Faculty
Russ Bogdan: Classically influenced artist painting figures/portraits, landscapes and murals. Studied at the Schuler School before studying extensively in Italy. Completed commissions for galleries, designers, commercial film and for private collectors. Work featured in International Artists Magazine.
Michele Chais: BA Art Education University of Maryland. MA Art Therapy George Washington University. 18 years experience teaching art, ceramics and photography in Montgomery County Public Schools.
Robert Devers: MFA Cranbrook Academy of Art, BFA Kansas City Art Institute. Exhibited at the Smithsonian Museum of American Art, Renwick Gallery, and the International Monetary Fund, DC.
Joanne Gigliotti: BFA Carnegie Mellon University, MA Pennsylvania State University. Past Director of the Smithsonian Associates Studio Arts Department. Exhibited in over 60 one-women and juried exhibitions of batik paintings across the United States.
Tim Hampton: Designs and teaches digital arts classes, including music production and graphic design, in the Washington DC area. Web design and media creation experience at The Academy for Educational Development and Carleton College.
John Hoover: Director of Photography at VisArts. Adjunct Professor of Photography at Montgomery College. Key photographer in exhibitions “Portraits of Life” documenting local Holocaust survivors, and “A Question of Color” examining race and color. 2007 recipient of the Volunteer of the Year award from AHCMC.
Kathie Lynch: BA from Ohio Wesleyan University, and MED at Marymount University. Studied at the Corning Glass Studio and Urban Glass. Her work has been juried and exhibited nationally. Resident glass artist at VisArts.
Eileen Martin: Has worked with cold glass for over twenty years and warm glass for over ten years. Member of the National Capital Art Glass Guild and Co-Chairman of the Creative Crafts Council. Instructor of fused glass in the Metropolitan area. Judges for guild shows and exhibitions. Has worked with MCPS as a guest artist lecturer.
Bertrand Mao: Master of Chinese calligraphy and ink brush painting. He has lectured and demonstrated Chinese art at the Sackler Museum and National Gallery of Art and has exhibited extensively.
Laura Peery: MFA from George Washington University and has worked in porcelain for over 25 years. Her work has been shown in galleries and museums nationally and internationally and is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institution.
Malone Samuels: BFA Maryland Institute College of Art, MFA American University. Full-time professional artist with over twenty years of teaching experience. Frequently lectures artists' organizations including the Montgomery County Maryland Artists' Association and the Greater Metropolitan Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Colored Pencil Society.
Joseph Straka: Ceramics Associate, Virginia Beach, VA. Art Educator, Department Consultant, Ceramics, VisArts at Rockville, 2006 - present.
Andarge Asfaw: Certificate of Commercial Photography from Hallmark Institute of Photography. Instructor at Washington School of Photography, the Art League School, and Maryland College of Art and Design.
Donna Jones: Partner in F/Stop Studios with over twenty years experience as a professional photographer. Instructor of traditional and digital photography in the DC metro area.
Hamil Ma: Instructor of drawing and painting at Anne Arbor Arts Center, and Price Georges Community College. Commissioned artist for cover art of various periodicals.
Karen Harrison: BFA from Carnegie-Mellon University. She has taught at the New Day Preschool, Gaithersburg Presbyterian Preschool & Kindergarten and Saint Mary’s School.
VisArts Advanced Photography Education Group
Colleen Henderson, Danny Conant, Alan Sislen
photoedu@VisArtsCenter.org
301-760-4032
Additional Staff
Seth Weisel
Nikhil Bahl
Jordan Bruns
Walter Clark
Mimi Harris
Harriet Lesser
Mindy Lam
Johnnie Gins
Hillary Sloate
Emma Siani
Joan Clowes
Julie Philips
Adele Steiner
Sue Bikoff |
