2008
Kim Bernard - Encaustic Intensive
Kim Bernard received a BFA from Parsons School of Design, NYC in 1987 and resides in Southern Maine. Exhibiting her encaustic and sculptural work nationally, she is recent recipient of the National Prize Show Sculpture Award and a 2007 finalist for the Piscataqua Artists Advancement Grant. Bernard is represented by Arden Gallery, Boston, MA, Bowersock Gallery, Provincetown, MA, Hawthorn Gallery, Birmingham, AL and McGowan Fine Arts, Concord, NH. She teaches at the Maine College of Art. Bernard is the founding member of New England Wax, a professional exhibiting association of encaustic artists, and has offered numerous presentations on encaustic and sculpture, acted as an invited juror and guest lecturer. Working both sculpturally and with encaustic, Bernard exhibits her work nationally, implementing contrasting materials such as wax, lead and ceramic, evoking a sense of sacred space.
David Estey-Drawing the Figure
Maine native David Estey is an award winning painter/printmaker who has taught and exhibited widely in the eastern US. His work covers a wide range of styles and media. He received degrees from the Rhode Island School of Design and George Washington University, and studied further at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts.
Nancy Morgan Barnes - Portraits
Nancy Morgan Barnes has been painting for over 30 years. A graduate of Indiana University, she has exhibited her paintings in Italy and throughout the US, including many solo shows. She taught art at the university level for 19 years before moving to Maine in 2000.
Paul Oberst-The Printed Voice
Paul Oberst has been making art since childhood but professionally since 1982. Since then he has been exploring his image of the "temple" first covered in abstract and representational marks, then in gallery, museum, university, dance and site-specific performances or installations. He took a break from building temples to build his home with surrounding stone walls in Montville during the early 90s. In 1989, Paul returned to making temples in various media incorporating clusters of words that he composes himself. He also travels to Mexico and the Southwest to study the architecture and cultures of the Mayan and Pueblo peoples. Oberst's work is in numerous museums, corporate, private and university collections.
Deb Pickering-ART+Play
Currently, Deb Pickering teaches art at the Cornerspring Montessori School in Belfast. Previously, she ran the Woodland Schoolhouse Early Learning Center in Searsmont. Her experience and dedication to learning through exploration and play sparks creativity in young minds.
Lynn Pussic - Clay
Lynn Pussic started studying and working with clay seven years ago to explore the intriguing combination of form and glaze available with clay. She studied at Unity College with Master Ceramicist Gretchen Luchessi. For the past two years Lynn has taught children and adults at Waterfall Arts the processes of creating pottery. She also crafts stained glass and is a professional desktop publisher.
Lesia Sochor- ARTicipation
Lesia Sochor began her studies as a teenager with Ukrainian watercolorist Peter Mehik. A graduate of Philadelphia College of Art, Lesia has taught art and exhibited her watercolors for 25 years in Maine.
Linda Stec-MUDClub for teens
Linda Stec is a multifaceted artist, whose areas of expertise include ceramics, puppet theater and nurturing the artistic spirit of young children at the Starrett Center in Belfast. She holds BA and MA degrees in ceramics.
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