Kate Adams
MAT Columbia College Chicago; BFA Maryland Institute, College of Art. Teaching experience includes Faragut High School & the Marwen Foundation. Kate has experience as a professional muralist and painter.
Jenny Addison
Bio coming soon.
This term Jenny will be teaching Youth Printmaking.
Ani Afshar
Jewelry collections available through international and local retailers including Victoria & Albert Museum, Harrod’s and Fenwick’s, Bloomingdale’s, Barney’s, Henry Bendel, Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Ave, and Anthropology. Afshar opened her own Lincoln Park boutique in 2000. Teaching experience throughout Southeast Asia and workshops and seminars through her jewelry studio.
This term, Ani will be teaching Jewelry:Beads & Strings & Wires
Alison Balcanoff
Jewelry Designer and background in a variety of visual media, from drawing and painting to printmaking and sculpture. Alison has work in collections at the Suffolk University Library as well as with the Hartford Academy of the Arts. Currently she is an actively involved member of Happenstance Jewelry in addition to the Hyde Park Art Center teaching artists staff.
Shira Ballon
Bio coming soon.
This term Shira will be teaching Art on Vacation (Youth).
Alice Baum
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Has taught at the Hyde Park Art Center for over 40 years. Exhibitions include Artemisia Gallery, the Hyde Park Art Center, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and others.
Bradley Biancardi
Received MFA from University of Washington, focused in painting and drawing, and also completed coursework at Indiana University, earning a BFA in painting/drawing. Recent exhibitions include a solo show at Eastern Expansion and Artist-Run Gallery, as well as group shows at ZhouB Art Center and Co-Prosperity Sphere. Professionally, Bradley has been teaching for over 5 years.
Michelle Bolinger
Michelle received a MFA from the University of Washington in Painting and a BFA from Indiana University. She has exhibited nationally, including a solo exhibitions at Francine Seders Gallery in Seattle, WA and at Harold Washington College in Chicago, IL.
This term Michelle will be teaching Oil Painting.
Tim Branson
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BFA in Painting, Rhode Island School of Design. Former Peace Corps volunteer who served in West Africa illustrating educational materials. Spent six months living in Guatemala taking a Spanish language course while creating pastels and prints that depict aspects of the culture and landscape there. Has exhibited both locally and nationally. Work is included in the Chicago Public Library permanent collection.
This term Tim will be teaching Expressive Portraits (Youth).
Dawn Brennan
MFA, University of Chicago Midway Studios; BFA, Kansas City Art Institute. Teaching experience includes Evanston Art Center, University of Chicago, and College of DuPage. Most recent local exhibits include CCT Gallery, Chicago, MPAC Gallery, Joliet, and Chicago’s Open Studio Program Residency.
This term, Dawn will be teaching Graphite Pencil and Watercolor Painting and Channeling Vincent: The Planned Painting
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Erin Burk
BA, art education and ceramics, Bethany College. Teaching experience at Northern Colorado Pottery Guild, Carnegie Arts Center of Goodland, and elementary and middle schools in Colorado. Burk was the recipient of the “Heros Among Us” Award in 2004. Her artistic skill ranges from ceramics and sculpture, to photography, painting and drawing, and more. Exhibited with the Messiah Art Exhibition in which she won Merit Awards for her work.
Stephanie Burke
Received her BFA from Humbolt State University and a MFA at the School of the Art Institute for Photography. She won 3rd place in the BAC Digital Photography Competition. Stephanie has experience as an instructor not only at HPAC, but also as a TA at SAIC.
This term Stephanie will be teaching Photography: Landscape Digital Photography
Marty Burns
Awarded the 2009 Illinois Arts Council Award. Received MFA and BFA from the School at the Art Institute of Chicago, with a concentration in Material Studies. In addition to teaching at HPAC, Marty has served as a teaching Assistant and as an educator in various capacities throughout her career. She has recently exhibited at the Robert Wayner Gallery as the Flat Iron Building SmART show.
This term Marty will be teaching: Ahoy Matey: The Art of the Sailor! and Intro to Fibers & Textiles and Surface Studies.
Ruth Busch
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Teaching experience at the Beverly Arts Center of Chicago, Harper College, Sullivan House Community Technology Center. Recent exhibitions at CGMA Show, Berger Community Arts Bazaar, 35th Annual Fossil, Gem, Mineral and Jewelry Show. Prairie State College, 9th Annual Artists Who Teach Exhibition, BAC. Jewelry for sale at State of Illinois Artisans Shop.
Paola Cabal
MFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, BFA Carnegie Mellon University. Grants and awards inlcude the Richard H Driehaus Foundation Artist Fund Grant, The Illinois Arts Council Grant, The National Academy Abbey Mural Workshop Fellowship. Recent exhibitions include The Museum of Contemporary Art, Columbia Univeristy, & Chicago Cultural Center. Teaching experience includes The School of the Art Institute, UIC, Northwestern University.
Holly Cahill
MFA, The University of Cincinnati. BFA, Syracuse University. Received the Meta Wolfstein Travel Fellowship to Japan in order to research topics of aesthetics in relation to her studio practice. Teaching experience at the college level includes courses in basic drawing, figure drawing, 2-D and 3-D design. Has taught adult and children’s courses within art centers for the past several years. In the Greater Cincinnati Area, has shown at Gallery Salveo, the Greater Cincinnati Foundation, Northern Kentucky University, and the 840 Gallery and DAAP galleries of the University of Cincinnati. Exhibition experience in Chicago includes group shows at the Mars Gallery, Fulton Street Collective, and Hyde Park Art Center.
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Sergio Ceron
BFA, Academia de San Carlos UNAM (Mexico City). Teaching experience includes Lillstreet Art Center. Works held in private collections in Chicago, the Southwest, and Mexico. Recent exhibitions include Casa de la Cultura (Huixqulucan), Academia de San Carlos (Mexico City) and Lillstreet Art Center.
This term Sergio will be teaching Sculpture: Portrait & Figure and Anatomy for Artists
Elizabeth Chisholm
BFA, University of Michigan; continuing education classes in printmaking at Penland School of Crafts,N.C.Teaching experience includes the Marwen Foundation and the Prison Creative Arts Project (Ann Arbor, MI.) as well as some after school mural collaborations in Detroit elementary schools. Exhibitions of ye ole’ drawings, paintings, and prints include the Marwen Foundation, 555 gallery(Detroit), and Work gallery (Ann Arbor).
Iggy Choi
Bio coming soon.
This term Iggy will be teaching Paper! (Youth), Paper Chase and Ceramics (Youth).
Elke Claus
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BFA, Rutgers University. Teaching experience includes Gallery 37, Anchor Graphics, Suburban Fine Arts Center. Exhibited locally and internationally. Recipient of Artist Residencies at Anchor Graphics and Columbia College Book and Paper Center and a CAAP Grant from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
This term Elke will be teaching Silkscreen and Intro to Printmaking and Printmaking II.
Linda Cohn
BFA, MA, Bradley University, MFA, SAIC. Archaeological draftsman for the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago for 3 years. Painting faculty at Savannah College of Art and Design for 4 years. Numerous solo exhibitions and over 50 group exhibitions at venues including The American University of Cairo, The Art Institute of Chicago, Pratt Graphics Center, Rockford Art Museum and the Evanswille Museum of Arts and Science. Received the SCAD presidential fellowship in 2002.
Carrie Cooper
Carrie can most often be seen holding down the front desk. She started at the Art Center as a volunteer and became a part of the full-time staff in 2010. Carrie holds a BFA from Indiana University’s Herron School of Art & Design. She has taught photography to youth and adults at the Herron’s Saturday School visual arts education program and at the University of New Mexico. Carrie also co-owns a local coffee shop in Ukrainian Village that exhibits emerging Chicago artists.
This term Carrie will be teaching Intro to Digital Photo and Landscape Photography.
Ollie Dantzler
Recipient of photography awards and scholarships from Calumet Photo, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and the Hyde Park Art Center. Recent exhibitions include the Chicago Public Library (South Shore Branch), Hot House Chicago, Salisbury University Gallery (MD), and the Hyde Park Art Center.
Melanie Dorson
MFA, University of Michigan; BA in Studio Art, Carleton College. Teaching experience includes the University of Michigan and the College of DuPage and the University of Chicago Lab School. Regionally exhibited work includes photolithos, etchings, woodblock prints, silkscreens, photo and slide transfers, handmade books, and weavings.
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Melanie Dorson
Shawn Dubay
Received an MFA in Painting from The University of Chicago and a BFA in Studio Art, from Michigan State University. She has teaching Experience at Robert Morris University Illinois, Hyde Park Art Center, The Galaxie, International Academy of Design & Technology; The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Exhibitions include International Museum of Women Online, ARC Gallery; Sparrow Hospital, Lansing, MI; Michigan State University School of Social Work; EVE’s House Silent Auction, Lansing, MI; City Hall, Lansing, MI; Michigan State Capitol; Gallery 2; Hyde Park Art Center; The Smart Museum of Art, Midway Studios. Work is included in the private collection of West Suburban Medical Center Family Medicine Residency Program.
Meredith Eastburn
Meredith earned her BA in Art Theory and Practice from Northwestern University (2005) and an MA in Art Education from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (2010), where her thesis project explored the practices of teaching artists. She has a background in museum education and has interned and worked at the Art Institute of Chicago and the MCA. She also worked at the Ragdale Foundation, an artists’ community where she organized public programs, family events, workshops, and school programs. She has been a teaching assistant at SAIC and Marwen and is a teaching artist at the Hyde Park Art Center.
This term Meredith will be teaching Artist Books and Alternative Distribution: Trade, Share, Give, Post.
Adam Ekberg
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BA, Wheaton College. Ekberg has extensive teaching experience as a college level educator, exhibiting artist, and curator. Ekberg’s work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago and the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, and was recently exhibited at Platform Gallery, Seattle. Upcoming exhibitions (2009) include a show at Thomas Robertello Gallery 2009 and in a show called Element of Photography, Museum of Contemporary Art. Other past exhibitions include
Fifty/50 Gallery, Gallery 2, Independent Project Space, the Union League Civic & Arts Foundation, The Portland Museum of Art, and Loyola University Museum of Art.
William Estrada
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; holds a Special 10 K-12 Certification from the State of Illinois. Has worked with grass-roots organziations for the past 8 years, and continues to participate in varoius community projects in the Chicago area. Works as an artist-in-residence at Telpochcalli Elementary School through C.A.P.E. and various community schools through HPAC, Pros Arts Studios and A.R.T.
Megan Euker
Megan received a MFA and BFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is a Fulbright Scholar and Illinois Art Council Grant recipient. Recent local exhibitions include a solo show at Linda Warren Gallery. Megan is currently a painting & drawing professor at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in the Early College Program.
This term Megan will be teaching:
Introduction to 2D Art and Figure Drawing
Brad Farwell
MFA, SAIC; BA, Yale University, Architecture. Additional course work at International Center of Photography. Teaching experience includes School of the Art Institute of Chicago, International Center of Photography. Recent exhibitions include Jewish Federation of Santa Barbara, G2 Gallery, Rosenberg Gallery (NYC), Gallery 400, MCA, Project Space Gallery.
Delores Fortuna
BFA, 1970, and MFA, 1972, University of Chicago. Adjunct Assistant Professor of ceramics at SAIC. Exhibitions include Dubuque Museum of Art; Lillstreet Gallery; Kunsthuis Ingrith Desmet, Amsterdam; Galerie Wijland, Belgium. Symposiums on porcelain include Finland,1999; Italy 2000 and 2002.
Dan Gamble
Dan received his B.F.A. in Printmaking from The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and M.F.A. in Painting & Drawing from The University of New Mexico. Teaching experience includes Painting Instructor at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and at the San Francisco Art Institute. Dan recently had a solo exhibition at Zg Gallery in Chicago, Illinois.
This term Dan will be teaching DIY Materials.
Theaster Gates
MA in Interdisciplinary Studies (Community and Regional Planning and Sculpture), Iowa State University; BS in Urban Planning, Iowa State University. Teaching experience and exhibitions at University of Cape Town, South Africa, Tokoname, Japan, and in the Chicagoland area.
Maria Gaspar
BFA, Pratt Institute, NYC. Teaching experience includes Urban Gateways, Afterschool Matters and Pros Arts Studios, in addition to the Hyde Park Art Center. Recent Chicago exhibitions include Polvo Gallery, Casa Michoacan and Marwen Foundation.
Aron Gent
Aron Gent resides in Chicago, IL where he received a degree in photography from Columbia College Chicago. His work is in the collection at the Milwaukee Art Museum and has been exhibited at the Hyde Park Art Center, Houston Center for Photography, Concertina Gallery and GASP Project Space in Boston. He currently teaches at the Hyde Park Art Center, is the photography editor for Proximity Magazine and manages Blackpoint Editions LTD.
This term Aron will be teaching
Introduction to Film Photography
Photo II: Understanding the Color Negative in a Digital World
Daniel Godston
MFA, Mills College. Teaching experience includes The Poetry Center of Chicago, The Center of Community Art Partnerships and Columbia College Chicago. Also composes music and plays trumpet and other instruments with The Ways & Means Trio and other jazz groups in Chicago.
Ada Rima Grybauskas
MFA, BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Teaching experience includes Morraine Valley Community College, Lill Street Studios, South Chicago Art Center, SAIC, Suburban Fine Arts Center, and Riverside Arts Center. Professional experience as a sculptor/model maker includes Asylum Entertainment, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, and Crick Pictures.
Jeriah Hildwine
Fellowship recipient at Vermont Studio Center and Hoffberger School of Painting. Solo exhibitions include: Foyer Gallery, Sacred Grounds, Hey Juan’s. Group exhibitions include: Reese Bullen Gallery (HSU), First Street Gallery, Walters Art Museum, and MICA Fox 3 Gallery. Teaching experience includes, Maryland Institute College of Art and Humboldt State University. MFA from Hoffberger School of Painting, Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA); BA in Studio Art and History from Humbolt State University (HSU).
This term Jeriah will be teaching Acrylic Painting and Portrait & Figure Painting and Drawing and Acrylic Painting: The Figure and Teen Painting.
Katy Hollander
MFA Parsons The New School for Design, BFA Alfred University. Teaching experience includes The Art Students League of New York, California Grananda High School, EF Educational Tours in Prague, Germany, Switzerland & Italy.
This term Katy will be teaching Drawing from Nature (Youth)
Holly Holmes
Holly earned her BFA at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale in 2000, and has shown in several solo and group exhibitions throughout Chicago, including GARDENfresh, Union League Club, and Jinx Cafe, Mess Hall, and Three Walls. Her paintings range in techniques and mediums of support including canvas, rag board, paper and panel, sometimes working with encaustic on wood as well. Holly’s paintings are often allegories of apocalypse and destruction, brought on by excess, waste and the rapid change of our environment. The landscapes utilize naïve or awkward spatial relationships, elaborate designs that often create depth from flatness. There is an interest in pushing this flatness to create visually unnerving compositions, so that the spaces have a kind of built in menace.
This term Holly will be teaching Encaustic Painting.
Sara Holwerda
BFA, University of Michigan School of Art and Design. Teaching experience includes Ann Arbor Art Center. Exhibitions and performances include Duderstat Center Gallery, All About Furniture (MI), 555 Gallery (Detroit), and the Annual Ann Arbor Film Festival
This term Sara will be teaching Preschool: Discover Art, Puppets, Draw, Paint, Print!and The Creative Process.
Roxane Hopper
MFA Northwestern University; Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, SAIC; BA, Trinity University. Exhibition experience includes Rowland Contemporary, Block Museum, OpenSource Art, Sputnik Project Space (NY), 1926 Gallery, Arbor House (TX), and Blue Star Art Space (TX). Publications include Perla Magazine and Mirror, Mirror, Gorilla Hair.
Amanda Innis
BFAAE, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BHA, Carnegie Mellon University. Teaching experience includes Arts Council of Princeton and Leander Stone Elementary. Recent exhibitioons include SAIC, Spooktacula, and William H. Knouss Gallery (Chicago) and Ellis Gallery, Boxheart Gallery and the Frame (Pittsburgh).
This term Amanda will be teaching Painting (Youth).
Brian Johnson
MA, Governors State University, BFA Howard University. Teaching experience includes Gallery 37, Kenwood Academy, Austin Community Academy H.S., Governors Stat University, CPS Teachers’ Academy. Exhibition experience includes Marwen Gallery, Howard University, Chicago Public Libraries, South Side Community Art Center, and Rockford Art Museum.
Sarah Johnston
MA in Art Education, M.Ed in Elementary Education, University of Maryland; BA in Psychology, College of William and Mary. Teaching experience at Sidwell Friends School and the Montgomery County School System in Maryland. Illinois State certified for teaching art to all grade levels.
Katherine Jost
Instructor, Painting and Drawing (2008). BFA, 2000, Tufts University; MFA, 2006, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Exhibitions: ARC Gallery, Chicago; M&M Club, Milwaukee, WI; Tom Hoffman Gallery Space, Milwaukee, WI; The Hay Gallery, Portland, ME; The Lizard Lounge, Cambridge, MA. Kathrine also has been working as an instructor for early college programs at SAIC as well as a professor in the painting department at SAIC.
Sarah Kaiser
MFA and MA, University of Chicago; BFA, Colorado State University. She is an active member of ARC, and has exhibited her work at Womanmade Gallery, Razor’s Edge Gallery, and Gallery 312. Teaching experience includes work at Hyde Park Art center, the City Colleges of Chicago, and Harper College.
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James Kao
MFA and BFA, SAIC; BA, University of Chicago. Teaching experience includes Dominican University, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Evanston Art Center, and Indiana Univeristy Northwest. Solo exhibitions include Gosia Koscielak Gallery, Lee E. Dulgar Gallery, and American Theater Company. Recent group exhibitions include Gallery 2, Evanston Art Center, Beverly Arts Center, Heaven Gallery, and Gallery 400.
Alessandra Kelley
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Teaching experience includes Evanston Art Center, Blue Gargoyle Adult Learning Center, and Dominican University. Solo exhibitions include Chicago Public Library, James S. Murray Gallery, and A. Montgomery Ward Gallery. Recent group exhibitions include Art Lounge, National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum, WomanMade Gallery, and Old Courthouse Arts Center.
Shannon Kerrigan
BFA, The School of The Art Institute of Chicago. Professional experience ranges from maintaining a welding shop to producing hand made paper invitations in her studio. Shannon has worked for some of Chicago’s preeminent Arts Organizations including; Artsbridge, ARC Gallery, Chicago Public Art and Redmoon Theatre. A decade of teaching experience includes: Gallery 37, A.R.T., The Chicago Park District and Lill Street. Since joining the Hyde Park Art Center in 2000 Shannon has been an artist in residence in over a dozen schools in a variety of programs. Currently the Curriculum Developer and Lead Artist at the University of Chicago Charter High School Woodlawn Campus. Last year Shannon completed two commissions for private collectors and her metal work was included in shows at HPAC and The Chicago Art Source.
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Friedhard Kiekeben
Trained at the Royal College of Art, London, and in Frankfurt, Germany. After 15 years of living in the UK the artist is now based in the USA where he is a Professor of Printmaking at Columbia College, Chicago. Kiekeben’s works of art take form as digital wall drawings, etched and printed metal Friezes and sculptures, and sequences of original prints. Projects often include tailor made and site-specific installations - such as ‘Cascade’ - and are exhibited internationally in private and public galleries and museums.
Basia Krol
MFA from Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw Poland. Background in painting, drawing, printmaking and mixed media. Recipient of 3 Artists in Residency programs across US. Krol recently had a one person show at Vanderpoel Museum and is an active member of CAC Gallery in Chicago where she also exhibits her work. Previously Krol volunteered as Director for SCB Gallery in Chicago giving alternative exhibition space to local emerging artists. Basia Krol exhibits her work locally and receives many portrait and mural commissions. Teaching experience includes 3 years of teaching in public schools and private international schools in Warsaw and, recently, private lessons in her studio.
This term Basia will be teaching Nature Studies and Still Life.
Kirstin Leenaars
MFA Studio Arts, UIC; MA Fine Arts, Piet Zwart Institute; BFA Fine Arts, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam. Solo exhibitions include Contemporary Art Workshop, Sculptuur Den Haag, Low Level Vision, and Roof Gallery. Recent group exhibitions include Nutshuis (The Hague), Art 44/46, Old Gold Gallery, Gallery 400, and ArtLedge.
Anna Lehner
BA in English with Honors in Art, Writing Certificate, Pennsylvania State University. Completing a degree in Interior Design at Harrington College of Design. Experience includes the Goodman Theatre (costume shop stitcher), International House of Blues (visiting artist), Chicago Cultural Center (adult quilting instructor), and various community sites.
Debbie Lekousis
BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Teaching experience includes Akiba-Schechter Jewish Day School (preschool though 6th grade art) for 9 years, Hyde Park Art Center. Workshops include Field Museum Holiday Tea, Osaka Garden, Chicago Botanic Garden, Chicago Children’s Museum. Educators’ workshops include Shedd Aquarium, Chicago Public Library, and Chicago Public Schools. Exhibitions include Chicago Children’s Museum, The Japanese Consulate (Chicago), The Fashion Institute of Technology (NY), BareWalls 2003, 2004, and 2005 (SAIC).
This term, Debbie will be teaching Creative Origami.
Katharine Lion
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Works in a variety of media including photography, video, painting, sculpture, bookmaking, writing and fabric based collages. Designed and taught the multi media arts education program for The Girl Scouts of Greater Indiana Residential Summer Camp.
Lisa Lindvay
Lisa received her BFA in 2005 from University of Pennsylvania Edinborough, and in 2008 completed her MFA at Columbia College. She works primarily in photographic medium, taking an extended look at the physical and psychological currents of her own family and exploring her subjects’ domestic environments. Her work is often an exploration of how an individual identity and altered by one’s familial relationships. She has recently exhibited at Glass Curtain Gallery, Hyde Park Art Center, and in the Fall of 2009 Lisa will exhibit at the Smithsonian and the National Portrait Gallery.
This term, Lisa will be teaching Portrait Photography, Documentary Photography,Intro to Digital Photo and Teen Photography: Personal Narrative.
Jessica Lowery
BA in Sculpture, Loyola University Chicago; BAE, Harron School of Art and Design. Taught children’s mixed-media and ceramics classes and camps at the Indianapolis Art Center for nealry 12 years. Taught adult collage at the IAC for 2 years. Directed the Fine Arts Day camp for the IAC for 3 years. Has been involved in Artreach programs.
Frank Maugeri
BA in Liberal Arts; Film, Animation & Sculpture Focus. Associate Artistic Director of Redmoon Theater where he has served as an award winning director, designer, and performer for over 10 years. Founding member of Theater DANK. Teaching experience includes Columbia College Chicago, Gallery 37, Project LEAP, AIC, Northwestern University, UIC Illinois, and the University of Chicago.
Helen McElroy
MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BFA, New York School of Ceramics and Art; BA, Alfred University, New York. Teaching experience at SAIC, Evanston Art Center, Moraine Valley Community College and in Japan. Has received an education research grant while abroad and has exhibited both domestically and in Japan.
Krystal Meisel
BA in Photography from the Brooks Institute in Santa Barbara, CA; teaching experience at St. Clair Middle School in Michigan and the Hyde Park Art Center; photography exhibited locally.
Carol F. Mason Metzger
MS in Biochemistry from Illinois Institute of Technology; BS in Biology from DePaul University. Art education includes coursework at the Art Institute of Chicago, DuPage Art League and College of DuPage. Solo and group exhibitions at DuPage Art League, College of DuPage, Woman Made Gallery, Gallery 1633, and The Fine Art of Fiber.
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Justine Nagan
MA, University of Chicago; BA, University of Wisconsin at Madison. Creating tote bags and quilts for 6 years. Tote bags have been featured at the Smart Museum of Art, the K-fleye fashion show, and on Wisconsin Public Television, as well as over the shoulders of very stylish family members and friends. Currently working in documentary production at Kartemquin Films.
Nicole Nava
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Currently pursuing MAT degree and Elementary Certification at National Louis University in Evanston. Has taught ceramics to children in Oxford, Maine. Drawing instructor for the past three years for an afterschool program in city and suburban elementary schools.
Sarah Nishiura
Received her MFA from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and has been exhibiting her work in galleries internationally for over 15 years, including SACI Gallery in Florence and Inside Arts in Chicago. Although she works in textile and fabric at HPAC, she has experience with a variety of media, including printmaking and painting.
Kean Sea Park
Studied under his father, one of the top six Oriental artists in Korea. Teaching experience includes the YMCA, University of Chicago, various church groups, and private individual instruction throughout Chicago for over 25 years. Has exhibited throughout Asia and the Chicagoland area. Four-time winner of the Korean National Art Competition.
Meg Peterson
BA in fine arts from the University of Oregon. Teaching experience includes Columbia College, Chicago, Prairie Mountain School, Fairfield Elementary and Kelly Middle School via City of Eugene Parks and Recreation Department. Peterson has also served as a volunteer teacher in Accra, Ghana through Global Volunteer Network and as an Art Coordinator and Workshop Leader for Hollistic Options for Planet Earth Sustainability.
Mark Phillips
Attended East Carolina School of Art. Teaching experience includes Studio 935, Fibre Craft Materials Corp. Exhibition experience includes Chicago Cultural Center, Hot House Performance Center, and the Evanston Art Center.
Emily Pick
Emily is a certified teacher, having taught at Nettlehorst School, and also recieved her BS from Skidmore College. Recently she has been working with art and literacy to create a curriculum around teaching art through children’s literature. Emily also has experience with a variety of age groups, educational settings, and disciplines where she has linked arts to math, reading, and social development.
Karen Plater
Karen L. Plater has mastered all ten Phases for certification as a teacher of Traditional Japanese Embroidery. As a professional sensei, Karen holds monthly classes in her home studio and is now expanding her teaching locations to include Chicago, IL. She continues to travel to Japan to study with professional embroiderers and recently taught an original design at a retreat in Maine. Her work has been displayed in Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States. In October, 2008 she hosted a one-woman show of her embroideries at the University Club of Winter Park, FL.
Anna Ressman
B.A. Great Books of Western Society, St. John’s College Santa Fe. An artist who specializes in the visual mediums of photography, soft sculpture, installation, and graphic design, Ressman combines these tools with music and academics as well as creative writing to create multimedia experiences that are dynamic and educational. Also studied professional voice, music theory, and composition for over twenty years. Ressman’s main subjects of investigation include the phenomenology of the creative process, the psychology and neurology of memory, and social migration patterns both voluntary and compulsory. Exhibitions include Grass Roots Art in Chicago as well as in Pittsburgh and online. Ressman has been published in national print and online magazines, and received an award from The Baltimore Sun for her creative writing.
Valerie Richards
Experience includes 40 years of teaching graphics and painting at area colleges, art centers, and in numerous senior community and school-based programs. Exhibitions include over 10 years at the Hyde Park Art Center, many printmaking and mural commissions, and numerous collections exhibitions.
This term, Valerie will be teaching Watercolor Painting .
Kelly Rider
MFA, in Book and Paper Arts, Columbia College Center for Book and Paper Arts; BFA in Painting, Pratt Institute. More than 10 years teaching experience in New Mexico and Illinois. In Chicago, teaching experience includes K-8th at CPS and many classes at HPAC. Most recently her handmade paper pieces and book arts have been exhibited locally in the 4th International Book and Paper Arts Triennial at Columbia College’s Chicago Center for Book & Paper Arts, the Chicago Public Library’s Books! Chicago Bound and Bedecked show, and Vespine Gallery in Pilsen.
Darrell Roberts
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BA in Art History, University of Northern Iowa. Teaching experience includes School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Hearst Center for the Arts, Marwen, Lill Street Art Center, and Illinois Institute of Art. Exhibits paintings locally.
This term Darrell will be teaching Costumed Figure, Abstract, and Large Scale Painting.
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Hardy Schlick
MFA, University of Chicago, studied with Ruth Duckworth and Hiroake Morino. Teaching experience includes adult and children’s ceramic classes at the Hyde Park Art Center for over 25 years, the South Side Arts Partnership, the Bridgeport Partnership, and the Hyde Park Art Center’s community outreach programs.
This term, Hardy will be teaching Multi-Level Ceramics (Adults) and Youth Ceramics
Olivia Schreiner
MFA, Northwestern University, BFA, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design. Schreiner has experience teaching silkscreen and working with Artists-in-Residence at The Fabric Workshop & Museum in Philadelphia, PA from 1999-2004 and taught painting at Northwestern University. Schreiner has exhibited her paintings at various venues nationally and locally at the Union Arts League, Rowland Contemporary Gallery and the Contemporary Art Workshop.
This term, Olivia will be teaching Silkscreen: Posters & Propaganda.
Suzanne Sebold-Suso
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. MA in Education, Northeastern Illinois University. Director of Arts Across the Atlantic. Has also taught at Gallery 37, Chicago Public Schools, and the Chicago Park District. Received Community Arts Assistance Program Award, and exhibits locally.
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Laura Shaeffer
BFA in painting, Philadelphia College of Art. Apprenticeships in felting and silkscreen in Berlin. Teaching experience includes drawing and painting at Japanese/American Cultural Institute in Lisbon, silkscreen at Kuenstlerhaus Bethanien in Berlin. She also taught English to adults and children in Europe for over 13 years. She has exhibited locally and internationally. Recent work focuses on silkscreen and drawn and clay animation.
Mark Siska
BA, Columbia College, concentration in documentary filmmaking and video installation. Independent producer and filmmaker both in Chicago and internationally. Founder and executive director of Euro Undereground. Teaching experience includes A.R.T., Catherine Cook School, the Cook County Office of the Public Guardian, and the Evanston Art Center. Exhibitions include local and international film festivals.
Deb Sokolow
Received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her BFA from University of Illinois. Teaching experience includes SAIC, Northwestern University and Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Recent exhibitions include site-specific works for the Van Abbemuseum in the Netherlands, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, INOVA in Milwaukee and Spertus Museum in Chicago. Upcoming projects include a group exhibition at the Smart Museum, University of Chicago and a long-term residency within Chicago Public Schools’ fine arts magnet program. Sokolow’s work is in the permanent collection at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Martin Soto
BFA, SAIC; Graduate studies at Hunter College and New York University. Teaching experience includes Chicago Public Schools Office of Language and Cultural Education, Zhou B. Center, Martin Soto Studio, Chicago Public Art Group, and the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs.
Allison Spicer
MAAE, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BA in Literature, Science and the Arts, University of Michigan. Teaching Experience includes Snow City Arts Foundation, Marwen Foundation, Ralph J. Bunche Elementary, and the British School of Chicago. Recent exhibitions include Marwen Foundation, University of Michigan Alumni Show, and Demitasse Cafe.
Ryan Swanson
MFA in Fiber and Material Studies, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BFA in Paiting, Savannah College of Art and Design; teaching experience at Westwood College, HPAC. Recent exhibitions include Booster and Seven Gallery, the Hellenic Museum and Cultural Center, Gallery 1926, G2, Betty Rymer Gallery, Wholesale Chicago, and Temporary Services.
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Aurora Tabar
Bio coming soon.
Mary Tepper
BFA, SAIC; background in painting and drawing. She teaches and consults with various regional art organizations. Mary presently works in her expanded studio, Dripping Water, creating unique custom useable objects, including interior mosaics, handmade papers, books and prints; exhibitions have included the Hyde Park Art Center, the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, and Crane Paper Institute.
This term, Mary will be teaching Ceramic Tiles and Teen Drawing.
Ann Toebbe
DAAD scholar, Universitat der Kunst, Berlin; MFA, Yale Univeristy; BFA, Cleveland Institute of Art. Teaching experience includes the School of the Art Institute, Boys and Girls Club, Yale University School of Art, NYC Public Schools, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland Institute of Art. Recent solo and group exhibitions include 537 Gallery (OH), NOVA, Isp Gallery (MA), Audiello Gallery (NYC), and Marc Selwyn Gallery.
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Ann Toebbe
Anthony Trinchera
MFA, Rochester Institute of Technology; MA and BFA, State University of New York. Teaching experience includes Genesee Community College, Mills Art Center (NY), BOCES Geneso Migrant Workers Center (NY). Previous exhibitions include Mill Arts Center, Genesee Community College, Marion Street Gallery, Morning’s Canvas Art Gallery, and Rochester Institute of Technology.
David Trost
BFA, Penn State University; MFA, SAIC. A studio artist who works primarily in clay, Trost teaches at Lillstreet Art Center, Evanston Art Center, Harold Washington College, and SAIC. Solo and group exhibitions include Terra Incognito, Chicago Cultural Center, Gross Park Sculpture Invitational, Lillstreet Art Center, and Harold Washington College.
This term, David will be teaching Throw Some Clay and Handbuilt Ceramics.
Ben Turcotte
Worked with architectural stained glass for seven years in a number studios, including Bauhaus Apprenticeship Institute, WIll Hamm Stained Glass, Altamira Art Glass, Turcotte Art Glass, Discovery, Chaos Art Glass, Discovery Center, Two Fish Art Glass. Art Glass on display in galleries around the country and experience restoring antique windows for a historic monument.
Shoshanna Utchenik
BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Has served as Artistic Associate, Redmoon Theater, Chicago. Performances include the Museum of Contemporary Art, Steppenwolf Studio Theater, and Theater Oobleck. Teaching experience includes School of the Art Institute of Chicago and Columbia College. Awards include the Community Arts Assistance Program Grant (2002) and the John Quincy Adams Fellowship (2000).
Omar Vera
MFA, SAIC; BFA, Ceramics, BA, Art History, University of Washington. Teaching experience at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Lillstreet Art Center and Olive Harvey Community College. Current exhibitions include Lillstreet Art Center, Gallery 312, Schopf Gallery on Lake, Gene Siskel Film Center, Modest Contemporary Arts, Gallery 2 and Base Space AIC.
Vera Videnovich
Attended the Art Insitute of Chicago. Trained as knitting instructor thorugh Craft Yarn Council. Was taught to knit by her father at age 7, became part of a long line of knitters and weavers in her family. Produces line of clothing using wool sheared from her own sheep, which she hand-spins and dyes using natural materials. Has led knitting groups throughout Chicago.
This term Vera will be teaching Knitting.
Valerie Wallace
Valerie Wallace received her MFA in Writing from the Art Institute of Chicago. Her work appears most recently in Rhino, Valparaiso Poetry Review, Drumvoice Revue, Maize, Court Green, Potomac, Convergence and Mid-America Review. She is the recipient of an Illinois Arts Council Literary Award, Oxbow Fellowship and was a finalist for the 2007 Poetry Center of Chicago Prize. She also leads workshops for the Neighborhood Writing Alliance and edits “Deep Dish,” an online monthly poetry series featuring established Chicago writers.
This term Valerie will be teaching Visual Art Poetry.
Jessi T. Walsh
MA candidate in Interdisciplanary Arts at Columbia College Chicago; BFA in Studio Art, Florida State University. Professional experience includes Hyde Park Art Center, CAPE, Redmoon, Illinois Arts Alliance, community gardening with architreasures, and theatrical set design with Big Works. Group and solo exhibitions in Chicago, Florida, Texas and Washington include works in metal, rubber, mixed media and photographic installation. Recent performance art and movement exhibitions have been held at Chicago Moving Company’s studio in Hamlin Park.
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Jessi T. Walsh
Joel Wanek
BA in Photography and Cinematography, Webster University. Also studied Photography and Filmmaking at The Center for Documentary Studies and Columbia College. Teaching experience includes HPAC, Peach Club and Gallery 312.
Dale Washington
BA, Columbia College. Also attended Columbus College of Art and Design and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Recipient of the 2003 Artist of the Year Award from the Southside Community Art Center. Recent exhibitions include Gruen Gallery, the South Shore Cultural Center, the Southside Community Art Center and Miijiza’s Gallery. Featured artist in Chicago collector Daniel Parker’s new book “African Art: The Diaspora and Beyond.”
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Dale Washington
Ivan Watkins
PhD candidate, University of New Orleans; Ma, University of Chicago; BFA, SAIC. Teaching experience locally and nationally include Northeastern Illinois University, Tarrant County College, Capoeira Angola, and North Lawndale Learning Center. Ivan has been involved in several public art projects in Chicago, New Orleans, and Bridgeport. Group and solo exhibitions include Around the Coyote, Minneapolis Indian Center, and Robin Brisker Gallery.
Mark Werle
Photographer and digital artist, Mark Werle has worked as a computer tech at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for the last eight years. He works and volunteers at a number of art non-profits in the Chicago area which have included Video Machete, Insight Arts, Women in the Director Chair and the Evanston Art Center.
Rachel Welling
Rachel received a MFA in Painting from Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and BFA from Indiana University. She is a recipient of the Glaubinger Traveling Fellowship and a past resident at the Vermont Studio Center. Recent local exhibitions include New Works at The Living Room in Chicago, IL. Teaching experience includes Assistant Instructor at Indiana University and Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.
This term Rachel will be teaching:
Beginning Drawing
Julian Williams
MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BFA, SAIC. Teaching experience in drawing and painting includes Hyde Park Art Center, Evanston Art Center, Columbia College Chicago, Boulevard Arts Center, ad CPS. Recent exhibition experience includes Open Door Gallery, South Side Community Art Center, Susan Woodson Gallery, and ETA Creative Arts Foundation Gallery.
Justin Witte
MFA University of Illinois Chicago; BFA, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design; New York Studio Program. Teaching Experience includes Harold Washington College, Northwestern University, and University of Illinois at Chicago. Exhibition experience includes Gallery 400, Vega Estates, Vox Populi (Philadelphia), Space 1026 (Philadelphia) and the D.U.M.B.O. Art Center (New York City).
Rebecca Zemans
BFA, AB, University of Michigan; Studied at HPAC as a child. Teaching experience includes The Crucible, The Jewish Community Center of San Francisco, and the Ann Arbor Art Center. Recent exhibitions include the Oakland International Airport, ArtworkSF and the Oakland Museum of California.