Constance Lee Adams: Constance Lee Adams is a multi-disciplined artist who focuses on sculpture and has exhibited her work in the greater Portland area since 1987. She also works in Interior Design and decorative painting for Ladybug Wallpapering and Design, which she owns in Aloha. Before teaching at the Cultural Arts Center, she was an Assistant Art Instructor and Artist Assistant at the Leon and Bronowski Studios, Portland. Constance holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from Pacific Northwest College of Art and an Associate of Arts in Humanities from Portland Community College.

Jennifer Champlin: Jen Champlin has a masters degree in ceramics from Syracuse University. She has taught art to all age levels from kindergarten through college. Jen married her high school sweetheart Glen and has two "works in progress," Brett and Geneva Rose. www.jenchamplin.com/index.htm

Alice Hill: Alice is a painter and mixed media artist who has taught in the Portland area for over six years. She also teaches in PNCA's Youth Programs and the Portland Art Museum and has taught at the Oregon School of Arts and Crafts and Multnomah Art Center.  Alice holds a BFA in Painting from Marylhurst University, Oregon and an Associate of Arts Degree in Technical and Scientific Illustration, which she used as a medical illustrator for the University of California at San Diego Medical School.  She recently completed an artist-in-residence program at Crater Lake National Park.

Eileen Kane: Eileen Kane is a painter whose poetic work has won numerous awards and is exhibited frequently in the Portland area and across America. An arts educator since 1990, Eileen has taught at the Multnomah Art Center, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Art Institute of Portland as well as the public school systems as part of the RACC Artists in Education program. Her degrees include a B.A. from Smith College, a M.A. in Medical Sciences and a Ph.D. in Anatomy from Harvard University, and a B.F.A from Pacific Northwest College of Art. She is represented in Portland by Brian Marki Gallery and in Florida by Eleuria Arts.  "There are no limitations. Only celebrations!" - E.K.  www.eskart.net

Lila Lindquist: Lila Lindquist creates art in stained glass, fused glass, and mosaics.  She began as a student at a local stained glass studio in 2002.  Within a year, she was the teacher's aide!  In 2004, she began teaching stained glass in the copper foil and lead methods.  She has taught classes at Rose's Glassworks as well as through Portland Community College.  Her work can be purchased through her online store at http://www.glassandbeadcreations.com.

Brian Oberlin is a singing multi-instrumentalist originally from Grand Rapids, MI.  He has taught hundreds of students of all skill levels and ages on the mandolin, as well as beginners on guitar and tenor banjo for more than 12 years.  Being self-taught has significantly heightened and refined Brian's teaching techniques.  He believes that some students can be intimidated during their first music lessons.  He mollifies these feelings by making students laugh and by reminding them that music is FUN!  In addition to teaching, Brian has toured and performed throughout the United States with bands and also performs frequently as a solo act.  www.mandoberlin.com

Victoria Shaw:Victoria Shaw has a background in ceramics spanning over thirty years. She has a Bachelors of Fine Art and a Masters of Fine Art from the University of Oregon. She has instructed locally since 1988 at Multnomah Art Center and more recently at Portland Community College. Victoria has taught teens and adults, and her work has been featured in several ceramics publications and galleries throughout Oregon.   See Victoria's work at her web site:  www.vshawsculpture.com.

Pascale Steig is an experienced visual artist and writer.  She holds an A.A.S. degree in Graphic Design from Portland Community College, a B.A. and an M.A.T. degree in Arts and letters (Writing) from Portland State University.  A member of the Portland Visual Journaling group, she strongly believes in the benefits of using art and imagery for personal growth, as well as tools to improve the personal writing process.  She has kept sketchbooks and visual journals for many years in which she chronicles events in her life, and enjoys drawing people going about their everyday activities.  She posts her sketches and comics in her art blogs "The Hyphenate" at http://the-hyphenate.blogstpot.com and "Maxine's BD at http://maxinesbd.blogspot.com. 

James F. Smith began painting utilizing how-to books in 1968!. He has since studied with Jim Westall, E. John Robinson, Harold Walkup, Katherine Friday and Florence Thurman. He began showing and demonstrating his work at the Washington County Fair in 1968. He has exhibited at numerous galleries on the Coast and in the Portland area. Smith is currently showing his work at the Oregon Society of Artists in Portland Oregon and the International Miniature shows in Pennsylvania and Nags Head, North Carolina. Smith is the owner of the http://groups.yahoo.com/group/miniatureart with 165 members from all around the world. A second generation artist, Smith owned and operated the Paint 'n Place in Hillsboro with his mother, the late Stella Dralle. Disabled twice by brain surgeries in 1976 and again in 1992, Smith firmly believes success in art is a matter of tenacity rather than purely talent. He has taught art classes locally and at the coast for 40 years.

Cyndi Turtledove, M.F.A., is the founder of LESTA, Learn English-Spanish Through the Arts, and has produced 25 bilingual musical theater courses and shows at schools, rec centers, theaters and churches between 2005 and 2010.  She has an extensive background in theater at the high school, college and professional levels.  She lived and taught in Mexico for 18 years.  The mission of LESTA (and Cyndi!) is to bring Latino and non-Latino communities together in new, creative ways, to improve students' theater and language skills, lose fear of speaking Spanish or English, and develop self-confidence and teamworking abilities.  As a bilingual community service organization, LESTA is a non-profit corporation. Its web site is www.lesta.net.

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