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Nicole is a certified meditation instructor, sound practitioner, reiki master, and author of A Life Suspended: A Mother and Son’s Story of Autism, Extinction Bursts, and Living a Resilient Life. You can find her work at nhdwrites.com, or for current offerings follow her on Facebook and/or Instagram.

Linda Holmes has been dancing since she was 5 years old.  She owned her own dance studios and dance company in California.  Linda was a member of The American Jazz Dance Company, danced with the California Ballet School and Company, the Heart and Sole Tap Dance Company, and has studied dance all over the US.  She has performed in musicals, and ballet and theater performances. Linda was also the Director of the University of Maine at Fort Kent Dance Program, taught at various studios in Maine, and is now the instructor for the entire dance program with the Cotuit Center for The Arts offering Ballet, Tap and Jazz classes.  She has taught since the age of 16 and has launched a number of professional dancers, singers, skaters and gymnasts.  Linda is also a certified AFAA Group Exercise Instructor, a certified Swim Instructor, and has her own mermaid swim business (Mainly Mermaids).

Mary Shea is an experienced educator and artist with a Bachelor of Science from Murray State University and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Bridgewater State University. She has taught for over 25 years in various studio and classroom environments, including Mansfield Public Schools, Mt. Ida College, Hunakai School of Fine Arts, and the McGraw Ceramic Studio. After retiring from Mansfield Public Schools in June 2021, she moved to Sandwich with her husband in October 2021. When she is not teaching, Mary enjoys hiking and teaching her granddaughters how to paint.

Canadian-American artist Jackie Reeves uses mixed media to bring together figurative and abstract elements in her art. She was raised in Montreal by architect parents and studied design art at Concordia University. Her artistic career began as a professional mural painter for corporate, private and public spaces. Concurrently, Reeves co founded the Plymouth Community Art Center. In 2010 she earned her MFA in painting at Massachusetts College of Art and Design at the Fine Art Work Center in Provincetown. She has since exhibited in solo and group shows in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Washington DC and North Carolina. She has been profiled in numerous publications including WHITEHOT Magazine, the Boston Globe, Art New England and Artscope Magazine.

Reeves is an active member of the Cape Cod community offering mentorship through her art classes, public art and work with youth in creating murals that tackle issues of inclusion, diversity and acceptance.

Jackie works out of the Old Schoolhouse Studios in Barnstable Village and lives with her husband and three daughters in Sandwich, Massachusetts.

Linda Holmes has been dancing since she was 5 years old.  She owned her own dance studios and dance company in California.  Linda was a member of The American Jazz Dance Company, danced with the California Ballet School and Company, the Heart and Sole Tap Dance Company, and has studied dance all over the US.  She has performed in musicals, and ballet and theater performances. Linda was also the Director of the University of Maine at Fort Kent Dance Program, taught at various studios in Maine, and is now the instructor for the entire dance program with the Cotuit Center for The Arts offering Ballet, Tap and Jazz classes.  She has taught since the age of 16 and has launched a number of professional dancers, singers, skaters and gymnasts.  Linda is also a certified AFAA Group Exercise Instructor, a certified Swim Instructor, and has her own mermaid swim business (Mainly Mermaids).

Linda Holmes has been dancing since she was 5 years old.  She owned her own dance studios and dance company in California.  Linda was a member of The American Jazz Dance Company, danced with the California Ballet School and Company, the Heart and Sole Tap Dance Company, and has studied dance all over the US.  She has performed in musicals, and ballet and theater performances. Linda was also the Director of the University of Maine at Fort Kent Dance Program, taught at various studios in Maine, and is now the instructor for the entire dance program with the Cotuit Center for The Arts offering Ballet, Tap and Jazz classes.  She has taught since the age of 16 and has launched a number of professional dancers, singers, skaters and gymnasts.  Linda is also a certified AFAA Group Exercise Instructor, a certified Swim Instructor, and has her own mermaid swim business (Mainly Mermaids).

Mary Shea is an experienced educator and artist with a Bachelor of Science from Murray State University and a Master of Arts in Teaching from Bridgewater State University. She has taught for over 25 years in various studio and classroom environments, including Mansfield Public Schools, Mt. Ida College, Hunakai School of Fine Arts, and the McGraw Ceramic Studio. After retiring from Mansfield Public Schools in June 2021, she moved to Sandwich with her husband in October 2021. When she is not teaching, Mary enjoys hiking and teaching her granddaughters how to paint.

Melanie Gillis is an artist and art teacher. She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Design from Boston University and a Master of Arts in Teaching Visual Art from Bridgewater State University. She enjoys teaching a variety of mediums that include drawing, painting, printmaking, mixed media, and clay. She has taught at The Danforth Art Museum at Framingham State University and currently teaches in public school and at the Cape Cod Museum of Art. Melanie loves to teach students of all ages and to encourage them to explore, take chances and develop their creative voice. When Melanie is not teaching art she is engaged in making artworks in a variety of mediums; photography, printmaking, clay, and fiber art.

Neil Grant is an English representational sculptor who makes fine art through a slightly different lens. The winner of the 2018 Newby Patrons Award at the National Sculpture Society’s Annual Awards Exhibition, he combines technical skill with storytelling and humor.

Neil lives on Cape Cod, Massachusetts where he sculpts out of his studio, and is part of the teaching faculty at Cotuit Center for the Arts.

“Sculpture is how I put my thoughts out into the world, and so I try to make sure that they are ideas worth sharing,” says Neil. “All sculptures have an origin story, and mine normally begin with questions such as, ‘I wonder if anyone has ever attempted that in clay before?’ or ‘It’s probably not what you’d call classical sculpture, but I wonder if people would like it?’ I love sculpture and any other form of art that fuses skill, emotion, and—if it can—a bit of humor. That’s what I aim for in my work."

More details about Neil and his work can be found at http://www.neilgrantartstudios.com