Morgan Bakaletz is an artist from Norris, Tennessee that will be graduating in December 2023 from East Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting. Bakaletz’s work has been exhibited in several shows throughout Northeastern Tennessee. She won Faculty Choice Award in 2023, the Student-Faculty Collaborative Grant in 2022, and Honorable Mention for the Congressional Art Competition in 2018. Her work investigates themes of heartache, grief, and refuge through psychological spaces.