Chery is a dedicated and committed teacher, who inspires her
students to become better artists. As part of her curriculum she
teaches all the fundamental core classes and offers continuing
artistic challenges to returning students. She also offers special
workshops on a variety of techniques and mediums. She has taught art
in the Atlanta area for 25 yaers, including American Interconinental
University, Gwinnett Council for the Arts and Steeplehouse Arts
Center, this will be her 16th year teaching at the Spruill Center.
Chery received her B.A. with honors in art from Anderson University
in Anderson, Indiana and earned her Master of Fine Arts from Georgia
State University. She has also been a guest lecturer at colleges and
judge for local and state art shows. As a professional artist, her
award winning, multi-media work over the past 35 years has included
figure, portraits, landscape, and still life. For the past 12 years
she has explored the options available thru abstract shapes and
forms. Her work is collected by private patrons across the nation
and her paintings are in numerous state, city and corporate
collections both nationally and internationally. Please feel free to
look up her website listed below for more detailed information and
to look at her work. Come take a class, art is great!
Becky Baxter, born and reared in Rockmart (North Georgia Mountains),
moved to Atlanta after graduation and attended the High Museum of
Art. She was employed as a Technical Illustrator at Lockheed for
five years. After moving back to Atlanta, Becky moved into the
oldest home in Sandy Springs. The home was built in 1838. She
returned to Tuxedo Adult Education and received a certificate in
Interior Design. She was an Interior Designer for three years and
went through Master Gardening classes. For ten years, she designed
and produced all floral arrangements as well as holiday arrangements
for the Georgia Governor's Mansion. She has given demonstrations and
presentations on flowers and gardening since 1974. Beck's intimate
classes are held at her home where students may view her work
firsthand. Many seminars are "hands-on" where each student leaves
with an original creation of his or her own.
Beard, Thomas
Thomasbeard4652@comcast.net
Tom began his jewelry career in the jewelry industry in 1974 when he
opened "The Silversmith," a shop featuring craftsmen's work. There
he designed, sold and repaired sterling silver and gold jewelry. In
1977 he moved to California to attend the Gemological Institute of
America, taking classes in jewelry repair, diamond setting, hand
engraving and working part time in their jewelry crafts department.
Upon graduation from the Graduate Gemologist Program, Tom joined
Tiffany & Co. His career experiences there included sales, grader
and buyer of diamonds over one carat and assistant manager of both
the color stone and jewelry manufacturing department. Since then Tom
has owned a Goldsmith shop in Charleston, SC, worked 11 years for
Maier & Berkele Jewelers and currently works for Neiman Marcus's
Precious Jewelry Salon.
Tom continues to take additional
courses as well as give instruction. This has afforded him the
opportunity to work with designers, jewelers, blacksmiths, clients
and students. He has taught at Spruill for a number of years. The
American Gem Society awarded Tom Registered Jewelry Certified
Gemologist / Certified Gemologist Appraiser.
Bell, Cleopatra
cleopatrabell@yahoo.com
Bensen, Vidabeth
vidabeth@aol.com
Bielawski, Amy
hare-brained@mindspring.com
Growing up in Florida with a dance/piano teacher for a mother and a
studio in her home, Amy has been performing and teaching dance for
over 30 years. She has studied many dance forms including: ballet,
jazz, modern, hula, bellydance, oriental, african, ballroom, latin
and flamenco. After receiving her associate's degree in dance from
Florida School of the Arts, she traversed to Atlanta to start her
career.
Making a full-time living out of entertaining for
the last twelve years, with multiple skills such as: clowning, mime,
face painting, balloon sculpting, fire-eating, fortune telling,
henna art, costumed characters, snake handling, singing telegrams
and of course dance, has been fairly easy and fun.
As an entertainer and promotional spokesmodel, Amy has
continued to perform across the country entertaining for many events
including: corporate/private functions, restaurants/nightclubs,
festivals (including the GA. Renaissance festival), movies,
television, print, and dancing with several bands.
She teaches bellydance in between the entertainment gigs at
several schools and studios around the Atlanta area and hopes to
continue to enjoy the crazy entertainer's life while making other
people smile and have fun!
Biondolillo, Thomas
tbiondillo@yahoo.com
Blythe-Hart, Helen
hb@helenblythehart.com
Helen Blythe-Hart is an award-winning metalsmith who has been
practicing her art for over two decades. She graduated with a BFA in
jewelry and silversmithing from Indiana University. Her work is
exhibited internationally through galleries and museums. Her
painterly use of colored stones, inspired by the Great Gardens,
developed into a distinctive style she calls "Rock Gardening."
Boehmig, Kathleen
pkboehmig@charter.net
Kathleen Craft Boehmig, an Atlanta native, loves to write about her
southern heritage. She has written feature pieces for local
periodicals, but her focus is short memoir-style essays, several of
which have been published in O, Georgia!, Lessons Learned, Sacred
Stones, and Chicken Soup for the Grandma’s Soul. She serves on the
board of The Atlanta Writers Club, and is working on a book of
essays.
Brandenburger, Marilynn
mmbrand@bellsouth.net
Marilynn has been painting, exhibiting and teaching art for more
than 25 years. She holds a Bachelors degree in anthropology from
Tulane University and a Masters degree from Florida Atlantic
University in Art Education with a Concentration in Drawing &
Painting. She is also a graduate of Harvard¹s Institute for the
Management of Lifelong Education, where she trained specifically to
teach adults.
Marilynn teaches because she loves it! At the
Spruill Center she offers Beginning and Intermediate Drawing,
Watercolor and Landscape Painting throughout the year. From time to
time, she also teaches classes in Botanical Illustration, Colored
Pencil, the Business of Art and other media such Oil Pastel. She is
a patient and supportive teacher whose structured classes provide
students the basic foundations for whatever creative paths they may
follow.
Highlights in Marilynn's career include government and private
foundation grants for painting and teaching, appointments as
Artist-in Residence in national and state parks and signature status
in the Colored Pencil Society of America. Her work is in public,
private, and corporate collections throughout the U.S., including
the Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Gainesville College and
Isle Royale and Glacier National Parks. Marilynn has illustrated
three books and her work has been featured in national newspaper and
magazine articles and in two publications, The Best of Colored
Pencil 5 and The Island Within Us.
Marilynn has been working primarily in colored pencil and
watercolor for many years, but has recently added oil pastel -- a
versatile painting medium first developed in Paris for Pablo Picasso
-- to her repertoire.
Marilynn¹s artwork can be seen by appointment at her studio in
Decatur and on her website
www.brandenburgerstudios.com. Check it out!
Bray, Anne
agbray1@aol.com
Anne Bray began her pottery career by taking a hand building class
with a friend. At the time she was a computer programmer and loved
the tension relief of working with clay. When her husband was
transferred from Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta in 1979, she discovered
The North Arts Center and wheel pottery. After several years of
classes, she took over a teen wheel class for an instructor on leave
and since 1984 has been teaching an adult beginning wheel class at
the Spruill Center for the Arts.
Anne shows her work through Arts and Crafts shows in the
Atlanta area. She has been an active member of the Dunwoody Arts and
Crafts Guild for over 17 years and has pieces in galleries in
Atlanta, Clarkesville, and Charleston.
Brodell, Judy
Judy@a-brush-with-art.com
Brull, Carol
claybrull@aol.com
I
have been playing in clay since early childhood (and still am).
I have been studying ceramics since 1974 (and still am).
I have been showing/selling my ceramics since 1975 (and still
am).
I have been teaching ceramic classes since 1980 (and still
am).
I consider myself more of a facilitator than a teacher.
Therefore the kinds of things I do is of little relevance. My intent
is to provide tools (skills and guidance) for students to create
that which is already within themselves.
Carpenter, Mary
Clancy, Ann
jaclancy@msn.com
Ann Clancy has been a teacher of photography in the St. Louis and
Atlanta area for over 30 years, with a Master of Education and
Master of Fine Arts with a specialization in Photography. In
addition to studying with Ansel Adams, she has participated in
workshops and classes with renowned photographers Paul Caponigno,
Roy DeCarva, Ernst Haas, Paul Kohn, Bob Kolebrenner, Katie Knight
and Shinidi Kumanomido. During the summer of 2003, she participated
in a workshop with Jonathan Bailey with the emphasis on GP-1 split
toning and Mordancage.
In the year 2005, Miss Clancy took
part in a workshop with Les McLean, a renowned teacher and
photographer from Great Britain where the emphasis was on split
printing.
In addition Miss Clancy has been a guest lecturer and judge at
various camera clubs in both Atlanta and St. Louis. Most recently
she has been chosen to be a part of the juror committee for the
Atlanta Dogwood Festival for the 2004 season.
At the present time she is a photography instructor at Spruill
Art Center. Teaching basic, intermediate and advanced darkroom
skills. In addition she also offers workshops and classes in advance
photography classes, toning techniques (both basic and exotic),
fabric printing and mounting and presentation of photographs.
In the coming year, the Art Center, with it's commitment to
traditional process will be offering various classes and workshops
using Van Dyke, Platinum and Palladium printing, and Bromoil
techniques.
In addition to formal class room instruction Miss Clancy does
consulting work with those unable to attend a structure class
schedule.
Miss Clancy has been a winner of several nationally published
newspaper sponsored photographic contests and had the honor of being
the Best of Show winner at the St. Louis Artiest Guild yearly
exhibition.
She has had several Woman Shows and is shown frequently with
other artist in the Atlanta area. Her most recent show was a 50 year
review presented during Atlanta Celebrates Photography .
R. Scott Cole has been making innovative kaleidoscopes for over 20
years. His work has been featured in numerous galleries, in addition
to several books and articles. He enjoys teaching and has conducted
workshops throughout the U.S. as well as overseas.
Colin, Jeanne
jeanne_colin@yahoo.com
Collins, Jim ASLA
collinsjp@bellsouth.net
"
UGA grad in both Environmental Design and again in Horticulture.
" Owner and Principal Landscape Architect of referral only
Landscape Design company.
" Designs have won many awards for excellence.
" Instructor of residential landscape design classes at
several Art Centers since 1981.
" Former Board Member of the Spruill Center for 12 years and
now serving on the Advisory Committee.
" Author of book 'Green Side Up, the Landscape Survival Guide
for the Homeowner.
" Author of weekly Landscape email of information to students
and clients as well as referrals.
" Pretty good cook.
" Strange sense of humor.
" Drives a Jeep.
" Has a BIG dog.
" Has a multitude of adopted felines.
" Married to Pat and have three kids James, Alan and Gina
" Loves to fish with a flyrod.
Cook, Nick
nickcook@earthlink.net
Nick Cook, a professional woodturner, is a founding member, director
and former vice president of the American Association of Woodturners.
He became the 12th Honorary Lifetime Member of the AAW this year.
Cook owns and operates his own studio in Marietta where he turns
a variety of gift items for gift shops and galleries throughout the
U.S. Nick produces architectural and furniture parts and turns
one-of-a-kind bowls and vessels. He also teaches and writes articles
for various woodworking publications. Joan Mondale selected one of
Nick's hollow vessels for the Art in Embassies Program. It has been
displayed in the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo. He demonstrated at the 1996
Turn Again, National Association of Woodturners, New Zealand annual
symposium. In the fall of 1999, Nick spent 5 weeks touring and
teaching in Australia. He will also be returning to Australia and
New Zealand in the spring of 2003.
D'Astoli, Fernando
info@sculptatlanta.com
Born in Buenos Aires of Italian descendent I was the youngest of
four children. Grew up in Long Island, where I attended Nassau
Community College to study advertising design.
In 1995 I moved to Atlanta to establish a machine part
manufacturing company, simultaneously enrolling at Kennesaw State
University as a studio art major. At KSU, I was an active member on
the Visual Art Committee, exhibited over eight art exhibitions,
winning awards in photography, pottery and sculpture. During my
senior year I had the opportunity to be a studio assistant to a
noted sculptor Barbara Rheingrover.
In January 2000 I was selected as outstanding senior in visual
arts receiving one of the university's most prestigious awards.
Shortly after graduation I began teaching stone sculpture at Spruill
Center of the Arts, in Atlanta. My educational background and hard
work has given me many opportunities, such as teaching arts classes
for Roswell Recreation Center of the Arts and Cobb County Culture
Affairs of the Arts. As an instructor I am thoroughly enjoying the
challenges of teaching student how to work in the three-dimensional
form. I have been recognized for my successful teaching techniques
and empathy with students.
Time and age have brought changes into my life, which have
directly influenced my work. My interest in design is in approaching
the stone combining structures in many forms. I love shaping,
forming and balancing the stone but what I treasure the most is that
I cannot change its intrinsic beauty. Architectural and human form
inspires me.
A
charismatic motivational speaker with an infectious personality,
capable of capturing an audience and moving a large group to a
focused action.
Outstanding written and verbal
communication and presentation skills; experienced in facilitating
activities for up to 1000 people and performing for groups over
30,000 people of all ages.
Experienced in television, print, radio and news media.
Selected dance professional for movies, video productions and
television commercials.
A highly motivated, goal oriented individual; can successfully
perform functions and work well in a fast paced, high pressured
environment.
DiBona, Patricia
patricia@dibonadesigns.com
Eisworth, Marcia
marciaeisworth@yahoo.com
Elkind, Molly
mpelkind@comcast.net
Molly earned an MA in Studio Art, with a concentration in Fiber,
from the University of Louisville in 2002. She also holds a B.A. and
M.A. in English and has over twenty years of experience teaching
students of all ages. Molly has taught art workshops and
professional development sessions in schools, museums and community
art centers since 1999 and is currently a teaching artist on the
roster of the Fulton County School Arts program. Molly's handmade
paper sculptures, fabric wall hangings, and artist's books have been
exhibited in juried shows locally and nationally, and she has been
published in Arts Across Kentucky and Needlearts magazines
Of all the fiber arts, quiltmaking is Molly's first love and she
enjoys introducing others to this exciting, addicting, endlessly
challenging art form. Molly's own quilts are inspired by scenes,
patterns, and forms in nature, and by the thrill of playing with
color and texture. Contemporary quilt artists are inspired by the
quilt achievements of our grandmothers (and their grandmothers), but
our quilts move beyond the traditional. In Molly's class, we use
conventional piecing and quilting techniques, but we will learn to
apply principles of art and design such as value, pattern, and color
in composing our own designs-and no one is going to be measuring the
length of our stitches! The contemporary art quilt is claiming its
place in the art world-come be a part of it!
Ann Finley
annfinleyjewelry@earthlink.net
Transplanted from New Jersey to Atlanta more than 20 years ago,
Ann was an administrator at Emory University and a licensed
professional counselor in her pre-artist life. She set her
multiple degrees aside following a class in metal sculpture at
the Atlanta College of Art, and her company, IronCraft Folk Art,
was created. This continued for eight years as she built up her
company and sold her creations to galleries across the country;
museum gift shops, and national catalogs (including the front
cover of Sundance and back cover of Eddie Bauer).
During
this time, Ann participated in art festivals and was surrounded
by art, artists -- and jewelry. Always an admirer of sterling
silver, she began to explore transforming her folk art images
into pendants. This led to yet another torch, as she set up shop
to work with precious metals and gemstones. The result – art to
wear. Ann was enthralled with creating jewelry. She sold
IronCraft Folk Art, and now focuses her creative efforts solely
on jewelry making.
Not
wanting to abandon her event planning skills, Ann volunteered
for numerous art festival committees: Atlanta Dogwood Festival,
Decatur Arts Festival, Avondale’s AutumnFest, and Virginia
Highland’s Summerfest. Her contributions have included all
phases of festival planning, including logistics, initiating
silent auctions and purchase award programs, and assisting in
the jury process. In the most recent phase of Ann’s career, she
combines her knowledge of marketing and selling art with her
teaching and counseling skills, to mentor and consult for
individual artists on their career paths.
Fiorello, Pat
patfiorello@aol.com
Pat Fiorello has a unique blend of business and art skills. After
receiving her MBA from the Harvard Business School, Pat spent 20
years in the corporate world as a Marketing Executive.
In 2002, Pat left the corporate world to pursue her passion
for painting and became a full time artist. Pat founded Fiorello Art
and Design, LLC and spends her time creating and selling paintings,
licensing her artwork and teaching art. Pat also coaches artists on
goal setting, planning and marketing.
After not having painted since elementary school, Pat began to
learn watercolor at the age of 35. She began teaching herself to
paint and then took courses, workshops and private study with noted
watercolorists to further her artistic abilities and talent. Based
on her own experience and research she firmly believes that anyone
can learn to paint- it's never too late. She developed a workshop
called "Art for Non- Artists" which she has taught for the past 8
years, specifically to help adults who want to paint, but don't know
how to get started. "I really enjoy working with beginners to help
them build their skills and confidence in a supportive,
non-judgmental way."
Pat is known for her vibrant watercolors. Among her favorite
subjects to paint are flower, gardens and landscapes of beautiful
places like Italy, Bermuda and other places she travels to.
Pat's work has been featured in over 50 juried shows over the
past 4 years. Her artwork has been showcased in over a dozen "one
woman" exhibits including The State Botanical Garden of GA in
Athens, GA , Chateau Elan in Braselton, GA and The Bowen Center for
the Arts, Dawsonville, GA. Her work is available at the Vista
Gallery in Decatur and the Burton Gallery in Clarkesville. Pat is
active in the arts community and has served as Chairman of the
Atlanta Artists Center. She is currently President of the Georgia
Watercolor Society.
My passion and dedication for pottery has
inspired me to a tireless search for challenging techniques. My work
reflects my curiosity, my love for shapes that evoke beauty, and
ergonomics. Whether functional or simply decorative, each piece is a
"one of a kind".
Mainly working with stoneware on the potter's wheel, I enjoy
altering the forms and combining them with hand-built elements.
I find it is the most rewarding experience when you have your
mind and motor skills in such coordination that your hands can
create exactly what your thoughts conceived.
My work has been featured in several art galleries in Georgia.
I also teach pottery for adults and children in many community art
centers in the Atlanta metropolitan area and privately in my home
studio.
Education:
Master of Product Design, North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC; Bachelor of Industrial Design, Universidade Federal do
Estado do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil; Bachalor of English,
Universidade Católica do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
GA. Lawyers for the Arts,
gla@glarts.org
GEORGIA LAWYERS FOR THE ARTS
serving the arts since 1975
What is Georgia Lawyers for the Arts?
Georgia Lawyers for the Arts (GLA) is a nonprofit organization
that provides legal assistance and education to artists and arts
organizations of Georgia. GLA, through its network of volunteer and
panel attorneys, provides legal assistance to musicians,
songwriters, photographers, filmmakers, painters, graphic designers,
actors and artists from many other disciplines. In addition to
providing pro bono legal services to limited-income artists and
nonprofit arts organizations with budgets under $500,000. GLA makes
referrals to experienced attorneys for artists that can afford to
pay for such services. In an effort to educate artists about their
legal rights and responsibilities, GLA conducts 50-60 educational
seminars and workshops for artists each year on numerous legal and
business-related topics. GLA also has an extensive resource library
(over 250 titles as well as sample contracts, copyright forms and
other resources). GLA has frequent walk-in clinics where artists can
come meet with volunteer attorneys to discuss various issues and
legal questions. Lastly, GLA provides free or low-cost mediation
services as a means of resolving artists' legal disputes. Each year
GLA serves thousands of artists and arts organizations in Georgia
and provides a critical link between members of the legal and the
arts communities.
Glasser, Julie
julie@galending.com
Glustoff, Barry
barry@digitalartsstudio.net
Barry Glustoff owns and operates the Digital Arts Studio, an
artist's resource for Giclée printmaking. Digital Arts Studio is
located in Atlanta's West Midtown district, sharing a large facility
with a Great Frame Up picture framing shop and gallery.
Barry has a degree in still photography from Southern Illinois
University, and has been creating digital Giclée prints since 1995.
During the past 30 years, Barry has been involved in many aspects of
the art and framing industries having worked as a gallery director,
a framer, and as a director of marketing and merchandizing for
various companies. As a fine art and photography enthusiast,
creating a digital art workshop for artists and photographers had
been a long-time goal, sharing knowledge and the expertise to
further the careers of aspiring artists is a blessing!
www.digitalartsstudio.net.
Goolsby, Catherine
CatherinePhotography@yahoo.com
Grainger, Rodney
rodney.grainger@att.net
Grecco, Krista
krista_grecco@yahoo.com
Krista Grecco is a ceramic artist
specializing in porcelain sculpture and sculptural pottery. She
received her B.F.A. magna
cum laude with divisional honors from Alfred
University and her M.F.A with a fellowship from The Ohio State
University.
She is a part time Assistant
Professor at Kennesaw State University and a hand building and
wheel instructor at Art Centers around Atlanta. Before moving to
Atlanta in 2005, she held the position of Visiting Assistant
Professor of Ceramics at Denison University, Sabbatical
Replacement and Lecturer at The Ohio State University, and
Visiting Artist at the Cleveland Institute of Art.
She has an extensive exhibition
record with gallery representation in Switzerland, Atlanta,
Chicago, Philadelphia and Sacramento. Her work can be found in
the collections of Lois Moran, Editor in Chief of American Craft
Magazine, David Montague, President of the Renwick Alliance at
the Smithsonian and Judith Schwartz, contemporary craft critic
and curator.
Green, Richard
rjg.1@comcast.net
Richard Green, MSc, CTM is an artist who brings a scientist's eye to
photography. Educated as a geneticist, his sense of wonder and
discovery has taken him and his wife Dorrie around the world in
pursuit of images. The Plains of Africa, Alaskan tundra, English
countryside, Egyptian tombs, "slot" canyons of the American
Southwest, and the Pantanal of Brazil have all revealed their hidden
treasures to Richard's lens. As Confucius said many years ago,
"Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it." Richard
clearly sees it and seems determined to help others see it as well.
He has been published around the world, exhibited extensively
in Georgia, and been featured on the Emmy award winning television
program, "Outdoors with John Paling," on Georgia Public Television.
In addition, he is represented by PhotoResearchers in New York and
Down Creek Gallery on Ocracoke Island, NC. He has published two
books of his images, Watercolours and Quiet Moments, and has been
passing on his love of the natural world for the past 25 years
through photography classes, workshops, and individual instruction.
www.downtoearthportraits.com
Hart, Estelle
estelle.hart@comcast.net
Estelle was born in New York State and raised on a 200 acre farm in
Wallkill at the foot of the Shawangunk Mountains (90 miles north of
NYC). Her mother was a Pratt Institute graduate and thus, art and
design were always a part of her life. The mountains and countryside
where she grew up greatly influenced her love of the landscape and
feeling for the colors of nature both literally and as a basis of
fantasy for her abstract impressionistic paintings.
She
received an Associates degree in business from Rider College in
Trenton, New Jersey.
Later she studied art in Italy as part of the University of
Georgia’s Art Abroad program and then earned a BFA with a
concentration in painting and drawing from Georgia State University.
She graduated Summa Cum Laude as a Faculty Scholar.
Since graduating Estelle has been an instructor of watercolor
painting, drawing and book arts at Jacquelyn Casey Hudgens Center
for the Arts and is an instructor for the Staff Development program
for Gwinnett County Art Educators. She also instructed pre-teens in
drawing and watercolor painting at Pinckneyville Community Center
and adult watercolor instruction at OCEE as part of the Fulton
County Arts Council.
In her own studio in Stone Mountain, Georgia, Estelle makes
handmade books and paints in watercolors and oils. She is currently
a studio member at Kickwheel pottery in Tucker, Georgia and creates
both functional and sculptural clay objects.
Estelle is married to Mark Pierce and has one son,
Christopher, who is a Staff Sergeant in the active Army Reserve and
has served one term in the Iraq war.
Hastings, Kathryn
kathyhastings@westminster.net
Hatala, Lew
lewhatala@mindspring.com
Lew Hatala was born in North Bergen, New Jersey and moved to
Dunwoody, with his wife and two children, in 1970. Lew has extensive
experience in picture framing and has been involved in the framing
industry for over 20 years.
If your goal is to learn the
skills and techniques of picture framing, Lew can help. His
entertaining and Informative style has been helpful to both the
professional and the hobbyist or artist.
His intensive and enjoyable one-day course covers the
technical skills and fundamental of custom picture framing. Designed
for the hobbyist or artist, upon completion of his course, you'll be
able to start framing your own pictures.
Hayes, Donte'
dontekhayes@bellsouth.net
Donte' K. Hayes was born in 1975 in Baltimore, Maryland. He grew up
in Columbia, Maryland and graduated from Oakland Mills High School.
He moved to Atlanta in 1993 and studied art at The American College
for the Applied Arts and The Atlanta College of Art.
Since
moving to Roswell, Georgia in 1997 he has held positions as Vice
President of the Roswell Fine Arts Alliance and chairman of the
North Fulton High School Juried Art Exhibition. From 2002 to 2004 he
held the position of Arts Assistant at the Ocee Arts Center, which
is funded by The Fulton County Arts Council.
Donte's work has been included in numerous solo and group
exhibitions in Atlanta (GA), Nashville (TN), Huntsville (AL), Grand
Rapids (MI), Washington D.C., Asheville (NC), and Mansfield (OH).
His work has been reviewed in The Atlanta Journal Constitution,
Rapid River Art Magazine, Nashville Scene, Mansfield Ohio Journal,
Red and Black, and Flagpole Magazine.
Currently, he is continuing his exploration of interpreting
the story and icon of the "Gingerbread Man" through the invented
character the "Gingerblack Man." His artwork focuses on how personal
identity is affected by outside stimulus.
-
Owner, GardenMakers, a garden consultation business specializing in
helping gardeners develop the garden of their dreams.
-
Garden educator, teaching for the Spruill Center for the Arts, the
Lanier Museum of Natural History, the Georgia Department of
Agriculture and in her home garden.
- Frequent lecturer, including the Atlanta Botanical Garden,
the SE Flower Show, the Atlanta Garden & Patio Show, Spruill Center
for the Arts, Lanier Museum of Natural History, Habersham Gardens,
Wilkerson Mill Gardens, Smith & Hawken, and many others.
- Designed the Georgia Perennial Plant Association entry into
the 1999 Southeastern Flower Show, winning Best in Show - Education
Division, the American Horticultural Society Award (for an exhibit
of horticultural excellence which best demonstrates the bond between
horticulture and the environment), the Ardmore Garden in Literature
Award (for an exhibit demonstrating the interrelation of the garden
and literature), the Chicago Horticultural Society Medal (for the
exhibit showing outstanding horitcultural skill and knowledge), and
the Governor's Trophy (for the educational exhibit of greatest
distinction).
- Chair of the Education Division of the Southeastern Flower
Show 1999-2001, Advisor in Horiculture since 1994
- Personal garden has been featured on the Georgia Gardeners
for PBS and was shown on HGTV's "A Gardener's Diary" in April of
2002. The garden has been on the Georgia Perennial Plant Association
tour and twice on the American Hydrangea Society tour.
- Lifelong gardener and Atlanta native
- Work history
- Atlanta History Center - Assitant to Director of Gardens
- Vines Botanical Gardens - Director of Education
- Barnsley Gardens - P.R. Representative
- Atlanta Botanical Garden - Acting Director of Education
- Affiliations
- Atlanta Botanical Garden, charter member
- Atlanta History Center, member & garden docent
- American Hydrangea Sociey, past president & founding member
- Georgia Native Plant Society, founding member
- Georgia Perennial Plant Association, charter member & board
member
Honea, Nancy
nhoneastudio@aol.com
Honea's paintings are distinguished by three things: sophisticated
use of color, the ability to capture the essence of the sitter, and
meticulous attention to detail. Highly regarded and actively
painting portraits for over 25 years, she has owned and operated the
Honea Fine Art Studio since 1975. Her work is represented in more
than 200 corporate and private collections throughout the United
States and abroad and includes leaders in industry, banking,
education, medicine and government.
A gifted and respected
educator with over 25 years of teaching experience, Honea continues
to hold portrait classes at the Spruill Center for the Arts, has
taught at the Atlanta College of Art for many years, and gives
workshops throughout the Southeast.
A dedicated instructor, her art experience plus communications
skills are blended with a sincere desire to nurture artistic growth,
developing her students on many levels. This ranks her among the
truly inspiring teachers and classes always have a waiting list.
Honea received art training at The Art Students League of New
York, the Seattle Academy of Fine Art, and with many leading
contemporary figures in painting, drawing and portraiture including:
Nelson Shanks, Burton Silverman, Harvey Dinnerstein, David Leffel,
Daniel Greene, Richard Charles Sovek, Constantine and Roman Chatov,
Charles Reid, Michael Grimaldi, Ronald Sherr, Diana Kan, and Douglas
Walton.
Receiving numerous awards her paintings have been presented
both nationally and regionally in more than 100 solo, invitational,
or group exhibitions. She was awarded Artist of the Year 1995, by
the Atlanta Branch of the National League of American Pen Women. She
is listed in Who's Who in American Art; in America, in American
Women and in the South-Southwest. She is a Member of Merit, The
Portrait Society of Atlanta; Member of Excellence, the Southeastern
Pastel Society, and a Juried Member of the Watercolor Society and
Southern Watercolor Society.
Currently serving on the Executive Advisory Board of the
Portrait Society of Atlanta, she is a Past President and Charter
Member, and by invitation serves on the Ben Shute Scholarship
Committee, Atlanta College of Art.
Horvath, Ken
khorvath@spruillarts.org
Spruill Ceramic Department
Director.
Ken has been working and teaching in the ceramics
field for more than 30 years. Primary interest is throwing and
surface design. He has exhibited his work worldwide and is part of
numerous public and private collections.
Jaenicke, Barbara
barbarajaenicke@msn.com
Janke, Matthew
jankeglass@aol.com
Matthew Janke is a BFA and MFA alumnus of Kent State University
where he developed a serious interest in working with glass adn
focused his creative energy on the production of multimedia works.
Although capable of producing highly decorative and colorful blown
works, Matt chooses to create a powerful body of large cast glass
sculptures that define his individual sensibilities and perceptions.
He and his wife, Kim, are the owners and operaters of Janke Studios,
established in 1996 as the first hot glass shop in the Atlanta
Metropolitan area. Matt currently owns and operates out of his
studio in Studioplex on Auburn Avenue. He is also an accomplished
jewelry maker.
Jaskevich, Jane
Jaskevich@mindspring.com
My stone sculptures are mystical in nature. The work borrows
elements from Greek and Egyptian cultures. My art reflects the
coexistence of the conscious and subconscious, the symbolic and
literal, and the ancient and modern.
In some of the work inconventional combinations of female and
animal forms create an ethereal quality. The beastly shape of a cat
mask on a delicate figure acts to reveal a dichotomy present in the
feminine stereotype. Sometimes two different stones are combined to
create more seperation and freedom of form as in the "Siren", a
female nude reclining on a orange turtle. Here the graceful
configuration of the turtle and the woman is offset by the surreal
use of scale. The rabbit on hte head of the female figure of "Magic"
reflects her bewitching nature. Closed eyes are used to symbolize
the dream world.
Lately my work has taken a new direction. My figures are
larger and deal with the blending of different materials and
textures. These four foot figures turn at waist. They may be carved
out of wood, limestone, alabaster, steatite or marble. Some
combinations emphasize contrast such as with as "Nike" that has
light oak body and a black stone head. Others are more homogneous in
appearance creating a more serene image. The challenge is creating
images that create a unified whole from dissimilar parts. These
unreal figures still create an air of mystery.
Dreamy images, sometimes peaceful, sometimes threatening,
suggest personal myths. My stone sculptures invite the viewer to
interpret thus creating their own stories.
Aerle Taree earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in humanities, with a
focus on art, from Oglethorpe University in 2003. She was born in
Madison, Wisconsin, and attended Cornell University's College
Institute in high school. Aerle Taree is a founding member of
Arrested Development; who have sold more than 4 million albums
worldwide. She has two Grammy's, two NAACP Image awards, and an MTV
Moon Man award.
Julian, Jennifer
jenniferjulian05@comcast.net
Jennifer Julian received a B.A. from Auburn University in 1986, but
it was not until studying at the Art Institute of Atlanta that she
became serious about her life as an artist. Her first break came in
1999 when Fay Gold Gallery of Atlanta showed her work at the
prestigious Association of International Photography Art Dealers in
New York City. More recently she has had solo shows at Eyedrum
Gallery, Atlanta's premier cutting edge art venue, North Georgia
College & State University, Georgia Perimeter College, Berry College
and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. Her photographs are in
many national public and private collections including, King &
Spalding, Attorneys at Law, Cultural Arts Center, Douglasville, GA,
Meriwether County Courthouse, Hartsfield-Jackson International
Airport, John Cleary Gallery, and Georgia Regional Hospital. Late in
2005, Ms. Julian proudly joined the staff of teaching artists at the
High Museum of Art in Atlanta, GA. In addition to teaching at
Spruill, Ms. Julian has been very involved with teaching children in
the Douglas County school system. In 2006, the Chattahoochee Valley
Art Museum in LaGrange, GA will host a one person show of her latest
works.
I
was born and raised in Jackson, Minnesota a small farming community.
I studied Ceramics with John Perri at the University of Wisconson
Stourt in Minomenie, WI and also with Lenny Dowhie at the University
of Evansville, Indiana. After moving to Atlanta in 1978 I began
teaching at the North Arts Center/Spruill Center for the Arts both
pottery on the wheel and basketry and have continued to teach teen
and adult classes for 25 years.
Kennedy, Dolores
doloreskennedy@msn.com
Dolores Kennedy, a native Atlantan, has been teaching for more than
20 years. She has taught at Chastain Arts Center, the Atlanta
College of Art, and Abernathy Art Center. She earned her BFA from
the former High Museum School of Art. She has received several
regional and national painting awards, including the 1997 "Georgia
Women of the Year in Arts" honor.
Key, Thomas
thomaskey@comcast.net
THOMAS KEY is an illustrator and sculptor who has been drawing for
more than 30 years. Tom is a graduate of SCAD, the Savannah College
of Art and Design, and has received numerous commissions and sold
many pieces at auction to private collectors. In addition, he's had
work published in several collector-themed magazines and won awards
for his 2-D artwork as well as his sculpture. Tom has taught
Drawing, Portraiture, Sculpture, and Sequential Art at The Spruill
Center for the Arts, The Chastain Center for the Arts, The Roswell
Visual Arts Center, Evenings at Emory, and in the Community Ed
Program at The Atlanta College of Art, now part of SCAD Atlanta. Tom
has two main websites featuring samples of his work. The first,
www.thomaskeyart.com, showcases Tom’s teaching and fine art work,
and the second is www.iconcreationsart.com, which features samples
of his Pop Art themed drawings, paintings and sculptures.
Kier, III, John
jhkiersey@aol.com
Knight, Margo
margo.knight@alston.com
Lansford, Victoria
victoria@victorialansford.com
Victoria Lansford creates one-of-a-kind wearable pieces of art and
art objects that recall the mystery and splendor of the ancient
world yet bring forth her own provocative vision. Working with
unique stones and precious metals, she specializes in the bronze age
gold and silversmithing techniques of Eastern repoussé , open back
filigree, granulation, and chainmaking. She has a BA in studio art
with a concentration in jewelry design and silversmithing and a
minor in art history from Georgia State University and brings 15
years experience to her medium. Victoria believes in the importance
of preserving the knowledge of these arts and currently teaches at
Spruill Center for the Arts, Atlanta, where she is head of the
Jewelry and Metalsmithing department. She has also served as adjunct
professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Victoria is recognized as one of the leading metalsmiths in the
United States and a master of ancient techniques. Her pieces are
found in galleries and collections around the world.
Having painted all her life in the mediums of watercolor and oil,
artist Jenny London is now using large format photography to express
her artistic passions for composition and light. Drawing on her
background as a studio artist helps her to compose her scenes and
still-lifes on location. Her creative experience in the dark room
them becomes the new process of painting.
"Composing the image under the dark cloth of the camera takes
me into a world of creation which is very slow, very meditative and
very private." Using and 8x10 large format camera, Jenny uses
Polaroid film and prints her images on watercolor paper. The
resulting image is truly an impressionistic work of art with a
"touch of magic".
Jenny has painted since childhood. She received an Accoicate
Arts Degree at Gulf Park College in Mississippi and B.S. in Art
Education at the University of Alabama. She has exhibited throughout
the Southeast and continues to teach fine arts to children and
adults in her studio.
Lowe, Summer
summerlowe@comcast.net
Mann, Thomas
tom@thomasmann.com
Martin, Dawn Kinney
dawn@dawnart.com
Dawn Kinney Martin is an artist living in Atlanta, GA. Her work has
been gaining regional attention over the past several years, and
recently received an Award of Merit form the Manhattan Arts
International Museum of New York. She shows regularly through the
South and North East.
Teaching since 1998, Dawn is a
faculty member of the Atlanta College of Art and teaches courses
ranging from "Beginning Acrylics" to "Marketing the Arts". Dawn
believes in getting her students involved in the arts and often
schedules gallery visits as part of her classes. She is also active
in the Atlanta art scene and serves on several art committees. She
is a volunteer and member of the Atlanta Artist Center, DeKalb
Council for the Arts and High Museum of Art.
Experience
Dawn graduated with a BFA in painting from the University of
Georgia and attended William Bray Art Academy.
Artist Statement
"When I look outdoors, I see energy and movement. The
environment changes as light shines and reflects to reveal hidden
colors. The organic nature of a landscape paired with the quick pace
of painting with acrylics, allows me to translate that energy onto
the canvas.
By incorporating the subtle transparencies of collage or the
blade of the palette knife, I layer obstacles on the painting
surface then unify them with colors. The real challenge lies in
keeping the colors vivid and lively, while creating an overall
harmony. " - Dawn Kinney Martin
I
remember taking my first class in ceramics back in 1990. I was
amazed at how a lump of simple earth could be transformed into an
infinite variety of shapes, colors and textures. My enthusiasm was
so great I started working day and night as a lab assistant and
reading all I could to develop my understanding of the technical
aspects of clay. The more I learned, the more important it seemed
that I share this information. So I began teaching in 1996. While I
continue to sell my work at local art shows and galleries, I prefer
the concept of sharing knowledge and helping to enable students to
create and watching their eyes light up with fresh ideas.
Music Together, Peachtree
laura1739@bellsouth.net
Music Together, now being taught nationally and internationally,
began in 1987 as an educational project of the Center for Music and
Young Children of Princeton, New Jersey. The Music Together Program
is committed to helping families, caregivers, and eary childhood
professionals rediscover the pleasures and educational value of
informal musical experiences. Rather than emphasizing traditional
musical performances, Music Together encourages family participation
in spontaneous musical activity occuring within the context of daily
life. The program recognizes that all children are musical and that
every child needs a stimulating, supportive musical environment to
achieve basic competence in the wonderful human capacity for
music-making. It pioneered the concept of a researched- based,
developmentally appropriate early childhood music cirriculum that
strongly emphasizes and facilitates adult involvement. Since it's
beginning, Music Together has grown to a nationally-acclaimed
program that has reached thousands of families in 36 states and
several foreign countries. Preschools and day care centers
everywhere have integrated Music Together songs and activities into
their programs.
After growing up in many states and in two countries as a
child of an Air Force colonel, I graduated from The Philadelphia College of
Art in Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Design
and a minor inCeramics. From there I began to manage galleries including The
Museum Shops of Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia and Bennett
Galleries in Knoxville, Tennessee while continuing to work and teach in
clay. After arriving in Atlanta in 1996 I chose to concentrate on my clay
work and also began teaching hand building and mosaics at The Spruill Art
Center and hand building, wheel and mosaics in my own studio.
My work has always been influenced by things of importance in
my physical world: family, friends, dog, cars and nature. For these pieces
I have used hand building, sculpture, wheel and mosaics as techniques
independent of one another. More recently I have begun to combine these
techniques, sometimes all four in one piece. The inspiration is now more personal,
many based on my dreams, and the images and emotions they stir in me.
My work can be viewed at the following locations:
Heaven Blue Rose Gallery Roswell, GA
The Spruill Art Center Atlanta, GA
Mudfire Gallery Atlanta, GA
Betsy's On Main Street Woodstock, GA
Simon's Gallery & Framing Cumming, GA
Hummingbird Lane Dahlonega, GA
Hansen Gallery Knoxville, TN
Novak, Gail
I
have worked with the watercolor medium for the past 15 years and
have recently expanded into the use of pastels. I studied with the
renowned John Pike, A.W.S., at his school in Woodstock, NY, during
four summer sessions. Further studies included instruction from
several other nationally known professionals such as Claude Croney,
A.W.S.; Zoltan Szabo, Tony Van Hasselt, A.W.S.; Arthur Barbour,
A.W.S.; and Tony Couch.
I received my Bachelor of Arts
Degree from Florida State University in Tallahassee, FL, majoring in
Advertising Design with minors in Fashion Illustration and Art
History.
Some of the leading companies and establishments who recently
have purchased my works for their corporate collections include:
AT&T, The Atlanta Hospital, Emory Hospital, Equifax Corporation,
Greater Atlanta Christian Schools, Inc.; BankSouth, Inc.; Trinity
School, Lanier Plaza Hotels, Kimberly-Clark, Siemens Corporation,
Germany; Prime Bank, Eagles Landing Country Club, Delta Air Lines,
Hyatt Regency Dorado, Puerto Rico; and Wachovia Bank, Charlotte, NC.
I have received over 30 awards spanning four years in various
shows and competitions throughout the Southeast region. My subject
matter is varied, including portraits, landscapes, buildings, still
lifes, etc. I paint from life or from photographs taken when
traveling. I devote about a third of my painting time to commission
works for private and corporate collectors, utilizing my design and
architectural background to produce paintings in a somewhat literal
style. My main objective when creating a painting is to be able to
convey the actual feeling of a scene visually.
Owens, Leslie
Leslie
Owens is a graduate of the Professional Crafts Program-Fiber
Arts concentration from Haywood Community College, Clyde NC,
where she learned weaving, dyeing and spinning with Catherine
Ellis. She has studied tapestry with Archie Brennan and Felted
Garments with Jorie Johnson at the Penland School of Crafts. She
has exhibited her woven garments at Convergence in Vancouver,
BC, where she won 2nd place in the Fashion exhibit. She has also
shown at the Southern Highland Craft Guild show as a student and
at the Folk Art Center and Grovewood Gallery, both in Asheville,
NC. In Atlanta, she has shown at the Fireball Collective and
Inman Park Festival events.
In her
former life, she was a corporate graphic designer in Atlanta,
designing magazines for BellSouth, IBM and Georgia Pacific. Long
hours doing press checks and art-directing photography honed her
eye for color and dramatic layout. She has a degree from
Vanderbilt University in Social Psychology.
"Graphic
Design isn't art, it's commerce. It took me 25 years to break
away from the idea that the marketplace determines one's worth.
Now I take pleasure in the doing and sharing of the work.
Felting in particular is such immersive fun that I just don't
want to do anything else. Wool is so responsive and felting is
such a tactile process that it fulfills my need to handle,
caress, touch, and hold my creations, because all those
obsessive impulses are a natural part of the felting process.
It's the ideal expression for a fiber addict!"
Paccione, Bob
paccione@charter.net
I
am an early baby-boomer, born and raised in New York City, and very
lucky to have had some of the world’s finest museums and galleries
right in my backyard. Walking through a museum, I would think how
fantastic it would be to create art that people would value through
the years. However, my early dreams were put on hold when life
intervened and I was drafted into the Army during the Viet Nam
conflict.
When I returned to civilian life I went into
Federal government service until I retired after 27 years. I was
finally free to pursue the Arts, a plan which had been in my mind
throughout the years.
I decided to pursue ceramics at Kennesaw State College. Before
I knew it, I was addicted to clay. Then one day I received a Spruill
Center course catalog in the mail; I took one class, then another,
and another - handbuilding, Raku, and wheel. I became a Lab
Assistant working in the Kiln Room loading and unloading kilns and
learning about the firing processes. I found myself spending more
and more time at Spruill trying to absorb all of the ceramist’s
skills needed for my"education."
Raku intrigued me and I began experimenting with the Raku
process, and all the related subjects necessary to produce unique,
beautiful and dramatic pieces. I changed my assignment as "Kiln Room
assistant" to the "Glaze Technician" responsible for Spruill’s Raku
glazes.
After working as a lab tech for a couple of years, the
Ceramics Department Director asked me if I would like to offer a
course instructing Handbuilding and Raku techniques and procedures.
I said "Yes" and my journey as an instructor began!
As an instructor I try to pass down my love of ceramics to my
students, and to continue to help and encourage them to open their
minds to new and interesting ideas.
My vision as a potter is to create attractive and exciting
pieces, functional or non-functional. I love my work because of the
freedom it affords. However, my real passion is to inspire students
to produce work that expands their artistic potential.
Paccione, Bob
paccione@charter.net
I
am an early baby-boomer, born and raised in New York City, and very
lucky to have had some of the world’s finest museums and galleries
right in my backyard. Walking through a museum, I would think how
fantastic it would be to create art that people would value through
the years. However, my early dreams were put on hold when life
intervened and I was drafted into the Army during the Viet Nam
conflict.
When I returned to civilian life I went into
Federal government service until I retired after 27 years. I was
finally free to pursue the Arts, a plan which had been in my mind
throughout the years.
I decided to pursue ceramics at Kennesaw State College. Before
I knew it, I was addicted to clay. Then one day I received a Spruill
Center course catalog in the mail; I took one class, then another,
and another - handbuilding, Raku, and wheel. I became a Lab
Assistant working in the Kiln Room loading and unloading kilns and
learning about the firing processes. I found myself spending more
and more time at Spruill trying to absorb all of the ceramist’s
skills needed for my"education."
Raku intrigued me and I began experimenting with the Raku
process, and all the related subjects necessary to produce unique,
beautiful and dramatic pieces. I changed my assignment as "Kiln Room
assistant" to the "Glaze Technician" responsible for Spruill’s Raku
glazes.
After working as a lab tech for a couple of years, the
Ceramics Department Director asked me if I would like to offer a
course instructing Handbuilding and Raku techniques and procedures.
I said "Yes" and my journey as an instructor began!
As an instructor I try to pass down my love of ceramics to my
students, and to continue to help and encourage them to open their
minds to new and interesting ideas.
My vision as a potter is to create attractive and exciting
pieces, functional or non-functional. I love my work because of the
freedom it affords. However, my real passion is to inspire students
to produce work that expands their artistic potential.
Patricolo, Charlie
charliep@dnet.net
Paulet, Vicki
vrpaulet@yahoo.com
Vicki Paulet divides her time between working in her home studio and
teaching at two Atlanta area arts centers. She derives ongoing
inspiration from her students, many of whom continue to take classes
years after they have established their own studios. "My students
are a constant joy and inspiration to me and, in his or her own way,
each one is a beautiful, evolving work of art." She quickly adds,
"Before that sounds way too serious, let me emphasize that we spend
a lot of time laughing over pots and everything else!"
Vicki's pots, while primarily functional, are often enhanced
by wax resist decoration, carving, sgraffito, or by the addition of
sculptural elements. This integration of the pictorial and
sculptural with the essential pottery form produces a thoughtful and
often humorous response to her work.
Phillips, Ellen
cndreln@aol.com
Ellen Cavendish Phillips
Ellen has been active in the
Atlanta area arts scene for over two decades. A graduate of Agnes
Scott College with degrees in Art as well as Biology, she worked in
the Biochemistry Department of Emory University and taught Art at
the DeKalb YWCA and private lessons in her studio until 1991. At
that point, she set aside teaching to focus on her business of
painting portraits. She has done portraits for clients in Washington
state, Virginia, Texas, Alabama, as well as in Georgia. In 1994 she
was commissioned by the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce to paint a
portrait of Hank Aaron which was then presented as a gift to him.
Ellen has been an active member in a variety of art
organizations and has shown her work frequently in their shows,
winning several awards. Her work has been displayed and sold in
various galleries in the Southeast. Her work also hangs in the
Virginia Highlands Higher Education Center, an affiliate with the
University of Virginia.
Not limiting herself to canvas and paper, she has designed
"trees" for the City of Decatur and logos for several organizations.
In 1999, Ellen illustrated the cover for DeKalb Jr. League’s
cookbook, Putting on the Peachtree, and in 2000, designed the cover
for A Taste of Abingdon Cookbook for the DAR of Abingdon, VA.
Most recently, Ellen has begun to design and create liturgical
art. She has completed several large paper-lace banners for Central
Presbyterian Church and is working on a metal sculpture design for
another Atlanta area church.
Currently, Ellen is working toward completing her Certificate
in Spirituality from Columbia Theological Seminary. She is also has
been leading groups that enable members to recognize and enjoy their
own creativity.
Stained Glass Artist Anne Grant Rambo is a native Atlantan, growing
up in the Druid Hills area. She now lives in rural Rockdale County,
sharing "Cocklebur Farm" with her husband and daughter and a
menagerie of pets and farm animals. Her love of animals and nature
is reflected in much of her stained glass work. Influenced by her
Scottish heritage (the Grant Clan), Celtic art has become another
focus. A passionate appreciation for glass art began when she took a
class with the idea of creating several pieces for her new home.
That first class extended to many more, plus workshops and
apprenticeships. Calling herself a "reformed" accountant, Anne feels
she has found her "heaven on earth" changing careers. Now a full
time artist and teacher of stained glass, Anne particularly enjoys
sharing her knowledge and experience with her students at the
Spruill Art Center in Dunwoody.
This is the hardest thing to talk about - my art - partly because
it's just what I do, but also because it is tactile and emotional.
Its meaning comes largely from the connection that the wearer has
with the piece. When working, I try to remain as open as possible to
ideas and inspirations that come to me, because I see them as works
that want to come into existence.
I regard the fabrication techniques I use, such as repousse,
scrollwork, piercing and chasing to be part of the metalsmith's
ever-increasing arsenal of tools, but not ends in themselves.
Therefore, I enjoy continuing to study techniques from others who
have mastered them and incorporating them into my work.
I get visually ispired by the artistry of ancient and early
20th century craftpersons, literature, period costume and furniture.
The emotional juice just seems to come from the experience of
growing and evolving as a person. Ultimately, jewelry is as much
about how it feels to make and wear, as it is about how it looks.
Working with metal and stones has a feeling of reality to it,
like touching the earth. Adding the element of fire makes the
process a form of alchemy: you end up with something that is much
greater than the sum of its parts.
Jena Sibille received her BFA and
MA from the University of Georgia. Her drawings and paintings
have been exhibited locally and nationally in both commercial
and non-profit galleries. She has received numerous critical
reviews and her works are included in both private and public
collections. In 2003, she was a finalist for the Forward Art
Foundation’s Emerging Artist Award. She has taught both adult
and youth studio drawing and painting classes. A former educator
for the High Museum of Art, Jena has extensive experience in
engaging audiences with works of art. She has worked as a
literacy and visual arts consultant with Fulton County Schools,
Clark County Schools, the DuSable Museum, Chicago, and the High
Museum of Art.
Singh, Gulshan
gulshansingh04@hotmail.com
Gulshan Singh is a native of India and a resident of Atlanta, GA.
She has taught North Indian cooking for the past 20 years. She
started a professional interest in cuisine when she worked on a
degree in Culinary Home Sciences from the University of Jaipur in
India. Currently she is teaching cooking classes at Emory University
and at the Spruill Center for the Arts. She also runs a catering
business and organizes private cooking classes.
Indian food is among the most delicious and nutritious
cuisine's in the world. The marriage of spices and flavors, the
freshness of the ingredients and the low fat, high taste nature of
the cuisine is winning converts all over the world.
Gulshan is a dynamic, high energy person and a very popular
teacher as her classes are informative and also very fun. She
introduces her students to the history of Indian Cuisine, the
different flavors that one experiences on the palate, the health
benefits of this type of food and where one can buy the ingredients.
Her many years of experience as a teacher are reflected in the way
she interacts with her students... once they take her class, they
are fans of this cuisine for life!
Sleighter, Laura
sleighter@washingtonwilkes.org
Laura Sleighter has been teaching candlemaking and floral arranging through out the south for over 7 years. She owned a retail floral
shop in midtown Atlanta for 8 years and now consults other floral
shops in daily marketing and wedding planning. Laura currently handles the
floral needs for weddings and special events. After selling her retail shop
while visiting new england she was inspired by some candles she saw
and decided to set off to learn the how-to's. After many trial and
errors, Laura has created some wonderful new and unique ways to look at the art
of candlemaking. Laura currently has her own line of candles in
many stores throughout the southeast. 2 years ago, Laura and her husband
Bill moved to Washington, Georgia (approx. 1hr.40mins east of Atlanta) into
an old antibellum home built in 1827. Laura currently teaches many
classes in her workshop behind the house. There is a gift shop of her candles
in the main house which Laura and Bill have turned in a bed and breakfast.
This excursion gives students a wonderful experience and a taste of
the south to boot!
From his very first calligraphy class with Don Dunz at Queens
College in New York, Michael Smith found a calming effect that
struck a passionate nerve in him. Inspired by the works of Hermann
Zapf, John Stevens and Claude Dieterich among others, Michael's
passion for this ancient art has been augmented by his training in
graphic design. His craftsmanship is evident in each carefully
formed letter and flourish.
After working for several years
in the advertising industry, Michael now owns and manages Michael
Smith Calligraphy and Graphic Design and serves as President of the
Atlanta calligraphy guild, Friends of the Alphabet.
Theresa St. Romain was the studio assistant in the Jewelry
Department for two years where she had monitored open studio and
assisted jewelry instructors Victoria Lansford, Susan Saul, and
Helen Blythe-Hart. Currently, she teaches beginning and advanced
beginning jewelry classes. She uses a full arsenal of fabrication
techniques to create her ideas with metal and stones. Her work is in
private collections and at a local gallery.
A firm believer in teaching people to help themselves, Theresa
feels that, for beginning jewelry and metal students, a thorough
grounding in the basic skills and techniques of metalsmithing is a
necessity. All the fun and excitement of learning new skills and
techniques, which the student can take on to more advanced projects,
starts with learning the basics of metalsmithing.
Stabin, Mel
melstabin@optonline.net
Stevens, Claude W (Bill)
Claude W. (Bill) Stevens, an Advertising Design Graduate from Auburn
University, is an illustrator for various publications and
children's books. He has been employed in art
direction-design-illustration positions with major corporate
companies such as B. F. Goodrich, Teledyne and advertising agencies
with national, international and local awards from the Chicago Art
Directors Club, The Birmingham Art Director's Club, Society of
Technical Writers and Publishers, and C. A. (Commercial Arts)
Magazine Stevens is an instructor for drawing, illustration and
cartooning at various art centers in Atlanta.
Thames, Kelly
mauldinrb@aol.com
Thayer, Arthur Douglas
bethel.thayer@mindspring.com
Arthur Douglas Thayer is a nationally prominent designer,
trendforecaster, writer, cartoonist and artist. An Okie by birth,
Doug studied at Ivy League Brown University studying spanish
literature and fine arts and earned his BFA in textile design at the
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). For more than 20 years, his
design firm has remained on the cutting edge of the home furnishings
industry through his intricate design work with carpets and rugs,
upholstery, apparel and drapery textiles for the worldwide
marketplace. In addition to domestic accounts, Doug works with firms
in Belgium, Mexico and the Netherlands. He writes color and trend
forecasting articles for such notable journals and publications as
Veranda Magazine, InterFashion Concepts, Atlanta Home and Garden,
the Trend Curve, UDM Magazine, the British Woodworker's Journal and
the Atlanta Journal and Constitution. He conducts design seminars
and workshops at RISD, Kansas Ciry Institute, Georgia State,
Chastain Arts Center, Atlanta International School, and the Sawtooth
Center in Winston-Salem.
His sculptures are currently on
exhibit at the Art Rages gallery in Amsterdam. Mr. Thayer's list of
gallery exhibitions includes Julie's on Madison in New York, the
Arkansas Arts Center, Bullocks of Los Angeles, Cooper Gallery in
Newport, RI, Woods-Gerry at RISD, High Point Galleries (NC), in
Chattanooga at the Urban Design and Townsend Gallery, and in Tulsa,
OK at Crane/Wolov and M.A. Doran. Locally, Doug has exhibited at the
Swan Coach House, Ariel Gallery, Fishbone Gallery, Gallery 291,
Spruill Art Gallery and the Contemporary Gallery (formerly Nexus
Contemporary Art Center). And, as a cartoonist, he is the creator of
"Eggie," a comic strip published by the acclaimed cartoon journal
Drawl.
Timms, Daniel
firemaker@bellsouth.net
Tysinger, Joan
jtysinger@gsu.edu
Joan Tysinger received her MFA in drawing and painting from Georgia
State University. She has taught classes in color theory,
introductory drawing, introductory painting, figure drawing, ang
figure painting at the college level, as well as in various
community education programs throughout the metropolitan Atlanta
area. Ms. Tysinger has exhibited locally and nationally.
Vaughn, Michael
VaughnOnStage@hotmail.com
Versaci, Sid
info@izorainc.com
Webb, Carol
seawebb@aol.com
The distinctive characteristics of Carol Webb's glass art result
from allowing the semi-molten glass to flow naturally in, over, and
around an arrangement of selected objects. The glass is cooled at
just the right moment to capture forever in the finished piece the
motion of flow.
The stones in her jewelry are fashioned in a similar manner by
carefully stacking the pieces, then allowing them to flow together
when heated. The curves and patterns of her handcrafted settings are
created specifically to complement the centerpiece.
Carol has done commissioned work, and her inspired creations
have been featured in galleries in Georgia and Florida, and sold
throughout the U.S.
Carol studies and teaches at the Spruill Center for the Arts
and studios nationwide.
Carol began her studies in ceramics at the Sprill Center for
the Arts. She has studied porcelain and tile painting with Syra
Hansen. When she saw a piece of fused glasswork on display she knew
that glass was what she wanted to work with next. She studied with
John Phillips, Robert Leatherbarrow, and Steve Klein. Carol then
decided to expand her clay work to include Precious Metal Clay by
becoming a Certified Instructor, studying with Barbara Becker-Simon.
Then as her glass pieces grew in size it became increasingly
difficult to find the perfect display items for her art. Carol is
now studying metalsmithing and welding so she can display her pieces
as she has them pictured in her mind. Utilizing clay, glass,
painting, and metals, Carol's work is very distinctive and you will
have a one of a kind piece of art.
Weiss, Sharon
pastelsharon@yahoo.com
Early Years
I was born in the New York City area and moved
to the Los Angeles area as a child. My interest in drawing
manifested itself at a very early age. Drawing was a natural
interest which was encouraged by my teachers and parents. As a
child, I won many school awards for my artwork. My father was an
artist by avocation, but our styles are completely different. We are
each a product of our time.
Education
As the resume and Artist's Statement indicate, I graduated
from UCLA (cum laude) with a Bachelor's Degree in Pictorial Arts and
a Teaching Credential.
Teaching Experience
I taught painting in an adult education program for two years
in the North San Diego area. Some of the projects related the styles
used by the masters (Rembrandt, Cézanne, and Monet) to student work.
It was an opportunity to learn art history and painting
simultaneously.
Exhibiting in the Detroit Area
After moving from the San Diego area to Michigan in 1974, I
joined the Birmingham-Bloomfield Art Association. I sold a number of
paintings through their Rental and Sales Gallery and participated in
several of their member shows. Two of my works were juried into the
1978 "Detroit Realists" show at Oakland University in a northern
suburb of the Detroit area. This was a highly competitive show which
brought the publicity of a review in the city's principal newspaper.
Exhibiting and Commissions in Atlanta
I moved to Atlanta in 1985 and was not extremely active in my
art career, as I was involved in pursuing other business interests.
I joined the Atlanta Artists Club and was juried into one of the
Peachtree shows on Grandview Avenue. Then in 1997, I joined the
Southeastern Pastel Society and re-ignited my art career. Since
joining, I have attained signature member status by having works
accepted into a specified number of juried member and international
shows. I also serve as Membership Chairperson and Graphics Resource.
I have received numerous commissions and completed many private
sales. One of my landscape paintings was reproduced for the cover of
a patient care brochure for the Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
Association. Several of my works have been included in shows at the
Spruill Gallery in Dunwoody, and one of the miniatures was cited in
a Spruill show review in May 2002 by the art critic for the Atlanta
Journal-Constitution. In November 2002, several paintings were
included in the miniature show at the Swan Coach Gallery.
I am currently creating new artworks while pursuing my career
in software design at a major Atlanta-based corporation.
Cyndie Westrich is a board certified masters level prepared Art
Therapist and a member of both the American Art Therapy Association
and the Georgia Art Therapy Association. For over eight years, she
has been practicing art therapy with women, children, adolescents
and adults in hospital, residential, and educational institutions.
Cyndie is also the founder and director of The E.A.S.E.L., Inc.
(Expressive Arts Studio for Empowerment in Living), a studio
dedicated to healing and transformation through the arts.
As an instructor at The High Museum of Art, Kennesaw State
University, The Spruill Center for the Arts, and Evening at Emory
University, Cyndie also has taught several community art classes
focusing on gaining a greater awareness through visual
self-expression. She has had her work published in Art Therapy and
UMI and she is currently writing a book on the applications of
healing through traditional visual arts.
Over the last five years, Cyndie has served as Treasurer,
Membership Chair, Delegate, and Ethics Chair for the Georgia Art
Therapy Association, Ethics Chair and Program Chair for the Missouri
Art Therapy Association, and on both the International Ad Hoc
Committee and Multi-Cultural Committee for the American Art Therapy
Association. Cyndie has given numerous lectures and workshops on art
therapy since 1993 at local, state and national engagements.
I have been a sculptor since
graduating from college in 1972 with a sculpture degree. I have been
sculpting both in wood and bronze. Thankfully, I stay busy for a
couple of reasons: one, I design and sculp for an audience, I care
what people like, and second, I try to produce the highest quality
in my work.
Willie Brooks Williams was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1961. He
has exhibited in fine art galleries and ballet performances across
the United States, including the Edge of the World Gallery in
Atlanta, Georgia. Willie presented a one-man show with the Atlanta
Ballet performance called Rockin' to the Point.
Mr.
Williams work has been a favorite of many art collectors, jazz clubs
and the law firm of Michael Katz. His art has been exhibited in many
art festivals throughout Chicago, Milwaukee, Dallas, Houston,
Austin, San Antonio, Atlanta, Savannah, West Palm Beach and Miami.
In addition, he has had the privilege to be a part of the New
Orleans French Quarter artist in 1987 and 1988.
In 1989, Mr. Williams was commissioned to illustrate a three
series children's book called Makeshe Chicken, written my Christen
Spell.
Mr. Williams currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1996,
Willie traveled with the Edge of the World Gallery, and exhibited in
the Los Angeles Art Expo. His art is currently being exhibited in
Germany. The new subject that is the focus of his work is called
"Jazz and Fish".
John Wilson is a certified chef and graduate of the prestigious
Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, NY. John has lived in
Atlanta and worked in the restaurant scene for more than 20 years
and he started teaching cooking more than 18 years ago at Kitchen
Fare located in Buckhead. John is the founder and owner of Culinary
Vacations, Inc., a cooking school vacation with four locations in
Europe: Barcelona, Spain, Normandy and Provence, France and Tuscany,
Italy where students join him for a week of daily cooking classes
and exciting excursions. When not in Europe, John teaches cooking at
more than 10 locations around the Atlanta area.
Woodman, Julia
jrwoodman@mindspring.com
Julia Woodman has recently returned from Lahti, Finland where she
studied with third and fourth generation Faberge masters while on a
Fulbright Grant. She has a MFA degree from Georgia State University
and has studied with Heikki Seppa and other masters at the Penland
School of Craft during many summer sessions. Also, she teaches at
the Spruill Center for the Arts in Atlanta and substitute teaches at
GSU. She has won several local and national awards and her work is
in private collections throughout US and Europe.
www.juliawoodman.com