Jazzminh Moore

Born in 1978 as the first child of the fledgling Breitenbush Hot Springs Community, Jazzminh Moore grew up immersed in its forests, rivers, and creative spirit. With no television and few distractions, she spent her childhood filling sketchbooks—an early devotion that shaped her life as an artist.

Jazzminh earned her BFA in Drawing and Painting from Cornish College of the Arts, graduating magna cum laude, and completed her MFA at CSU Long Beach in 2005. She spent the following decade cultivating her art career in major urban centers, eventually earning gallery representation in New York City’s Chelsea arts district. She later returned to the West Coast to be closer to nature and family, and now makes her home in rural Mendocino County, where she is raising her daughter.

Jazzminh teaches Beginning Drawing, Beginning Painting, Color & Composition, Figure Drawing, Mural Painting and Portrait Painting at Mendocino College, where she also serves as Gallery Director and curator for the Mendocino College Gallery. Her artwork can be viewed at jazzminhmoore.com.

Art has remained her enduring connection to Breitenbush. Her work appears throughout the property—from the Milky Way mural and Welcome signage in the Lodge to landscape paintings created during her 2012 Artist Residency. Prints are available in the Gift Shop, along with the Phoenix Rising T-shirts she designed after the 2020 fire.

For more than a decade, Jazzminh has offered workshops for Breitenbush guests and staff. She is delighted to return this summer to lead the Portraits of Trees drawing workshop.