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Listings of artists who have connected with the ACGK through the years. Each listing is a profile where you can learn more about the artist, see samples of their work, and find their contact information and link to website. You can narrow your search by filtering by artist name, artist type/genre, medium, location, or searching by key words.

F. Ryan Turner

Director; Film Maker; Producer; Teacher / Instructor

Nate Bailey

Actor; Author / Writer; Director; Film Maker; Musician

Benjamin Boggs

Actor; Director; Film Maker; Musician; Producer

William Craft

Actor; Author / Writer; Director; Film Maker; Playwright; Poet; Producer; Teacher / Instructor

Zach Elmblad

Author / Writer; Composer; Director; Film Maker; Musician; Producer; Singer; Storyteller

Bill Finger

Film Maker; Visual Artist: Photography; Visual Artist: Sculpture / Pottery

Bill Finger is a Kalamazoo based artist whose work combines sculpture and photography. Handcrafting each element, he constructs and then photographs miniature dioramas. Each image is imbued with a sense of cinematic narrative that reflects twenty years working around film sets. By mimicking the filmmaking process he is able to create a miniature construction of a constructed reality. Bill has exhibited his photographs in Europe, the US and Canada. His work is included in the permanent collections of the George Eastman Museum of Photography and the Santa Barbara Museum of Art. He holds a MFA in Photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology.

Nathan Ginter

Film Maker

Aubrey Jewel Hardaway

Film Maker; Storyteller; Teacher / Instructor

With a BFA in Media Studies from Columbus College of Art and Design, and a Masters in Art Education at Boston University, Aubrey is an artist with a strong foundation in several art forms. Animation, photography, videography, graphic design, and illustration are her main creative instruments. Aubrey enjoys to share her creative curiosity with people of all ages and backgrounds. Her art is playful, as well as mischievous when needed. Living in Kalamazoo, Aubrey Jewel Hardaway is a multi-media artist who has hopes of publishing her work in the many forms. By day she is the Media Arts instructor at KVCC's Center for New Media. By night, besides fighting crime, Aubrey shares her knowledge of art with the Kalamazoo Community, as creates her own art that is filled with hope and whimsy.

Marian Hill

Film Maker

Theresa Jackson

Film Maker

Samn Johnson

Composer; Film Maker; Producer; Singer

Danny Kim

Film Maker

Gene Knific

Composer; Film Maker; Musician; Producer; Singer; Teacher / Instructor

sharee little

Director; Film Maker

Tom Ludwig

Film Maker; Teacher / Instructor

Tom Ludwig is an award-winning filmmaker and arts educator who has been making films since 1970. He received his Master of Fine Arts degree in film production from Southern Illinois University, and his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in film production from Ohio University. Most of his work is in experimental 16mm film and video. He has also produced three documentary films, has written several feature-length screenplays, and has incorporated media into live performance pieces. Since 1987 Tom has taught film at several colleges and universities. He retired from teaching film and video production with Education for the Arts in 2020, but continues to teach part-time at Western Michigan University. He has jurored many film festivals and been a guest speaker and visiting artist presenting his work, and lecturing on various topics relating to film and its place in the arts and people's lives.

Daniel Monroe

Actor; Art Hop Artist; Author / Writer; Designer; Film Maker; Producer; Teacher / Instructor; Visual Artist: Fiber Art / Fine Art / Fine Craft; Visual Artist: Illustration; Visual Artist: Painting; Visual Artist: Prints / Digital Art / Graphic Design

Dan Monroe has been creating art for many years, having began his career at the ripe old age of nine years, when he would produce pastel portraits of people and sell them all over the Tri-State area while traveling with his parents who were Evangelists. Art has always been a driving force in his life- from drawing comic art to painting fantasy works, to portrait paintings for private collections, the creation of characters and illustration of children's books by celebrities such as NBA Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman, Actress Erika Eleniak (Baywatch), The Current Heavyweight World Boxing Champion Deontay Wilder, Kostya Tszyu (Boxing Hall of Fame Inductee), Boxing Legend Jesse James Leija, and several others. Dan has also created art for actress Sybil Danning (The Howling II, Playboy centerfold, Amazon Women on the Moon), and several other notable media personalities. Dan also taught art classes at Western Michigan University, and his fine art paintings have been exhibited and sold in Art Galleries across the Continental United States, and Hawaii.

Lachan Niedbala

Choreographer; Dancer; Film Maker; Teacher / Instructor

Lachan Niedbala (formerly known as Lachan Jaarda) is a dancer located in Kalamazoo, MI. She currently dances for Wellspring/Cori Terry and Dancers. Additionally, she is the Youth Performing Ensemble Coordinator and an instructor with Wellspring Dance Academy. Outside of her work with Wellspring, she is the Artistic Director and Founder of Movement Reservoir Dance Company. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Dance from Hope College in 2019. While at Hope, she worked with choreographers such as Steven Iannacone, Sharon Wong, Matthew Farmer, and many more. Since graduating, she has worked with companies such as Wellspring/Cori Terry and Dancers, CPR Inhale Movement, Chamberlain Dance, Tapestry Dance Company, and Atelier Dance Company. Additionally, she has had the opportunity to take her choreography to Detroit (MI), Chicago (IL), and Paris (France.) Lachan is passionate about showcasing her choreographic voice in and around the Kalamazoo community, bringing to life other choreographers' creative voices through performance, and providing more opportunities for other dancers to pursue their goals in their careers. Additionally, Lachan aspires to find more opportunities to collaborate with dance and other art forms in the Kalamazoo community.

Mark Niskanen

Composer; Film Maker; Musician; Teacher / Instructor

Carolyn Pampalone Rabbers

Art Hop Artist; Choreographer; Dancer; Film Maker

Carolyn Pampalone Rabbers is the founder of CPR Dance: Inhale Movement. She received her MFA at the University of the Arts and graduated as the Presidential Scholar with a BFA from Western Michigan University. Carolyn has danced in NYC, Miami, LA and Michigan dancing and acting both on stage and on camera. Her dance-based works have been featured nationally and internationally, have been a finalist for Maggie Allessee’s Choreography Competition, and awarded support in a KADI grant of the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo. She can be seen as ‘Abby’ in Moondance (2020) and has performed for Wellspring/Cori Terry & Dancers, Coldplay, Omi, Starbucks, Jockey Bra, Kaplan University, Royal Caribbean Cruises, Celebrity Cruises, Diavolo EdCo, Mariana Olivera, Clairobscur, LACDC, and Vox Lumber. Carolyn teaches adjunctly at Grand Valley State University, Western Michigan University, and at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. She has also taught for The Gabriella Foundation, honored by Michelle Obama in 2015. She is certified as an ABT NTC instructor in Pre-Primary through Level VII & Partnering and Reiki and Yoga certified. Carolyn would love to collaborate on your upcoming project.