Alyssa McCarley is an artist from Locust Grove, Georgia who graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with a concentration in Fine Arts (Studio) and a minor in Business Administration from Georgia College & State University. She has worked in her communities both in Locust Grove and Milledgeville to create colorful mural pieces for local businesses and fostered a relationship with the community by tabling her art at the local Deep Roots Festival. Her background consists mostly of printmaking, painting, and nontraditional sculpture often rooted in controversial topics such as capitalism, and politics. While also working on design work, she sometimes features “ugly”, or “gruesome” characters. With her work she plans to hopefully move forward into a gallery setting or work towards another art related job.