Who will you find in the MUSE offices? Scroll down to get to know our in-house people!
Located at 71 E Queenwood, Morton, next to Agape Counseling.
Katie VandenBerg is the owner of Focused Forward Divorce Coaching as well as the co-founder of MUSE. Her office is located in the MUSE building. She loves to empower her clients to navigate their divorces with dignity while preserving their finances. She is also a mother of two, a ceramic artist (her work is in the MUSE gallery) and lover of walks in the woods, gardening and amazing food. You can find her website at www.katievandenberg.com.
Ben VandenBerg is a former educator turned real estate investor, artist and co-founder of MUSE. While he prefers torching metal with 2500*F sparks, he also enjoys painting murals, writing, sketching and playing his guitar. Ben loves to build community and he looks forward to creating unique events to help encourage creativity for men in Central Illinois.
Jennifer Smidt is an Adult and Geriatric Nurse Practitioner who opened Revive Aesthetics two years ago. She has a passion for the aesthetic world and loves helping clients feel confident in their own skin. She also enjoys reading, running, and spending time with her two young children. You can find her website at www.revivebyjen.com.
Rozanne (Rose) Hubbard, has been drawing, painting and creating art since the 1970s. She is a Midwest native currently residing in central Illinois and works from her studio located at MUSE in Morton. Her art career began in graphic design before turning to fine arts in the early eighties.
Hubbard's art has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions and her work is held in private and public collections throughout the United States, Europe and Canada.
Experimenting in various mediums over the years has led her to work almost exclusively in oils today. Her substrates can vary from linen, wood, Mylar or even copper but she has found the blending qualities of oil paint to be the most conducive in capturing the ethereal moods she observes in nature.
Rose is represented by Edgewood Orchard Galleries in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, Higher Art Gallery in Traverse City, Mi, Tvedten Fine Art in Harbor Springs, Mi, Exhibit A Gallery in Peoria Heights, Illinois and MUSE. Her website can be found at www.rosehubbard.com
Hubbard's art has been featured in numerous solo and group exhibitions and her work is held in private and public collections throughout the United States, Europe and Canada.
Experimenting in various mediums over the years has led her to work almost exclusively in oils today. Her substrates can vary from linen, wood, Mylar or even copper but she has found the blending qualities of oil paint to be the most conducive in capturing the ethereal moods she observes in nature.
Rose is represented by Edgewood Orchard Galleries in Fish Creek, Wisconsin, Higher Art Gallery in Traverse City, Mi, Tvedten Fine Art in Harbor Springs, Mi, Exhibit A Gallery in Peoria Heights, Illinois and MUSE. Her website can be found at www.rosehubbard.com
Mandy McGlothlin is a central Illinois photographer specializing in seniors, sports & adorable mini sessions! Mandy is also a MaxPreps professional photographer and has been published in many papers and sites. Awkward is her favorite genre and tripping over air is her super talent! You can find Mandy in her office in the MUSE building or online at www.mandymcglothlinphotography.com.
Melissa Wood's mixed media work focuses on images of the natural world, animals and plants, layered with architectural elements such as arches and steps (copies of her original photographs) and relating those subjects with marks, paint and text. She began to incorporate fabric (the hive project) in 2006 and continues to explore assemblage as well as painting. She relocated to central Illinois in 2021, after living in California for many years and is thrilled to make Morton, IL her forever home.
Melissa Wood earned a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis; studied on fellowship at the Women’s Studio Workshop of New York; and attended an immersive art studio in Aix-en-Provence, through the California College of Arts study abroad program. As a young girl in Little Rock, she attended art classes at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts , studied watercolor with members of the American- and Mid-Southern Watercolor Societies, and was taught art by her father, James W. Wood, an accomplished artist and architect.
For more information about her art:
www.MelissaWoodArt.com
https://www.category-art.com/
Melissa Wood earned a BFA from Washington University in St. Louis; studied on fellowship at the Women’s Studio Workshop of New York; and attended an immersive art studio in Aix-en-Provence, through the California College of Arts study abroad program. As a young girl in Little Rock, she attended art classes at the Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts , studied watercolor with members of the American- and Mid-Southern Watercolor Societies, and was taught art by her father, James W. Wood, an accomplished artist and architect.
For more information about her art:
www.MelissaWoodArt.com
https://www.category-art.com/