Macey Milstead, known professionally as Bear Cake Studios, is an Atlanta-based artist whose playful hand-painted wooden artworks blend pop culture, humor, craft, and community engagement through a vibrant and approachable visual language. Best known for her scroll-sawn wooden pieces, acrylic paintings, and resin-based creations, Milstead creates colorful character-driven works inspired by science fiction, animation, internet culture, and everyday absurdity.

Her practice embraces “nerdy” themes and joyful visual storytelling, frequently incorporating robots, spaceships, television references, feminist messaging, and whimsical graphic forms. Through handcrafted processes and bright palettes, Milstead transforms familiar pop imagery into tactile objects that balance humor, nostalgia, and personal expression.

Deeply involved in Atlanta’s independent arts community, Milstead is also an active participant in the Free Art Friday Atlanta movement, regularly hiding original artworks throughout the city as acts of accessibility, surprise, and shared joy. Alongside her studio practice, her background in arts education continues to inform a creative philosophy centered on inclusivity, curiosity, and making art approachable for all audiences.