Freddie Bell
Front Studios, Studio D
Multimedia Artist
Freddie is a multi-disciplinary artist living and working in Hillsborough, NC. Their passion for creating has followed them to California and back and across careers in the arts and social work. Freddie finds inspiration in community and how we understand ourselves. Freddie received his BA in Art at Warren Wilson College in 2012. They have participated in group shows throughout Los Angeles and North Carolina at galleries including Greensboro Project Space, Durham Arts Guild Truist Gallery, and Lump Gallery. Freddie has presented solo exhibitions at Artspace in Raleigh, NC, Page Walker in Cary, NC and the Durham Art Guild in Durham, NC. Freddie is also a muralist, with projects completed in Durham, Chapel Hill, and the NC Museum of Art. Freddie was a 2022 Regional Emerging Artist Resident at Artspace in Raleigh, NC, a 2023 recipient of the Snapdragon Fund Project Grant, and a 2025 recipient of the Durham Arts Council Artist Support Grant. Freddie loves using color, shape, and varied repetition to reflect on lived experience and is currently exploring concepts of consciousness, community, and connection.
Alana Bennett
Back Studios, Studio 6
Multimedia Artist
Alana Bennett is a multimedia artist entering a new chapter after more than twenty years in corporate America. Stepping away from project management and research leadership, she is embracing a full-time creative practice rooted in community connection, emotional literacy, and accessible art-making. Alana works closely with her mother, Kathy Burnside, the 2025–2026 BIPOC Artist in Residence, to contribute to intergenerational projects that blend storytelling, mixed media, and culturally grounded creative expression. Together, they cultivate spaces where art becomes a bridge—linking families, neighborhoods, and diverse lived experiences across the surrounding counties.
Her work integrates Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) and adaptive arts to ensure creativity is accessible to everyone, regardless of ability. She created Heart PocketsTM, a tactile, SEL-based project that helps participants explore emotions, build coping skills, and express themselves through hands-on making. One of Alana’s deepest passions is serving special populations through adapted art classes, designing sensory-aware, inclusive workshops where neurodivergent youth, adults, and families can thrive. Her emerging artistic journey is defined by accessibility, compassion, and the belief that every person deserves a meaningful way to express their voice through art.
Amanda Blanchard
Back Studios, Studio 1
Multimedia Artist
My grandmother treated me like one of her many porcelain dolls. She dressed me in Gunne Sax dresses and braided my blonde curls, calling me a Dresden doll. I was never to be boxed or held, instead running wild and coming loose at the seams. I myself am the Tattered Doll.
Aside from an uncontrollable drive to create, I’m constantly searching for puzzles to solve. With art, I have an unlimited supply of puzzles and obstacles that I can overcome. Instead of recreating only the beautiful things in the world around me, I find beauty in everything, even if the result is tattered.
A Salt Lake City, Utah native, I have lived in North Carolina for over 40 years. I grew up in Henderson and have lived in Durham for over 10 years. I graduated from Durham Tech in 2018, with an AFA, top of my class. I currently teach crochet classes at the Durham Arts Council, and have previously taught drawing classes for the 2024 summer art camp and a pastel class. I create parody art for record stores and model for life drawing sessions. During the entire month of October 2024, I had a solo show at Duke University in the Brown Gallery.
Kathy Burnside
Front Studios, Studio E
Mixed Media Artist
Burnside is a Book binder, Mixed Media Artist & Educator dedicated to exploring new creative avenues and inspiring others to do the same. In recent years, she has focused on sharing her passion through hands-on workshops in junk journaling, bookbinding, and collage creation. It is within these collaborative spaces that Burnside has had the privilege of connecting with incredibly talented individuals. By cultivating a vibrant community of like-minded creators, she continues to share her love for art, encourage self-expression, and foster deep artistic connections.
Kathy Burnside is the Eno Arts Mill BIPOC Artists in Residence and the host of the Eno Arts Mill’s Junk Journal Artisans Meet-up.
Elaine Evans
Back Studios, Studio 2
Mixed Media Artist
Elaine Evans is a multi-disciplinary artist. The materials she uses can include clay, glass, wood, metal, paper, wax, and paint. Since she does not focus on making one type of art, her work is always evolving.
Elaine studied graphic design at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan and received a Master of Arts degree from Florida International University in Miami, Fl.
Elaine has held a public art studio for many years, including one in the Boston area and one in Miami. She also taught art for 28 years. She lives in Durham, NC and held a studio at Golden Belt Studios for six years. She has recently been accepted into the Eno Arts Mill Studios.
Ber Kadens
Front Studios, Studio A
Visual Artist
I’ve been unable to shake the epiphany I had in second grade that my calling in life was to write and illustrate children’s books. I majored in environmental science in college to help me create animals in my stories that attempted to be respectful of nature. Since then, I have used my free time to learn and grow as an artist. Learning to see and paint what is universally true in nature has been essential to this evolution. After four decades of study and growth, I am focused full time on starting a career as a children’s book writer and illustrator and as an artist.
Tiffney Marley
Back Studios, Studio 3
Visual Artist
A native North Carolinian, Tiffney has immersed herself in photography, painting, and graphic design for the past 18 years. These mediums are expressions that she likens to “breathing.” Tiffney has traveled around the world and visited countless exhibits including the Holocaust Museum-Israel, Apartheid Museum-South Africa, Genocide Museum-Rwanda, Elmina Castle and Cape Coast Castle-Ghana, and Pelourinho Square, Brazil. She feels that expressions from these exhibits have conveyed the human experience in riveting and liberative ways. As she evolves as an artist, her hope is to find ways to create that raise consciousness about the importance of other cultures, the beauty of all people, and shared human value. Ultimately, her goal is to use her work to heal and inspire others.
Aliyah McAllister
Back Studios, Studio 4
Ceramic Artist
SunSoul Bowls blossomed from a deep passion for earth and art. My name is Aliyah McAllister, and I am a potter based in Durham, North Carolina. Since 2016, I have been exploring clay as a medium, continually learning and admiring its diversity. My work consists of earthy functional wheel thrown ceramic ware alongside decorative hand built forms, often combining contrasting clay bodies to create marbled surfaces and minimalistic or whimsical underglaze painted pieces. Bowls remain my favorite form to create, but I also make mugs, sip cups, mini vases, and other functional and fun pieces for everyday use. As both a ceramic artist and educator, I have found that working with clay is a grounding and meditative practice that requires breath, presence, and a steady mind, and I look forward to continuing to create and share this beautiful medium with others.
SAKY
Back Studios, Studio 5
Rapper, Producer, Content Creator
Hailing from Chapel Hill, NC, SAKY is an enigmatic multi-hyphenate whose creative impact cannot be denied. His mission to inspire others to have the courage to be different is what drives his entrancing lyricism, impassioned music production, and stunning visual media work. After graduating from NC State University (B.A. Media Communications), SAKY moved to Los Angeles for 5 years, where he developed his craft as both a well-known visual media artist as well as a burgeoning Hip-Hop musician. His music has been featured on publications such as CNN, Eater, YahooNews!, South China Morning Post, and can be seen on HBO’s Warrior, Snowpiercer and much more. He now resides back in his hometown in NC and is focused on taking his independent artistry to the next level.
Mary Carter Taub
Front Studios, Studio B
Mixed Media Artist
Mary Carter Taub makes playful, vibrantly colored site-specific art that connects people to the spaces they inhabit. A native North Carolinian, she has created work for NYC Department of Transportation, Nashville International Airport, Bay Area Discovery Museum, Islip Art Museum, 92nd Street Y, and Carlsbad Fire Station in Southern California. Closer to home, Carter Taub has activated spaces for the cities of Charlotte, Raleigh, and Durham, as well as Duke University, UNC-Chapel Hill, Wake Forest University, TEDx, UNC Hospitals, and Red Hat headquarters. She has held art residencies with Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, Parsons School of Design, and the North Carolina Arts Council. She holds an MFA from the School of Visual Arts, an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management at Arizona State University, and a BA from Meredith College.
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Mahnaz Weldy
Front Studios, Studio C
Visual Artist
Mahnaz Weldy is an Iranian American artist whose vibrant abstract paintings explore themes of resilience, identity, love, peace, and the human spirit. Working primarily in acrylic, fluid, and encaustic mediums, she creates bold, expressive works that reflect both her emotional landscape and her life journey. Fleeing the Islamic Revolution in Iran at the age of 22, she rebuilt her life in the United States—a transformative experience that profoundly shaped her artistic vision and deepened her appreciation for courage, freedom, and the strength of women. What began as a search for personal fulfillment evolved into a powerful means of storytelling, allowing her to transform lived experiences into visual narratives that resonate across cultures. In addition to her studio practice, Mahnaz serves on the Advisory Board of Artomatic DC, where she actively supports and advocates for the arts community.
Check out these other artists and arts-related business in the Eno Mill:
NC Mosaics: offering classes and custom mosaics
Frames by Edward Wright: handmade heirloom frames
Our artist studio are not open to the public other than for our monthly open studio and gallery receptions. Please drop by to meet our artists and see their work! Learn more about the Eno Arts Mill Studios here.
