Leslie Gamboa grew up in La Jolla. After attending local public schools and graduating from San Diego State University (SDSU), she taught at Marston Middle School in Clairemont until 2016. Since then, she has been teaching painting to adults and children and traveling between Indiana and La Jolla. Presently, she is teaching art at Longfellow Elementary in Clairemont and at a women’s retreat through La Jolla Presbyterian Church.
Read MoreChristian Garcia-Olivo received his BA in studio arts from San Diego State University (SDSU) in 2015. His work explores acrylic paint as a sculptural medium. He uses craft techniques, such as weaving and collage, as a way to examine and challenge contemporary issues, bringing attention to the hierarchy of art media and the ongoing subordination of craft. His passion for art has led him to teach a wide variety of ages from 5 to 45 in Santa Barbara and San Diego.
Read MoreLaurie Gibson is an editor with more than two decades of experience serving writers, book and periodical publishers, and other organizations (e.g., nonprofits such as the Southern Poverty Law Center). She’s had the honor of proofreading the writing of groundbreaking novelist Alice Walker, business guru Brian Tracy, and Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia Inc. Additionally, she taught copyediting at both UCSD and UCLA Extension for several years. Her love of storytelling led to the creation of Book Publishing 1-2-3, which she’s presented throughout California to help writers learn how to launch their work into the world.
Read MoreKen Goldman studied at the National Academy of Design, the Art Students League, and New York Studio School. A recipient of numerous awards, Ken has exhibited widely in various group shows and solo exhibitions in galleries and museums in Holland, Paris, Mexico, China, Italy, Greece, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., and San Diego. Ken’s work is included in the permanent collections of SDMA, Hilbert Museum of California Art, North Carolina’s Hickory Museum of Fine Art, the San Diego Museum of Natural History, and the Zuo Wen Museum in Qingdao, China.
Read MoreStephanie Goldman is known for her richly colored figures, insightful portraits, boldly painted miniatures and dynamic charcoal, graphite, and ink drawings. Having studied with and been greatly influenced by artists Ken Goldman, Wolf Kahn, and Nelson Shanks (at Studio Incamminati), she imbues her work with focused creativity and experimentation. Memorable exhibitions include 15 unique portraits of children entitled I Am A Child at the Riverside Art Museum; Bearing Exquisite Witness at the Joan Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice, University of San Diego; and many national and international group exhibitions.
Read MoreStan Goudey, AWS, SDWS, WFWS, started painting in grade school. He received formal training at Grossmont College and studied figure drawing and illustration at the Art Center of Design, Los Angeles. He was commissioned for illustrations for books and magazines, including Psychology Today and Oceans. His constant goal is to try to paint to the standards of the masters—the old ones as well as the new. Personal favorites include Edward Hopper, Winslow Homer, Wayne Thiebaud, Richard Diebenkorn, Arnie Westerman, John Salminen, and Ted Rose.
Read MoreNEW INSTRUCTOR! Emily Grenader is an artist and arts educator living in San Diego. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in New York City and a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, San Diego. Emily uses various mediums in her artwork and enjoys sharing a multidisciplinary perspective with students. Her work has been published and exhibited across the country.
Read MoreFrance-Marie Haeger has an extensive and successful career teaching art and art appreciation in undergraduate and graduate programs in the Switzerland and the United States, including Palomar College, MiraCosta College, the Osher program at Cal State San Marcos. She helped design the Art and the Creative Process Certificate Program at UCSD Extension, where she acts as an advisor and faculty member. She has taught at the Athenaeum School of the Arts for more than 20 years.
Read MoreSharon Hinckley developed an interest in art at a young age. She did a large mural in crayon on the living room wall at the age of four and was sent to bed without her supper. Fortunately, most of the critics have been kinder since then, and she kept right on painting. Watercolor is her chosen medium. She has had more than 50 solo exhibitions, including at the Rosicrucian Museum in San Jose, California, and the National Museum of History in Taipei, Taiwan. She has authored a book on watercolor painting, Watercolor Basics: Painting Flowers.
Read MorePrudence Horne grew up in Boston and received her BA in art history from Trinity College and her MFA in painting from the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. Horne’s paintings focus on a personal response to landscape and have been extensively exhibited throughout the United States and abroad. Horne has been awarded several grants and residency programs, including the William Male Foundation, Heinrich Boll in Co. Mayo, Ireland, Fundacion Valparaiso in Almeria, Spain, and the Montana Artist Refuge in Basin Montana. Horne is an adjunct professor of fine arts and art history at San Diego City College and Southwestern College.
Read MoreSuda House is a photographer of national and international reputation living and working in San Diego. She has taught photographic processes since 1977, first in the Los Angeles area. Since 1980 she has been a professor of art and photography at Grossmont College, where she has also served as Art Department chair and coordinated the Digital Media Arts Lab.
Read MoreKevin Inman was born in Honolulu and grew up on US Military installations around the world. He attended the Universitat de Valencia, Spain, graduated from the University of Virginia, and earned an MFA in oil painting from Radford University. Inman formerly worked in IT. During graduate school, he transitioned from large abstract canvases to an approach informed by the Bay Area Figurative School and the Spanish Baroque. He has traveled extensively around Spain and Italy studying painting, especially the Venetian school. The recipient of numerous awards for plein air painting, Inman has been a professional artist for 10 years.
Read MorePat Kelly is an accomplished and versatile artist known for her large-scale floral paintings in oils. Proficient in plein air, landscape, and still life, she is especially admired as a colorist and for her color theory workshops. A dedicated and experienced painting instructor, her teaching method includes elements of art history, classical painting technique, and color theory. Pat received a BA in visual art from UCSD and currently maintains a studio in Ramona. She teaches painting classes and workshops at the Athenaeum and The Art Center in Ramona and is represented by Santa Ysabel Art Gallery.
Read MoreVictoria Kibildis has been teaching lettering classes for over 10 years and is a certified instructor of Sull's American Cursive Handwriting System. Her calligraphy has been juried and shown at the Naples Museum of Art and the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in Florida, and at the Bowers Museum and the Muzeo Museum in Southern California.
Read MoreNEW INSTRUCTOR! Eileen Kitrick is a letterpress printer and printmaker whose practice began at Colorado College. She has experience working at both commercial print shops and small fine art presses. Her work includes traditional prints, artists’ books, broadsides, and zines.
Read MoreJean Krumbein embraces all aspects of drawing. An artist, teacher, and model; she is a guest artist/figure-drawing instructor for the Canyon Crest Academy EVA Conservatory program and Founder of the Encinitas Library Figure Drawing Group. A New York transplant, Jean studied at the Huntington Fine Arts League, Friends World College, and the Art Students League. She teaches for art retreats and workshops in Southern California, specializing in life drawing, portrait, and still-life drawing classes for adults and teens. Her work has been shown in many group and solo shows in San Diego and New York.
Read MoreCarolyn LaFrance is an artist and architect. She produces charming and beautifully illustrated books and makes prints inspired by nature and wildlife she encounters every day in her garden and surroundings. She holds a master’s degree in architecture from the University of Texas at Austin. Carolyn’s work has been exhibited at Bay Park Press and the Athenaeum, among other institutions.
Read MoreSuzanne LaFrance is a San Diego–based artist working in ceramics for over 40 years, specializing in nonfunctional, sculptural ceramics with an emphasis on hand-building and slab construction. Her extensive ceramic studies include advanced techniques in glazing, glaze formulation, and kiln firing. She is currently studying porcelain and china painting with internationally recognized artist Nancy Benedetti. Having studied figurative sculpture for many years with SDSU professor Jess Dominguez, she has extensive experience in foundry work, casting and pouring bronze and aluminum.
Read MoreChris Lahti earned a BA from Whittier College in 2001 and his MFA in Printmaking from the University of Iowa in 2004. In 2005 Chris entered the field of fine art printmaking and limited edition publishing at a Los Angeles based print publisher. Recognizing a desire to return to his hometown of San Diego, Chris established the East County Printshop in 2015. The East County Printshop is a San Diego area printmaking studio that collaborates with artists to create original fine art prints in various printmaking techniques, and currently concentrates on screen printing.
Read MoreAlejandro Leon is a painter working in the San Diego area. He is working on a series of paintings reexamining shape and line in representations of flora, fauna, and the figure. He also has 5 years of experience working in the entertainment industry as a designer. He has a BA in art history from UC, San Diego and a BFA from Art Center College of Design.
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