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About Us
Sharon Louallen: President/CEO of Prada & Skye LLC,
www.healingisnow.com & Elate Magazine
Sharon Louallen holds a BFA in Theater from Miami University; an Associates in Fashion Merchandising and a tenure at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. She is certified to practice Feng-Shui, Reiki, Energy Healing & Hypnotherapy. Public Relations Director for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation Scientific Breakfast, Public Relations Assistant at Norman Winter Associates worked with famous artists tours and media relation events and various small business clients in fashion, art and retail. Worked with Alex Rose of Paramount and Jaffe/Lansing productions as a "Executive Producer" of feature films. Formerly freelanced as a small business owner in NYC "styled for various magazines, calendars, modeling agencies, commercials and low budget features". Also a freelance consultant for commercial interior design and formerly was a partner of an import/export company. As a student of the theater arts for over twenty years, she has studied under William Hicky (actor), Charlie Laughton (Al Pacinos coach), Gene Fallon, Charles Kebbe and has many other credits that include low budget feature films, performed in NYU graduate films, performed in the Theater at Columbia University and Cleveland State University. She is a Fine Art Painter, Published Poet, an active community volunteer and a Philanthropist for The Cincinnati Fund Foundation.
Lisa Merida Paytes: Art Director of Elate Magazine
Lisa Merida-Paytes holds a B.F.A. from the Art Academy of Cincinnati and an M.F.A. from the University of Cincinnati. Merida-Paytes’ work has been featured in exhibitions and publications regionally, nationally and internationally for the past 10 years. Most recently, her work was selected for a solo show at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Illinois, July 28 – August 24, 2006. Lisa Merida-Paytes’ work will be a feature article in Ceramics Monthly in October 2006. In addition, her work will be published in the upcoming book, 500 Animals in Clay, a Lark Ceramics Book, in 2006. She had recent ceramic sculptures published in Extruded Ceramics, a Lark Ceramics Book, in 2000, Ceramics Monthly in June/July August 2005, in September 2003 and Art Calendar in July/August 2003.
Merida-Paytes’ stated, "Elate magazine touches on the everyday, but universal issues, with it’s unique approach, informative content, and visually powerful images the magazine is setting a new standard in lifestyle publications".
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