Meet Our Instructors
Clay Instructors
Judy Becker
Painter, potter, and metal sculptor. She has dabbled in the arts since childhood. She credits her creativity to great genes and her skills to incredible instruction…
Sara Ballek
Originally from the suburbs of Chicago, Sara Ballek attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, where she earned a BFA in Ceramics in 2016……
Rinny Ryan
Rinny Ryan touched clay for the first time in college in 1962. She received her B.A. from
Anne Vreeland
Ann Vreeland is a professional potter from Ohio operating Sisters Pottery Studio. She has a BFA in ceramic art…
Kel Campbell
Kel Campbell is primarily a ceramic artist but loves to be creative with many art mediums. She is an FGCU graduate and has won multiple awards and recognition for her work. Along with being in numerous shows, selling at Art Festivals on the East Coast…
Nancy Norman
Starting with a first grade portrait of a snowman, Nancy has always followed the arts. She studied art at …
Ira Burhans
I am drawn to the classic Japanese pottery that influenced many potters. The simple shapes and glazes seem to…
Susan Hankin-Birke and Kevin Hess
Both Kevin and Susan have studied wheel thrown ceramic techniques with various artists and teachers over the years. However, it is their passion for wheel thrown ceramics that motivates them….
Maryann Charmoz
I am a graduate of The Rhode Island School of Design where I studied film animation and illustration…..READ MORE
Alexey Castillo
Alexey Castillo is a ceramic artist and production potter with more than 22 years of experience working with clay and the pottery wheel…..
Hannah Ineson
Hannah Ineson works in several art media, from painting in oils, acrylics and watercolor, to clay arts. As a long time teacher, she offers demonstrations…
Luanne B. Fisher
SInce Luanne is a master gardener up north and relishes flowers of all kinds, she has expanded this interest into this domain…
Karen Lemmon
Karen Lemmon recently retired from 30 years as an Art Educator in Ft. Collins, Colorado. She spent the past 21 years as the Department Leader of a large, comprehensive high school teaching…
Jaqueline Glasgow
Jacqueline has been a student of ceramics since 1997. She has studied at Penland School of Craft, Morean Art Center and Odyssey Center for Ceramic Art…READ MORE
Jenny Day
Jenny Day (b.1981) is an artist who lives in Cerrillos, New Mexico. She earned an MFA in Painting from the University of Arizona, a BFA in Painting from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and …
Sandy Griesemer
Mary Rowson
Sculpting since the 80’s, Mary started working with life studies in clay in the 90’s while attending Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia.
Acrylic Instructors
Diane Reed Eiler
Diane Reed Eiler received her BFA in Studio Art at the University of Arizona. She lived in Arizona for ten years as she pursued her education and art career.
Jo-Ann Sanborn
Jo-Ann Sanborn has joyfully painted the threatened Everglades landscape since falling in love at first sight. The focus is to bring attention to the fragile landscape…
Tara O’Neill
Life-long artist Tara O’Neill has been an area resident over 50 years. She holds a BFA through the University of South Florida, Tampa, and Oxford University, England…
Judy Chinsky
I think of painting as a journey. As I travel to places real or imagined, I strive to record the beauty of the things I see around me…
Inez Hudson
Primarily a self-taught artist, Inez began drawing classes at Oakland Community College, studying oils with local artists, learning basket…
Drawing Instructors
Tara O’Neill
Life-long artist Tara O’Neill has been an area resident over 50 years. She holds a BFA through the University of South Florida, Tampa, and Oxford University, England…
Pastel Instructors
Douglas David
Douglas David has painted his way across the country, capturing the beauty and spirit of the things he loves…
Scott Brown
As Director of the COCO Naples Art Gallery since its inception, Scott’s main focus is to Promote, Display and Sell the members art.
Mixed Media Instructors
Shirley Wilson Blake
Shirley has been a working artist since the early 80’s, is represented in galleries in IA, IL, MN, WI, and FL. She has taught art extensively…
Tara Funk Grim
Color and I have been on a long journey together, beginning when I was a child and filling in coloring books with bright rainbow hues…
Anne Gary
Anne loves sharing her passion for art! She is a corporate trainer who has been teaching for over 30 years…. READ MORE
Oil
Phyllis Pransky
I made my own way to being a professional working artist with a professional working studio known as My Yellow Sandbox Studio….
Douglas David
Douglas David has painted his way across the country, capturing the beauty and spirit of the things he loves – tranquil country landscapes, sunrises and sunsets on his favorite beaches…
Alfredo Linares
Alfredo Linares, born in Maracaibo, Venezuela, and now a U.S. citizen, is an artist and portraitist whose work is deeply inspired by his faith in God ……
Specialty
Marjorie Pesek
Majorie Pesek is one of the foremost mixed media artists of her generation and the creator of her unique art form – Layered Imagery…
Muffy Clark Gill
Muffy Clark Gill is an award-winning artist and master silk painter who has worked in the batik process for almost 50 years. …..READ MORE
Leigh Herndon
Working daily in her studio, Leigh creates nature-inspired paintings and wearable art, primarily Japanese silk dyeing processes after earning an MFA in fibers…
Beth Weibel
Beth’s degree in Interior Design, coupled with her experiences in Chicago designing and creating interiors, weddings….. READ MORE
Alan Lachman
Lachman studied at Syracuse University, the School of Visual Arts and the Art Students League in New York City. Known as a master colorist for his luminous and painterly style, his influences can be drawn from Van Gogh, Rothko, Degas and Emil Nolde….
Stone
Joel Shapses
Shapses’ Award winning sculptures are prominently displayed in private collections and public venues throughout North America…
Watercolor
Diane Reed Eiler
Diane Reed Eiler received her BFA in Studio Art at the University of Arizona. She lived in Arizona for ten years as she pursued her education and art career.
Janet Cedar Kindy
Janet ”Cedar” Kindy has been painting for over 30 years. She is passionate about watercolor and changing its bad rap…
Judy Chinsky
I think of painting as a journey. As I travel to places real or imagined, I strive to record the beauty of the things I see around me…