Averi is a creative communicator and visual artist working at the intersection of art and design. Based in Lafayette, Louisiana, Averi recently earned a BFA in Visual Arts with a concentration in Graphic Design from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.

Averi approaches every project with an ambitious, thoughtful hand, blending strong design principles with a fine art sensibility. For Averi, good design extends far beyond aesthetics, it is a visual language that tells meaningful stories, invites connection, and transcends words. Through her work, she seeks to bridge disciplines and create pieces that communicate with clarity, care, and a sense of wonder.

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Bailey Karr is a multimedia artist from Baton Rouge who has been selling work under the name Out of Habit for the past seven years. A 2023 graduate of LSU with a degree in Studio Art and minors in Theater and Printmaking, Bailey specializes in screen printing and often produces merchandise for local bands from a home studio. Since college, Bailey has continued designing, making, and selling merchandise for the DJ collective Frequency.

Bailey’s passion lies in mixed media, working with collage elements—magazine clippings, vintage clothing patterns—combined with paint, chalk, and ink to render images filled with whimsy. Nature, childhood, and spirituality are central inspirations. Now based in Lafayette, Bailey is excited to begin this new chapter with Scrappie and looks forward to creating alongside the community.

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Eliza Mai Hinrichs was raised in New Orleans, Louisiana. Her mother was the first person to put a paintbrush in her hand, introducing her to the arts at a very young age. Since then, Eliza has had many creative endeavors, and ultimately, painting became the major force in her creative language. She is driven by curiosity and inspired by all the colors and textures existing within the small intricacies of the world. Beyond painting, Eliza works as a pattern designer and studio assistant. She is a NOCCA alum, currently earning her BFA in painting at University of Louisiana at Lafayette. Her work has been shown in the Contemporary Arts Center, the Acadiana Center for the Arts, University of Louisiana at Lafayette’s Fletcher Hall, The Hallway Gallery, Tulane's Newcomb Art Center as well as other galleries and publications.

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Hope Simpson is a ceramicist originally from New Orleans and now living in Lafayette, LA while studying Anthropology at UL. Her ceramics practice is rooted in exploring ideas of grief, nostalgia, and memory through whimsical forms and imagery. She finds hand building and intricately glazing her pieces to be deeply meditative and grounding practices. She is most fulfilled through creating wall hangings and sculptures, but spends the majority of her practice making wearable and functional pieces, such as jewelry and mugs.

Hope is deeply influenced by her personal experience with grief, and her ceramics practice has made it possible for her to work through these difficult emotions while keeping them close to her heart. In a similar vein, she is greatly influenced by the wide variety of cultural uses of altars as focal points of ritual, ceremony, and expression. Utilizing both of these sources of inspiration has allowed her to create altars as a form of personal exploration and a site for individualized ceremony. Hope believes that anyone, regardless of skill level, is capable of getting to know themselves in this way through ceramics, and she is so excited to explore this in class!

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Born and raised in Natchitoches, Louisiana, Julia Ferrell is a mixed-media artist who has been practicing from a very young age. She is currently exploring clay and metal as media to express her personal lived experiences in universally relatable and embraceable themes. 

As a teaching artist, Julia introduces her students to a variety of media and techniques to foster creativity, build confidence, with greater emphasis on the process than the finished product. Julia is pursuing a BFA in ceramics at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. She enjoys sharing her art and connecting with fellow artists and art enthusiasts at art shows and festivals across Louisiana.

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Kaylin Anderson is a fine artist and graphic designer from Lafayette, Louisiana. Her creative journey began over 14 years ago when she was accepted into Lafayette Parish’s selective TalentED Visual Arts program. In 2016, Anderson relocated to Georgia, where she earned her high school diploma in Visual Arts from the Stilwell School of the Arts in 2020. During this time, she expanded her practice across multiple mediums and developed a deep interest in mixed media. In 2022, she returned to Lafayette to debut her first solo exhibition, The Essence of Us—a collection of mixed-media works incorporating sculpture, photography, and painting.
Anderson recently earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Graphic Communications from Kennesaw State University, where she served as President of the Graphic Design Club. Now back in Lafayette, she continues to pursue and evolve her creative practice while working as a freelance graphic designer.

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