Paint & Sip in Milford, CT

Julia, a mixed media artist based in New York, is working hard to expand her horizons in the art world. After being in art school for more than 6 years She decided to come to Muse to get some more real world experience in the career she loves.

Chelsea is a self taught mixed media artist who has been painting, drawing, and creating since she was a child. She draws inspiration from the symbology of the human imagination. Exploring her inner world through art, she brings dreams, ideas, and personal mythologies to life. Her preferred mediums are oil, acrylic, watercolor and pencil. She is working toward a Fine Arts Certificate at Paier College of Art. She also works as a substitute at a non profit called East Street Arts where she assists disabled individuals at an art/caning studio in New Haven. Her favorite pastimes are creating art, singing, writing, hiking, and spending time with family. She is passionate about uplifting and inspiring others, reminding them that nothing is impossible and that everyone is creative and has something beautiful to offer the world. This is what she hopes to bring to Muse Paintbar.

Daisy Laing has a BFA and MFA from Pratt in arts education with a focus on painting. She has taught formerly at a Montessori school and taught weekend drop in sessions for children and high schoolers at the Wassaic Project. She currently designs for the Mills Company. The main subjects of her work are animals and marine life (particularly endangered animals) but she also branches off into experimental design.

Abby is a lifelong multi-media artist from Seymour, CT. She is a recent graduate from Lasell University with a BA in graphic design and minor in studio art. Her main mediums of choice for creating are acrylic, gouache, and alcohol markers. She also does linocut printmaking and creates zines. She approaches all of her art with a positive and humorous "can-do" attitude. When not at Muse, she is reading, creating for her shop and art markets, and outdoors.

Nadia (they/them) is a Bridgeport based multimedia artist and student of Psychology with a concentration in Art Therapy. Nadia applies their passion for bringing the exploration of one's self through art in their role as a Program Facilitator where they bring self confidence and awareness based art projects to girls in public schools across Fairfield County. As of late, their projects explore blurring the lines between art, the artist, and the audience- playing with the ways that audience interaction and experience can expand on the art and the purpose that it serves.