Creative Coworking Space in Morton, Illinois
Looking for inspiring workspace in the Peoria area? MUSE Morton offers flexible creative coworking and workspace options for artists, photographers, freelancers, and creative entrepreneurs in Central Illinois. Work surrounded by art in our wheelchair accessible Morton facility.
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.
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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.
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Kelly Sharp is so grateful to have found Muse Morton because it embodies the creativity, connection, and sense of community support she values both personally and professionally. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the Owner of Kelly Sharp Counseling PLLC where she provides individual therapy for adults. She enjoys supporting individuals who are on a path towards personal growth, healing, and fulfillment. She is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional who is EMDR trained and works with clients to process past experiences and build resilience. Her approach is grounded in empathy, safety, and respect. She is honored to help her clients create meaningful and lasting change at their own pace. When Kelly is not at Muse she is likely to be finding her next adventure. She loves traveling (near and far), exploring local trails (hiking or just spending time in nature), photography, reading, and trying new recipes.
If you would like to learn more about Kelly or would like to book a consult/session please feel free to reach out to her on Psychology Today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/kelly-sharp-morton-il/1383192 |
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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 |
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Duffy Armstrong Farrell
Duffy is a wildly talented artist in a range of mediums but most recently works with abstract photography, using bad images, big mistakes and unsightly things to turn them into something that is fun, colorful or metaphorical. Seeing without judgement and exploring from multiple perspectives is not just found in her art making. It is how she believes we can understand the world around us and the people in it. Her most recent work, "Through the Lens – Color, Substance, Essence" is about empathy and feeling something when there is little to work from. It brings the eye to focus on what is there as well as what could be there through positive thinking. Duffy studied photography, drawing and printmaking at Bradley University. She holds a BFA and has worked professionally as a curator, art educator and studio artist in addition to being a statewide advocate for the arts and other artists. duffyarmstrong.com |
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Heather Ford is an User Interface and User Experience Design Interactive Media Assistant Professor and Associate Chair at Bradley University. She has a Master’s of Fine Arts degree from Bradley University and a BFA from the Illinois Institute of Art both in Graphic and Interactive Design. She has been a professional in the design industry with over twenty years of fine art, digital creative, and UI/UX experience in the commercial and academic sectors. Heather is highly experienced in applying methodologies of user experience design and research to website, mobile, branding, and product design.
She has been a designer for several Fortune 500 clients working with companies and organizations such as Apple, OSF, U.S. Air Force, Maui Jim, United Way, NASA, Museum of Science and Industry, Nike, and Home Depot, utilizing a User-Centered Design (UCD) approach. Her art and design research and personal works merge the areas of fine art and technology-driven interactive experiences with a scientific process. She explores creating innovative and exciting user-centered design experiences, methods, and strategies that involve user interface, user experience, and fine art. Heather creates innovative and exciting UCD skills, processes, and strategies that include the user's participation in a fine art and digital environment. She combines human-centered experiences incorporating drawings and illustrations, user interface and experience design, typography, printmaking, animation, and graphic design skills and techniques. When designing, the goal is to consider the human’s perception, context, environment, and physical space while they are experiencing a new design methodology. For more information about her art: www.heatherford-kodrick.com |
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Aniya Cummings is a passionate creative based in Illinois, specializing in photography and makeup artistry. She focuses on creating editorial-style experiences that bring each client’s vision to life. She loves blending creativity with detail to create looks that feel bold, confident, and unique. Whether it’s a birthday session or a custom concept, her goal is to make every client feel seen, empowered, and unforgettable.
For her, it’s more than just photos. It’s a reflection of her lifestyle and values. It’s about creating an experience that reflects who you are and how you want to be remembered. "Moments you can feel, and confidence you carry with you long after the camera is gone." https://rissalookspnb.glossgenius.com Jessica Ball is a Peoria area artist, now living in Eureka IL with her husband Kevin and their daughter Olivia. Her abstract paintings consist of a variety of mediums such as acrylic, watercolor, and gouache on canvas or paper. The shapes, lines and colors presented in her abstract work are based on self expression, music and nature. “I grew up in Morton and I am so excited to see what I create at this studio in my home town! Thank you, MUSE Gallery!” jessicaballart.com |