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Sara Lyons Acton - Visual Arts. Degree in Fine Art Photography from Rochester Institute of Technology & Masters of Arts in Teaching from Rhode Island School of Design. Teaching experience with art students from pre-kindergarten through high school in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Michigan.
Jeri Bannister - Brass, Woodwinds, and Drums. B.S., Mus. Ed., M.S., Mus. Ed., Ithaca College; C.A.G.S. Interdisciplinary Studies, Fitchburg State College; additional graduate studies at Hartt School of Music and Central Connecticut State University. Member of Pioneer Valley Symphony, Pioneer Valley Brass. Extensive teaching experience in public schools and at Northfield Mt. Hermon and Bement.
Amy Bateman - Violin. M.M. Violin Performance, University of Massachusetts. Performing experience includes orchestral and chamber music and jazz and pop. Teaching experience includes Greenfield Community College, UMass, Stubbs Music Center and Gadsden County Public Schools.
Cecilia Berger - Violin. B.M., Violin Performance, Lawrence University, WI; M.M. Violin Performance, Bowling Green State University, OH. Member of Pioneer Valley Symphony and Commonwealth Opera Orchestra.
Tammy Cagle - Knitting. Developed knitting curriculum that encourages self-learning and builds knitting skills in a stress free environment. Has taught in the after school programs at Deerfield Elementary School & Greenfield Middle School; organized a local knitting club.
Becky Clark - Visual Arts. B.F.A. Syracuse University, M.A.T. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Over 20 yrs teaching experience from Kg to college students & lifelong learners. Professional artist with gallery representation in Lenox, MA and Hudson, NY.
Amy Roberts Crawford - Families in Tune and Music Theater. Sociology major and music minor degrees, Keene State College. Experience as church organist, youth and adult choir director and chorus accompanist. Music director for various community theaters.
Laura Garrison - Visual Arts. B.F.A. University of Massachusetts, Amherst; 25 years experience. Subjects include figurative, still-life, floral, and landscape; work represented at Green Trees Gallery in Northfield and Cornerstone Artworks in Hatfield; ongoing representation in NYC, St. Thomas, and North Carolina. www.artgarrison.com <http://www.artgarrison.com>
Karen Gaudette - Visual Arts. B.F.A. in printmaking, University of Massachusetts; freelance illustrator, scratchboard artist, art teacher.
Frank Gregory - Visual Arts. Massachusetts College of Art. Painter, muralist & framer. Murals include those at the Great Fall Discovery Center, Turners Falls. Owner Green River Frameworks, Greenfield. Current focus is plein-air painting of the New England landscape.
Margery Heins - Voice. B.A., Music, Mount Holyoke College; M.M. Choral Conducting, Temple University. Conductor of church choirs, the Recital Chorus, and Greenfield Community College Chorus.
Phyllis Kirkpatrick - Piano. B.A., Music, Smith College; earlier studies at Mannes School of Music and the High School for the Performing Arts in New York City; more than 20 years teaching experience at home studio and currently teaches piano at the Academy at Charlemont.
Kate Marion Lapierre - Visual Arts. Post Graduate Certificate in Art Therapy; extensive teaching experience at elementary and middle school levels, including Greenfield Public Schools, Mariamante Academy and Clarke School for the Deaf; freelance artist and illustrator.
Joseph McCarthy - Visual Arts. Working artist in the Pioneer Valley for over 30 years. Creator of large ceramic customs murals. Commissions include Tampa International Airport, Savannah Hotel Barbados & Merck and Company in NJ. Presently working in oils and watercolor. Will exhibit oil paintings in September 08 at Newbury College Brookline MA.
Barbara Milot - Visual Arts. BFA in studio art & MA Art Education from UMass Amherst & SUNY Albany. Also MA and MFA in studio art/printmaking. Faculty member Framingham State College since 1991 teaching drawing, advanced drawing studio, figure drawing, two-dimensional design, and supervision of art student teachers.
Rachel Roberts - Visual Arts. B.A. Elementary Education, University of Massachusetts. Self-taught hobbyist who has made and sold a variety of jewelry items over the past 15 years. Teaching experience includes Pine Peace School, Virgin Islands and Hawlemont Regional Elementary School, Charlemont.
Jeanie Schermesser - Visual Arts. B.F.A., Printmaking and Painting, Massachusetts College of Art; graduate studies in lithography, UMass. Teaching experience includes camps, after school programs, artist residencies, art faculty member at Northfield Mt. Hermon and Eaglebrook Schools.
Astrid Sheckels - Visual Arts. A.S. in Fine Art from Greenfield Community College,. K-12 art teacher at Jonathan Edwards Academy.. Portrait and landscape painter working in oil and watercolor; children's book illustrator. Work represented at Salmon Falls Artisan Showroom in Shelburne Falls and at www.astridsheckels.com
David Tasgal - Violin, Cello. B.A. and M.M. Ed., University of Massachusetts. Composer, arranger, performer and author of string method books. Also on the faculty of the Brattleboro Music Center.
Andrew Varnon - Poetry. Winner of the 2002 The Nation/Discovery award. Published in the American Poetry Review, Conduit, Pleiades & other journals; freelance writer and a college instructor.
Rhonda Wainshilbaum - Visual Arts. B.F.A. and graduate studies, University of Massachusetts. Practicing artist proficient in all areas with specialty in clay. Eighteen years of teaching experience in various settings
Anna Wetherby - Violin, Viola, Cello. B.M. in Music Education, Boston University; Violist, Pioneer Valley Symphony; Teaching experience includes Leverett Elementary School, Saturday morning Music School in Belmont MA, the Pioneer Valley Performing Arts High School, Orchestral Society of Trinidad & Tobago.
Melinda Rowe Williams - Piano. B.M.E. (Music Education with emphasis on piano), Gordon College, Wenham, MA. Piano teaching experience includes seven years at the Pingree School of Hamilton, MA, (grades 9-12), plus eleven years of in-home private teaching to children of various ages.
Brooks Williams - Guitar & Mandolin. B.A. English, Salem State College; M.ED. (in process) UMASS Amherst. His professional work has included international concert appearances, CD recordings, plus music for PBS, NPR, the BCC and independent documentaries. Teaching experience includes the Community Music School of Springfield, Club Passim School of Music, and Swannanoa Gathering.
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