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Miha Sarani is a visual artist, an art historian, and an art educator. Born and raised in Ljubljana, Slovenia, he moved permanently to the United States in 2007, becoming a citizen in 2021. He earned a BFA (painting + drawing, ’15), and an MA (art history, ’19) from the University of Washington.

Miha’s work has been shown at art museums and galleries, featured in art journals, publications, promotional material, and on music album covers. His large Koncentrik Painting series is owned by the University of Washington and on permanent display at the Mary Gates Hall. He lectures on art history for Seattle Central College CE, and OSHER program at the University of Washington, as well as practical art making at the Kirkland Arts Center.

Also passionate about music, Miha released his first music album Emona Au Revoir in 2016. It was included in Seattle Public Library’s PlayBack program the following year. He is a member of the Shift Gallery in Seattle, where he works and lives with his wife Tomitha, and their dogs Blue and Sister Ray.

Star Rush has held English faculty and dean appointments at Western Washington University, Bellevue College, and Cornish College of the Arts. She has taught writing, American Literature, and creative writing. Star earned her Master’s Degree in English Studies, Nonfiction, from Western Washington University, her dissertation being a memoir about her heritage as a gay Vietnamese American immigrant woman coming of age in America of the 1970s. Star has served as Interim President while holding the post of Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs for Cornish College of the Arts in Seattle and recently, Senior Program Manager at Workforce Southwest Washington in Vancouver, WA. She is a photographer, writer, and award-winning educator. Her photography has appeared in the United States, London, the Netherlands, and Europe, as well as magazines Actual Colors May Vary, Askar Magazine, Camerapixo, Dodho.com and featured on international sites and publications: Resource Magazine, wired.it, and Volksrant. Her poetry and short stories have appeared in Hawaii Review, Fireweed, and others. Her cultural essays about connected mobile photography have appeared in iPhonegraphy.com, wearejuxt.com, dprConnect, iPhoneogenic.com, and others.

Holly began in the arts. She earned a BFA in Studio Arts (large scale oil painting and screen printing) and a BA in Art History. After 25 years as a career librarian and library administrator she returned to a life in the arts, both as a maker and a supporter. Along with her renewed love of oil painting and printmaking, Holly holds a recent Certificate in Photography from the UW and is studying ceramics. Holly believes deeply in the power of making and experiencing art, and especially recognizes the value of engaging people in the extraordinary and diverse world of artists and artworks. In addition to her arts background, Holly brings years of organizational and executive experience in support of KAC’s dynamic Gallery team.