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Amacher, Amie a_z@bellsouth.net  
Anderson, Kate
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Baird, Chery
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czbaird@aol.com 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!

http://hometown.aol.com/czbaird/index.html

Baxter, Becky baxter_designs@yahoo.com 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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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 .

A sample of images may be found on www.aclancyphotography.com

 

 

 

 

 

Cole, R. Scott scott@laughingeye.com 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
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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.

home.attbi.com/dastolistudios

Dance Productions, Rebecca's   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
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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
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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.

Visit www.patfiorello.com to see examples of Pat's paintings.

Ford, Adam ford_1917@msn.com  
Frangi, Jennifer jfrangi@bellsouth.net  
Fransolino, Marise fransolino@mac.com Studio Potter:

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
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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
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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.

www.dontekhayes.com

Henderson, Sara gardenmakers@att.net - 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
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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
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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
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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.

www.atlantasculpture.com

Johnson, Trudy trudjoh1@bellsouth.net  
Jones, Aerle Taree aerletjones@yahoo.com 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.
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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.

 

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Keepers, Julie artisan999@aol.com 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
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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.
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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
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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.

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http://www.victorialansford.com

Loizaga, Mage mage.loizaga@fishersci.com  
London, Jenny djlondon@bellsouth.net 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.

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Martin, Dawn Kinney
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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

www.dawnart.com

Miles, Janet journey64@comcast.net  
Mileyka, Jacqueline jmileyka@joimail.com 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.

For more information visit www.musictogether.com

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Nissen, Sandra
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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
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  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.

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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.

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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.

Pierce, Christian piercechristian@hotmail.com  
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Priestley, Meclina meclina@hotmail.com  
Rambo, Anne ramboanne@hotmail.com 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.
Runge, Kim klrkimzoo@aol.com  
Satterlee, John johntsatterlee@gmail.com http://jtsatterlee.com
Saul, Susan
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jewelrgirl@bellsouth.net 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.

www.susansauldesign.com

Schneider, Janet bigflyingj@aol.com  
Sibille, Jena jsibille@bellsouth.net

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!

www.sleighterhouse.com

www.weddingflowersgeorgia.com

Smith, Michael myquill@bellsouth.net 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.

www.myquillworks.com

Spritz, Mindy mspritz@spruillarts.org  
St. Romain, Theresa
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dangerjewelry@comcast.net 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.

 

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Stevens, Claude W (Bill)
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  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
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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.

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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.

www.sharonweissart.com
 

Westrich, M.A. ATR BC, Cyndie theeasel@bellsouth.net 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.

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Williams, Tom thwsculptor@bellsouth.net www.twilliams-sculptor.com

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.

www.twilliams-sculptor.com

Williams, Willie
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aabrooksie@yahoo.com 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".

www.artbywillie.com

Wilson, Chef John chefjohnwilson@hotmail.com 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
Wutkowski, Jan
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