Samantha
Samantha Dederichs is a multimedia artist currently attending Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in Fibers and Minor in Fashion, graduating Spring 2024. Her interest in painting originated in High School where she instructed painting classes for “Tipsy Brush Studio'' for Four summers in South Haven, Michigan starting as an intern at the age of 15. Dederichs has since then won the award for “Emerging Artist of 2020” at McCord Gallery and Cultural Center in Palos Park, Illinois and held a solo gallery that showed 60 of her pieces. Dederichs sells her original artwork and prints on her Etsy Shop https://www.etsy.com/shop/SamanthaDederichs . She gravitates towards hands-on projects, practiced through oil, acrylic, and watercolor painting, knit/crochet-wear, material manipulation, spinning yarn, natural dying, along with joy for digital prints and repeat designs. Her intrinsic motivation and versatility in creating leads her to be dedicated to her work.