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  • Rula Brock
    Rula Brock

    Rula Jones Brock has been working in the Visual Arts for over fifteen years, curating, exhibiting, and teaching at various notable institutions. She holds a B.A. From Marymount College, NY, NY, 2000. Recent accolades include an illustration published in the Huffington Post, "If This Art Could Vote," and a group exhibition, "Art and Politics," at the Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ. She will represent the independent school she currently works for, Congressional School, at the first ever Virginia Association of Independent School Festival for the Arts in April, conducting a workshop: Zen and the Art of Chinese Brush Painting. You can follow her on Twitter @ BrockMSart.

  • Carol Barsha
    Carol Barsha

    Carol earned her BFA Cum Laude in Painting from Boston University College of Fine Arts, and her MFA in Painting from the Boston University College of Fine Arts and studied with Philip Guston and James Weeks. She works in many media including charcoal, ink, watercolor, and pastel, focusing on the distillation and transformation of her studies of the natural world. Carol has exhibited throughout the region, including the National Institutes of Health, Joan Hisaoka Gallery, Katzen Museum at American University and McLean Project for the Arts. Carol led the workshop “The Imaginary Landscape” in conjunction with her show Les Fleurs du Livre at MPA in February 2016, and taught Watercolor: Evening Alfresco at MPA Summer 2016. http://carol-barsha-trvp.squarespace.com/2016/1/19/the-big-vine

  • Jessica Granda Bonness
    Jessica Granda Bonness

    Jessica holds an MA in interior design from the Corcoran College of Art + Design where she was on faculty. Jessica is the owner of JGB Interiors, a DC-based firm, specializing in residential work. Jessica is an allied member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and is well versed in sustainable design, art, color theory, and space planning. Jessica teaches Interior Design and Artistic Engineering workshops at MPA. http://www.jgbinteriors.com 

  • David Carlson
    David Carlson

    David has taught design, drawing, and painting for 24 years at Marymount University and has been an adjunct faculty member at the Corcoran College of Art + Design. His paintings, digital video and digital photographs are included in national and international collections, both private and corporate. Since 2000 his digital videos and video collaborations have been exhibited in venues including Senegal, Egypt, South Africa, the Netherlands, Belgium, Turkey, France, and the U.S. He has shown at the McLean Project for the Arts. David teaches the Drawing & Painting Studio at MPA. http://davidcarlsonart.com/index.html

  • Naomi Chung
    Naomi Chung

    Naomi earned her BFA, Magna Cum Laude, in Painting and Printmaking from Virginia Commonwealth University, and an MFA in Painting from the University of Pennsylvania. She teaches drawing and painting as adjunct faculty at both Marymount University and Montgomery College. Naomi teaches Drawing and Painting to both adult and youth students at MPA. www.naomichung.net 

  • Sharon Fishel
    Sharon Fishel

    Sharon completed an MFA degree from Queens College, CUNY and an MA from New York University. She was an adjunct professor at the Corcoran College of Art + Design for 11 years and at American University for 14 years. Prior to that, Sharon was Principal Instructor in the Education Department at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City for 5 years. Sharon is MPA’s ArtReach Director and conducts workshops in schools and senior centers, and leads school tours in our galleries. She teaches MPA Summer Camps and Painting and Mixed Media classes at MPA. Sharon is the ArtReach Director at MPA.

  • Christina Girardi
    Christina Girardi

    Christina studied Art History, Italian, and Studio Art at St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN, concentrating in oils and printmaking. She studied abroad for an academic year in Rome, Italy and lived in Milan as an au pair, teaching English and art classes. She works in oils and watercolors currently, and teaches Drawing and Painting youth art classes at MPA. Christina is the Education Programs Director at MPA. www.christinagirardi.com

  • Paul Glenshaw
    Paul Glenshaw

    Paul's career covers classical drawing, aviation history, documentary filmmaking, STEM and STEAM education, exhibit design, and photography. A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis, he is a frequent contributor to the Smithsonian's Air & Space magazine; co-producer and co-writer of the PBS documentary Barnstorming; a commentator for NPR affiliate WYSO; STEM consultant to Jazz at Lincoln Center, and a frequent guest lecturer for the National Park Service, a variety of museums, and universities. His photographs have appeared in Flying, Aviation Week & Space Technology, and The Washington Post Magazine.  Paul teaches Drawing classes at MPA and has taught MPA Summer Art Camp.   www.glenshawcreative.com

  • Kristin Reiber Harris
    Kristin Reiber Harris

    Kristin teaches Photoshop and iPad animation workshops at MPA. Kristin is an animator, media producer, writer, educator and exhibiting artist, and has exhibited at McLean Project for the Arts. She earned a BA in Fine Art from UCLA and MFA in printmaking from George Washington University. With a focus on fine art, drawing, and printmaking, she also designs and produces media content for education and business and teaches kids and adults how to become animators and savvy media content creators. Currently she creates iPad apps for young children that are illustrated with images/objects from museum collections. Her education experience includes Lynchburg College, Maier Museum of Art, Fairfax County, and Northern VA Community College, and she has won awards including the CINE Golden Eagle Award and iParenting Media Award. KristinReiberHarris.com – Fine Art iArt4Kidz.blogspot.com – Kids, Art & Technology http://www.kristinharrisdesign.com/ - Animation  

  • Caroline Hottenstein
    Caroline Hottenstein

    Caroline teaches Botanical Illustration at MPA. She is a native northern Virginian with an AA from Marymount University, a BA in Design and MFA in Fine Arts from American University. Working in various media, and specializing in etching and botanical illustration in watercolor, she has worked as an artist for over 30 years. She has also taught clothing construction and design in the Fashion Merchandising Program at Marymount University. Caroline earned membership to the American Society of Botanical Artists, and has exhibited and lectured at Green Spring Gardens in Fairfax County.

  • Barbara Januszkiewicz
    Barbara Januszkiewicz

    Barbara is an artist, filmmaker, and television producer and has exhibited extensively throughout the Washington, DC area, including at MPA. Barbara came to MPA as an instructor from the Corcoran College of Art + Design. She is an instructor in MPA’s Summer Art Camp, the Art League’s Summer Camp, and an art teacher in a number of elementary schools and preschools. She teaches Watercolor classes and Mixed Media classes at MPA. www.barbaraj.info

  • Arthur Kwon Lee
    Arthur Kwon Lee

    Arthur is a Korean American painter who received his BA in Fine Arts with a focus in painting from the Corcoran College of Art + Design. He studied under master class painters, who include Janis Goodman, Bill Newman and Jeff Huntington. He works abstractly, tying in nature, psychology, using large scales and vibrant colors. Along with a chain of murals in the east coast, Lee's paintings have been exhibited in Italy's Gallery of San Carpoforo, the Skyline Hotel, Gallery 31, the Target Gallery and the Corcoran Gallery of Art. He currently teaches high school art at the Bullis School in Potomac Maryland. http://arthurkwonlee.com/index.html 

  • Jessica Linnenkamp
    Jessica Linnenkamp

    Jessica will be teaching Drawing classes at MPA.  She is an experienced art instructor for PaintNite which focuses on making art fun, relaxing, and encourages people to explore their artistic talents in a laid back environment. The classes mainly use acrylics, and help to simplify form.  She obtained her BS with a minor in Studio Art from Towson University.  She has experience working with most mediums, but specializes in drawing and painting, and studies naturalism. She was a part of the Honors Arts Society in Rehoboth Delaware, and has assisted in art projects throughout the community.

  • Adrienne Wyman Kralick
    Adrienne Wyman Kralick

    Adrienne adds a unique "behind the easel" perspective to art history, as an accomplished portrait painter and exhibiting artist herself. Currently, she teaches oil painting at Smithsonian Studio Arts in Washington, D.C and lectures at George Mason University's Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. Adrienne received her BFA from Auburn University, studying graphic design and art history. Postgraduate studies included copying works of art in the museum of The Art Institute of Chicago, traveling the world visiting museums and artistic venues, vast reading, and independent research on the subject. She has taught both studio and art history subjects at the Smithsonian, the Great Falls School of Art, OLLI, and other venues, and has worked as a freelance designer, art director, and graphic designer. Her paintings have been exhibited at numerous shows in Virginia, Maryland, and beyond, and she has curated exhibits. Her art and articles have been published in DC-area newspapers and magazines. http://www.adrienneartist.com

  • Aletha Kuschan
    Aletha Kuschan

    Aletha brings a fresh and creative approach to traditional subjects.  She is a painter and draughtsman with experience working in numerous media including oil and acrylic painting, oil pastel, dry pastel, colored pencil and other drawing media.  She also researches topics related to invention in art. Aletha graduated from the University of Maryland with honors in English Literature.  She has taught at the U.S. Soldiers' and Airmen's Home and at University Park Elementary School's after school arts program. She was a contributor to Edible Chesapeake magazine and her artwork has also appeared in The Moth and other publications. Her oil pastels is featured in The Art of the Crayon (Rockport Publishers, available August 2016). https://alethakuschan.wordpress.com

  • Theresa Martin
    Theresa Martin

    Theresa is a mixed media collage artist and a graduate of the Corcoran College of Art + Design. She is a frequent contributor to Stampington Magazines with articles and artwork appearing in Somerset Studio, Art Quilting Studio and Somerset Digital. Her work can be found in Mixed Media Dollhouses, by Tally Oliveau and Julie Molina, Create with Transfer Artist Paper and Quotes Illustrated by Lesley Riley and Collaborative Art Journals and Shared Visions in Mixed Media by L.K. Ludwig. Theresa teaches adult and children classes at MPA which include: Foundations Drawing classes, Animal Drawing & Painting, and Mixed Media classes. www.theresamartin.com

  • Tom Morris
    Tom Morris

    Tom was one of the original instructors placed to teach at MPA by the Corcoran College of Art + Design, and is an adjunct professor at George Mason University. Tom completed his MFA at the University of Chicago and his work has been shown throughout the U.S. He has also exhibited through the Art in Embassies programs in Cuba, Costa Rica, and Tanzania. Tom’s work is many private and corporate collections across the U.S. Tom teaches Figure Drawing, Foundations Drawing classes, and Painting classes at MPA.

  • John Francis Murray
    John Francis Murray

    John is a contemporary artist who works primarily in oil. His subject matter includes figure, landscape, still-life and portraiture. Murray was educated at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia. In 1991 he studied at the John Michael Angel Studio in Florence, Italy. Upon graduation, he became one of four banknote designers at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, where he drew presidential portraits and worked on currency designs for 16 years. He was on faculty at the Corcoran College of Art + Design, and is the co-founder of the Bridgeview School of Fine Art in New York with his wife, Lena. John has exhibited in many venues including the International Art Expo in New York City, the Strathmore Museum in Bethesda, Maryland, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where he won Best of Show Alumni Award in 2002. Major commissions include portrait of Supreme Court clerk Suiter, religious mural for the Jesuit Chapel at the Georgetown University and historic restoration of the dome of the Hispanic Gala Theater in Washington DC. http://johnfrancismurray.com/

  • Marise Riddell
    Marise Riddell

    Marise completed her MFA at Catholic University and has studied with a number of prominent Washington, DC artists. She also completed work at the Corcoran College of Art + Design in computer art, digital video, and 3D animation. She was an adjunct professor of Drawing, Digital Imaging and Photoshop at the Corcoran College of Art + Design and has taught at Catholic University. Her work has been shown nationally and is in numerous private collections, and has exhibited at McLean Project for the Arts. Marise teaches Drawing, Figure, Yupo, Mixed Media, and Photoshop classes at MPA. http://www.mariseriddell.com

  • Erik Swanson
    Erik Swanson

    Erik earned a BFA at Temple University and was an Adjunct Professor at the Corcoran College of Art + Design. He currently teaches at Montgomery College. Erik teaches a variety of subjects including illustration, Claymation, figure drawing, figure painting, abstract painting, and digital art. He is also a freelance graphic designer and illustrator, and recipient of the 2007 Harvey Award, the comic book industry’s premier award. His work has been exhibited at the Corcoran College of Art + Design, the Katzen Center at American University, and at McLean Project for the Arts.

  • Kerry Vosler
    Kerry Vosler

    Kerry brings the classical-atelier based Vosler Young Artists’ Studio to MPA for the first time in August 2016. She has taught drawing, portrait, figure and plein air painting for many years. She teaches regular classes and workshops at the Kerry Vosler Studio & Atelier in Tampa, Florida and nationally. She received her formal art training studying directly with master instructors, including Daniel Greene, Robert Liberace, Lois Griffel & Judith Carducci. In 2010 Kerry founded the Vosler Young Artists’ Studio, A Classical Atelier for children under eighteen in Tampa, Florida. Kerry has been the Florida Ambassador for the Portrait Society of America since 2005. In 2012 she was appointed faculty to the Portrait Society of America’s Annual Portrait Academy, Miami, Florida. Kerry is also a board member of the Southern Atelier Classical Art School in Sarasota, Florida. www.vosleryoungartistsstudio.com

  • Lubna Zahid
    Lubna Zahid

    Lubna works in watercolor and silk, and finds both to be quite similar. With over 30 years of painting and teaching experience, these mediums allow for a certain type of wondrous fluidity and animation which she finds exciting and challenging. Lubna belongs to The Potomac Fiber Arts Guild, Washington Calligraphers Guild and Potomac Fiber Arts Gallery. She currently teaches watercolors at the Reston Community Center and The Art League in Old Town Alexandria. She has participated in various Fine Art shows for many years in upstate NY and after moving to Virginia in 2011, she show cases her work in McLean, Great Falls and Old Town Alexandria. Lubna teaches Calligraphy and Decorative Lettering, Watercolor, and Botanical art classes at MPA. www.elzyart.com 

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