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BIO: Robyn Maas is an artist, curator, designer, and museum professional. She earned a BFA in studio art from Youngstown State University, Youngstown, OH and an MFA from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. Since graduation, Robyn has been instrumental in growing the art community in Youngstown, Ohio. Annually she organized community arts events at the Ward Bakery Building of the Mahoning Commons for over 20 years. Currently she is working on a project, LOOP Youngstown, whose initiative is to purchase a building to create an arts and culture center. As a visual artist, she has worked in many areas including ceramics, sculpture, installations, painting, jewelry, lamp work, glass, photography, and mixed media. Currently, she works primarily with photography, resin, and mixed media. Her work is exhibited in Youngstown, Warren, Weirton (West Virginia),  and in the Source Gallery in Lisbon, Ohio. Recent exhibitions include, Obersvations, Top of WV CVB, Weirton WV, Northern Blues and the Golden West, The Art House on Elm, Youngstown, OH, The Ring Road of Iceland, The Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, OH. In addition to making her own work, Robyn worked as an Exhibition Designer and Production Manager for over 20 years. She also managed her warehouse studio art gallery in the Ward Bakery Building until the building closed in June 2024. Throughout her career, she has taught assistants and artists the importance of exhibition design, editing, displaying, installing, and handling of art. Robyn Mass has a keen eye for design and can make art shine in any space.