiring individuals who have made a lasting impression on me in my social life, work, and school.
Artist Biographies
Dr. Chanti Tacoronte-Perez
Dr. Chanti Tacoronte-Perez is a Cuban-American artist-author, ritualist, and non-clinical depth psychologist. She believes that images speak a profound language; her life’s work is a translator of the unseen and an advocate for the imaginal. She holds two master's degrees in Engaged Humanities and Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. In 2023 she completed her doctoral dissertation Navegando Liminal: Rituals to Translate the Image of the Wound. Her work and teaching follows and welcomes, imagination, creativity, dreaming, and deep rest. Learn more at www.yantrawisdom.com
Jojo Chongjaroenjai
Originally from Thailand and currently based in Ventura, California, Jojo is a motion designer who specializes in animation and illustration. She enjoys experimenting with different traditional mediums and digital tools to showcase her quirky characters and whimsical creatures. Her work is inspired by ordinary life moments, aiming to promote positivity, humor, and magic in our daily life.
jojotchong.com | jojotchong@gmail.com | Instagram: @ms.dugong
Kelly Bellarose
I'm in Salt Lake City singer/songwriter. My art feels like the roots, blues, rock, alternative country thing, but you decide. I just love to create and play music. I am also a global public speaker, motivator, and educator. I have specific expertise in personal care, weight management and general health and wellness product development and marketing. I oversee three major 4life consumer-based product brands anchored by patented and certified 4life transfer factor science. . Listen to Kelly on YouTube
Tracy Ferron
Tracy Ferron is a writer, visual artist and philanthropist who is committed to finding innovative ways to spark discussion around issues of health and social justice and the much needed emergence of the divine feminine consciousness.
Angela Holland
Angela V. Holland is an abstract artist working in mixed media and living in Santa Barbara, California. A former educator and psychotherapist, Angela has had a lifelong passion for abstract art which has found expression in recent years with a vibrant studio practice. For more visit angelahollandart.com
Susan Rowland
Susan Rowland served as Chair of MA Engaged Humanities at Pacifica Graduate Institute, California and was previously Professor of English and Jungian Studies at the University of Greenwich UK. She is author of Jung: A Feminist Revision (2002), Jung as a Writer (2005) and The Ecocritical Psyche: Literature, Complexity Evolution and Jung (2012). She teaches in Jung, gender and literary theory. (see more)
Jennifer Selig
Jennifer Selig has served as Chair and Research Coordinator in the Depth program at Pacifica before moving into her current role as core faculty. Her books include Thinking Outside the Church: 110 Ways to Connect With Your Spiritual Nature, Reimagining Education: Essays on Retrieving the Soul of Learning, Reimagining Education: Essays on Reviving the Soul of Learning, Mythological Studies Core Faculty; and Integration: The Psychology and Mythology of Martin Luther King, Jr. and His (Unfinished) Therapy With the Soul of America. (see more)
Patricia Diorio
Patricia Diorio brings 20 years of experience in education and psychology to her work as an intuitive spiritual counselor and media coach. She is passionate about making a difference in people's lives by inspiring them to remember that we are all powerful spiritual beings having a human experience. Patricia has a B.S. in Education from Central Connecticut State University and an M.A. in Counseling Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, from the University of Bridgeport. She is the author of, "Balanced In Infinity – Living Your Divinity In A Material World", which is based on her own experience of what works and what doesn't to achieve a life of joy, ease and creativity. (read more)
