team 

The people that make it all possible!

  • Analisa was a flamenco dancer in her early years, performing throughout the United States in a company she founded with her dance partner Nelson Sitton.  She then pursued a career as a scholar.  Analisa holds a master’s in History of Religions from The University of Chicago, a master’s in Art History from University of Illinois at Chicago, and a Ph.D. in Visual Studies from the University of California, Irvine.  She taught at universities in California and Chicago for 25 years.  Analisa has published numerous books and articles on the New York artist Joseph Cornell and other Modern artists, and has lectured widely throughout the United States and Europe.  Along with her mother Marianne, she founded Gallery E.G.G., Chicago’s first ecological art gallery, in the 1990s – the core of this collection now forming the basis for the art on view at Golden Muse.  After moving to Saint Joseph, MI in 2016, Analisa decided to pursue a career in the wine industry.  She completed nine courses in the wine and viticulture program at Lake Michigan College, and also passed the level one sommelier exam with the Court of Master Sommeliers.  In founding Golden Muse, she is combining her great loves – wine, art, literature and performance. Analisa serves on the executive board of the Lake Michigan Shore Wine Trail.

  • Winnie is the content and social media manager at Golden Muse. Designing special and inclusive experiences for customers and curating beautiful visual content are her passions. Outside of Golden Muse, Winnie works full-time as a Sustainability Consultant with a multinational tech company. Her environmentalism expands to all areas of sustainability from renewable energy to regenerative viticulture. Winnie splits her time between Chicago and Southwest Michigan, places she is proud to call home. Her mission at Golden Muse is to provide a unique sensory experience that transports guests on a mini-vacation to Paris right in the heart of Southwest Michigan - all while promoting positivity and inclusivity.

  • Bill is a professional artist, having trained in metal fabrication and casting at the Santa Barbara Art Institute. In his early career, he worked in major foundries and metal fabrication studios such as Lippincott, Shidoni, and Renaissance, where he fabricated works for such Internationally renowned artists as Reuben Nakian, Louise Nevelson, Claes Oldenburg, and Donald Judd. After moving to Chicago in 1988, he became an assistant to acclaimed sculptors Barry Tinsley and Richard Hunt. Bill has exhibited his work throughout the United States and Europe. Most recently, his work Go Fly a Kite was installed at Silver Beach in Saint Joseph, MI as part of the Krasl Sculpture Biennial. Bill moved to Southwest Michigan in 2016, where he works out of his studio in Benton Harbor, MI. Many of his artworks are on permanent display in the Golden Muse gallery, including the popular bar stools and tables.

  • Growing up on a farm in Iowa, Marianne started her first natural history museum at the age of 12.  She taught elementary school in Chicago’s West Side for 20 years before retiring and moving to Saint Joseph, MI.  Marianne now creates art full-time and has many of her ecological artworks on display in the Golden Muse gallery.

  • New to the Golden Muse team, Christian hails from right here in beautiful Baroda, Michigan.