Category: Board Members
BOARD MEMBERS WANTED
The Best of Missouri Hands is looking for board members, and WE NEED YOU! The BOMH board makes decisions about the direction of the organization. We plan the ArtSmart Conference, organize the Visiting Artist program, produce online workshops, oversee advertising, coordinate social media, and much more. We seek to promote and help the artists of […]
Pat Berkbigler BOMH Candidate for Board of Directors 2022-2023

Pat Berkbigler / Fulton, MO I am a retired elementary school teacher, after 31 rewarding years in public education. When I tell people I was a teacher they immediately respond with, “So you taught art?” The answer to that is “No”. Through all my years in education, none of them involved taking or teaching art […]
Wanda Tyner BOMH Candidate for Board of Directors 2022-2023

Wanda Tyner / Lee’s Summit Wanda Tyner’s nature-inspired glass artwork depicts a story that flows from realistic representations to abstract interpretations including 3D elements that add depth and cool reflections. Wanda manipulates and forms glass into shapes with heat, flow, dimension, patterns and texture bringing vibrant colors to life. With kiln-casting she creates 3D textural designs […]
Linda Passeri BOMH Candidate for Board of Directors 2022-2023

Linda Passeri / Springfield, MO I learned to wield a brush in a sign shop, from older painters who did their best to pass on techniques for rendering letters, pictorials, and flourishes. The style I refer to as “Psychedelic Nouveau” is a result and a mix of those early influences. I create poster-like compositions with […]
Alison Martz-Bozarth BOMH Candidate for Board of Directors 2022-2023

Alison Martz-Bozarth graduated from Webster University with a Bachelors in Fine Arts and an Emphasis in Illustration in 2017. She was the first Illustration Emphasis at that school, having helped forge the program during her time there where she experimented with medium and style to find a look that was truly her. Having long considered […]
Garnetta Sullivan BOMH Candidate for Board of Directors 2022-2023

Garnetta Sullivan Sedalia, MO Garnetta Sullivan was raised in Jefferson City, Missouri, where her interest in oil painting began at age 10. She painted her first oil on canvas with the guidance of her soft-spoken artistic grandfather who influenced her life with his art and loving manner. The flame was lit and she began her […]