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Rula BrockRula Jones Brock has been working in the Visual Arts for over fifteen years, curating, exhibiting, and teaching at various notable institutions, including the Brooklyn Children's Museum and the Corcoran College of Art + Design. She holds a B.A. From Marymount College, NY, NY, 2000. Recent accolades include an illustration published in the Huffington Post, inclusion in a group exhibition, “Art and Politics,” at the Puffin Foundation, Teaneck, NJ and a student curatorial project at Goodwin House Gallery, Falls Church, VA. You can view her portfolio at http://rulaportfolio.com
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Carol BarshaCarol 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
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Jessica Granda BonnessJessica 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
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David CarlsonDavid 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
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Naomi ChungNaomi 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
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Christina GirardiChristina studied Art History, Italian, and Studio Art at St. Mary’s College in Notre Dame, IN, concentrating in painting 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 has been recognized in local plein air competitions, and her work is featured in private collections and commissions in the Washington, DC area. Christina teaches Drawing and Painting at MPA, and serves as the Education Programs Director at MPA. www.christinagirardi.com
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Paul GlenshawPaul'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
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Kristin Reiber HarrisKristin 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
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Arthur Kwon LeeArthur 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
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Adrienne Wyman KralickAdrienne 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
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Aletha KuschanAletha 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
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John Francis MurrayJohn 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/
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Marise RiddellMarise 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
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Kerry VoslerKerry 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
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Lubna ZahidLubna 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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