John Pendleton
Originally from Grove Hill, Alabama, my love for people, woodworking and flowers began with my innately creative parents. I learned the basics of design in my father’s woodshop and the power of imagination from my mother’s ability to craft at home, church, and the preschool she co-directed. This artistic heritage is my foundation for exploring what was once a seed – wood and flowers – and creating something new.
I was an overachiever and lover of academic excellence all throughout childhood and didn’t consider artistic expression as a vital part of my life until after I got married and began arranging flowers for my wife. What started as a hobby has become a honed skill which has led me to be the founder and creative director of Planks & Pistils design studio.
My work has been featured by Newfields: Indianapolis Museum of Art, Driehaus Museum, National Museum of Mexican Art, People Magazine, ABC7 Chicago, WGN, New City Design Magazine, and I was included in “125 Florists To Be Celebrated in 2022” by Florists’ Review Magazine.
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Caila Conklin
Caila Conklin, MT-BC (she/her/hers) is a board certified music therapist and interdisciplinary creative, passionate about the process of meeting people where they are. In her work as a music therapist, Caila strives to build adaptive music-based experiences through which people of all backgrounds, abilities, and life stages can thrive. Over the years of developing her style as a music therapist, Caila has honed her practice rooted in the belief that music holds power to unite and alchemize us.
Caila completed her undergraduate studies in Music Therapy and Psychology at Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI) Currently, she provides music therapy services for Corewell Health’s Cancer Care program at Lemmen Holton Cancer Pavilion in Grand Rapids and Corewell’s regional cancer centers throughout West Michigan. Outside of her work as a music therapist, Caila performs locally and is an active volunteer with various theatre organizations, as well as having served as a chorus member of Sistrum, Lansing’s Women’s Chorus.
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