Director. Melissa Wadsworth is an oil landscape painter. She is on the Edmonds Arts Festival board of directors, co-directing Gallery Arts with Janet Jensen. Melissa is a member of Artists Connect and Plein Air Washington Artists. She values creativity, friendship and a strong sense of community, recognizing the important role that Artworks has played in her own development as an artist, and the pivotal role it plays in the lives of artists of all ages and abilities to learn, play, show art and network.