LANETTE BARBER holds a BFA from SUNY and a BS from Quinnipiac Univ. Taught at Brookfield Craft Center, Wesleyan Potters, CAW and the State of CT. Visiting Artist Program. The recipient of several awards. Her work is shown in the northeast including the Jeffrey Weiss Gallery in CT.

ELIZABETH CHICHESTER is the owner of Woodside Pottery in Clinton. She teaches special programs in the Clinton School system and exhibits in the Northeast.

ALICE CHITTENDEN holds a BFA from the University of Hartford and a MALS from Wesleyan Univ. She teaches at Wesleyan Potters, Middlesex Community College and the North Branford school system. Chittenden exhibits in CT.

LUCIENNE COIFMAN BS from the University of Geneva, Switzerland. She teaches at CAW and Wesleyan Potters. Coifman has been published in Handwoven, Shuttle, Spindle and Dyepot. Coifman exhibits nationally.

JOAN R. DOWNEY AS from Lasell College and studied watercolor with Dewitt Brouard, Lou Bonamarte, Edgar Whitney, Arthur Schmalz, Judi Betts, Christopher Schwink and Frank Webb and Sumi-E with Dewitt Brouard. She exhibits throughout CT.

LINDA EDWARDS MFA and BFA in metals, and a BS from Kansas State University. She has taught at Wesleyan Potters, Creative Arts Workshop, Albertus Magnus, Southern Connecticut State Univ., and Kansas State University. She exhibits nationally.

LIZ ALPERT FAY BA from Boston University. She has been creating colorful hand hooked rugs of her own design. Fay's rugs have been included in juried shows and purchased for private collections.

DAVID FERREIRA Holds a BFA from Montserrat College of Art. He has pursued a career in freelance illustration, teaching and fine art. He's had work published by The New Hampshire Telegraph, Sam Adams Brewing Co., EMCParadigm Publishing and Olivia Kent. He received a first place New Hampshire Press Association award for his "Catch a Wish."

DAVID FRANK BA from Goddard College and studied at Wesleyan University. He teaches at Creative Arts Workshop and Wesleyan Potters and in outreach programs in the Guilford and Madison school systems. Frank exhibits nationally.

VIOLA GALETTA Native of Budapest Hungary, teaches jewelry making and beading. She is a textile designer by trade, custom designer of sportswear and neckwear; freelance artist; sells unique jewelry.

ANITA GRIFFITH BFA from Tulane University. A full time potter whose work is exhibited widely throughout the USA, she has studied tile making and the art of azulejo Teaches at "Horizons to Go Southwest" on Native American pottery.

JANE GROSS Jane Gross is an art therapist, artist and licensed social worker practicing in Hamden, CT. She has over 25 years of experience as a facilitator of emotional healing using methods such as, intuitive counseling, guided imagery and process art.

SUSAN HACKETT is on the faculty of the Farmington Valley Art Center in Avon, CT and has been a master teaching artist with the arts apprenticeship program sponsored by the Greater Hartford Arts Council.

JOY HANKEN holds a BFA in ceramics from Alfred University and an MA in Art Therapy from Lesley College. For the last 14 years she has worked in ceramic sculpture, with color and texture important elements of her designs. After years of knitting and felting, she began to explore rug hooking and finds she can indulge her love of yarns and fabrics and texture incorporating abstract and narrative imagery and symbols and words.

SABINE HARRIS holds a teaching degree from Germany. She maintains a studio and exhibits her work throughout the New Haven area.

SETH KANTROWITZ BA University of New Haven. Over 30 years experience as a professional photographer. Exhibited and published locally. Award winner: Images 2000. Former partner of Photo Communications custom lab, New Haven.

NANCY KARPEL holds a BS from Albertus Magnus, and PMC Certification from the PMC Guild. Karpel has exhibited widely, published and been a professional jewelry artist for more than 32 years. She has taught traditional jewelry classes and PMC workshops at CAW and Guilford Art Center, intro workshops at Hopkins and trained interns from SCSU and Albertus Magnus at her studio, N. Karpel Studio, LLC.

DOLPH LE MOULT received his early art training at The University of Cincinnati, and the Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts, completing his art education at The School of Visual Arts and the Art Student's league in New York. An illustrator for more than 25 years, Dolph has been commissioned by major editorial and advertising clients throughout the United States and abroad. In addition to his realistic artwork, he developed a reputation as a decorative illustrator, cartoonist, and caricaturist.

JOAN LEVY Holds a BFA from Kansas City Art Institute. Joan has been a visiting artist/teacher at Kansas City Art Institute, The Choate School, Hopkins, Tabor Community Art Center and has taught privately in her studio. Joan's work has been exhibited extensively and is in the permanent collections of the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Yale Peabody Museum and in private collections, as well as being included in the Elaine de Kooning collection and archive of prominent women artists. Her work is represented by the Allan Stone Gallery in NYC.

MARGOT LEVY teaches at Brookfield Craft Center, Wesleyan Potters, Farmington Valley Arts and Center. Levy maintains a studio in New London, CT and exhibits in New England.

DEBORAH STAUB LUFT Long-time teacher and studio potter specializing in wheel-thrown domestic pottery. Holds an M.Ed. from Goucher College, and an A.B. from Bryn Mawr College.

PAUL MACOMBER Formerly a captain of a lobster boat, he is a carpenter and builder. Paul has his own maintenance and landscaping business, and can build just about anything!

STEPHANIE MADDALENA has conducted workshops at Brookfield Craft Center, Silvermine School of Art and Urban Glass in Brooklyn, NY. She has been published in La Vie Claire magazine and sells her work at the Park Avenue Armory in NY and through her website.

DODIE MARCHESE BFA from Pratt Institute. She studied at the Brooklyn Museum School and the Institute de San Miguel de Allende in Mexico. Work in collections of Slater Museum, Yale Nursing School and privately owned in USA and Germany. Arts facilitator for Hospice and SARAH, Inc.

CLAUDIA MATHISON BS from Kutztown University in Art Education. Claudia conducts workshops on Early American and Multicultural arts and crafts with Young Audiences of CT and with the Southern Connecticut Library Council. She teaches outreach programs at the Wadsworth Atheneum. Claudia sews one of a kind quilts using vintage fabric and embellishments.

LADY McCRADY is a painter installation artist who has exhibited new work continually since 1982. MFA CUNY Hunter; BFA Syracuse University School of Art; NEA; CT Commission Arts; N.E.F.A. awards. A friend of Warhol in the 1980's, her drawings of the NY art and gallery scene also appeared in national publications. She is the 4th generation Shirret inventor and authority.

JACK MONTMEAT is a local portrait painter and illustrator with a studio in East Lyme, CT. Holds a BFA from the Columbus College of Art and Design in Columbus, Ohio, and studied in Paris and Florence. Jack has received many awards for his portraiture, including first place in the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists "Faces of Spring 2007." To see his work, go to www.jackmontmeat.com

EILEEN O'DONNELL has been a stained glass artist for over 20 years. Attended the University of Hartford, Adelphi University, and Paire School of Art. She teaches at Vijon Stained Glass Studio in Old Saybrook.

RUTH ANNE OLSON is a quilt artist, teacher, and photographer. She is a member of Studio Art Quilters Association, Quilt Art, and Sisters in Cloth, a group of quilt artists on the CT shoreline. Her photographs and art quilts have been exhibited at galleries across the country. Her work has been published in 1000 Artist Trading Cards: Innovative and Inspired Mixed-Media ATC's, edited by Patricia Bolton, Quarry Books (2007).

ROBERT PARROTT BA from the University of New Hampshire. He has been a full time potter since 1971, working in domestic stoneware and numerous forms of architectural ceramics. Has taught at Creative Arts Workshop, Wesleyan Potters, Brookfield Craft Center, Horizons and Pratt Institute in NYC. He exhibits and sells internationally.

STASIA PENKOFFLIDBECK holds a MS from the Univ. of New Hampshire and a BS from the Univ. of Rhode Island. She also attended the Rhode Island School of Design and received a Certificate of Scientific and Technical Illustration. She has studied pottery for 15 years at Wesleyan Potters and the Guilford Art Center.

JEAN PERKINS MFA photography from Columbia College, Chicago. She has taught a variety of classes in photography to both college students and working adults. Her work is held in private collections within the US and she has exhibited nationally and internationally. She is the Executive Director of the Guilford Art Center.

KATE PERRI has a B.F.A. in Designer Crafts from The Maryland Institute College of Art. Kate is a teacher, quilter and author.  She has introduced teens and adults to machine sewing basics, and has taught in elementary and middle schools, retails shops, and at The Quilt Cottage in Mamaroneck, NY. Kate has completed several hundred custom quilt projects which range from classic quilt patterns. Author of two books: Quilt Blocks and Quilts from Your Favorite Fabrics (due fall, 2008) and Easy Singer Style: Fashion and Accessories both published by Creative Publishing International.

AMY PETERS Is an author and illustrator who lives in Madison. She teaches at GAC and the Eli Whitney Museum. She studied art history at Bryn Mawr College.

DARRELL PETIT BA from Brown and an MA from University of Iowa. Visiting artist at Yale, Eastern CT, NYU, Brown and Wesleyan. Recipient of numerous awards, including the Albers Foundation, CT Commission on the Arts, he exhibits throughout the US, Canada, Europe, UK, and Japan.

CYNTHIA RIEGLE Is an Environmental Art educator who holds a MA in Environmental Science and a Connecticut certification in Education. She has worked in the Norwalk School System, with National Audubon society in Greenwich and Vermont and Bauer Park in Madison, CT. Cynthia engages young people in their natural surroundings so they visualize themselves within a greater community.

STEPHEN RODRIGUEZ studied ceramics at Alfred University. His work in stoneware and porcelain is inspired by and reflects classic forms in the history of ceramics. He is a founding member of Gallery 12, a cooperative crafts gallery in Guilford. Rodriguez has taught at Wesleyan Potters and the 92nd Street Y in NY. He is the Head of the Pottery Department at CAW and exhibits widely.

JULIA ROGOFF has taught at Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, and art classes privately. She has had numerous recent solo exhibitions of her paintings in CT and her artwork from Hawaii. BA from Princeton University; and certificate in Painting and Drawing from the New York Studio School. Please see www.juliarogoff.com

KAREN ROSSI has been a metal sculptor for over 25 years. Highly regarded for her original metal sculptures, she also licenses her flying characters of hobbies and professions. Over the years she has taught at Creative Arts Workshop in New Haven and Guilford Arts Center. She currently has her offices in Berlin, CT and a metal-working studio in Norfolk, CT. For more, visit www.karenrossi.com.

SUZANNE SIEGEL MFA, Vermont College, BFA - painting, John Stobart Fellowship, Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, Old Lyme, CT. Teaches workshops at Lyme Academy and privately. Gallery representation  includes the Mulford Gallery, Rockland, Maine and Lupine Gallery, Monhegan Island, Maine. Suzanne exhibits throughout the northeast, and her work is in private collections in the US, Canada, and Europe. Visit her website: www.suzannesiegel.net

MAUREEN SQUIRES BA from Seton Hill University. Artist in residence at the Josef and Annie Albers Foundation in 2001. Has directed international calligraphy conferences. Teaching experience includes college level through adult education. She approaches her lettering from a painter's perspective and has exhibited her work widely.

CHRISTOPHER UMINGA BS from SCSU. He is a professional comic book illustrator and co-owner of the independent comic book company Fi$hStiX CoMics. Uminga is an award-winning artist who exhibits throughout the state and has work in many private collections.

LUCY VAN LIEW is a British native, enjoys bringing ideas from England that would work in Connecticut Gardens. She is a board member of GAC and runs her own garden design business in Madison. Her garden was part of the Madison Garden tour in 2008 and she loves experimenting with different ideas for our outside spaces.

LISA WOLKOW MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art, BFA from Alfred University. Has taught at RISD, Hartford Art School, Hunter College, Connecticut College, University of New Haven and Albertus Magnus College. Connecticut Artist Fellowship recipient in 2002, Wolkow exhibits nationally.

LINDA ZIMMERMAN Holds an AS degree in Fashion Design and a BS in Textiles. She has exhibited at GAC, the International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, and the Brush Gallery in Lowell, MA. She has been published in Creative Quilting: The Journal Quilt Project by Karey Brensehan. Several of her pieces hang in private collections. Professional associations include Studio Art Quilters Association, Fiber Art for a Cause and Quilt Art.