Meet the Team

  • Kristen Ashley

    CONSULTANT & SPONSOR

    Kristen is the owner of K. A. Artist Shop in downtown Athens where Christina worked for seven years. She generously stores artwork before and after we install our shows as well as offering all our archival prints. Kristen and the Artist Shop make so many artistic dreams come true in Athens.

  • Ella Hopkins

    CO-DIRECTOR

    Ella and Christina met as coworkers at the K. A. Artist Shop and continued working together on this show since our 2nd annual in 2024. Ella is a mixed media artist who participates as both an artist and organizer in our shows. She also creates most of our beautiful marketing material.

  • René Shoemaker

    CONSULTANT & SPONSOR

    René is a fiber artist who lives and works in central France. She teaches silk painting classes and business of art classes in addition to being a studio artist. She is not only an invaluable consultant for this show, but she has also generously decided to dedicate a percentage of her annual art sales toward this benefit.

  • Bethany Farmer

    CONSULTANT & SPONSOR

    Bethany is an Atlanta-based artist and Christina’s beloved sister. She spends most of her time teaching yoga and managing a mano in Grant Park. She donates her installation skills, years of event planning, and generous libations from a mano.

My Family

The support of my siblings and my husband, Hank has always made my dreams possible. This photo was taken at the first annual Together We Dazzle art show in 2023 and one of the last group photos we got with our beautiful brother Joshua.

Our collective efforts have the potential to illuminate the only gene we are missing to detect and diagnose Hypermobile EDS. Detecting this gene will make a huge impact on the EDS community and innumerable families.

Photo by Sam Sanders

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