Instructors

Nina Antze is a botanical artist and quiltmaker a degree in Fine Art from San Francisco State University and a Certificate in Botanical Illustration from the New York Botanical Gardens.

Jim Curtis has been a painter and printmaker for over 30 years. His work has been shown extensively and is included in many collections throughout California.
             

Suzanne Edminster codes myths and poems into bright, contemporary acrylic and mixed media paintings. Born in California and trained as a poet, she lived for years in Europe and South India.  She teaches Art with Intention, her painting journal method, at the Sebastopol Center for the Arts.  Edminster annually opens Saltworkstudio , located in the old Finley Barracks in anta Rosa,  for Art at the Source and the Annual September Open Studios  2009 shows include Russian River Art Gallery, the Phantom Gallery, Quercia Gallery, and a solo show at Simply Elegant in Marin County. She will participate in the 2011 Florence Biennale. Please see www.saltworkstudio.net for current openings, classes and shows or write saltworkstudio@gmail.com to sign up for her free Highly Erratic Paintletter, an occasional newsletter with paintings, mixed media techniques, and announcements.

 

 

TIM FLEMING is an Adobe Certified Expert (ACE) in Photoshop, Adobe Certified instructor (ACI), an adjunct instructor at SRJC in computer science as well as a proffessional web designer and graphic artist. www.timfleming.com

 

 

 

 

Demetrius Gonzalez.

 

 

 

 

 

Glen Graves. My career in photography came by the same winding path that most of the great experiences in life do.  My mother was a prairie elementary school teacher who became a farmer's wife. Her love of art and photography produced many many boxes of black and white photographs that were the record of our family history and a great source of entertainment during the very long very cold Nebraska winters. The vast prairie landscape, the dramatic weather and witnessing all of the stages of life created a visual sensitivity that is still with me today. www.nccenterphotoarts.com

Kathy Joseph is an ex-tv comedy writer from Los Angeles, is a resident artist at Plaza Arts Gallery in Healdsburg where she also teaches.

 

 

 

 

Meryl Juniper of “TumbleWeed”, “FallingUpDance” and “CreekMonkey” is a visual & performing artist, community arts activist/advocate & the prime instigator of collective multi-media art experiences, dance theater projects & large scale ceramic installation pieces. Her 29 years of experience in arts education allows Meryl to delicately encourage the full spectrum of human expression to come forth. Supporting the virtues & wisdoms that dwell within the expressive arts experience. She brings a core of experience from a smattering of trainings in the somatic arts, extensive background in ethnic, modern & classical dance, Contact Improvisation, Motion Theater, vocal improvisation, text & the visual arts. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from San Francisco Art Institute, teaching and performing locally as she promotes the safety of diving deep into the soul of creativity.

Janet Moore is a full-time artist who believes that painting can be both fun and an intellectually challenging. She lives, teaches painting and maintains a studio in Bodega Bay. Her work can be seen at the Graton Gallery where she is a partner.

Marta Shannon has been teaching weaving since 1981. She has maintained a studio in West Petaluma since 1997 where she weaves fun and unusual scarves, shawls, ponchos and throws available during Sonoma County ARTrails or by appointment. Her other full-time job is mother to 2 daughters.

Randy Snyder is an award-winning potter from Sonoma County. He has over 20 years experience with all forms of ceramics, and has been teaching and inspiring students of all ages for the past 10 years.

Susan ST. Thomas, M.A. has been an exhibiting fine artist and educator for 35 years and is the director of the Schoolhouse Gallery/ Studio in Occidental, exhibits year round at the Sebastopol Gallery and maintains a private astrological counseling practice.

 

 

 

 

Barbara Watts studied painting, dance, and art history in Los Angeles, Santa Barbara and San Francisco, her work’s been used by designers, restaurants, and as private commissions. www.vividvision.com.

 

 

 

 

Lindsay Whiting. Drawing from over twenty years of experience in print production and publishing, award-winning author and publisher Lindsay Whiting consults with individuals who have written information to share and want to self-publish their material in book or electronic formats. "There are lots of folks who have finished manuscripts, but don't know what steps to take to get them into print," Whiting says. "My focus is consulting with those whose writing enhances their work-whether they are artists, speakers, teachers, or experts in their field. Publishing a book adds to their credibility, and gives them a valuable selling tool."