LANETT 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.
BETH BAUMGARTEL Beth Baumgartel has worked in the fashion industry for many years in a variety of capacities. She was a merchandiser, editor and fashion stylist for the Butterick Company catalogs and magazines. She also taught Fashion Analysis and Clothing Design at Marymount College. More recently she has worked as a freelance writer and pattern designer for a variety of publishers, including Taunton Press, Soho Publishing, Lark Books and Creative Publishing, inc. Her published works include a four book sewing series under the Singer brand for Creative Publishing and several patterns under the Sweet Seams label. Beth combines her knowledge of the fashion industry with her teaching, design and writing skills to create classes that aim to inspire and encourage students to work with "what they've got!"
LISABETH BILLINGSLEY Member of the Guilford Art Society, Madison Art League, Clinton Art Society, Essex Art League, as well as an elected Member of the National Pressed Flower Society, located in Japan, and The Worldwide Pressed Flower Guild, located in PA. She is represented by the Left Bank Gallery in Essex, leftbankessex@aol.com.
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. 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, and exhibits in CT.
JANE DAVIES studied at Bennington College, VT and the School For American Crafts, NY. She has written three books-A Glaze of Color: Creating Color and Design on Ceramics, Collage With Color, and Collage Journeys-and is working on a book of projects in collage and fiber mixed media. She teaches workshops in collage, handmade books, card-making, and paper/mixed media topics.
JEREMY DAVIS Holds a BFA from the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. Received a fellowship at the Vermont Studio Center and has been awarded numerous times through competitions and exhibitions. He currently teaches at the Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts. His work has been exhibited nationally.
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 recently received a first place New Hampshire Press Association award for his "Catch a Wish" illustration. David 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.
VIOLA GALETTA Native of Budapest Hungary, teaches jewelry making and beading. She is a textile designer by trade, custom designer of sportswear and neckwear; freelance artist; sells unique jewelry.
CHEILAUGH GARVEY MA from Columbia University, Teacher's College and BFA from Boston University. She has expertise in implementing and teaching art programs for Temple Beth Tikvah Nursery School, The Country School and in the public schools of Guilford and Madison, CT.
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.
MATTHEW KABEL has been involved with Photography for over 39 years. He worked at Midtown Photo, Middletown, for over 30 years and is a Certified Photographic Consular through the Photo Marketing Association and has taught most aspects of film and digital photography. He is a wedding and event photographer, as well as a former freelance newspaper photographer. He has taught adult education classes in Middletown, East Hampton, Durham, Westbrook, and Other Towns, and is currently a Superintendent of the Photography Department at the Durham Fair.
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.
NANCY KARPEL holds a BS from Albertus Magnus, and PMC Certification from the PMC Guild. Karpel has exhibited widely, published and been a professional jewelry artist for more than 32 years. She has taught classes and workshops at CAW, Guilford Art Center, Hopkins, SCSU and Albertus Magnus at her studio, N. Karpel Studio, LLC, where she also produces a line of contemporary jewelry.
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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.
SALLY TUCKER LEVY Holds a Master's of Professional Studies in Special Education from Manhattanville College and a B.A. in Elementary Education from Wittenberg University. Sally has taught Continuing and Special Education courses for over 17 years.
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.
BERYL MADDALENA holds a BA from the State University of New York. She studied embroidery and dress design in England and has a long career in designing and making art to wear which sells through boutiques and museum shops nationwide.
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.
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.
LADY McCRADY Lady McCrady is a NYC painter installation artist who has exhibited new work continually since 1982. MFA CUNY Hunter; BFA Syracuse University School of Art; NEA; CT Commission Arts; N.E.F.A. awards. A friend of Warhol in the 1980's, her drawings of the NY art and gallery scene also appeared in national publications. By birth, she is the 4th generation Shirret inventor and authority. She utilizes artist's skills working with color and writing new patterns for rich tapestry rugs.
CORINNE McMANEMIN Holds an M.F.A. from Southern Methodist University, TX. She has studied at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Design in NYC. Corinne has taught at the Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven, the Guilford Art Center, Southern Methodist University and Brookhaven College in Texas. She has worked as a fashion art director in NYC. Her work has been included in many exhibits throughout the United States.
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.
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 in CT and Hawaii. BA from Princeton University; 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.
RENEE SOARES holds a BA from Brown University in English and Theatre Arts. She is a visual artist who works with 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 many public venues and private collections. She has taught creative workshops for the City of Hartford's Department of Cultural Affairs, the Wadsworth Atheneum, the CT Historical Society, the New Britain Museum of American Art, Milford Public Schools and is presently a visiting teaching artist at Oddfellows Theater in Middletown.
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.
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.
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