Hunter Folsom Lacey
Founder + Executive Director
Hunter’s brother Chase, who has Congenital Encephalopathy, has been the inspiration behind many elements of her career. She has always felt at home in the IDD community. It wasn’t until recent years, especially in grad school, when Hunter realized that art and disability could meet perfectly.
A coworker of hers told her about Creative Growth in Oakland, CA and she instantly knew she wanted to try to make it happen in Dallas.
Hunter received her BA in Psychology from Pepperdine University and her MA in New Media Photojournalism from George Washington University. Her graduate thesis looked at the positive impact of employment for adults with disabilities. She has a background in photography, fiber art, and education.
Annabelle Folsom
Curator + Lead Teacher
Chase’s other sister Annabelle has been an artist since she first picked up a pencil. She has years of experience teaching and assisting children’s painting and drawing classes and approaches each student with a productive and personalized mindset. Her personal art practice focuses on contradictory juxtaposition and the excitement that can be found in the happenings and emotions of everyday life.
While primarily a painter, she has experience in multiple art mediums and is always excited to help students explore their art-making in whatever techniques call to them.
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Alec McKelvey, artist
Alec McKelvey was born in Paris, France and moved to the US – Wimberley, Texas – when he was 10. After living in Austin from 2012-2021, he moved to Dallas and now works at Home Depot full-time. He comes to Creation Studio once a week to work on his art, but spends time outside of the studio working on his art as well. He is particularly interested in European history and bodybuilders., we have advanced organizations across sectors by pairing strategic insight with disciplined execution.
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Daniel Simmons, artist
Daniel lives in a suburb of Dallas and creates colorful abstract art pieces. He also enjoys spending time with his family and exploring art museums.
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Daniela Foubert, artist
Daniela was born in Caracas, Venezuela but she’s from French, German, American and Peruvian descent. She’s always been super artistic! It was her favorite subject in school. A way to express herself and her feelings. She’s always painting or doodling anywhere. In her free time she loves to travel, try new foods and watch movies. Currently, she’s obsessed with the movie “Inside Out.”
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Emily Morrow, artist
Emily was born in Dallas and graduated from Highland Park High School. She has been in pursuit of a career as an artist since she was a teenager, and is now making that dream a reality at Creation Studio. She loves listening to music, watching scary movies, and making art late into the night.
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Happy Waterman, artist
Happy was born in Plano and grew up there and moved to University Park when she was in high school. She has been exposed to art since her very early years and has always loved drawing, coloring and painting. She is a highly dedicated artist – she will sit and work on numerous pieces for hours without a break. When she's not making art, her other interests are horseback riding, basketball and pickleball. She loves movies, too.
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Lisa White, artist
Lisa lives in Dallas and attends programming at the Autism Treatment Center (ATC) in addition to spending time each week at Creation Studio. She has long been known at the ATC as a prolific artist, often producing multiple paintings and/or drawings in one day.
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Rachel Frederick, artist
Rachel grew up in Dallas and graduated from Highland Park High School. During her time at UP elementary Rachel discovered her love of Art and her use of bold color choices. Rachel is extremely social and loves to spend time with friends going to eat or shopping. She also loves sports and especially loves cheering on her Longhorns. Rachel’s infectious joy is always apparent as soon as she enters a room. Her prints and paintings contain that same energy, and people are as drawn to them as they are to her.
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Reese Gould, artist
Reese grew up in Dallas and began making art a few years ago. Once he began making art, he couldn’t stop. It is how he fills his working days as well as his free time. Reese also enjoys spending time at the lake with his family.