FPBA CONVENTION

Abby Ascencio is the owner of Abby’s Colorful Creations, along with her husband Robert Solideo whom is also the Balloon and Airbrush artist. Abby has been face painting since 2013 but it wasn’t until 2015 that she decided to leave her office job to pursue her Face Painting career. Since then she has managed to […]

We are proud to have our talented friend and colleague, Lea Selley on the team of instructors for the first time at the St. Louis Face and Body Art Convention. Léa grew up in a multi-lingual environment focused in arts & entertainment. A natural talent, she first experimented with face painting in her kitchen with […]

Michelle Soltis is co-founder of Glitter to Gore, LLC with Dawn Marie Svanoe. Together they produce the Greater Midwest Body Art Fest. Michelle is certified with The International Certification for Natural Henna Arts (ICNHA). In her previous professions, Michelle has experience in the hospitality industry, including event planning, management and she even was a bridal consultant […]

Kathy Beringer (aka Kat B) is from the Chicago suburb of Crystal Lake, IL and began in the industry in the early 1980’s as a make-up artist for Marilyn Miglin cosmetics.  Kat started-off her body art career as a self-taught airbrush tattoo artist in 2000 and has learned under artists such as Neil Roth and Pamela Shanteau. Kat’s […]

Hi, my name is Teri Stokes, or Happy Heart the Clown. Years ago my grandfather taught me how to make balloon animals. In the summer of 1998, I attended the Cheerful Clown Alley Clown School in Houston Texas, and in August graduated to become a REAL professional clown. I do birthday parties; Preschool Programs; Company […]

Once upon a time…(not that) far, far away… Pat began twisting balloons. It all started when she watched a co-worker making some balloon animals and thought…”I can do that”! Well…it was harder than she thought. She worked at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City where again she saw people making balloon animals and one […]

Christina Davison is the founder and owner of AmaDazzle Arts. She has been entertaining the public since she was 16 years old, first as a violinist and later cellist with the Amarillo Symphony. Then in 1990, she started her own pony ride and petting zoo business, which operated successfully for 20 years. In 2004, she […]

Kara got her start drawing and illustrating with black marker on her mothers walls at the creative age of 2. Also growing up on Comic books, Saturday morning cartoons, Kung Fu theater and creature double feature twisted her mind quite nicely for her future career. Since then has gone on to complete her degrees in Fine […]

Amy Medina is a Face and Body artist from Southern California and has over 20 years experience as an artist. Amy’s passion for art was sparked as a teenager when she began studies in the art of porcelain painting and through these studies she mastered the fundamentals of her artistic skill set. About 12 years […]