Instructor Information

BILLIE MARIE ABER – BS in Art Ed. Moore College of Art; MFA Univ. of Georgia; seventeen years teaching art from K-12 and college level.

DAVID AMBROSE – BA, Muhlenberg College, Fine Arts; MA, University of Pennsylvania, Fine Arts, Painting; instructor Arts H.S. of Middlesex County, Edison, NJ: many solo
exhibits, works are in private and corporate collections throughout the US.

IVY ANTONIO – BA, Western Connecticut State University. Major in Graphic Design, minor in Illustration. Formerly a Design Director at HBO in NYC. Award winning designer, presented
and participated in several industry portfolio review conferences for art schools in NYC.

WANDA BLAKE – Studied at Parsons, The New School, MOMA and DuCret; exhibited at Nabisco; works in collections of NJ corporations.

LINDA BOCK-HINGER – BA, MA, MBA. Over 30 years teaching, Award winning International Photographer with works in many solo exhibitions, museums, private homes, corporate offices, and several publications.

SUSAN DRY BOYNTON – BA, Smith College; attended the Italian Academy, Rome; instructor & Director, Printmaking Council of NJ; award winning printmaker.

MAURA BRAUN – BA, Education, College of St Elizabeth; MFA Montclair State University; Geraldine Dodge Grant recipient; program coordinatorMendham Twp. schools; Peter’s Valley Fair coordinator; works in several galleries.

W. CARL BURGER – BS & MFA, NYU: Retired Professor design & drawing, Kean College; Major awards, NJ State Annual WC Society, Grumbacher Award for outstanding service to the arts.

AMANDA BURGESS – BA, College of Saint Elizabeth, Morristown, Psychology Major, Art Minor; taught at Rainbow Child Development Center, Bridgewater.

MARGE CHAVOOSHIAN – Studied with Reginald Marsh and Mario Cooper at the Art Students League, NYC; Signature member American Watercolor Society, National Watercolor Society, National Assoc. of Women Artists, Garden State Watercolor Society, Garden State Watercolor Society, American Artists Professional League, Fellow, Allied Artists of America and others; works in NJ State Museum, Zimmerli Museum, New Brunswick, Morris Museum, Morristown, NJ; national award winning artist.

SUSAN CHOROSZEWSKI – MA Elementary Education, Queens College, NYC, 30 Art credits; Elementary School Teacher 14 years; Art Teacher: Private and small group lessons;
taught at The Jointure and local Pre-schools.

CHARLIE CHURCHILL – BA,Lafayette College; BFA in Illustration, Parsons School of Design; MFA in Painting, cum laude, The New York Academy of Art; Instructor, Secaucus
Adult Education Program.

KIM CORNELL- BA Fine Arts-Visual Communications; MA Counselor Education, Early Childhood Education; Teaching Kean University, NJ, facilitating creative experiences for children
and adults.

MARGARET CRAWFORD – Studied at Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh Art Institute, Art Students League; past President, NJ Watercolor Society; appeared in 10 solo exhibits and over 20
group and juried shows; consistent award winner.

PEGGY DAVO - BA, Montclair State University, Fine Arts Ed.; Fashion Institute of Technology, AS Jewelry Design; instructor Albrook Montessori School, Basking Ridge and other local middle and elementary schools.

MARK de MOS- Signature member NJ Watercolor Society, Garden State Watercolor Society, Baltimore Watercolor Society and North East Watercolor Society; won numerous awards;
painting to appear in Splash 8.

FRANK FERRANTE – BS,Rutgers University; Newark School of Fine & Industrial Arts; studied with John P. Osborn; award winning painter, works in galleries throughout the
U.S. and in many private collections.

SAMANTHA GALE – BS, Penn State with a degree in Art Education, minor in Art History. Was appointed as an Arts Commissioner for Chico, CA, served as a representative
for the Northern California Grants Project, was facilitator for an Arts Enrichment Club. Completed MA in Education with emphasis on Art from the California State University,
Chico. Exhibited in Pennsylvania, Colorado, California, and New York.

ANDREA GIANCHIGLIA – BFA, University of Hartford Art School, major in illustration, minor in art history. Exhibitions: Many solo, group and juried shows at various galleries and museums in the tri-state area. Awards: has won awards for her specialty, animal portraiture. Her work is in private collections throughtout the country and is available for commissions. Teaching: Hunterdon Art Museum and NJ Center of Visual Art.

GARY GODBEE – BFA in Painting, Boston University; studied at Brooklyn College and Montclair Museum School; taught at Art Students League and teaches at Montclair Museum School; works in corporate and private collections.

ANNETTE HANNA – Recipient of two Gold Medal Awards, including Grumbacher Award for outstanding service to the arts; author, Painting Portraits In Oil; featured in American Artist Magazine.

LAURIE HARDIN – BFA Rhode Island School of Design, major printmaking, minor illustration; member Catherine Lorrilard Wolfe Art Club; Graphic Artists Guild and American Artists Professional League; exhibited widely and won numerous awards.

ALICE HARRISON – Multi-media artist, exhibited throughout the US, Mexico and New Zealand. Featured in the book Masters; Collage, Major Works by leading Artists published by Lark Books. Studied at the Art Students League and has received several Geraldine Dodge grants.

ROBERT HEYER – Graduate, Newark School of Fine Art; signature member National Watercolor Society, GSWS, American Artists Professional League; won numerous awards; works in many private and corporate collections.

ROBERT KOGGE - Parsons School of Design, NYC; instructor Art Students League, NYC, Montclair Museum School, Visual Arts Center and Maryland Institute College of Art. Solo exhibits at OK Harris Gallery, NYC and others; works in collections nationally. Author of “A Guide to Drawing“; featured in numerous group exhibits.

AHNI KRUGER - BFA, Cornell University; MFA in Studio Art Montclair State University; Dodge Foundation recipient; works in many prporate collections.

ANNE KULLAF – Former gallery director, curator; member Salmagundi Club, International Guild of Realism, Oil Painters of America; award winning artist.

DIANA KUNG – MFA, Montclair State University in NJ; MA, New Rochelle College in NY; graduated from National Taiwan College of Art in Taiwan majoring in Chinese Painting; teaching Chinese Painting and Calligraphy at St. John’s University in NY and Visual Arts Center of New Jersey in NJ; award winning professional artist with many solo and group shows.

ELAINE KURIE – Studied at Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia; Art Students League, NYC; taught at Yard School of Art, Montclair, NJ; has won numerous awards and has had several one-person shows.

RICHARD LANE – BFA.,The School of Visual Arts, NYC; Member of “The American Society of Marine Artists”, and has exhibited extensively throughout the east coast of the US from Newport, RI to Florida.

MARIA LATOUR – BFA University of Michigan; MFA Arizona State University; teaches Visual Art Center and Middlesex County College.

MINDY LIGHTHIPE – BFA, in studio arts and MA in Art Education from Kean University. Vice President of The Guild of Natural Science Illustrators, NY Chapter; teaches Scientific Illustration at the NY Botanical Gardens.

LINDA KOLAR – BA, Rutgers College; MD, New Jersey College of Medicine; studied under Marshall Glasier, Robert Beverly Hale and Nelson Shanks among others at the Art Students’ League and Ted Seth Jacobs and Anthony Ryder at the New York Academy of Art; numerous regional and local awards; works in private collections in New Jersey and New York state.

COURTNEY MAXWELL – BA in Art & Design, East Stroudsburg University, Elementary Education major, Honors Program, PA; student teaching Ottoson Middle School, Arlington, MA.

ALYSSA MONKS – BA Boston College; MFA in Painting, New York Academy of Art, Graduate School of Figurative Art; additionally studied at Montclair State University; the New School; and Lorenzo de’Medici in Florence. Completed an Artist in Residency at Fullerton College. Teaches at Montclair State University

EVIE MONROE BA Humanities, Fairleigh Dickinson University;Graduate Somerset Co. Technical Institute, Graphic Arts & Multi-Media; MA Media & Cultural Studies, New School University, NYC; taught photography in local schools.

CAREN FROST OLMSTED – BA in Theatre Design from Bates College; BS in Art Education from Appalachian State University; 4 years teaching K-12 Art and 5 years as a professional artist.

NANCY ORI – Internationally known industrial photographer and video producer; Founder, NJ Photography Forum; affiliated with the Ansel Adams Workshop in California.

YELENA PIATIGORSKY – BA Moscow University; MFA Mason Gross School, Rutgers; over 20 exhibits including Trenton City Museum, Audubon Artists and Nabisco Gallery.

FRANK PIETRUCHA – Studied under Jon Grabach, E. Stanley Turnbull, Avery Johnson, James Carlin and Reuben Nakien. Works in corporate and private collections.

FERNANDO RUIZ – BFA, Caldwell College; Instructor at Joe Kubert School of Cartoon & Graphic Art; professional cartoonist for , Archie Comics illustrating characters such as Archie, Jughead and Felix the Cat.

ROBERT SAKSON – Winner of over 50 awards; included in Who’s Who in American Art and International Biography; in private and corporate collections.

LENA SHIFFMAN – a well published children’s book illustrator; attended Spectrum Institute of Commercial Art in NJ; studied at The Parsons School of Design and the Art Students League in New York City; member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI) and of the Rutgers University Children’s book council (RUCCL).

EDWARD SPRAFKIN – Instructor at the Visual Arts Center and Morris County Art Association: Studied under Peter Cox and Costa Vavagiakis at the Art Students League, NYC; member of the NJ Society of En Plein Air artists and associate member of the Oil Painters of America.

TIM SPARVERO – BFA School of Visual Arts, Fine Arts Degree: Rutgers University, NJ,Arts Degree; graphic artist Newark Star Ledger.

GABRIELLE WEBER – B.A. with honors in Fine Arts and Theater Arts from the University of Pennsylvania; M.A. in Studio Art, Photography Concentration, from New York University. Currently works as a freelance photographer, specializing in portraits, products and jewelry.

RUTH WILSON – Member of NJ Watercolor Society and many other organizations; award-winning artist with many credits; watercolor instructor since 1979.

STEVE ZAZENSKI – Full-time artist/instructor, consistent award winner, popular demonstrator, conducts workshops throughout the Northeast; works in Library of Congress and many private collections.