Ritzville Is The Home Of Many Artists and Authors

	
The Greater Ritzville Area is presently the home of over 50 recognized writers, painters,
sculpters, artisans and actors. If you add all who have since passed on, the numbers
of contributors to the arts, literature and culture of this nation that originated from this
area are very impressive.

The following list is woefully incomplete and is constantly being updated.
 
Athey, Miles: author, playwright, poet, director, actor
Barker, Robert: actor
Benzel, Meredith: painter
Bier, Margaret: actress
Campbell, Jean: costume designer
Cummings, Benner: author, poet
Eastwood, Harland: author, historian
Evans, Vince: metal sculptor
Evans, Sherryl: western art painter
Fode, Pat: poet
Gross, Judy: actress
Gust, Larry (Grant Sterling): actor, agent
Gust, Ruth: tole painting
Hille, Amy: actress
Kenning, Kerry: playwright, director, actor
Kiesz, Michele: actress
Kin Kade, Melanie: actress
Kinch, Karen: actress
Lisk, Cheri: abstract painter
Lisk, Jim: western cartoonist, painter
Miller, Chuck: actor
Moeller, Arnie: actor
Prestline, Robert (Robert Ivers): actor
Reimer, Greg: actor
Reimer, Nadia: author, actress
Richards, Jean: potter, actress
Riederich, Ed: actor
Rott, Ethel: costume designer, actress
Schafer, Harry: playwright, director, actor
Schafer, Kathryn: actress
Schwisow, Paul: actor
Smart, Annie: metal sculptor
Snyder, Jerry: actor
Steinmetz, Tina: actress
Stockfleth, Jennifer: actress
Swift, Diane: actress
Thiel, Doug: author
Thiel, Lamar: metal sculptor
Winter, Helen M.: western art painter
Wyatt, Anne Harder: western art painter
Zumdahl, JoRene: actress

Please continue to periodically review this page as we are striving to make this list
as complete as possible. If you know of someone who should be on this list that 
has been overlooked, please contact us a macathey@yahoo.com.