Leslie Shirah is a professional artist and educator with a deep curiosity about the connection between humans and the natural world. Her work is rooted in process and material exploration, often using papermaking, felting, and ceramics to express themes of transformation, memory, and ecology. She has exhibited her work nationally and was a contributing artist at the Fairbanks Summer Arts Festival in Alaska. As an experienced instructor, she has led workshops across disciplines, sharing her passion for material exploration and process-based art with students of all levels.