Ed Merkle, dnj gallery consultant, born and raised in Southern California. He has worked with both commercial and fine art photographer from around the world. He studied Fine Art Photography throughout So.Cal. and is a graduate of C.S.U.Fullerton. Ed has worked in various capacities starting galleries, teaching, setting up digital and traditional studios and labs. A self-described happy wanderer with a camera, he loves finding new and obscure artists and helping promote them.
Dora Schoenberg, dnj Gallery Social Media assistant, graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in Spring 2021 with a B.A. in Psychology and English Lit: Creative Writing Focus (specifically poetry). During the Summers, she also participated in and helped run short animated Holocaust documentary programs. Now, Dora attends Pepperdine Universitys Graduate School of Education and Psychology (GSEP) and is pursuing her California teaching credential and Masters in Education. Additionally, she works part time for the nonprofit Remember Us, which pairs Bar/Bat Mitzvah-age children with children who perished in the Holocaust, in order to honor and remember them at their services.
Fiscally Sponsored by AHA: The 'Art and Med' program is fiscally sponsored by AHA Projects, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization based in California with the EIN of 83-2188899. As a non-profit, Art and Med receives tax free donations.
