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Teaching Artists

	Elizabeth Adams Elizabeth has a B.A. in French and a Ph.D PRTM from Clemson University where she teaches women's studies. She also has a M.S. in Education from John Hopkins and is a certified Brain Gym instructor. She has taught all ages in Health, reading, & languages. Elizabeth is a musician specializing in Celtic and Appalachian styles.

	Sarah Bader Originally from Rochester, NY, Sarah Bader received her BFA from Alfred University in 2008. Her areas of study and expertise include photography, metal casting, ceramics, graphic design, and drawing & painting. She has exhibited locally in Clemson and NYC. Some of her work may be viewed at www.sarahbader.com.

Deana Chavis Baker
Deana has over 30 years experience in the visual arts. She is a painter and muralist who enjoys exploring her native South Carolina, her main resource for producing landscapes. Deana teaches children and adult classes and conducts various workshops, both public and private. Her paintings and murals can be seen in homes, businesses, and public spaces throughout the Upstate. She serves on the volunteer art selection committee for the Fuller Galleries located at the SC Botanical Garden Fran Hanson Discovery Center and is involved with the artists trail for the SC Heritage Corridor. To learn more about Deana, please visit her Website at www.deanabaker.com

Terri Earl Brooks
Joined her parents at The Mercantile Pendleton SC 13 years ago and began teaching a variety of classes from bookbinding to water coloring with rubber stamps. She is an accomplished artist in a variety of mediums, and author of a how-to book as well as numerous articles for several national publications. Her teaching experience spans the past 18 years both in the US and UK. Examples of her work can be seen at The Mercantile and New York Pizza in Anderson, SC.

Duffy Brown
Duffy is a Charleston native and a graduate of the Greenville County Museum of Art School. Duffy who is most influenced by natural forms and colors works with sterling silver, copper, bronze and other found objects to create her one of a kind mixed metal jewelry pieces. She has studied at the Arrowmont Crafts School in TN and the Penland School of Crafts in NC. Duffy's work can be found in galleries all over the United States. Her work can be seen at www.Duffydesigns.com

	Kamilah Campbell Kamilah hales from Philadelphia, PA and is currently a Senior at Clemson University. When she is not sculpting away in the Clemson studio, she is working as an Aircraft Scheduler in Greenville. She is a sculptor and a painter, enjoying the opportunities in both mediums. She recently exhibited at the Clemson Arts Center as well as the Greenwood Arts Center.

	Hayden Childers Hayden is a Visual Arts student at Clemson University where she will graduate in May 2010 with an emphasis in oil painting. Next to painting, she enjoys drawing, photography, and ceramics. She is originally from Gaffney, South Carolina, and her work can be seen at www.haydenchilders.com.

Laura Dahl
Laura has been a full time studio jeweler and metalsmith since the mid 1990?s. A business in the textile arts led to an exploration of metalwork as embellishment in the early 1990's. Jewelry fabrication soon became a full time passion. She is a transplant from Washington State where her work was found in juried art shows and galleries throughout the Northwest. Laura has been teaching since 1998.

Pati English
Currently, a Resident Artist with the S.C. Arts Commission since 1996, Pati teaches workshops in her home studio in Seneca. Baskets have been featured in state and national publications including Southern Living Magazine; she appeared on SC-ETV and RFD-TV, has designed and authored patterns, available from national suppliers and on her website www.BasketsMySpecialty.com. Pati is a Juried Artisan with the SC Artisan Center and other venues, earning numerous awards; currently two of her designs are in SC State Museum Palmetto Hands Traveling Art Exhibition. A member of the Southern Arts Federation, a lecturer and avid collector of Native American baskets. An artist and instructor, Pati has taught basketry to more than 2200 students in the past 23 years.

Elaine Fredendall
Elaine has been teaching piano for over 10 years. She uses the Simply Music teaching method. Simply Music is a remarkable, Australian developed piano and keyboard program that has beginning students playing great sounding pop, blues, classical and accompaniment pieces often within two months. This unique system focuses on the fun and sheer pleasure of playing music, and offers programs for both beginners and more experienced players. The method employs a unique, learn-by-doing approach that can be easily understood by children and adults alike. The bottom line is that Simply Music students get to feel the absolute joy and satisfaction that comes from immediately learning how to play a huge repertoire of great-sounding music. For more information about this method go to Simplymusic.com

Jeanine Garret
Jeanine received her BFA in Studio Art from Converse College where she exhibited in a variety of exhibitions and was the recipient of the Excellence in Studio Art Award for 2005. She recently completed her MFA in Visual Arts with a concentration in Sculpture at Clemson University. Jeanine has experience teaching both college-level and children's art courses, including 3D design and sculpture.

Sue Grier
Having worked in clay since 1984, Sue's work has grown to embrace the vessel form through her previous involvement and understanding of more traditional functional pottery forms. She maintains a desire to make the work "function", yet the definition of function has evolved to embrace the utilitarian as well as the intellectual or conceptual aspects of the term.
Originally from New Mexico, Sue has been in South Carolina since 1984. In 2004 She completed her MFA with an emphasis in ceramics from Clemson University. She is currently an adjunct lecturer at Clemson.

Cindy Earl Higgins
Cindy creates with media from pyrographic art to bead work, paper arts and pottery. Her professional design work has spanned more than 20 years with 10 of that working in the ceramic industry. Her porcelain pottery has been shown at juried shows and galleries and is available at her family's store in Pendleton, The Mercantile. Although she grew up in Alfred, NY, the home of the New York State College of Ceramics, her major was Business and Psychology. Her passion has always been creating and sharing it with the public. She began teaching at The Mercantile in 2000, focusing on paper arts, bead work and Art Clay Silver (for which she is a certified instructor).

	Jo Hoffacker Jo is a Math professor by day and glass artist by night. She is self taught and has been making glass beads, jewelry, small vases, marbles and sculptures since 1994. Jo has been teaching beginner classes for three years and also works in fiber, paper arts and quilting. Her creations have been exhibited in several Upstate juried shows. Jo's work can be seen at www.dogmawglass.com

Jenny Hutchinson
Jenny Hutchinson is from upstate New York where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Plattsburgh State University. There she participated in various juried exhibitions and received an assortment of awards. She also studied abroad in Florence, Italy. Jenny is currently in the process of earning her Master of Fine Art degree with a concentration in painting from Clemson University and was the recipient of the Graduate Studio Award for 2008. Jenny is presently teaching the beginning painting class at Clemson University this Fall.

Del Kimbler
Del is a professor emeritus of industrial engineering at Clemson University, but has been involved in photography longer than engineering. His first published work, a photoessay, was in his university newspaper. His work is now primarily digital photography, and he has participated in several juried shows at Upstate Visual Arts in Greenville; two of his works there have received awards. Exhibits of his work have been seen at Pickens County Museum, POP Open Studio Tours, and Duke World of Energy. He has had brief experience as a photojournalist, and is comfortable with many photographic genres. Most recently he is emphasizing social landscape and studio still life, and he can frequently be seen around the city of Clemson photographing something. Much of his work can be seen at www.kimblerphoto.com.

Tico Manley
With hard work, dedication and a love of music instilled by his late father Bernard Sherard, Tico has become a lead guitarist, rhythm player, instructor and versatile musician. He has performed around many well known and Grammy Award winning artists such as the Drifters and the Crystals. Tico is a member of Still Cruzin' the party band of the South and the Groove Merchants. Tico and the band can be seen at www.stillcruzin.com

Tatjana Mai-Wyss
is a childrens book illustrator based here in Clemson. Her illustrations have appeared in books and magazines in the US and abroad. Her upcoming books, to be published in fall 2010, are "Whole-y-Cow" (Sleeping Bear Press) and "The Twelve Days of Christmas in South Carolina" (Sterling)
Tatjana has taught art classes for adults and children: during her time in Connecticut she was the Head of the Children's Department of the Creative Arts Center, New Haven.

Deb Massa
Deb is a multi-media artist from Los Angeles, currently living in Greenville, SC where she has a studio and exhibits her works. Ms. Massa was 2008 Artist in Residence at Upstate Visual Arts where she spearheaded the UVA Professional Artist Association and led Artist Demonstrations sponsored by Ampersand and Golden Artist Colors. Her abstract paintings, portraits and assemblages assimilate found/salvaged objects, text, liquid metals, layers upon layers of acrylic mediums and applying a riot of color with an athletic force in order to obtain a crude urban texture. Individuals throughout the world purchase her art in galleries across America and online at Etsy.com

Joyce May
From the log cabin in the woods in the yr of 1990 my sheep farm up in the Mountains of New Hampshire with Jingles and Holly who were the main sheep born in a home made barn by myself and another sheep enthusiastic. between the three farms we had mohair goats, lamas and lambs . We got together and self taught the arts of wool mohair and silk and all the fibers. We are now teaching the wonderful treasure of the arts

N. D. Missel
Nathan is a native of Charleston, South Carolina. Hailing from long family traditions in Masonry, Fine Carpentry, and Silver engraving, he is continuing as a 7th generation artisan specializing in Fine Woodwork. Nathan has taught at several colleges and universities, and most recently at the school of Building Arts in Charleston. He holds Masters Degrees in Science and in Architecture, and is accredited as a Master in Woodworking and Journeyman in Stone masonry by the South Carolina Artisans Guild. Most recently Nathan has adopted digital manufacturing with CNC routers and other advanced technologies, in an attempt to bridge fine craft with the benefits of modern precision tooling.

Jake Ollinger
Jake has been working with clay since the age of 10, when he was first introduced to it, and an immediate connection was made. He started selling his work when he was 15, and has been in numerous gallery shows, as well as a number of outdoor art shows. Jake was featured in the Alabama People and Places section of Southern Living in October 2005. He is currently a Senior at Clemson University in the fine arts department, working toward his BFA, and plans to attend graduate school after.

David Pickelsimer
David has worked for 16 years as a Technical Illustrator creating animations and illustrations in many different software packages. While his day job has been on the computer, his passion at his home studio has been sculptural in nature where he has worked in many different mediums ranging from wire to stone. David has recently decided to pursue teaching art full time as his real world experience has taught him the importance of art for individuals to have personal success in any career.

Eileen Powell
Eileen's current work is installation in character and incorporates ceramics, video, and other media to convey ecological and environmental themes. She completed her BS in ceramic sculpture from Southern Connecticut State University and MFA from Clemson University. Eileen is a former US Canoe and Kayak Team Member and alternate for the '92 Olympic Games. Eileen teaches at The Arts Center and Clemson University and she regularly exhibits her work across the US.

Jon Rasula
Jon studied Drawing & Painting at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and Temple's Tyler School in Rome Italy, receiving a B.F.A. He has had several shows from Maine to Georgia with works in private collections here and abroad. Commercially, he has worked in advertising, textile design, ceramics and ran his own design & illustration business, Glyph Visuals Inc., in Charlotte, NC for seven years. His areas of expertise are drawing, oils, watercolor, pastel, photography, illustration, computer graphics and art history, theory & criticism. Jon's work can be seen at www.portfolio.rasula.com

Patricia Savage
North Carolinian, Patricia Savage, a full-time fine artist since 1989, paints primarily in watercolor and pastel. Her paintings were accepted into Today's Botanical Artists. The Pastel Journals' 6th Annual Pastel 100 Competition awarded her with Best in Wildlife and Honorable Mention in Wildlife. She participated as an Artist in-Residence in Denali National Park and the joint Smith College and PBS project The 1899 Harriman Expedition Retraced: A Century of Change. Her work has appeared in The Best in Wildlife Art 2,The Best in Wildlife Art, North American Endangered and Protected Species, Focus Magazine (Italy), US Art, Wildlife Art, and Wildlife in North Carolina.
Her paintings have been shown at Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, the Bell Museum of Natural History, the National Geographic Society, the U. S. Botanic Gardens, and Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom. Collectors include Art Director, Wildlife in North Carolina magazine; the North Carolina artists collection of Glaxo-Smith-Kline; the Director, N.C. Museum of Natural History; the Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Conservation Fund, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, and the Department of the Interior; and the Director, Clark Science Center, Smith College.To view more paintings go to Patricia's web-site www.natureartists.com.

	Dodie Skaar Dodie has a Masters of Music from Converse College and Shenandoah University in Virginia. She has taught Strings to children and young adults since 1997 in both public and private institutions. Dodie performed as a member with the Greater Spartanburg Philharmonic, the GAMAC Orchestra and most recently with the Clemson University Symphony Orchestra.

Patricia "Trish" Stalb
Patricia has been making jewelry since 1990. She hand fabricates all of her pieces from sterling silver and gold sheet and wire, with unusual natural gemstones as a focal point. Patricia has also been enameling for several years and loves the vivid colors she can create with this ancient glass-on-metal technique. She has studied at the Penland School of Crafts and the John C. Campbell Folk School in North Carolina, and taught a metalsmithing class at the Campbell Folk School in May 2009. As a member of the Southern Highlands Craft Guild and the South Carolina Artisans Center, she participates in several juried shows each year.
Her web site is www.patriciastalb.com.

Pam Pniak Thompson
Pam received her BFA from the University of North Texas. She is a metalworker, who several years ago began incorporating books and handmade paper into her work. Over the years she has exhibited in many shows and galleries throughout the U.S. She has taught a variety of art classes, given workshops and conducted private lessons to adults and children. Pam lives happily in Pendleton, South Carolina with her husband, son and daughter.

Susan Watson
Susan Watson received her BFA from Cooper Union and her MFA from Columbia University. She has taught several college-level and children's art courses, including painting and figure drawing. Susan has exhibited in Galerie La Courette, France as well as galleries throughout South Florida. In January her work can be seen at her solo show at the Durham Art Guild in North Carolina. Susan's website is
www.susanhwatson.com.