Darlington Arts Center - Visual Art Teaching Artists

Darlington Arts Center's
Visual Art Teaching Artists

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Visual Arts Instructors listed Alphabetically:

Annette Alessi (Pastel, Painting, Portrait, Landscape) A.A. Specialized Technology of the Arts, Fashion Illustration, The Art Institute of Philadelphia . Member: Artists Guild, Art League of Wayne, Media Arts Council, Chester County Art Association. Specialties: historical women, children's portraits, landscapes. Represented by: Thornton Gallery, Thornton, PA; Hardcastle Gallery, Centerville, DE; FireFly Gallery, Beach Haven, NJ; and local exhibits. (www.alessicreations.com)

Jacklyn Brickman (Book Arts, Ceramics, Mixed Media) B.F.A. in Fine Arts Sculpture/Installation at the College for Creative Studies, Detriot, MI; minor in Photography; Semester Abroad: Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, MX. Studio/Teaching Assistant to Susan Goethel Campbell at Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC, 8 week spring concentration (2006).

Andrea Darlington (Drawing, Painting, Mixed Media, Ceramics) B.S. Art Education, Kutztown University of Pennsylvania. Teaching Experience: Holy Name High School, St. Ignatius Elementary & Middle School, Conrad Weiser Middle School, and Oley Valley Elementary School.

Anne Dempsey (Paint, Clay, Mixed Media) B.S. Arts Education, Kutztown University. Teaching: The Concept School, Community Arts Center of Wallingford, Main Line Arts Center, and adult education in the William Penn School District. Member of the Philadelphia Guild of Hand Weavers and Artist's Guild of Delaware Co. Works with special needs students in classroom and private lessons.

Elizabeth Dunning Kaplan (Drawing, Mixed Media and Print-making) B.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon University, concentrations in printmaking and drawing. Art experience: art teacher, gallery director, mural project coordinator, and therapeutic recreation program instructor. Teaching: Tower Hill School, Wilmington, DE; Friends School, Mullica Hill NJ; The Winchester Thurston School, Pittsburgh, PA; The Carnegie, Museum of Art, The Children's Room, Pittsburgh, PA; Allegheny County - Association for Children.

Karl Kuerner (Adult Drawing, Adult Painting) Chadds Ford artist. Grandson of two Andrew Wyeth subjects - Karl and Anna Kuerner. Studied at Art Institute of Philadelphia and private study for seven years with Carolyn Wyeth. Exhibited in PA, DE and NJ. Media used are oil, acrylic and watercolor. His works, represented by David David Galleries of Philadelphia, are in many private collections throughout the U.S. including The Brandywine River Museum. (www.kuernerart.com)

Maria Merritt (Art) A.A., Art - Modesto Junior College; B.A., Art - California State University Stanislaus; M.F.A., Printmaking - University of Delaware; Printmaking Certificate - California State University Stanislaus; Experience: Mural Artist: Innovative Interior/Exterior Settings; Fine Arts Instructor: Brandywine School District Summer Fine Arts Institute; Upper School Art Teacher: Tatnall School; Art Director: Brandywine YMCA, Camp Quoowant; Adjunct Instructor, visiting Artist, University of Delaware; Awards: Women of Excellence Award received from the President of University of Delaware; various one-person, group, and juried exhibitions.

Olga Nielsen (Portrait, Figure, Pastel, Painting, Figurative Sculpture) B.F.A. in Textile Design, Fashion Illustration and Fashion Design, Moscow Textile Institute. Graduate Study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts includes figure drawing, anatomy and sculpture with John Horn, sculpture with Alexander Hromich, stone sculpture with Steve Nocella and oil painting with Joshua Marsh. Worked for 20 years in the textile and fashion industry, including four years for Albert Nipon Inc. and 12 years for Alfred Angelo Inc. She exhibits extensively in Philadelphia area in solo and group shows.

Nancy Shaw (Art) B.F.A. Moore College of Art; School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Art Education Certificate, Moore College of Art. Experience includes: art instructor for numerous elementary/secondary schools and community art centers, N.A.S.A. Illustrator, Medical Illustrator for University of Pennsylvania and Ravdin Institute for Medical Research.

Bobbi Smith (Sewing) Graduate Studies in Apparel Technology at the University of North Carolina; Certificate Studies in Industry Fashion Methods at Philadelphia University; Undergraduate Degree in Clothing and Textiles with a specialization in Fashion Merchandising from Ohio University. She also is trained Sewing Educator through the Home Sewing Association. (www.fascinationinfabrics.com)

Laura Westmoreland (Ceramics) B.A. Union University in art in ceramics and sculpture. Bronze-casting (sculpture credit) Golden Eagle Ranch. Young Artist Program, Moore College of Art. Represented by Dickson Gallery of Fine Art. Exhibited in Union in the Rockies, Union University, 3rd Annual Visual Arts Celebration, East Brunswick Municpal Pond, and Graves Gold Leaf Gallery. Member of the American Craft Council. Recipient Union Art Scholarship Award.

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