Featured Artist: Melissa Macker
I’m originally from Florida, but I’ve called Macon home for 14 years. I moved to Middle Georgia when my husband, John, got a job at the...
top of page
Search
freestyleart247
Apr 53 min
Bee Stokes Styling, LLC
My name is Brittani Parker, and I am the owner of Bee Stokes Styling, LLC, a Beauty and Wellness brand. I started my company in my South...
36 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Jan 142 min
Facing the Future
For the longest time, I believed that my business should focus on the product, not the person. Yet I’ve been told repeatedly that the...
27 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Jun 19, 20233 min
Finding Forward
We’re often told that the longest journey begins with a single step. What’s rarely mentioned is that the first step can be a doozy! When...
22 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Apr 2, 20232 min
Finding Freedom
I’ve spent more than six decades just wanting to be free. I’ve lived as daughter, sister, lover, mother, wife, and friend. I’ve been...
29 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Mar 29, 20232 min
Keisha Sherman: Rosa Ray's Market Fresh
Rosa Ray's Market Fresh has become a local market favorite when it comes to jams, jellies and fresh breads. From seasonal favorite,...
10 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Oct 16, 20222 min
Making Lemonade
September is a month which I normally anticipate with glee! It’s the beginning of the fall festival season, and many people are already...
18 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Sep 1, 20222 min
The Domestic Entrepreneur
Welcome September! As I celebrate the beginning of the third year of my website, I have finally accepted that there are many parallels...
17 views0 comments
freestyleart247
May 29, 20221 min
RHONDA MILLER: ART ATE HER
Rhonda Miller is a self-trained, multi-media artist from Macon, Georgia. Rhonda has only been painting a few years, but already her...
19 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Apr 24, 20222 min
Diana Carrasquillo - Mori Jewelry
Diana Carrasquillo is a Macon-based artist whose current work, Mori Jewelry Co. features jewelry made using rattlesnake vertebrae. Diana...
19 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Mar 19, 20225 min
Blown Away...Literally
I love outdoor festivals! It takes a lot of time and energy, but there’s just nothing like interacting with visitors to my booth,...
13 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Feb 13, 20222 min
Wini McQueen
Wini McQueen is a multi-media artist living in Macon, Georgia who paints, dyes, and prints fabrics. Those fabrics are then shaped and...
69 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Jan 9, 20222 min
My Cheerful Glass
Nancy “Cece” Sutton – My Cheerful Glass I’m convinced that I was born an artist. I didn’t have any formal training because my father...
52 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Jan 2, 20222 min
A New Kind of New Year
Here we are again, having survived another year of unprecedented worldwide change. Where 2020 seemed to drag on forever, 2021 seemed to...
16 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Sep 1, 20212 min
It's My One-year Anniversary, Y'all!
Today I celebrate the one-year anniversary of freestyleartdesign.net! I could talk for hours about the challenges involved in the process...
19 views2 comments
freestyleart247
Jun 24, 20212 min
Art in Action: Art Saves
A young man contacted me last week to ask about the impact of a grant from Macon Arts Alliance last summer. I had never heard of Keith...
16 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Jan 31, 20211 min
A Coupon For Your Thoughts
My work as an artist requires long periods of solitude. I often lose track of time while I “play,” experimenting with different materials...
17 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Jan 4, 20213 min
A Matter of Time
I normally look forward to the nostalgia of “the year that was,” but 2020 was just not that kind of year for me. When the replays started...
18 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Dec 20, 20201 min
Resilience
The one constant in life is change. Losing one of my precious daughters in 2011 changed my entire perspective, and I only survived the...
15 views0 comments
freestyleart247
Dec 1, 20202 min
A Season of Change
The last few months have been a whirlwind of activity! Making the transition from in-person events to online sales has been a challenge,...
4 views0 comments
Blog: Blog2
bottom of page