LANETTE BARBER holds a BFA from SUNY and a BS from Quinnipiac University. Taught at Brookfield Craft Center, Wesleyan Potters, CAW and the State of CT. Visiting Artist Program. The recipient of several awards. Her work is shown in the northeast including the Jeffrey Weiss Gallery in CT.

TERRY OAKES BOURRET has been a professional artist and art teacher for over 25 years. Winner of more than 75 awards, her work hangs in private collections around the country and in public collections that include St. Francis Medical Center and the State's Connecticut Collection. She exhibits in Connecticut and New York.

DAVID BROWN holds a MALS from Wesleyan University and a BA from Dartmouth College. Recipient of an Individual Artist Grant from the CT. Commission on the Arts in 2000, he has had many one person exhibitions throughout CT including the Florence Griswold Museum, New Britain Museum of American Art, and the Mansfield Freeman Gallery.

ELIZABETH CHICHESTER is the owner of Woodside Pottery in Clinton. She teaches special programs in the Clinton School system and exhibits in the Northeast.

ALICE CHITTENDEN holds a BFA from the University of Hartford and a MALS from Wesleyan University. She teaches at Wesleyan Potters, Middlesex Community College and the North Branford school system. Chittenden exhibits in CT.

RANDY DAVIS holds a Bachelor of Architecture in Design from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, CA, and an MFA in sculpture from Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, CA. He worked for 20 years in Hollywood, CA. as a muralist, scenic artist, and sculptor. He has taught numerous classes in his Killingworth studio. Randy is currently the owner and principal artist of Off the Wall Murals & Decorative Arts, based in Killingworth, CT.

VIVIKA DE NEGRE holds a BA from Providence College in Rhode Island and has studied with many well known fiber artists. Associated with Studio Art Quilters Association, Fiber Art for a Cause and Quilt Art. Recent publications featuring her quilts include Quilting Arts magazine and 1000 Artist Trading Cards (cover) by Patricia Bolton. Her work has been exhibited nationally in quilt shows as well as museums and has been collected and commissioned privately.

KATHLEEN DE PALMA has pursued the fine art of metalsmithing, beading, glasswork and various other art crafts. Kathleen has studied with numerous instructors and has her own studio in Branford where she creates custom jewelry pieces. She teaches at GAC as well as outreach programs throughout the shoreline community.

LINDA EDWARDS MFA and BFA in metals, and a BS from Kansas State University. She has taught at Wesleyan Potters, Creative Arts Workshop, Albertus Magnus, Southern Connecticut State University, and Kansas State University. She exhibits nationally.

DAVID FERREIRA holds a BFA from Montserrat College of Art. He has pursued a career in freelance illustration, teaching and fine art. He's had work published by The New Hampshire Telegraph, Sam Adams Brewing Co., EMCParadigm Publishing and Olivia Kent. He received a first place NH Press Association award for his "Catch a Wish" illustration in The Nashua Telegraph. David is influenced by all forms of art. He loves Samurai films, comic books, music and the culinary arts. He believes it is an artists' nature and duty to challenge themselves, as well as others, on how they perceive their work.

DAVID FRANK BA from Goddard College and studied at Wesleyan University. He teaches at Creative Arts Workshop and Wesleyan Potters as well as in outreach programs in the Guilford and Madison school systems. Frank exhibits nationally.

LOU FUCHS holds a BFA in figurative sculpture from the Lyme Academy in addition to other technical degrees. He has exhibited in New York City, Connecticut, Massachusetts and his work is in private collections. Visit www.sculptureworksstudio.com for more details.

MELANIE ROOD GOSS BA from Albertus Magnus College and MALS from Wesleyan University. Director Summer Program, Robert Lewis Stevenson School of Art, Pebble Beach, CA; Hartford Public School System, Madison Recreation Department After School Programs and Middlefield Independent Day School. She exhibits in CT and CA.

SUSAN HACKETT is on the faculty of the Farmington Valley Art Center in Avon, CT and has been a master teaching artist with the arts apprenticeship program sponsored by the Greater Hartford Arts Council.

JOY HANKEN holds a BFA in ceramics from Alfred University and an MA in Art Therapy from Lesley College. For 14 years she has worked in ceramic sculpture, with color and texture important elements of her designs. After years of knitting and felting, she began to explore rug hooking and finds she can indulge her love of yarns and fabrics and texture through rug hooking. After many years of knitting with fibers her interest has expanded to using wire with the introduction of color elements through cut pieces of tin painted with enamels.

SABINE HARRIS holds a teaching degree from Germany. She maintains a studio and exhibits her work throughout the New Haven area.

TRISH HURLEY MFA from UMASS Dartmouth, BFA from Swain School of Design. She teaches at the Newport Art Museum in Newport, RI. Her paintings and drawings can be found in galleries nationwide.

NAOMI KANTROW has been a high school art teacher for 35 years. She has taught a variety of fine and commercial arts courses, including studio arts and portfolio preparation, graphic design, drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and photography. She holds an MFA from Yale University.

SETH KANTROWITZ BA University of New Haven. Over thirty years experience as a professional photographer. Exhibited and published locally. Award winner: Images 2000. Former partner of Photo Communications Inc. custom lab in New Haven.

NANCY KARPEL holds a BS from Albertus Magnus, Diamond Grading Certification from the Gemological Institute of America and PMC Certification from the PMC Guild. Karpel has exhibited widely, published and been a professional jewelry artist for more than 25 years. She has taught at CAW, Hopkins and trained interns from SCSU and Albertus Magnus in her studio, N. Karpel Studio, LLC, where she also produces a line of contemporary jewelry.

MARGOT LEVY teaches at Brookfield Craft Center, Wesleyan Potters, Farmington Valley Arts and Center. Levy maintains a studio in New London, CT and exhibits in New England.

DEBORAH STAUB LUFT Long-time teacher and studio potter specializing in wheel-thrown domestic pottery. Holds an M.Ed. from Goucher College, and an A.B. from Bryn Mawr College.

STEPHANIE MADDALENA has conducted workshops at Brookfield Craft Center, Silvermine School of Art and Urban Glass in Brooklyn, NY. She has been published in La Vie Claire magazine and sells her work at the Park Avenue Armory in NY and through her website.

DODIE MARCHESE BFA from Pratt Institute. She studied at the Brooklyn Museum School and the Institute de San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. Work in collections of Slater Museum, Yale Nursing School and privately owned in USA and Germany. Sculpture in the Greene Gallery, Guilford, CT. Hospice and arts facilitator for SARAH, Inc.

CLAUDIA MATHISON BS from Kutztown University in Art Education. Claudia conducts workshops on Early American and Multicultural arts and crafts with Young Audiences of CT and with the Southern Connecticut Library Council traveling to schools, museums and libraries throughout CT. She teaches outreach programs at the Wadsworth Atheneum. Claudia sews one of a kind quilts using vintage fabric and embellishments.

RUTH ANNE OLSON is a quilt artist, teacher, and photographer. She is a member of Studio Art Quilters Association, Quilt Art, and Sisters in Cloth, a group of quilt artists on the CT. shoreline. She continues to study fiber art, including fabric transformations, with well-known artists. Her photographs and art quilts have been exhibited at galleries across the country. Her work has been published in 1000 Artist Trading Cards: Innovative and Inspired Mixed-Media ATC's, edited by Patricia Bolton, Quarry Books (2007). A number of her pieces are in private collections.

DARRELL PETIT BA from Brown and an MA from University of Iowa. Visiting artist at Yale, Eastern CT, NYU, Brown and Wesleyan. Recipient of numerous awards, including the Albers Foundation, CT Commission on the Arts, he exhibits throughout the US, Canada, Europe, UK, and Japan.

ADAM RAITI holds a BFA from Rhode Island School of Design and an MAT from Tufts University. He teaches high school art in Berlin and does free lance illustration.

STEPHEN RODRIGUEZ studied ceramics at Alfred University under Val Cushing, Robert Turner and Wayne Higby. His work in stoneware and porcelain is inspired by and reflects classic forms in the history of ceramics. He is a founding member of Gallery 12, a cooperative crafts gallery in Guilford. Rodriguez has taught at Wesleyan Potters and the 92nd Street Y in NY. He is the Head of the Pottery Department at CAW and exhibits widely.

JULIA ROGOFF has taught at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, and art classes privately. She has had numerous recent solo exhibitions of her paintings in CT and her artwork from Hawaii. BA from Princeton University; and certificate in Painting and Drawing from the New York Studio School. For many years, she was the head draftsman at the San Francisco Opera, and later worked as an interior designer in New York. Julia also had an earlier professional training in ballet at George Balanchine's School of American Ballet. Please see www.juliarogoff.com.

KATHLEEN RUDE holds a BFA from Alfred University. Has taught at Wesleyan Potters, and in the CT. school system. Her ceramic work has been exhibited in galleries throughout CT.

BILL SCHEER interpreter and blacksmith; Mystic Seaport Shipsmith Shop. Blacksmith instructor, Williams-Mystic Maritime Studies Program, the Seaport's adult classes and special programs with area colleges. President of the CT Blacksmith Guild and a past director of NE Blacksmiths, he produces work for Mystic Seaport and other museums.

MYRA SERRINS holds an MFA from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and a BFA from the Cleveland Institute of Art. Has taught at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, Worcester Center for Crafts and the Handweavers Guild of CT. She exhibits nationally, has won numerous awards, and has been featured in many publications.

JANICE SHIELDS started her own business in rustics called cut it out. She creates sculptural accessories for the garden and home reusing and renewing other materials. Her business recently moved in 2000 to a studio/showroom in Lenox, MA.

SUZANNE SIEGEL MFA, Vermont College, BFA - painting, John Stobart Fellowship, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT. Teaches workshops at Lyme Academy and privately. Gallery representation includes the Mulford Gallery, Rockland, Maine and Lupine Gallery, Monhegan Island, Maine. Suzanne exhibits throughout the northeast, and her work is in private collections in the US, Canada, and Europe. Visit her website: www.suzannesiegel.net.

RENEE SOARES holds a BA from Brown University in English and Theatre Arts. She is a visual artist who works in polymer clay, glass beads, textiles, and mixed media to create unique, one of a kind, beaded clay masks. Her work has been exhibited at fine art galleries throughout New England and can be found in public venues throughout the City of Hartford, including the Office of the State Treasurer and gracing the walls of the many private collectors who have commissioned her work. She has taught creative workshops for the City of Hartford's Department of Cultural Affairs, the Wadsworth Atheneum, the Connecticut Historical Society, the New Britain Museum of American Art, Milford Public Schools and is presently a visiting teaching artist at Oddfellows Theater in Middletown, CT.

DANIEL STEGOS is a freelance illustrator who holds a BFA from Paier College of Art Inc. He shows his work throughout Connecticut. Has taught at Choate Rosemary Hall, Florence Griswold Museum and at the Tabor Community Arts Center.

CHRISTOPHER UMINGA BS from SCSU. He is a professional comic book illustrator and co-owner of the independent comic book company Fi$hStiX CoMics. Uminga is an award-winning artist who exhibits throughout the state and has work in many private collections.

MAGRIETA VINKELS holds a degree in Art History and Anthropology from UConn. She is the owner of Magrieta's Glass, Branford. She has been working in stained and sandblasted glass for over 20 years and her works are in private collections in North America, Europe and Australia.

MACE VITALE is a Bladesmith/Blacksmith as well as a coppersmith. Mace has a background in architectural pre-cast concrete. He is a Journeyman smith with the American Bladesmith Society.

LINDA ZIMMERMAN holds an AS degree in Fashion Design and a BS in Textiles. She has exhibited at GAC, the International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX. And the Brush Gallery in Lowell, MA. She has been published in Creative Quilting: The Journal Quilt Project by Karey Brensehan. Several of her pieces hang in private collections. Professional associations include Studio Art Quilters Association, Fiber Art for a Cause and Quilt Art.