Tori has been healing through her own art making all her life, knowing she wanted to help others heal through their own art making. Majoring in both art and psychology in undergrad, she developed a strong fine arts approach to her own art. Once starting graduate school, she launched a fine art business to spread her love art to everyone. As an art therapist, she approaches art as a skill to learn and bring outside of the therapy session, promoting the ability to learn something new and not have to master it as perfection. As an artist, Tori is live painting at weddings and picked up photography during the pandemic as a new skill to learn. She has a love of home renovations and turning homes or living spaces in livable art. While renovating her own home, she's helped empower others to do the same.

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Visit Tori's website:

torimengelart.com

Mel embodies a blend of tradition and innovation in her artwork. Since 2018, she's been bopping around in the wedding scene, initially with calligraphy and now expanding into photography. Specializing in photography and hand-lettering/calligraphy, she advocates for analog techniques in an increasingly digital world, and believes there's nothing more beautiful than film photos and hand-writing. Mel has always wanted to be a tattoo artist and has even been tattooing her calligraphy onto friends and others! Beyond weddings, Mel also photographs body-liberating boudoir sessions, empowering clients to embrace their bodies just the way they are. As an art therapist, she specializes in helping teens and adults with eating disorders find healing through creativity and talk therapy. 

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Visit Mel's website:

melaniehowerart.com