Artist Spotlight

Artist Interviews

2026

Mike Williamson
Filmmaker / Musician / Film Programmer

Meggy Kawsek
Storyboard and Concept Artist / Founder, Kawsek Studios

Michael Stanley
Musician/Conductor

Brett Long
Animator/Filmmaker

Mark Scroggs
Vice President, Lewis & Beal Talent Agency Company

2025

Brian Snodgrass
Executive Director, Conundrum Theatre Company

Amy Smith
Multidisciplinary Artist

Marcos Justo
Filmmaker/Immersive Storyteller/Creator of Circus of Nightmares

Hasmik Sahakyan
Illustrator/Painter/3D Character Artist

Jessica Glassberg
Writer/Comedian

Erin La Rosa
Author

Anna Maybury
Film Producer/Entrepreneur

Benjamin McFadden
Artistic Director and Theater Practitioner

Brad Bucklin
Editor/Graphic Designer/Producer/Director

Ashley Karp
Festival Director/Writer/Director/Editor/Producer

Cosette Grider
Artist

Emily Barth Isler
Author/Writer

Nina Meehan
Director and Playwright

Rebecca Newcomer
Director of Operations and Arts Strategist

2024

Rufus Choi
Artistic Director, Salit Conservatory of Music

Brendan Hay
Writer

Kurt Patino
President & Festival Director of Burbank International Film Festival

Rhonda Kess
Composer/Lyricist/Conductor

Katy Bishop
Artist

Sarah Robinson & Phil Popham
Helix Collective

Teri Hendrich
Artist

Robyn Rhodes
Jewelry Designer

Christian Bladt
Producer/Host

Anoush Nicoghosian
Artist

Vinod Krishnan
Animation Technical Director

Anna Kalachyan
Artist

Silvia
Multimedia Artist

JoAnne McGrath
Actor/Artist/Writer

Susan Lim
Artist

2023

Charles Norris
Actor/Producer/Writer

John Keating
Actor

Anna Manukyan
Artist

Janna Arutyunyan
Artist

Aurelia Thompson
Artist

Irina Gharibyan
Ballerina/Artist

Eduard Sargsyan
Professional Dancer

Matt Henry
Author/Screenwriter

Debra Reynolds
Artist

Dr. Ginger Lai
Artist

Krikor Tchay
Artist

Rumena Dinevska and Konstantin Starodetskii
Film Directors/Producers/Podcast Hosts

Karreno Alexanyan
Small Business Owner, Chief Charcuterie Officer (CCO)

Lureline Weatherly
Artist

Heather Provost
Producing Artistic Director, The Colony Theatre

2022

Damara Titmus
Principal Ballet Dancer

Kevin McCants
Artist

Eva Montealegre
Artist/Author

Kate Clarke
Performer/Storyteller/Teacher

Perry Aston
Founder & CEO, CrowdBoost Marketing

J. Ryan Stradal
Novelist

Carol Horst
Sculptor

Kat Darwich
Digital Artist / Storyboard Artist

Ricardo ‘Rix’ Cerezo
Artist

Silvana Casanave-Macchiavello
Artisan

Burbank Community Band
Musical Group

Paul J. Salamoff
Writer/Producer/Director/Educator

Yeva Manucharyan
Digital Artist

Chris Suave
Animation Director

Coco Maya
Fine Art Painter

Chief Michael Albanese
Chief of Police, Burbank Police Department / Woodworker

2021

Maria Kobalyan
Artist / Founder, Vertexx

Bryan Mahoney
Writer / Artist

Monica Caram
Artist

Amelia Mader
Musician / Composer / Music Editor / Audio Engineer

Nova Satori Dziubla
Fine Art Painter/Artist in Expressionism and Singer/Recording Artist

Pauline Hacopian
Artist

Jaime R. Preston
Crochet Artist & Designer

Cesar Garcia
Library Assistant, Burbank Public Library

Angela Mae O’Neill
Bandleader, Angela O'Neill and the Outrageous8

Blake Rod
Artist

Vivian Glazier
Actor / Writer

Staci Griesbach
Vocalist & Producer

Diana Simon
Homemaker

Maximilian Lopez
Executive Producer

Anet Abnous
President, Anet's Collection

Erika S. Rose
Visual Artist & Design Strategist

Rebecca Crabb
Photographer / Photo Editor

Laishan Ito
Graphic Designer, Scientific Illustrator

Dale Voelker
Artist

2020

KL Bradfield
Artist

Susan Spohr
Artist

Luis Carlos
Artist & Lead Landfill Worker, Burbank Landfill

Shilpa Das
Comedian/Writer

Laura Logan
Dancer, RS Confidence Academy

Cynthia Friedlob
Artist

David Prather
Actor, Teaching Artist

Stefanie Girard
Artist

Mims Ellis
Ceramic Artist

63 Degrees
Brass Band

Andy Gersh-Glass Artist

Andy Gersh
Andy Gersh

Rachel Goldberg
Director / Writer

Peter Paul Basler
Filmmaker

Tom Pease
Composer / Photographer

Christopher Nolen
Dancer / Choreographer / Dance Instructor

Arielle Silver
Singer/Songwriter

Yoni Fogelman
Composer

Becky Bresee
Computer Animator, most recently Co-head of Animation, Frozen 2

Jennie Ford
Broadway Performer / Teaching Artist

Takeshi Kata
Theatrical Scenic Designer

Francesca Parise
Freelance Art Director

2019

Dante Alencastre
Executive Director / Filmmaker / California LGBT Arts Alliance

Christophe Zajac-Denek
Actor / Stuntman / Drummer / Surfer / Photographer

Kristi Jacobsen
Customer Service Manager at Alfred Publishing / Founder at Broken Glass Media

LeeAnne Rowe
Actor / Narrator (Lillian Yves) / Writer / Producer

Jessica Whang
Artist

Kimberly Greenough
Character Designer & Illustrator

Abbey Irwin
Craftsmith

Jack Paul Miller
Artist

Kristen Silva
Visual Artist

Madison Shafer
Character Designer

Jacqui C. Smith
Illustrator

Christine Mallouf
Visual Arts Director / Instructor / Animator / Fine Artist

Nate Barlow
Writer / Producer / Actor/ Director

Pradip Doshi
Artist / Dentist

Leyla Nejad
Artist / Teacher

De Ivett
Founder and CEO, 5D Spectrum

Steve Eastin
Actor / Teacher

Kymberly Stewart

Kymberly Stewart
Children's Singer/Songwriter / Actress / Piano Teacher

Miss Candice Juarez
Music and Movement Instructor

Pam McDonald
Watercolor Instructor

2018

Diana Castro
Visual and Performing Artist

Brooke Greenberg
Graphic Designer and Illustrator

Patricia McMahon
Therapist, Graphic Artist, Actor

Kazuki Takizawa
Glass Artist

Natasha Middleton
Artistic Director,
Pacific Ballet Dance Theatre
School Director,
Media City Dance

Brian Chan
Artist

Jeanine Hattas Wilson
Artist

Keith Rust
Roycroft Renaissance Artisan

Lynda A. N. Reyes
Artist

Michael Hirsh
Ceramic Artist

Wendy Wallace
Artist

Katherine Large
Clarinetist

Mina Ho Ferrante
Artist

Anna Zinsmeister
Handweaver and Spinner
Instructor, Betsy Lueke Creative Arts Center

Connie Towns Burr
Artist

Erin Farrel
Writer

Teri Richardson
Co-Founder and Teacher, GeneRaTion DCD

Natalie Cottrell
Dancer/Actress

Emily Lazernik
Musician

Rajasri Mallikarjuna
Composer
Secretary, Musicians at Play Foundation
Production Editor, Alfred Music

2017

Trina Robinson-Kemie
Founder and Owner, Rock Star Dance Fitness in Burbank, CA

Vsevolod Krawczeniuk
Director, Burbank Children’s Theatre Company

Nicolina Logan
Co-Artistic Director, Burbank Chamber Music Society

Jamie Butterworth
President, Burbank Art Association