Think about it: Why would busy professional artists invest the time to go to an art classroom or open their studios for a child they don’t know? And where do they even start if they’ve never been a mentor? Big Artist Michael Sieben is pretty much the definition of “busy.”. As an artist, writer, and skateboard designer, he’s built a creative career over the past 20 years with an impressive amount of initiative.

What pops into your head when you think of lasers? Technology? James Bond movie villains? How about art? For Big Artist Katie Cowden, lasers are just part of a day’s work. Katie uses a laser-cutting machine to cut out her designs from materials such as plywood. Then she turns those cut-out pieces into art or jewelry.