Anastasia Osolin finds inspiration in the Adirondacks’ beauty and its vibrant community of artists and art lovers. Based in Saranac Lake, she works with found objects gathered from yard sales, antique shops, wooded trails, and curbside discoveries.

Her piece Hot & Cold, created during a 2024 residency at ADKX, features vintage plumbing and electrical fixtures salvaged from local buildings.

Katsitsionni Fox creates traditional Haudenosaunee pottery rooted in the natural world. Her work reflects a deep connection to the Adirondacks, which remain the ancestral homelands of her people.

She continues to spend time in the region—picking medicines, hiking, kayaking—and drawing inspiration from the land.

Wilma Cook Zumpano celebrates the beadwork traditions of her heritage—art that is both beautiful and practical, and historically a vital source of income. She often uses natural materials and incorporates cultural designs to share her history with others.

For Wilma, sharing this work in places like the Adirondacks—her people’s original homelands—is a meaningful way to honor and continue that legacy.

Paul and Teresa Breuer’s work is rooted in a lifelong connection to the Adirondacks. Growing up surrounded by nature and craftsmanship, they now create lamps that reflect the region’s beauty—featuring shades embedded with real botanicals and bases crafted from driftwood, birch bark, and stone.

Each piece brings a touch of the Adirondacks into the homes of those who share their love for nature and handmade artistry.

Sheila Ransom is a Mohawk weaver who creates handcrafted black ash and sweetgrass baskets using natural materials found in and around her home in Akwesasne—materials native to the Adirondacks.

Inspired by the natural world, Sheila continues the tradition of Mohawk basketry, using pounded black ash logs and sweetgrass gathered from wetlands, just as it has been done for generations.

Marlana Thompson is a Mohawk textile artist from Akwesasne who creates art daily, drawing inspiration from her culture and the world around her. Her work reflects a deep connection to tradition, identity, and place—woven into each piece with care and purpose.

Kaiahtenhtas Thompson draws inspiration from the Adirondacks’ untouched natural beauty, which mirrors the renewal found in her beading practice. As an Onkwehon:we artist and medicine harvester, she uses nature as both a motif and a means of healing—clearing away modern distractions to focus on what truly matters.

Through her beadwork, Kaiahtenhtas shares stories that honor her cultural heritage and the power of the natural world.