Artist Bios
Alcayantho
The artist known as “Alcayantho”, is best described as a Renaissance Man. Alcayantho is a recording artist who now has devoted his life to charity and helping the Maya First Childrens organization in Belize. In his former life Alcayantho was in the jewelry business and has worked for the last 4 decades from LA to NY. He is a third generation family merchant with extensive knowledge of fine jewelry design and manufacturing, etc. Proceeds from Austin 66 benefit Maya First Children’s Charity.
Michael Holden
Michael Holden is a Gold- smith and currently works at Krieger Jewlers in Apple- ton. He brings his many years of experience and knowledge of precious met- als to bear on his work for Austin 66. His experience with casting and metal working has been invalu- able to the Austin 66 line.
Teresa Lind
Teresa graduated in 2000 with a BFA in Drawing, Painting, and Sculpture from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. After studying at the Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy in 2002, she attended the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, graduating in 2005 with an MFA in Sculpture. Currently, she is teaching at the University of Wisconsin, Whitewater as a lecturer in the area of Sculpture and running a small custom metal casting endeavor from her studio in Chilton, WI where she also continues to make her own sculptural works. She consistently attends national and international conferences and competes in juried group exhibitions as well as pursuing solo opportunities. Her work is currently represented in two Wisconsin galleries.
Amy Lehr
Amy Lehr is a local artist. She runs her own store & gallery called “Whimsical Charms” in Appleton where you can find her paintings, sculptures, and multi-media work for sale, as well as the work of many other local artists. She has an eyefor detail and loves to work in different materials and styles. She brings her abundant energy with her ev- erywhere she goes.
Steve Yankowsi
Steve Jankowski, holds a BFA from the University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh. “Balance, Grace, and Nega- tive Space” is his personal mantra. He is a highly suc- cessful artist and sculptor. Primary work is in large in- stallations with birds being one of his prime subjects. He has 40+ years sculpting in the Midwest, much of his work signature large and im- pressive pieces. Now he is scaling down and putting his unique perspective on
metalwork into the Austin 66 line.
Cash
He's the man. But he's a dog.