Amy Stevens

Amy Stevens joined the NJ State Museum in spring 2025 as the Adult & Teen Program Specialist. She earned her BFA in Studio Art at Arizona State University and her MFA in Photography at Tyler School of Art, Temple University. She has shown her artwork around the US and internationally. She has pieces in museum collections, publications and catalogs. Stevens has been teaching art and photography on the college level for twenty years and is also a certified K-12 Art Educator with experience as a public school art and technology teacher. Her work is always changing and she is currently pursuing printmaking and ceramics, and sometimes both together!

John Gummere

John Gummere is a painter based in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He earned his BA in Architecture at Columbia University, along with Fine Arts courses both at Columbia and part-time at Mercer County Community College in New Jersey. Years after college, John returned to school as a Painting major in the Four-Year Certificate Program at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), where he graduated in 1996. He teaches workshops at the Princeton Adult School, Artworks Trenton, and Urban Promise Trenton. John is best known for his representational oil paintings that center around landscapes, cityscapes, and interior compositions. He shows his work at the Euphemia Gallery in Spring Lake, NJ, and in juried shows and solo exhibits. John’s paintings are in private and corporate collections in Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, New Jersey, and elsewhere. One of his recent commissions was a view of the Susquehanna River for Penn State Healthcare’s new medical center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Raven George

Raven George is a visionary artist based in Trenton, New Jersey, and a proud alumna of Mercer County Community College and Montclair State University, where she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts. Her work explores emotional intimacy, healing, and transformation through deeply personal and community-centered storytelling. Through photography, drawing, and portraiture, she seeks to restore tenderness, visibility, and dignity to often overlooked people. Beyond the gallery, George leads community-centered projects like Creek to Canvas: Creativity Flows Like Water, creating opportunities for individuals of all walks of life to be seen, heard & contribute to the beauty of Trenton. She believes art is both a healing practice and a form of justice. One that restores love, honors humanity, and nurtures possibility.

Ashauntee Silver

Ashauntee Silver (also known as "Tee") is a digital and mixed-media illustrator and fine arts graduate from Montclair State University. She is known for her vibrant, whimsical poster art and visual development work, and has served as a guest artist for local youth programs, including workshops at the Trenton Free Public Library.

Jeremy Malabuyoc

Jeremy Malabuyoc received his BFA in Illustration from Montclair State University. He has a focus on working in publication. Working on commissions from 2023 to current. Jeremy is proficient in multiple traditional mediums such as inks, watercolors, oil paints, and graphite. Jeremy is based in Sicklerville, NJ.

Tia Block

Tia Block is a New Jersey artist with a background in film & television, the geosciences, and paleo art. She works as the Digital Content Creator for the New Jersey State Museum, and In between work and creative pursuits she can be found fossil-hunting, exploring nature, and frequenting other museums.

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