Dionna Boner-Raedeke – Director
Dionna Raedeke was born and raised in Edwardsville,Illinois. Dionna graduated from Southern Illinois University,Edwardsville in 1999 with a BFA in Ceramics and Printmaking. Co-Founder of ART E.A.S.T. (Edwardsville Alton Studio Tour) and the Edwardsville Arts Center, Raedeke has been instrumental in bringing art appreciation to the surface in the Metro East. After working for four years as the materials and research specialist for St. Louis design company, Kiku Obata & Company, Raedeke decided to leave the design field to continue making art at her home studio. Dionna and her husband, Daniel have converted an old South City bakery into living/studio space, and just welcomed their first child, Gramm in April of '05.
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