Patti Albertson
Susan Antin
Heather Barros
Pamela E. Becker
Nina Belfor
Bill Blanchard
Laura Borawski
Lisa Botalico
Gsil Bracegirdle
Ray Brown
Susan Carlowicz
Paige Chant
Peter Cook
Ruth Councell
Sandra C. Davis
Eric Drotch
Thaddeus Erdahl
Eleanor Evans
Clem Fiori
Carolina Firbas
Cheryl Gross
Debbie Gwazda
Dave Haggerty
Jennifer Hawkes
Katya Held
Susan Hoenig
John Irving
Dar Hosta James
Richard Jarrett
Bob Jenkins
Patti Jordan
A. J. Kandathil
Uma Kapoor
Faraz Khan
Amy Kisby
Robert Kogge
Colby Krolak
Christine Lafuente
Judy Langille
Janet Keller Laughlin
Kimberly Leonard
Rod Martino
Denise McDaniel
Kathleen Metaxas
Perry Milou
Elaine Morales
John Scott Murdoch
Anna Neis
Rupal Patel
Donna Payton
Ruthann Perry
Konstantin Popdimitrov
Kathleen Preziosi
Libby Ramage
Sue Repko
Airlie Ryan
Scilla Sadloch
Carole Sanzalone
Lian Sawires
Joe Seldner
Madeline Shellaby
David Shevlino
Heidi Schoenenberger
Wen. H. Shui
Colby Cedar Smith
Steve Smith
Karen Titus Smith
Richard Speedy
Christina Stadelmeier
Maxine Susman
Jane Sutley
Gwen Sylvan
Piroska Toth
Nancy Troske
Charles David Viera
Maheq Wadhwani
Mickey Waring
Amy Whitney
Christopher Wood
Phyllis Wright
Ellie Wyeth
Caroline Garcia Zielger
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Patti Albertson
graduated from Trenton State College, now the College of New Jersey, with a B.S. in Special Education and a minor in Art Therapy. Early in her career, Patti developed and ran a summer arts program for Mercer County Special Services. In addition to her teaching duties, she wrote and developed curriculums, as well as programming, for ages 8-14. Patti developed a love of calligraphy in high school and has had numerous opportunities to share this talent by designing playbills, programs, holiday cards, gift tags, wedding and party invitations, place cards, awards, as well as numerous pieces of text requested by friends, family, and clients to present as gifts or mementos. In her 28th year at Mercer County Special Services School District, Patti presents students with skills and activities in all areas of academic, creative and social growth. Always excited about challenging students to try new avenues of creativity and gain new skills, Patti encourages students to reach their fullest potential.
Susan Antin
Susan Antin's work expresses the joy of life through the use of vivid colors and fantasy themes. She uses a variety of media, but primarily acrylic paint, colored pencil and ink. Images express playful, childlike ideas in a surreal, abstract style.Ms. Antin is an experienced artist and business person. She received her BA in Fine Art - painting and drawing, from the University of Wisconsin - Madison. Subsequently, she earned an MBA from the University of Massachusetts - Amherst. While continuing to develop her artwork, Susan established a career in corporate training and marketing. Currently, she spends her time creating artwork, teaching art classes, and developing art events. Her paintings and drawings can be found in numerous private collections. Ms. Antin has been represented in many exhibitions, including the Westmoreland Nationals, Westmoreland College, Pennsylvania; Montgomery Center for the Arts, Montgomery, NJ, Johnson & Johnson Corporate Gallery, Skillman, NJ, and Arts Council of Princeton, Princeton, NJ. Visit Susan's website: www.antinart.com
Heather Barros
is the Director of Art Collaborations!, an independent children’s school in Princeton with an enrollment of 130 students per week who are learning oil painting, watercolor, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, puppet theater and story telling from the perspective of diverse, international cultures. Heather believes that art is a joy to make, and that is what really matters.
Pamela E. Becker
Starting at Ohio Wesleyan University, Pamela E. Becker’s studies leading to a BA covered anything but art. Studying clay, sculpture, and fiber she earned an MA degree at Central Michigan University and an MFA at the University of Michigan. Pamela’s work has taken on a life of its own and has gone to remarkable places including: solo museum exhibitions in California, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio, and in museum and gallery group exhibitions in Arkansas, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Carolina Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, DC, the National Gallery of the Craft Council of Ireland, the 8th International Triennial of Textiles at the Central Textile Museum in Lodz, Poland, and in several International Fiber Biennial exhibitions. Much of her work lives with private collectors and in public collections including: the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco CA; the Central Museum of Textiles in Lodz, Poland; Colgate University, Hamilton, NY; Citibank, Atlanta, GA; Shikoku Women’s University, Tokushima, Japan; the Gerald R. Ford Library, Ann Arbor, MI, and Lafayette College, Easton, PA. Pamela’s work has won numerous awards and has been featured in the National Basket Organization quarterly review, Surface Design Journal, Fiberarts Magazine, seven issues of The Fiberarts Design Book, and 500 Baskets, Jan Peters juror by Susan M. Kieffer.
Nina Belfor
received her BA in Fine Arts/English from Yale University and her MFA in Fine Arts/Painting from Indiana University. She has taught Drawing, Color Theory, and Painting at the University of Iowa and Indiana University. Her work is included in several permanent collections, and she has exhibited throughout the United States. ninabelfor.com
Bill Blanchard
got his start as a public relations photographer for a leading New York City studio in the mid ’70s, covering everything from elephants marching through the Lincoln Tunnel for Barnum & Bailey to the restoration of the Statue of Liberty. Starting his own business in the early '80s, Bill has been privileged to work for Sun Chemical, Goldman Sachs, George Street Playhouse, Seton Hall University, Rutgers, and The Make A Wish Foundation, to mention a few. Recently, Bill has turned much of his attention to the more artistic side of photography using multiple imagery, surreal infrared landscapes, HDR techniques and extensive use of Photoshop to make his point. This has resulted in a new way of seeing and shooting, taking the ordinary and transforming it into something beautiful and totally unexpected. Bill also relies on his experience working with the New Jersey Historical Society when it comes to his archival photo restoration work. “There’s nothing like the expression on someone’s face when you hand them a fully restored photo of their great grandparents on their wedding day.” Visit Bill's website at: www.billblanchardphoto.com
Laura Borawski
graduated from Saint Joseph’s University with a BA in Fine and Performing Arts. Working primarily in ceramics, she has exhibited at Boland Gallery at SJU and the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences. While living in Philadelphia she interned in the Archives and the Education Departments at the Barnes Foundation. Her love of Art History as well as her passion for Elementary Art Education brought her to the Arts Council of Princeton in May 2011.
Lisa Botalico
has performed as artistic director and principal dancer of La Compania Folklórica Latina, and as principal dancer of the Ballet de Puerto Rico, the Sol Y Sombra Spanish Dance Company, and the American Spanish Dance Company. She has performed at Crossroads Theatre and the Jersey Shore Arts Center. Visit Lisa's website at: www.lisabflamenco.com
Gail Bracegirdle
A graduate of Moore College of Art, Gail Bracegirdle began her art career in textile design and worked in that field for over 20 years. In 1992, ready to explore new challenges, she made the decision to focus her time and creative energy on working in watercolors. Since 1993, Gail has been sharing her artistic enthusiasm through teaching watercolor classes and workshops. Among her diverse assignments, she has had an ongoing painting group which calls itself “Watercolor Anarchy” - and is also involved with the “Arts for the Manor” program at Neshaminy Manor Long Term Care Facility in
Warrington PA. She is a member of the Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville NJ, and a signature member of the Philadelphia Water Color Society. Her paintings are actively exhibited in juried, group and solo shows throughout the region, have won awards and are held in private collections in the USA, Europe and Australia.
Ray Brown
is a graduate of Alberta College of Art in Calgary, Canada. He later studied Printmaking at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Montreal and Storyboarding for Animation at the American Animation Institute in Los Angeles. He taught at Otis College of Art and Design, Associates Art in Sherman Oaks, and The Scottsdale Artist's School in Arizona. He worked as a storyboard artist in animation for Columbia Tristar, Warner Brothers, Disney Imagineering and other studios. Raymond continues to freelance while pursuing his first passion for painting and drawing.
Susan Carlowicz
holds a BA in Studio Art/Art History from Seton Hall University and studied fine arts education at Rutgers graduate school. She also studied at DuCret School of the Arts. She is New Jersey certified to teach art, grades k-12 and currently teaches middle school fine arts. Susan studied with Pier Consagra for 3 semesters at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in their "Drawing with the Masters" education program. She continues to study at the Arts Council of Princeton, most recently trying her hand at Botanical drawing. Susan has been teaching elementary and high school art for over 15 years. Prior to that, she was a creative director in a Public and Governmental Relations firm for 10+ years, where she was responsible for concept development, graphic design and implementation of production projects for several accounts including the Department of Energy,NJ Recycling statewide promotional campaign, and the DEP. She created and designed bi-lingual tray liners for McDonald’s Drought Education Project. She also is a member of ACP, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the NJEA. In her spare time, Susan studies and occasionally performs the art of tap dancing, and has taught musical theater to children. She enjoys any aspect of tasteful artistic expression. Studying the works of the Masters and the visual impact of realism inspires Susan.
Paige Eve Chant
is a recent graduate of the University of Washington’s Master of Fine Arts program in Creative Writing. In 2010, she was awarded the Milton Center Postgraduate Fellowship at Seattle Pacific University to complete her first novel manuscript. She has taught creative writing at the University of Washington, Seattle Pacific University, and the Robinson Center for Young Scholars. Her work has appeared in the Santa Clara Review, Tea Party: An Arts & Culture Magazine, Flint Hills Review, and, most recently, the Seattle Review.
Peter Cook
studied photography at the School of Visual Arts in New York where he did independent work with Arnold Newman and Ralph Gibson. He has worked as a freelance photographer for 25 years. Cook’s work has been exhibited in numerous venues including the Visual Arts Gallery in New York, Pleiades Gallery in New York, and the Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC. Peter’s work has appeared in many publications, including The New Yorker, The New York Times Sunday Magazine and VIP Portugal to name a few. Currently, he is working on a long-term collaboration with artist Howard Siskowitz entitled DOUBLE TAKE: A PORTRAIT PROJECT.
Ruth Councell
is an artist and illustrator who has specialized in drawing and painting, children’s illustration, and botanical art. She studied art at the University of Redlands, and at the University of California at Santa Barbara, and botanical illustration at the Chicago Botanic Garden, the Morton Arboretum, and at the New York Botanical Garden. She is the illustrator of six books for children, several of which earned national honors. Exhibitions of her art include Michelson’s Gallery in Northampton, Mass, the Seabury Western School of Theology in Evanston, Illinois, and the Straube Center in Pennington, New Jersey. Ruth now lives and paints in Pennington.
Sandra C. Davis
is a photographer whose haunting imagery is about capturing remembered moments from the past, exploring history through photographing what remains from previous eras. She prints these images using a variety or historic photographic processes. She received a BFA from Moore College of Art and her MFA in Book Arts/Printmaking from The University of the Arts where she has published several artist books. Sandra has been teaching various photography processes for over ten years including darkroom and digital photography and alternative processes. She currently teaches at The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Mercer County College in New Jersey and Peters Valley in Layton, NJ. She has also taught at Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia and Rowan University in Glassboro, NJ. She has contributed to A Non-silver Manual by Sarah Van Keuren and has work published in The Book of Alternative Processes, Second Edition by Christopher James and Why Photographs Work by George Barr. Her award-winning images have been exhibited internationally and are in public, corporate and private collections. To see more visit www.SandraCDavis.com.
Eric Drotch
teaches a broad range of courses in the Visual Arts Department at the Peddie School, where he also manages the Mariboe Gallery. He earned a BA from Skidmore College, a post-baccalaureate certificate in Studio Art from Brandeis University, and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania. He has exhibited drawings and paintings both regionally and nationally, has twice been a resident at the Vermont Studio Center, and next spring he will spend four months in Israel as a Fulbright scholar.
Thaddeus Erdahl
was born and raised in La Porte City, Iowa. He has exhibited his sculpture and presented workshops regionally and nationally throughout the United States. His art and background in education started at the University of Northern Iowa where he received his BA in Art Education and a BFA in Ceramics. Upon graduation, he substitute taught in the public school system, instructed ceramics courses at a local art center and served as an interim art educator. Thaddeus actively practiced and taught a variety of art media including ceramics, drawing, assemblage, sculpture, painting, and graphic design. Thaddeus received his MFA in Ceramics from the University of Florida where he was a University of Florida Alumni Fellowship recipient during his three years of graduate study, from 2006-2009. In the summer of 2008, he attended Think Tank III, a national arts in higher education symposium, as a Graduate Fellowship Recipient. In 2009 he was selected as one of four Artists-in-Residents at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg TN for an 11 month residency program. At the end of his tenure as an Artist-in-Resident, he was offered the position of Program Manager at Arrowmont, where he worked for 6 more months. Thaddeus recently moved to Princeton NJ to pursue his studio art career. He is currently the Visiting Artist at Princeton Day School, working in the Ceramics Studio. tjerdahl.blogspot.com
Eleanor Evans
received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Illustration from The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, Pa. As a freelance Illustrator and Graphic Designer, Eleanor specializes in portraits, murals, fine art paintings, multimedia, advertising and corporate identity design for various clients including private commissions, institutions and corporate. For The University of Pennsylvania Medical School, she worked as a Medical Illustrator to draw scientific illustrations for trade and consumer publications, continuing medical education, textbook and journals. As a CAD Print Designer in the apparel/ textile design industry for twelve years, Eleanor created fashion illustrations, textiles and prints targeted for the womenswear, childrenswear, menswear, occupational apparel markets for companies such as The Gap, Inc., and Liz Claiborne, Inc., New York, NY.
Clem Fiori
is a freelance photographer, artist, writer, and environmentalist, based in Somerset County (NJ). A life-long resident of the area, Clem has paired his artistic talents with his passion for the environment. His book, The Vanishing New Jersey Landscape (published by Rutgers University Press in 1994), features his photographs of New Jersey’s Piedmont region. His recent fine art photography is mostly abstract, focusing on minute details of landscape and the natural world, isolating forms and patterns. These newer works show close focus views of ice in small streams, details of wood grain and patterns of bark on trees, rock formations and textures of stone, and weathered ancient masonry. Examples of his work are highlighted on his website: fioriworks.com. In tandem with his work in land preservation and environmental stewardship, his photographs also serve as documentation of the flora represented on the landscapes he helps preserve. Clem has served as Chairman of the Montgomery Township Open Space Committee since its founding in 1989. During his tenure, Montgomery crafted an extensive open space and pathways master plan, with impressive results – 1/3 of the open land in the Township is now preserved farmland, parkland, and protected open space. Clem also serves as a trustee of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation and as an advisor to the Montgomery Friends of Open Space. His many achievements in conservation were recognized by the D & R Greenway in naming him the first recipient of the Donald B. Jones Award. In addition, Clem received the Governor’s Award for Environmental Excellence for Environmental Stewardship in 2009. He also worked on special landscape restoration projects with the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation.
Carolina Firbas
is a native of Peru and moved to the United States over 20 years ago. She has a B.A in Early Childhood Education from Universidad Catolica del Peru. She first got involved with the Arts Council when she moved to Princeton 15 years ago looking for classes for her two kids.
Carolina has been a local vendor in our Sauce for the Goose holidays craft sale with her Fine Knits collection, and has also served as a volunteer in many different children events.
She grew up in a family of knitters and seamstresses and learned the skill from her grandmothers, aunts, and her mother as well as fashion magazines, patterns, and sewing projects as a child.
Cheryl Gross
is a painter, illustrator, writer, and filmmaker /Flash animator. Born and raised in Brooklyn, she started illustrating and exhibiting at the age of 19. She was an apprentice to Andre Bergier and received her BFA from Pratt Institute. Her work has appeared in numerous films, TV shows, publications, and graces the walls of many corporate and museum collections. She also teaches at Pratt Institute.
Debbie Gwazda
known locally to many in Princeton for her active volunteer leadership, has taught art to generations of students at Stuart Country Day School and Princeton Academy, where as a founding faculty member she created a lively and enjoyable art program. She has exhibited the Art of Scherenschnitte (which means "scissor cuts" in German, the art of papercutting design), her specialty, in two one-woman art shows at Stuart and the Present Day Club. She promotes fun as an important element for students learning artistic skills.
Dave Haggerty
studied at the Savannah College of Art and Design with a BFA in Sound Design. Dave has worked on set for several independent films and has plenty of work in the entire process of film making. He stresses the importance of planning a project, and executing detail to ensure high quality and integrity behind work and productions. With a background in film and digital video, Dave is in charge of all video production at the Arts Council of Princeton. As a sound designer, he also spends time crafting audio for films and creating captivating environments. Primarily focused in music production and designing sound for films, his role as the production coordinator is a fit for the Arts Council of Princeton. With a background in music engineering, he provides support for musicians, and is enthused to bring in spectacular shows for ACP audiences. /p>
Jennifer Hawkes
is a native of Princeton, New Jersey. She graduated from the School at the Art Institute of Chicago with a Masters in Art Therapy. After school Jennifer lived in San Francisco where she worked in the design technology industries and studied with several recognized California landscape artists working on location, or “plein air.” Jennifer returned to Princeton in 2008. While working at Michael Graves & Associates she continued her studies at Nelson Shank’s Studio Studio Incamminati. She has participated in several group art shows including the Spring Juried Show by Irving Sandler at the Prince Street Gallery, NY. Jennifer completed two commissioned murals at the New York Botanical Gardens in the Bronx in 2009 and had her first two solo shows in 2010 in Princeton. Her work is currently at the Stuart Country Day School Considine Gallery. She is one of the founders of The Artist Cooperative: Princeton with a group show in Spring 2012. Visit Jennifer's website at: www.jenniferhawkes.com
Katya Held
Katya Held received Master of Fine Arts Degree from Stieglitz St. Petersburg State Academy of Art and Industry in St. Petersburg, Russia in 1995. She continued her education at Studio Incamminati in Philadelphia, PA, the realist painting atelier, founded by Nelson Shanks. After completing a 4 year professional program in 2011, she became a fellow at Studio Incamminati.
Katya's artwork is displayed worldwide in galleries and exhibition halls, including Newman Galleries in Philadelphia, Artworks at Philadelphia Museum of Art, The National Arts Club in New York, Baron Stieglitz Museum in Saint Petersburg Russia, The League of Artists of Russia and many others. During the last decade she had over 50 juried group and solo shows in Europe and the United States. The artist has many pieces in corporate and private collections throughout the world.
Today Katya maintains studios in Philadelphia, PA and St. Petersburg, Russia. Visit Katya's website: www.katyagallery.com.
Susan Hoenig
is an ecological sculpture and painter. She received her MFA from the University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, and her BA from Bennington College in Vermont. Susan has taught at the Arts Council of Princeton for many years and also presently teaches in the Art-Reach Program through the Arts Council of Princeton and Princeton Young Achievers. Susan has received a Sculpture Fellowship from the NJ Arts Council. In addition to her artistic pursuits, Susan works at the Featherbed Lane Bird Banding Station, Sourland Mountains, NJ. Check out Susan's website at www.susanhoenig.com.
John Irving
of Princeton has monitored the Arts Council's Monday night life-drawing workshop for twenty years. He enrolled in art classes as a student at Kenyon College, sketching exclusively in pen & ink since then. Over the years, he has studied with local teachers Mel Leipzig and Jacques Fabert. Mr. Irving is an editor by trade.
Dar Hosta
is an award winning children’s book author, illustrator and educator who is known for her picture books, her presentations on creativity at national educational conferences, and her programs and residencies with elementary schools throughout the country. She is an annual presenter at the American Horticultural Society’s Children & Youth Garden Symposium, the International Reading Association and a member of the Growing Good Kids Book Award Panel. Dar has published over 60 books written and illustrated by children and teachers, and these books can be seen at Blurb.com. She received a BA in creative writing from the University of Missouri, a language arts education certification from Cleveland State University and has been working with children and adults in education since 1992.
Richard Jarrett
started his love of drawing at age 8, when he first saw the movie, "Akira". Fueled by the passion to recreate the amazing visuals he saw in the film, Rich dove into all the Japanese manga and American comics he could. A native Princetonian and Eagle Scout, Rich has studied art and drawing for many years, and has attended the prestigious Joe Kubert School of Cartooning and Graphic Art. When not doing freelance work, Rich develops several of his own comic series. Rich looks forward to teaching narrative art and cartooning at the Arts Council of Princeton.
Bob Jenkins
studied painting and sculpture at the Art Students League and the National Academy of Fine Arts in New York City. He has exhibited his work regularly both at schools and in private group shows in the metropolitan area. He divides his time between teaching at the Arts Council and working with other artists in after school children’s programs in public and private schools in the Princeton area.
Patti Jordan
Employing alternative methods, Patti Jordan seeks to challenge the boundaries of traditional art practices and mediums, specifically those related to the act of drawing. In 2009, Jordan earned her Master of Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude, from Montclair State University. She was recently accepted into The Drawing Center’s curated registry, “The Viewing Program” (NYC). Jordan received an Honorarium in 2009 for works included in “Lineweight,” a contemporary drawing exhibition at Truman State University Art Gallery, (Kirksville, MO). Two of her drawings have also been published in Manifest Creative Research Gallery’s 2010 Inda 5 International Drawing Annual. In 2012, she’s participating in "Drawing Beyond" at the Arts Council of Princeton, "Pictorial Constructions," a 4-person exhibition at Watchung Arts Center, Watchung, NJ, "Innovations" at Dowd Gallery, Cortland, NY, and "Ink and Air," a 4-person exhibition at Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH. Jordan lectures on art and has written reviews for ArtCat Zine. She is also a member of the Women’s Caucus for Art. Visit Patti Jordan's website here: www.pattijordan.com.
A. J. Kandathil
is a Cornell University graduate and recently received her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Hunter College. Her work can be found in various literary journals and magazines, including Burner Magazine and Precipitate Journal. Her review on a past issue of Ploughshares will be featured as part of the magazine's 40th anniversary celebration. She is currently at work on her first memoir.
Uma Kapoor
is a theatre educator who believes in the right of all children to dream. With an MBA from a top Indian business school, she has worked as a consultant before her passion for children and imagination initiated her into theatre. She has trained in voice-overs, dancing, story-telling, and drama. Her workshops have an approach of interaction, exploration, and discovery with an aim to delve into individual abilities and interests and create a platform for dreams to take-off. India’s top Daily – the Hindu, interviewed her for their segment, “Dreaming Big,” a column featuring those who choose to veer off the beaten track. www.treasuretreearts.com
Faraz Khan
explores contemporary themes in Islamic art and modern art. His technique embodies a collage of Arabic script and modern ideas, while utilizing ink and acrylics as his medium. Faraz has given many presentations on Arabic calligraphy and has displayed his work and taught seminars at New York University, Princeton University, University of Pennsylvania, Wesleyan University, Cotsen Children’s Library (Princeton University), Princeton University Art Museum, and Rutgers University.
In a recent art seminar at Princeton University, Faraz advised participants in a collaborative group project: a mural transliterating into Arabic calligraphy more than 200 names of the college's buildings and famous students. His artwork was covered by the Huffington Post: “Warhol, Pollock ... Khan? American Muslims in the Arts”.
His work is available online www.FarazKhanArtStudio.com and faraz-khan.artistwebsites.com
Amy Kisby
is a professional performer as well as freelance artist and union member. She attended Palm Beach Atlantic University in Florida where she obtained her BA in Performing Arts studying Theatre Arts and Dance receiving scholarships in both fields and attending the Kennedy Center acting competitions. She is a current student at NYU where she has also obtained a Digital Design Production Technologies Professional Certificate including DPS for interactive devices from The Advanced Digital Applications Department. She has also earned a Professional Certificate in Management Development received by the Human Resources Department at Princeton University. She is a trained instructor by The Calming Kids Yoga Organization teaching non-violence and anti bullying techniques accompanied by meditation and yoga styles for grades K- 5. She is an experienced model, actor, dancer, performance artist, theatre educator, digital designer, visual artist, with additional experience in set design, lighting design, stage management, costume management, photography, and makeup design /OK Magazine / Encore Entertainment Hawaii. She has extensive training in dance performance, choreography, and dance education in a variety of styles as well as the craft of painting and motion together. She has experience as a resident artist and outreach youth specialist in the theatre arts and dance in Maui, Hawaii, Palm Beach Florida, and in the North East area in various schools and safe houses. She is current book designer for publications written by William Kisby Investigations. She is also currently employed by ACP as a model and instructor for classes and party events and also works as part of the Audience Services department at MCcarter Theatre Center For The Performing Arts. She reaches out to Princeton University's Community House Outreach Center for Theatre Performance Experiences and is also a supporter of the FBI Outreach program, Screen Actors Guild, Hawaii Art Alliance, Maui Arts and Cultural Center, Big Island Dance Council, Living Dream Arts, and has received credit as an associate producer in various independent films.
Colby Krolak
is a wildlife artist and illustrator who specializes in the traditional drawing medium of scratchboard. She studied art at the duCret School of Art in Plainfield, NJ; where she graduated valedictorian. Colby has exhibited her wildlife scratchboards in such places as Swain Galleries in Plainfield NJ, the Wayrick Wildlife Art Gallery in Bernardsville NJ, and the Farmstead Arts Center in Basking Ridge NJ.
Robert Kogge
studied at the Parson’s School of Design and has been a visiting artist at the Maryland Institute College of Art. He also teaches workshop courses at the Art Students League and the National Academy Museum School. He has received numerous fellowships and awards, from institutions including the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, the Adolf and Esther Gottleib Foundation the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation, and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts. Mr. Kogge has had numerous solo exhibitions at galleries in New York, San Francisco, Nashville, and Birmingham. His work is in the collections of the Yale University Art Gallery, Ivan Karp, New Jersey State Museum, The Hunter Museum, Chase Manhattan Bank, Prudential Insurance Co. of America (Newark, NJ), American Interactive Media (Los Angeles, CA), Rutgers University (Newark, NJ), and several other institutions.
Christine Lafuente
is a widely exhibited Painter and Pratt Institute Instructor. She received a Bachelors of Art in English from Bryn Mawr College (1991), a Certificate in Painting from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia (1995) and a Masters of Fine Arts in Painting from Brooklyn College (2004).
Judy Langille
is a nationally acclaimed fiber artist and experienced art educator, who has received grants from the Geraldine Dodge Foundation. She has taught at a variety of levels, including K-8 in several New Jersey and New York school districts, college level at William Paterson University and adults at the Newark Museum. Judy has received numerous surface design awards for her quilt art and hand dyed fabrics and has had many pieces accepted at the most prestigious shows, such as Quilt National, Visions, and Art Quilts Philadelphia/Elements. She has had her work published in numerous publications, most recently in the Surface Design Journal where she co-authored an article called, “One Cloth, One Fabric: Whole Cloth Composition”. In February 2009 she was the Artist of the Month on www.jerseyarts.com . She continues to work in her studio, show her art and teach in artist in residence programs around the country. Visit Judy's website: www.judylangille.com
Kimberly Leonard
is an actor and a teacher. She earned her MFA from the Yale School of Drama and has done numerous stage productions. She has taught at NYU and coaches privately. She credits her technique to her Master teacher, Earle Gister, former head of the Yale School of Drama.
Janet Keller Laughlin
is a multidisciplinary artist from Hopewell, NJ., who works as a Painter/Sculptor, Decorative Artist, Illustrator, Graphic & Garden Designer. She holds a BFA in Illustration from Moore College of Art & Design. She also holds a Certificate in Painting & Sculpture from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Studio for Advanced Study program).
In New York and Philadelphia, Janet worked as an illustrator in television, advertising, book publishing, and theater for companies that include: WPVI-TV, Macy’s Special Productions, Silver Burdett & Ginn.
Janet’s love of nature and the botanical world evolved into multi-media work with natural mediums of encaustics, fiber and botanical materials. She attended a botany & plant science program receiving a Certification in Clinical Aromatherapy. She has won numerous awards for her hooked rug design featured in the “Magnificent Landscapes” chapter in Rug Hooking Magazine’s Celebrations XX.
Janet works in her studio, located in the heart of the Sourland Mountains, surrounded by forests, aromatic gardens, and wildlife inhabitants. She exhibits in regional and national shows, including the Grounds for Sculpture and the Philadelphia Flower Show. Her work is in private & public collections throughout the US.
Rod Martino
studied ceramics under Helen Weisz at BCCC and has been working professionally in the educational, industrial and private sectors throughout the field of art and ceramics since 1992. A craftsman from Bucks County, he sells his ceramic work at various shows.
Kathleen Metaxas
initiated her formal training as an artist after raising a family and spending a long career in real estate and mortgage financing. Her particular interests in printmaking, papermaking, and book arts began with art classes at Bucks County Community College and Bennington College, as well as participation in various workshops with distinguished artists. She finds the “hands-on” direct processes that produce results not possible through other mediums particularly appealing. In addition, she finds that her mediums of choice allow for freedom of experimentation and “accidental discovery” of beautiful affects that can be wildly expressive, elements missing in her previous dealings in careers demanding precision and detail. She has taught programs in printmaking (woodblock and monotype), papermaking, and books arts at the Grounds for Sculpture and the Printmaking Center of NJ. Kathleen’s work is displayed at Canal Street Grill in PA and Gallery 1603 in NJ.
Denise McDaniel
received her BFA in 1983 from Moore College of Art for Women, in Philadelphia, PA, with a major in Fashion Illustration. Upon graduation Denise worked as an illustrator for Lockheed Martin. Raising her family she returned to study painting with Kerry Dunn and Leona Shanks at Studio Incamminati, and Ben Cohen and Carmine Altopiedi at the Willingboro Art Alliance. Denise is a member of the Rancocas Plein Aire Painters and the Willingboro Art Alliance where she currently teaches a Costume Studio Workshop.
Perry Milou
Considered a talented forward thinker, Milou's work has been often described as alluring, brilliant, fresh, and glamorous. He creates a blend of Pop Culture Contemporary Art that is a frequently a tribute to icons, athletes, and celebrities. Today, Milou's aesthetic is about fantasy. His work is bold, exciting, graphic and in-your-face vibrant with colors. He strives for his work to evoke an aura of beautiful feelings and constantly looks at the sky for color. Visit Perry's website: www.perrymilou.com.
Elaine Morales
is a freelance artist with a BA in Media Arts and Animation from the Art Institute of Philadelphia, who specializes in character design. She has worked with clients on projects including graphic design, advertising, animation, merchandising, website design and children’s book illustrations. Her skills range from computer graphics and animation to painting and ceramics. She enjoys the opportunity to work with kids and teens while sharing her love for art.
John Scott Murdoch
attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago and continued his studies at Atelier LeSueur in Excelsior, MN. His teaching experience includes the Halstead Portrait Academy in Evanston, IL, and the Art Station in Hightstown. His work has been displayed in Europe and the U.S., locally at the Ellarslie Museum in Trenton, the Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville, and Mercer County Community College. Articles featuring John and his work have appeared in American Artist Magazine, The New York Times, the Times of Trenton, and Time Off.
Anna Neis
studied in Moscow and later received her MFA from the New York Academy of Art. She is a figure painter and her work has been the subject of many solo and group exhibitions over the past 15 years, including shows in New York City, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia.
Rupal Patel
received her Bachelors and Masters degrees in India. She is drawn to the ancient Indian art of mask-making using paper-mache. This traditional art form has become her passion and she is delighted to share its rich legacy with people of all ages and skill levels. She spends her time creating artwork, teaching art classes and developing art events. She is dedicated to keeping this vanishing art alive one student at a time.
Donna Payton
Diversity in media and materials is integral to Payton's creative process. A native of St. Louis, Missouri, she began collecting discarded items and assembling them as a young child. In Los Angeles, where she received her MFA from Otis Art Institute in sculpture and painting, her mixed media work expanded to include constructions of building materials and salvaged architectural parts. After moving to Southeastern Florida, Payton showed in galleries, and her work resides in several private and corporate collections there, including Southeast Banks, Citibank of Florida, and Cleveland Clinic in Florida. In New Jersey, where the Payton now lives, she is making sculptures from recycled objects combined with natural materials. Straw, wood, and beads are the main materials for her current sculptural series. The sculptures are icons or symbols of beings or entities and, as such, become subjects of drawings and paintings. In 2002, Payton received the New Jersey Print and Paper Grant from Rutgers Center for Innovative Print and Paper. She has exhibited in galleries and museums in California, Florida, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Washington, D.C., and New Zealand. Some of the collections including Payton's work are New Jersey State Museum, Jersey City Museum, Zimmerli Art Museum, New Jersey State Council on the Arts, and Hunterdon Museum of Art. Visit Donna's website: www.donnapayton.com
Ruthann Perry
After 15 years in NYC as a prop designer, builder and shopper for theatre, film and TV, Ruthann moved to central NJ and began teaching art. She taught in school for a number of years and remains very involved with many local arts communities: The Arts Council of Princeton, The Grounds For Sculpture, Princeton Adult School, Habitat for Humanity, Maidenhead Studio, and Lawrenceville Main Street Artists Network (founding member). Ms. Perry is a sculptor, using found objects for her work, particularly old architectural elements and bits of weathered wood. Using the skills she learned as a prop maker, she often recreates animals, particularly horses. She has shown both nationally and locally and has won several awards. She was asked to jury a small show at the Grounds For Sculpture this past year, which was a great thrill.
She continues to work from her home studio in Lawrenceville, NJ.
Konstantin Popdimitrov
is an exhibiting artist and art educator, trained in the century-old tradition of Auguste Rodin’s School of Sculpture. He earned his two MFA degree equivalents in Fine and Applied Arts at the University of Paris VIII Saint Denis in Paris (France) and at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Sofia (Bulgaria – his native country). His wide range of creations in Europe and the United States includes numerous 3D and 2D commissions for governmental and private collections: monumental and studio sculptures, murals, interior and exterior design solutions, paintings, as well as solo and group exhibits. He has taught drawing, painting, sculpture, and ceramics in private and public art institutions for over 20 years. His solid classical “renaissance” education, complemented by his encounters with different cultures and art movements throughout Europe and the United States, enable him to lead his students from the basic steps of art to mastery. Konstantin can be reached at konstantin_art@yahoo.com
Kathleen Preziosi
holds a BA in Studio Art, Art History, and Arts Management from Sweet Briar College. She continued her studies at Parsons School of Design and the School of Visual Arts in New York. Since 1991, she has assisted in the development of children’s programs and taught children’s and adults’ ceramics classes. She also serves as the Arts Council’s Ceramics studio manager.
Libby Ramage
hails from Youngstown, Ohio, and is a graduate of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, where she majored in painting, printmaking, and video. She has exhibited at and been a member of galleries in Boston, New York City, Chicago, Youngstown, and Princeton. She has worked with public school children on murals, teaches at Princeton Nursery School, and has taught at the Arts Council for many years.
Sue Repko
graduated from Princeton University, has a master's degree in urban planning from Rutgers and an MFA in creative nonfiction from Bennington College. She has coached girls’ basketball and softball and taught at Princeton Day School. Her writing has appeared in The Gettysburg Review, Beloit Fiction Journal, Swink, flashquake, and the Princeton Alumni Weekly, among many other online and print journals and anthologies. She is at work on a memoir.
Airlie Anderson Ryan
graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in illustration. She has been published as a writer and illustrator by several notable houses including Little Brown, Child's Play International, and Dover. Her awards include the 2011 Taiwan Best Children's Language Book (Ten Little Ducks) and the 2008 Practical Preschool Silver Award (Cows In The Kitchen), both published by Child's Play International. Her most recent work as author-illustrator comes this spring with the release of Momo and Snap Are Not Friends, a picture book published by Child's Play International.
Carol Sanzalone
earned degrees in Studio Art from Douglass College and Graphic Design from Tyler School of Art. Her creative background has involved work in a variety of media including oil, silkscreen, lithography and professional experience in graphic design.
Artist statement: "Color and texture are fascinating properties of everyday subjects and are the
focus of my work. Currently working in acrylic and watercolor on paper and canvas to capture the graphic impact of light, shadow and color patterns, I am able to use transparent washes of color in the same way that natural light transforms a subject."
Additional work can be seen at the Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville.
Lian Sawires
is a silk artist who creates dramatic wearable art, using soft materials to express movement and emotion. With work displayed in craft galleries around the country, her passion is the power of clothing to transform how we think, act and feel about ourselves. Trained as an abstract painter, she engages in Japanese dyeing, layering, painting and discharging all types of silk to create complex one-of-a-kind/one of a series pieces. Whether working in her Bucks-county studio or teaching Modern Silk dyeing and Painting, Sawires is captivated by the aliveness of color, material and visual potential.
Sawires attended the School of Visual Arts in NY, the Brooklyn Museum Art School and Moore College of Art, and is a member of the American Crafts Council, the PA Guild of Craftsmen, Silk Painters International (SPIN) and the National Center for Creative Aging. Visit her website at www.fineartwearable.com
Csilla Sadloch
a Hungarian-born painter, received her B.A. degree in Fine Arts from Montclair State University. Her paintings have been featured at FLOW Miami Art Fair, Art of the State (PA), Mid-Atlantic Painting Overview (Arlington,VA) and the Mid-Atlantic Painting Exhibit (University of Mary Washington). Csilla was selected as a Visual Arts Fellow by the Independence Foundation, received a two year service grant from the Creative Artists Network (known as CFEVA in Phila, PA) and presented solo shows at Woodmere Art Museum, Abington Art Center and the Philadelphia Art Alliance. She is represented by Schmidt Dean Gallery in Philadelphia. Website: csillasadloch.com
Carole Sanzalone
earned degrees in Studio Art from Douglass College and Graphic Design from Tyler School of Art. Her creative background has involved work in a variety of media including oil, silkscreen, lithography and professional experience in graphic design.
Artist statement: "Color and texture are fascinating properties of everyday subjects and are the
focus of my work. Currently working in acrylic and watercolor on paper and canvas to capture the graphic impact of light, shadow and color patterns, I am able to use transparent washes of color in the same way that natural light transforms a subject."
Additional work can be seen at the Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville.
Heidi Schoenenberger
recently graduated from the Program in Educational Theatre at New York University with a Bachelor of Science, a Minor in Studio Art, and New York Teacher Certification in Drama grades K-12. Upon graduating she went abroad to teach English through Drama in Italy. She then moved to Princeton where she completed an internship as the Education Teaching Artist at McCarter Theatre Center. There she has developed a drama residency based around English as a Second Language. She has taught classes in improvisation, storytelling, creative dramatics, playwriting, as well as grammar and history, integrating drama. She is dedicated to the use of all forms of art as a tool for learning and community development. Heidi values ensemble-based work rooted in imagination in which students have the power to create work that they are proud of.
Joe Seldner
is an Emmy Award-nominated movie and TV producer, and Pulitzer Prize-nominated journalist with more than 30 years of high level experience in film, television, and new media. Seldner was Creative Executive for actor Tom Hanks, assistant to the president of Columbia Pictures, and has worked with such people as Hanks, Billy Crystal, Brian Dennehy, and more. His projects include several based on “real life” stories: the HBO movie, “61*”, “Believe It or Not,” in production with Paramount, “Redemption,” about a woman who spent nine years in prison for a murder she didn’t commit, “Operation Pedro Pan” about the exodus of 14,000 children from Cuba1968 Harvard-Yale “29-29,” about the iconic football game, and “Blinded,” about his long and successful custody fight. He has an MBA from Yale University and degrees in journalism and psychology from Columbia University.
Madelaine Shellaby
received her Masters Degree in painting from the University of California Berkeley after received a BA in Humanities from Scripps College in Claremont, California. She has actively exhibited her work while teaching art in California, Louisiana, and New Jersey. She has received several Fellowship grants from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts; Dodge Foundation grants as Artist Residencies in Virginia and California; an NEA Services to the Field grant and an NEH grant for teachers. She has worked for ETS on test design and assessment, coordinated education programs for the University Art Museum, Berkeley and the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, and was the Considine Gallery curator for fifteen years at Stuart Country Day school where she presently teaches Upper School students.
David Shevlino
studied at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art (certificate ’84) and the University of Pennsylvania (BFA ’92). His work has been featured in national publications and he has exhibited his paintings in solo and group exhibitions through out the U.S. He has also produced his own DVD about his artwork and painting methods. You can see more of his work at davidshevlino. My exposure to art began as a teenager growing up in an industrial area of NJ near NYC. I began making trips to art museums in NYC when I was 15 and quickly developed a fascination with European painting. As a youth I found myself drawn especially to the 15th through 17th century, with modern influences coming later. This instilled in me a love of craft and a sense of where painting comes from. Painting gives me a means of expressing the way I perceive the world around me. I do this by distilling what I know about painting from the way artists before me used it and creating my own way of using it today.
Wen. H. Shui
Born and raised in a traditional Chinese family, Ms. Shui became fascinated with the visual arts and music early in her life. She holds a B.A. in music and has studied Chinese Brush Painting under different artists for many years. With these teachers, Ms. Shui has studied a diverse range of subjects in Chinese Brush Paintings such as, flowers, insects, birds, animals, landscapes, and figures. She is a member of Sumi-e society of America. She also teaches Chinese Brush Painting at Princeton Chinese Language School. Ms. Shui has participated in numerous local Chinese Cultural events to introduce the ancient Chinese culture to the western general public.
Colby Cedar Smith
holds a BA in English and Creative Writing from Colorado College and an EdM in Arts in Education from Harvard University. She has taught creative writing workshops in high schools, community centers and university classrooms and also worked as a book critic, travel writer & editor. Colby is the author of the
chapbook Seven Seeds of the Pomegranate (The Penny Press, 2006). Her poems have been published in many nationally distributed magazines and she is currently working on her first novel.
Steve Smith
attended the School of Visual Arts where he received his BFA in 1977. He went on to work in NYC
theater, film and television, painting scenery for the next thirty years during which he also worked doing illustrations for newspapers and magazines, including Sports Illustrated, and the Philadelphia Inquirer. Steve also did courtroom art for network television. Steve's caricature sculptures were featured in the Society of Illustrators Annual 3D Show. He has shown extensively in area galleries including The Phillips Mill Annual, The Pastel Society of America annual pastels show at the National Arts Club in NYC, and the Butler Museum annual Pastel Show in Youngstown Ohio. Steve is in the permanent collection at the Ellarsie Museum in Trenton N.J.
Karen Titus Smith
career creating and painting works (often mural sized) for a major New York design firm has placed her work in exclusive four and five star hotels and corporate spaces throughout the United States. Ms. Smith has been exhibiting work since the late 1980s. With this work in 1992 she won a fellowship from the state of New Jersey, and she has received many awards throughout her exhibition career. She has exhibited in New York, New Jersey, and Philadelphia. Karen earned a BFA from Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA, and continued her studies with classes at The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Tyler School of Art, Temple University. She has taught Visual Arts courses at The University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA, The LBI Foundation of the Arts and Sciences, Loveladies, NJ, MCCC, Trenton, NJ and Artworks, Trenton, NJ.
Richard Speedy
grew up in Princeton. After finishing his college studies at Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara he moved to New York City where he worked as an assistant to many of the best advertising photographers shooting everything from fashion, to still-life, to automobiles. During this period he also worked on several personal projects including a series of photographs of the New Jersey Pine Barrens which was supported by two fellowships from the NJ Council on the Arts. This project culminated in several shows, one of which was reviewed favorably by David Shirey in the Sunday New York Times. In that review Mr. Shirey stated: “Were we to visit the Pine Barrens we might not see the same things Richard Speedy saw. Most of us do not have his poetic vision or his instantaneous grasping of the beautiful in nature, or his fantasy … as in one photograph of mushrooms with their long stalks and umbrella caps amidst a blur of plants, they are creatures of another world.” In 1980, along with photographer Toby Richards, he founded Richards and Speedy Studio and for the next 22 years they devoted time and energy to running a 5,000 square foot studio with a staff of 6-8 people. The studio produced many award winning images for ad campaigns, annual reports and catalogues for clients such as Sony, J&J, Bennetton and Mobil. In 2002 he decided it was time to pursue personal goals and closed the studio. Recent projects have included landscapes of the Southwest, large format studio still-life photographs reacting to the decline of biodiversity of planet Earth and an in depth photographic portrait of the Raramuri people of the Sierra Tarahumara in Chihuahua, Mexico.
Christina Stadelmeier
approaches her color photography from a fine art perspective. Ms. Stadelmeier earned her Master of Fine Art Degree in painting from the City University of New York ,Queens College and her Bachelor of Fine Art Degree in painting with minor studies in sculpture and printmaking from Philadelphia College of Art (presently; the University of the Arts). As an Assistant Professor of Fine Art at The University of Chicago Ms Stadelmeier taught undergraduate photography, printmaking, drawing and foundation courses and acted as Graduate Thesis Adviser to the MFA Candidates. Christina also taught Photography and Foundation courses at Swarthmore College and Foundation courses at Moore College of Art. Her fine art color photography has been shown in art galleries, colleges and universities in the USA since the late 1970's. Her work is also in the Corporate Collection of Novo Nordisk in Princeton and in the permanent collection of The Mercer County Heritage and Cultural Commission.
Maxine Susman
writes about personal history, travel, art, nature, and shifting states of mind and body. She has published four books of poetry, as well as dozens of poems in magazines and anthologies. With degrees from Barnard and Cornell (Ph.D.), Maxine has had a full-time teaching career in writing and literature at Rutgers, Seton Hall, Duksung Women’s University in Korea, and most recently Caldwell College, where she taught and mentored poetry students. She gives readings and workshops in and beyond New Jersey, and performs with the Cool Women poetry group. Her approach to teaching combines enthusiasm, focus, and insight.
Jane Sutley
studied at the Parsons School of Design and the Art Students League in New York. Upon completion of her studies, she began her career in art as a book designer for a major publishing house in Manhattan. Jane later received her teaching certification in art and taught for many years in the New Jersey public school system. Now an adjunct professor at Kean University and a field supervisor for art education students, Jane is also a frequent contributor to Arts and Activities magazine.
Gwen Sylvan
has over 20 years of experience as a designer, producer, and director in the field of computer graphics, animation, and new media within a 30 year career in general graphic design, fine arts, and illustration. She received a BFA in printmaking and painting from SUNY Buffalo and completed graduate work in computer graphics at NYIT. She began with a focus on printmaking and exhibited in galleries in New Mexico. Her career moved into the commercial art and design arena when she began working in computer art and animation. After working in the industry for over 25 years, she now teaches art at Piscataway High School. Traditional and new media are utilized in her work.
Piroska Toth
is a self-taught fiber artist, who has been involved in feltmaking for more than 15 years. She has worked with feltmakers around the world, mostly in Europe and North America. She has been an instructor of local felting classes for adults and children for many years. She exhibits regularly as a member of the North East Feltmakers' Guild.
Nancy Troske
is trained in classical jewelry making techniques, such as enameling, granulation and chain making. She has taught jewelry making for over 20 years. Nancy has a BFA in Fine Arts, as well as many years of professional training in New York City and San Francisco. She was a commercial bench jeweler and diamond setter for several years before returning to the East Coast. Nancy moved to Princeton in 2009 where she teaches metalsmithing along with creating her unique pieces of contemporary jewelry based on ancient techniques. Her work has been featured in art galleries around the country.
Charles David Viera
is an artist and educator with an MFA from Brooklyn College. Formerly an adjunct associate professor at Long Island University he has also taught at the Brooklyn Museum Art School, the New York Figurative Academy, the Parsons School of Design, and Pratt Institute. His paintings have been exhibited at numerous galleries and museums including the Brooklyn Museum, the Nassau County Museum, First Street Gallery and the Adam Gimbel Gallery and can be viewed at www.charlesdavidviera.com
Maheq Wadhwani
Coming from a traditional Indian family and growing up in Nigeria, Africa, Maheq has always been inspired by the ideals and aesthetics of other cultures. She received her BFA in Graphic Design with a minor in Painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design. Throughout high school and college Maheq taught art and English to under privileged children in India and America in the hopes of inspiring a new and young generation of artists. She has also been a freelance publication designer for a few non-profit organizations. Maheq has had her painting work exhibited throughout galleries at the Savannah College of Art and Design, and one day hopes to own her own gallery of fine art and antique handicrafts from around the world.
Mickey Waring
is currently Art Director and Art Teacher at the Westerhoff School of Music & Art. A graduate from Princeton University and Beirut University College, she has illustrated for magazines in the United States and abroad. Her work, which includes puppetry and jewelry design, is influenced by a lifetime of travel abroad in Europe and the Middle East. A member of the Metuchen Cultural Arts Commission and recently contributor of the Visual Arts Connection, Ms. Waring has been a driving force in the arts community of Metuchen over the past 22 years. Ms. Waring’s recent work includes illustrations and small works on paper in water color, acrylics, oil, and gouache.
Amy Whitney
graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in English literature. She began her ceramics education at a fall concentration at Penland School of Crafts, then apprenticed to the resident potter in Old Deerfield, Massachusetts. She was a participant in the summer session at Alfred University with instructors Jacelyn Rice and Andrea Gill. She was a technical assistant at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts and a technical assistant at workshops led by Paul Soldner and Bennett Bean at Peters Valley. She graduated from the MFA program at Rutgers University, where she studied under Hui Ka Kwong. She served as the sabbatical year replacement for Hui at Douglass College, Rutgers University for the year following graduation. She was a designer and production assistant for the Ron Goeke ceramic tile studio in Sergeantsville, N.J. and the administrator for Artsbridge, an arts organization in the New Hope/Lambertville area. She maintains a ceramics studio in Lambertville, N.J., shows locally and runs the yearly “End of the Road Show” at her farmhouse.
Christopher Wood
has an MFA in Painting and a BFA in Illustration. A native of Pittsburgh, he has recently joined the Princeton community after living and working in Chicago for the past six years. He has previously taught drawing and design classes at the Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago, Westwood College, and Northern Illinois University. While in the windy city, he produced bodies of work from his studio while exhibiting in solo and group shows internationally. Projects encompass a diverse range of materials, from charcoal or graphite drawings to photography, food, and audio. In the summer of 2012, Chris held and exhibition of work created on an artist residency in Reykjavik, Iceland, and presented an artist talk at the Princeton Public Library, sponsored by the Arts Council.
Phyllis Wright
is an artist and art educator. She received her BFA at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh and her MFA at the George Washington University in Washington, DC. For several decades she was an active member of the arts community in Baltimore, MD. She served as a founding member of Maryland Printmakers and a continuing education instructor at the Maryland Institute, College of Art in Baltimore. She was also an assistant professor of printmaking and design at The George Washington University in Washington, DC before pulling up roots to return to her hometown of Princeton in 2003. She is a faculty member at the Arts Council of Princeton during their Summer Arts Camp and teaches art at Stuart Country Day School where she is the gallery director as well. Her work is in private and public collections worldwide.
Ellie Wyeth
began her career as an artist in New York City, where she took courses at Parsons School of Design, the Art Student’s League, and the School of Visual Arts. She moved to Princeton in 1981 and has worked steadily in painting and illustrating. Her illustrations have been published in: NEW JERSEY, A Guide to the State, published by Rutgers University Press, IRONS IN THE FIRE, published by Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, THE PRINCETON DOG WALK 2006, sponsored by the University Medical Center at Princeton, and PRINCETON, The First 250 Years, published by Princeton University Press. Other clients have included The Eagleton Institute at Rutgers University, University Medical Center at Princeton, Lawrenceville School, Princeton Day School, Micawber Books, Nick Hilton Studio, and the YWCA of Princeton, among other local businesses. Ms. Wyeth’s paintings have been exhibited in juried exhibitions at the Phillips Mill Gallery (New Hope PA), the Coryell Gallery (Lambertville NJ), and the “Celebration of Women in Art” at the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton University. Other group exhibitions have included the Ann Reid gallery at Princeton Day School, the Ruth Morpeth Gallery (Hopewell NJ), and the Prince Street Gallery in New York City. She has been a member of Transformations for many years, a local fine arts and crafts group in Princeton and participates annually at the Delaware Mill Society show at the Prallsville Mill (Stockton NJ). Solo exhibitions have included The Chapin School gallery, Small World in Princeton, and Studio 233 in Lambertville (NJ). Ms. Wyeth’s work is characterized by an eclectic use of media and a subject matter that is both whimsical and occasionally unexpected. In addition to her paintings, which include still lifes, landscapes, animals, birds, horticulture and house portraits in a variety of media, she has her own line of handpainted cards, placemats, canvas floorcloths, fire screens and painted furniture.
Caroline Garcia Ziegler
is a printmaker and book artist. Her work is often whimsical and includes themes of nonsense and mischief. Recently, she has taken a playful approach in the studio and is combining relief printmaking with the spontaneity of monoprinting. Her prints and books have been exhibited nationally and are in the collections of several institutions, including The Free Library of Philadelphia, the Special Collections Library at Louisiana State University, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the University of Alberta, Canada. Caroline received a BFA in Printmaking from Louisiana State University in 2006 and an MFA in Book Arts and Printmaking from The University of the Arts in 2008. She resides in Philadelphia.
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Faculty Gallery
Susan Antin
Pamela Becker
Nina Belfor
Bill Blanchard
Ray Brown
Peter Cook
Ruth Councell
Thaddeus Erdahl
Eleanor Evans
Cheryl Gross
Jennifer Hawkes
Susan Hoenig
Robert Kogge
Colby Krolak
Janet Laughlin
Judy Langille
Denise McDaniel
Kathleen Metaxas
John Scott Murdoch
Konstantin Popdimitrov
Libby Ramage
David Shevlino
Charles David Viera
Wen-Shui
Csilla Sadloch
Carol Sanzalone
Nancy Troske
Ellie Wyeth
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