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Kalama Artists & Makers Association

Marie Wise

Marie Wise - Website & Publicity Coordinator - KAMA

Marie Wise

Website & Publicity Coordinator

Marie is a lifelong painter, drawer and creative person. After retiring from a 20+ year career in public relations, she now has the leisure to spend all day painting! Marie is an oil painter, watercolorist and occasional glass ornament painter. She sells her paintings in a couple of galleries and does a lot of custom watercolor commissions through Etsy. When Marie is not painting she is either reading, hiking with her dogs or enjoying the company of good friends and artists.

Shirley Sacha

Shirley Sacha - Treasurer - KAMA

Shirley Sacha

Treasurer

Shirley is a lifelong resident of the Pacific Northwest. She’s spent much of her life working in various careers in the creative fields, from landscape designer to coffee shop and bakery owner. Shirley is excited to support KAMA with her experience and expertise. You will find Shirley’s creative space filled with many different projects inspired by nature. Her current endeavors include plants, kokedama, leaf prints, wood projects and many more crafts. She also has her eye on improving other artistic skills to include drawing, watercolor and acrylic painting.

Amber Moon Leigh

Amber Moon Leigh -President- KAMA

Amber Moon Leigh

President

Amber has been a member of the Kalama community for over 40 years. She always enjoyed taking creative art classes throughout her high school and college years. It fueled her desire to continue creating and experimenting with new mediums. Amber finds joy in figuring out new ways to bring her artist visions to reality, especially through her most recent passions mixed media and photography. Meeting other artists and creatives in the community is one of her favorite things to do.