Painting has been Rajiv Khilnani’s passion for almost 18 years. “Since the day I took my first art class, I have always been drawn to paintings that have color and texture in them.” His more recent work has been predominantly mixed media abstract compositions on paper and canvas, with color, texture, and vibrancy as inherent components.

Yvonne Porcella’s art quilts are known for their bold originality as articulated through her collage aesthetic and strip quilting. Porcella has long been a driving force in the studio quilt movement not only as a prolific artist, but also as a teacher and author. She can be credited with popularizing and expanding the role of quilts in contemporary art, in part through the founding of the Studio Art Quilt Associates in 1989. Her work is in the collections of numerous public and private institutions, including the Museum of Art and Design in New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, and the San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles.

Creating art is Stella Zhang’s way of interpreting various emotions and spiritual thoughts in order to show the true face of human nature. “We are consistently being challenged by feelings of confusion and lucidity, loss and hope. The place between an actual experience and a dream could also make one feel lost as we often struggle and seek out a space in which to escape and find balance. I hope my artworks interact with the viewers for an initiation to care more about the place where we reside in with greater compassion.”