The Next Best Artist
by Maria C. Sánchez
Maria C. is an architectural designer and theater major based in New York. In 2015 Maria began her career with children at summer camps as the director of art and design at JCC Ranch Camp. She’s the founder of a 501(c)(3)non-profit organization in Puerto Rico an a creator of a design after-school program called TOPS MAKER SPACE. Maria is very passionate and active in her humanitarian endeavors. She has done art and design installations for children’s museums in New York, Miami, and Colorado.

“I Always Knew I was a Creative and that I Wanted to Work with my Bare Hands”— Fernando Cuétara
“I love my life as a minimalist, the less I have, the more at peace I am with mysel. I need nothing, I am happy with nothing.”—Fernando Cuétara

“I love when people are able to connect to their own emotions through my artwork”- Cartú
Artist CARTÚ draws his inspiration from his past experiences, deep contemplations, and ever changing emotional states that he aims to portray by using materials that are as ephemeral as his emotions.