MUSEUM SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR BIOS Michelle Bliss has been published in Ninth Letter, River Teeth, and the

sixth edition of The Fourth Genre: Contemporary Writers of/on Creative Nonfiction. Her radio reporting has won two regional Edward R. Murrow awards and has aired on NPRs All Things Considered. Michelle holds a MFA degree from UNCW in nonfiction. Betty Brown began studying painting in 1975. She holds degrees from Queens University in Charlotte and UNCW. Betty taught painting and life drawing for many years at the old St. Johns Cowan House and Cameron Art Museum. Todd Carignan was born and raised in Wilmington, NC. He graduated with a BFA in Sequential Art and a minor in Art History from the Savannah College of Art & Design. He moved back to Wilmington, where he has been making art for galleries, taking commissioned projects, teaching art and winning awards in juried competitions. He currently has an art studio in the Wabi Sabi Warehouse. . Alan Cradick has been a photographer for 30 years, serving in the US Coast Guard providing editorial, portrait and feature photography. He currently photographs features and sports as a stringer at the StarNews. His teaching focuses on basic digital photography, studio lighting, nature, composition and portraiture. Timothy Dols is a hagiographer a writer of the holy. For about 20 years I have been learning and teaching the writing of icons as they were originally produced in the 9th-12th centuries. He would like to continue to teach icon writing to a wider audience, and encourage students to a deeper appreciation of the Eastern influences on our Western culture. The process of writing (they are text to be read through symbols, form and color) an icon is the canon from the Middle Ages when only natural materials were used. Fritzi Huber has been a hand papermaker for more than 30 years. Her work has exhibited nationally as well as internationally. She has conducted adult workshops at the Savannah School of Art and Design, at Arrowmont School for Arts and Crafts, at Pyramid Atlantic and more, including numerous workshops at Cameron Art Museum. Mitsuyo Ito has taught Japanese Calligraphy for 30 years as well as teaching Japanese Tea Ceremony, Temari, Kimono, Origami and Japanese language. She has lived in the United States for more than 40 years, but she was born in Japan and she loves to teach about all aspects of Japanese culture. Fritz Kapraun is primarily interested in architectural details that provide opportunities to respond to striking contrasts in light, texture and geometry. In addition, he devotes much time to architectural portraits of homes, both historic and contemporary. He pursues his fascination with architecture by frequent

working vacations to the American Southwest and Europe. Georgia Mastroieni began her love of art education as an intern at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. She went on to study studio art and art history at Bard College in Upstate New York. Her work has been featured in group exhibitions in upstate New York as well as Montreal. Since moving to Wilmington in 2005, she has been an art instructor at SOLA, the Racine Arts Center and Dreams. She began her work at the Cameron Art Museum as the youth educator in 2006.

Donna Moore: As a student of Claude Howell and a UNCW Creative Arts

Department graduate (81), Donna Moores teaching experience has developed from working with both school-age children and adults. Life Drawing has been a constant thread in Moores relationship to art since beginning study at UNCW. John Myers earned his B.A. in European History, his Masters in Italian Renaissance Art, and his Ph.D. in American Art. He served as a faculty member in art history at UNCW for 29 years. His major areas of interest are Greek, Renaissance, Baroque, and American art of the 18th and 19th centuries. Although retired, his love of teaching continues, and he has taught two classes at the Cameron: a survey of Italian Renaissance art, and one on American landscape painting. Abby Spangel Perrys art is inspired by our biological world. Through studio practice and conceptual thought, she gives visual form to current ecological issues. Abby holds a BFA and MFA in Painting from East Carolina University. Judy Quintman has been in Wilmington for 15 years and learned to rug hook just prior to her move. She is a McGown certified instructor and has been published in books and magazines and has done commissions which are in private collections. She has also started a group here in Wilmington which now has 20 members. Bonnie Rogers has a Bachelor of Arts in Creative Arts from UNC- Wilmington. She has a passion for drawing with pastels and hopes to share that excitement with like-minded artists/students. Henry Steffens, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Vermont, earned a PhD in History from Cornell University. His teaching specialties were 19th and early 20th century history of science and European society and culture from 1870 to 1940. Hiroshi Sueyoshi, A native of Tokyo, arrived in the U.S. in 1971 to help build Humble Mill Pottery in Asheboro, NC. Sueyoshi has taught at numerous institutions including Cape Fear Community College. Sueyoshi has exhibited his award winning work in exhibitions across America. His work is in private, corporate, and institutional collections including the Renwick Gallery at the

Smithsonian Institute. Michael Van Hout has exhibited in the area for 20 years and is known for his Sea Creatures that can be seen at The Ft. Fisher Aquarium and the local County Libraries. He can be found working in his studio at Acme Art when not teaching at Dreams. Kirah Van Sickle is an award-winning artist with undergraduate science and art degrees from Duke University and Masters in Medical Illustration from the Medical College of Georgia. She has just completed an MFA in Painting from the Academy of Art University. Melanie Walter discovered the lost art of pine needle basketry in the early 1990s. She developed a unique personal style incorporating natural elements. Her award-winning work is currently located in 40+ galleries and shops throughout the country. Margo Williams holds an MFA from Emerson College. Some of her multi-genre publications appear in Glimmer Train, Southeast Review, Beacon Street Review, Prick of the Spindle, Frostwriting, and she is a produced playwright. Margo fell in love with the shape and sound and size of words at a young age, and she is endlessly fascinated with the intricacy of memory and the creative process. Margie Worthington is a graduate of UNC Chapel Hill and received an MFA at East Carolina University. She served as Curator of Education at the St. Johns Museum of Art from 1985 to 1990 and was later a member of the art faculty at UNCW.