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Melissa Inez Walker
Melissa is the CEO and founder of ArtHatch. After craving a creative space to work ArtHatch was added to the complex in 2010. It has been the perfect way to work around other creatives as well as give back to the community.
Megan Misako Darrough
Megan Misako Darrough is an artist and designer who works on social media and marketing for ArtHatch, helping other artists get exposure in the community and beyond.
Her passions include writing graphic novels, painting, drawing, and scaring people.
During Halloween season she works as a haunted house scare actor and does SFX makeup for monsters and zombies at her family's company: Dead Time Dreams Haunted Attractions.
She holds a BFA in Illustration from the California College of the Arts in San Francisco.
She loves green tea ice cream and dressing up like zombies.
Be sure to experience Megan's hilarious posts on Last Spot's IG as well as her art first hand in our windows and in our uber cool new, Micro Gallery - all artworks 10 x 10 of smaller. You will fall in love with her characters and find them very hard to resist.
August Williams
August is our go-to tech consultant. He can literally make anything tech related you can possibly dream up turn into reality. He has pioneered many of our high tech projects including the puzzles in ArtHatch Escape Rooms, Last Spot Art Bar (come see his cool ceiling that lights up to match our art videos!) and dozens more projects. His latest creations have been NFT projects for both the gallery and in house artists!
Additionally, he is an artist, printer, and dabbler in all electronics.
Jessica Dickerson
Jessica is ArtHatch's lead graphic designer. She creates all of our ads, postcards, vinyl, websites, and related print and digital marketing materials.
She is meticulous, creative, and organized. She is a huge asset to the gallery and we are grateful that she has stayed with us for so many years.
Jessica is a local artist - she loves anime - as well as an avid biker, camper, and illustrator.
.If you are looking to hire a phenomenal free lance designer Jessica is available for outside jobs.
Stephen Davis
Stephen Davis is ArtHatch's extrodinary event photographer who captures all of Distinction's important events, including monthly receptions and all night Art-A-Thons! You can find him wandering the building with lots of gear and perfect timing as he subtly captures the night's events and his subjects demeanor.
Additionally he shows his fine art fine art photography around town and beyond including at The Photographer's Collective Eye and EThe Escondido Arts Partnership.
Stephen is known for his innate ability to capture artists doing what they love. His street photography as well as his portraits connect us to his subjects innocence.
Victor Roman
Victor Roman's passion for expressing himself through art motivates him to sketch and paint whenever he can. Sometimes, you can find him sketching people on the train or in a casino but on most days, you will find him painting in his studio until the early hours of the morning. Painting in the night after work, shows dedication and after 3 years of study at Palomar College, Victor's talent has grown exponentially. Victor's work is collected from patrons from around the world. Victor is the go-to guy for anything extra awesome including hanging and re-arranging art, touching up frames as needed, and creating extra special gems and surprises throughout the building.
Mia Savage
Mia Savage is a painter and fine artist specialising in contemporary realism. She is one of the acclaimed artists teaching as part of ArtHatch, our associated charity providing free art classes and studio space to teenagers. She learned ink painting in her hometown Hong Kong before moving to Boston/New York to study Studio Art and Art History. She moved to Los Angeles for an artist residency, and has lived in California ever since. @miasavageart
Martita M. Foss
Alumni artist, Martita M. Foss is back, working as a grant writer for ArtHatch. Martita took time out to worked on her BA in studio art and completed her master's in arts administration during the covid lockdown. She is thrilled to be back in the building working on grants that will serve the needs and mission of ArtHatch. Her art studio is a stone throw from Distinction and ArtHatch (across the street on Grand). Local artist for over twenty years, Martita has no plans on slowing down.