Nancy Sampson (1941-2007) was at Wrentham State School from age nine to seventeen.

After that she lived with family members, worked at a variety of jobs, and had two children. In 1990, after a series of physical ailments, Sampson began attending Gateway Arts. She had always liked working with her hands, and at Gateway, a whole new world of making art and hand-crafted items opened to her.  At Gateway, she always showed interest in knowing more about being an artist. She drew and painted even in her spare time at home.  She became a proficient weaver and made wonderful pieces in the pottery studio.

Sampson was a friendly person, well liked by many of her colleagues. She had a wonderful sense of humor and was not only a self-advocate, but an advocate for others. She enjoyed relating her experiences to others and wrote a number of articles for “On Our Own,” a past Gateway publication. She also gave talks at Pierce School in Brookline about what it meant to be a person with a disability and shared her ability to create art and crafts. She had many fans who loved her depictions of cats and personal experiences.  She will be sorely missed and her memory will live on through the work she created.

Sampson won a number of awards for her artwork from The Ebensburg Center in Pennsylvania and showed her work nationally in Virginia, Washington D.C., Baltimore, MD, and internationally in Cambridge, England.  Her work was shown and sold in the Gateway Gallery and the Gateway Store as well as the Mall at Chestnut Hill. 

Susan Jean Semple was born in Oklahoma in 1949. She attended Gateway Arts from 1997 until 2006.  

At the age of eighteen, Semple began painting in oils and attended the University of Oklahoma where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree. For a number of years, Semple led the life of a vagabond. With her second husband she traveled all over the United States while simultaneously raising a family. To earn money, she set up shop as a portrait artist, drawing peoples’ likenesses for two dollars apiece. Ultimately, Semple made her home in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Semple is a versatile artist whose creativity shines through in many mediums, including: painting, drawing, print making, pottery, sculpture and quilting.

Semple was a featured artist in the Gateway Gallery and her work has been shown extensively in the U.S., especially Washington State and New York.

Patrick Shea was born in 1977 in Boston, Massachusetts, and began working at Gateway Arts in 2015.

Shea spent thirty-five years of his life living in Winthrop, Massachusetts where he was very active with hockey, soccer, and the boy scouts.  Since joining Gateway Arts Shea has actively pursued his interest in drawing. Often, Shea can be found working with paper and pencils, alternating working freely and using rulers—he creates works that are both abstract and figurative. Shea has also expanded his artistic practice to include both ceramic and fiber outputs.

Shea’s work has been exhibited at the Gateway Gallery.

Габриэль Сихель окончила Школу Музея изящных искусств в 1986 году, Университет Тафтса в 1989 году и пришла в Gateway Arts в 1997 году.

Габриэль Сихель выросла в сельской местности Коннектикута, ее мать была художницей, а отец писателем. На протяжении всей своей жизни Сихель рассматривала процесс создания произведений искусства как необходимость и училась формально и независимо. В 1989 году она окончила SMFA/Tufts University. Хотя живопись и рисунок были постоянными, Сихель работает в самых разных средах, кульминацией которых стала публикация нескольких книг художников, инсталляции для конкретных мест, резьба по дереву и текущее внимание к произведениям искусства, основанным на волокне.

Работы Сичел выставлялись на местных и национальных выставках, в том числе в галерее Маргарет Боделл в Нью-Йорке и галерее Беренберг в Бостоне. Sichel рассмотрела свою работу в Бостон Глобус, Искусство Медиа, и Бостон Геральд. Она трижды получала стипендию на ретрит художников «Колесо медицины» и пять раз получала стипендии для посещения Вермонтского студийного центра. Кроме того, Сихель написал и проиллюстрировал сборник стихов под названием Видит и слышит и ее стихи были опубликованы в Для крика вслух. Ее текущий проект – книга художника со стихами под названием Шанс.

Паркер Сталворт родился в 1991 году и живет в Малдене, Массачусетс. Он начал работать в студии Gateway в 2020 году.

У Столворта есть сестра-близнец, которая вместе с ним иногда фигурирует в его игривых рисунках пером и тушью в мультяшном стиле. Сталворт проявляет большой интерес ко всем художественным средствам, включая цифровые и акварельные, и его работы также проявляются в тщательных, проницательных графитовых рисунках животного царства. В его подходе примечательны чувствительность и внимание Сталворта к деталям.

Работы Сталворта доступны в The Gateway Store.

Christina Taylor was born in 1983 in Boston.

Taylor had a prolific career as a Gateway artist from 2006 to 2013. She has a wonderful eye for color, perspective, and shape. Christina has a very meticulous and precise work method, which distinguishes her work in all media. She creates  jewelry, weaving, drawing, pottery, and stunning embroideries. Christina was always seen smiling and diligently working while at Gateway Arts.

Taylor has exhibited her work in the Phoenix Gallery, Berenberg Gallery, Gateway Gallery, the Mall at Chestnut Hill, and Barney’s New York retail stores. 

Мэтью Треджиари живет в Салеме, Массачусетс, и посещает Gateway Arts с 2005 года.

He enjoys painting, drawing, sculpting and making craft items. Treggiari draws on anything, including napkins and paper towels. One of his favorite subjects is cats, inspired by his pets Moey and Zoey, he often transforms everyday objects into cat hybrids. Treggiari is captivated by a rotating array of subjects, often derived from movies, television and video games. Not content with the existing roster of characters, he introduces scores of his own characters into these fantasy universes. Creativity could be Treggiari’s middle name. He is never at a loss for ideas and finds fulfillment by using art as a medium for communicating his ideas to the world. Treggiari works in many mediums, both 2 and 3 dimensional, including paint, clay and fibers. Treggiari is an exciting emerging artist, devoted to his work.

Treggiari’s work has been shown at the Gateway Gallery, the Новый арт-центр в Ньютоне, Музей ремесел Фуллера в Броктоне, Проекты Drive-by в Уотертауне и в торговом центре в Честнат-Хилл в Честнат-Хилл, Массачусетс.

Michela Zaccai joined Gateway Arts in 2019.

Fluent in English and Italian, Zaccai travels frequently. Her colorful, primarily two-dimensional work is inspired by her visits to Europe, her life in Boston, her love of animals, and her interest in movies and pop culture. While at Gateway, Zaccai explores painting with acrylic; drawing with markers, colored pencils and graphite; and jewelry making. Her work is characterized by bright colors, organic lines, and expressive feeling.

Zaccai’s work has been exhibited in the Gateway Gallery.