Aric Attas

Aric Attas holds a B.S. in Psychology from Hobart College and an M.F.A. in Photography from the Hartford Art School. He has won numerous awards for his work which has been widely exhibited. As a two-time cancer survivor he thrives on sharing the healing power of creativity with others through art, music, creativity coaching, workshops, and speaking engagements.


Sandy Bachmann

Sandy Bachmann earned her B.F.A. in advertising design at New York Institute of Technology. After moving to Florida, she went back to school to receive a teaching degree in Art. She taught Art for 17 years at the middle school and elementary school levels in Broward County, and for 4 years in Indian River County before retiring from the school system


Lynn Berkowitz

Lynn Berkowitz M.F.A., B.F.A., with a career in art museums and online learning, has developed an array of award-winning gallery tours, experiences, and apps aimed at helping audiences of all ages and abilities engage with a diversity of art ‘isms and approaches.


Robbin Buller

Robbin Buller holds an MFA from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale and a B.F.A. from Florida Atlantic University. He has extensive experience in the ceramics industry, having worked as a production potter for large-scale manufacturers and owning a wholesale pottery business with national distribution. For the past 15 years, Robbin has taught art at a small liberal arts university in North Carolina. His ceramic art has been exhibited in national exhibitions.


Judy Burgarella

Judy Burgarella has taught painting and drawing for over 20 years, and her work has been exhibited in many museums, galleries, and shows, earning her numerous awards. She is an artist of many mediums, and she has studied with such notable artists as Christopher Chang, Dorothy Starbuck, Karen Lafell-Massengill, Lou Bonomarte, and Charles Gruppe.


Walford Campbell

Walford Campbell attended the Walsall School of Art and Derby Lonsdale College in England. He served as the head of Ceramics at Solden Hill House in England and taught at Edna Manley College in Kingston, Jamaica. Walford’s focus is on surface decoration and larger sculptural forms.


Adam Conard

Adam Conard has been actively involved in the arts over the last 20 years. Some highlights of Adam’s career have been traveling to Mexico and Fiji to teach art, exhibiting a painting alongside works by Andy Warhol, and starting numerous emerging artist programs. Adam enjoys seeing his student’s inner arts and creative voice emerge and has a knack for helping his students feel confident and secure.


Camy De Mario

Camy De Mario is a self-taught artist, children’s book author, illustrator and screenwriter. She has produced short animated movies, and has participated in several national and international film festivals, where she has received multiple awards. Camy has taught art classes both virtually and in person. Her own art uses bright colors which results in happy pieces with her favorite techniques of pointillism and doodling.


Chris Fasolino

Chris Fasolino has an M.A. in Art History and English Literature from the State University of New York. He has taught art history for 15 years, including undergraduate classes and courses for museum docents. His book Early Nature Artists in Florida: Audubon and His Fellow Explorers was published by Arcadia / The History Press. His historical adventure novel, Men of Promise, is available from Barnes & Noble.


Kenneth George

Kenneth George is Director of Photography and Videography Services at Ironside in Vero Beach. He has 15 years teaching experience in subjects such as animation, videography, and photography. He strongly believes that anyone can be taught how to capture beautiful images and get enjoyment from it as a hobby or career.


Theresa Girard

Theresa Girard is a nationally recognized workshop instructor with over 30 years of experience in adult education. Her painterly abstractions have been featured in major publications like The Artist Magazine and Architectural Digest. A color expert and former marketing executive, Theresa supports women creatives through her group ‘Support Women Artists’ and continues to explore abstract expression in her work.


Xaque Gruber

Xaque Gruber is an artist, writer, and filmmaker. He has taught art to people with Alzheimer’s and to cancer patients as they receive their chemotherapy. In downtown Vero Beach, Florida, he manages Gallery Veritas & Art Library, the only library dedicated to art books on the Treasure Coast. He holds a B.F.A in Drawing from Pratt Institute, a M.A. in Teaching from Tufts University, and a M.S. in Television Production from Boston University.


Sherry Haaland

Sherry Haaland received her B.S. in Art Education from the State University of New York at New Paltz. She has extensive experience in both oils and pastels, having studied art and art history for many years. Sherry is a professional studio artist, receiving many commissions for pet portraits in pastels.


Gail Lois Jaffe

Gail Lois Jaffe is an artist, psychotherapist, Brennan Healing Science Practitioner, and longtime meditator. She has a private practice in Vero Beach, works as a professional artist, and is a public motivational facilitator and workshop facilitator. She combines decades of experience and training in psychology, energy healing, yoga, meditation, personal growth, and art, in a sophisticated and unique way to enhance healing and creativity.


Jeremiah Jenner

Jeremiah Jenner’s photography students appreciate his likeable and engaging character, teaching style, and his natural calling as a teacher.  National collectors of his photographs include Starbucks, PBS, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. He has been a photography instructor for Broward County Schools since 2009. Jeremiah recently received a letter of recognition for his teaching career from the Kennedy Center.


Kent Johnson

Kent Johnson began his career in pottery at a very young age. In 1978, he apprenticed with Brent Bennett of Architectural Stoneware in Los Angeles before studying Ceramics at Palomar College in San Diego and in addition completed a two-year professional potter training program. He is a juried member of Many Hands Art and Craft Collective.


Pearl Lau

Pearl Lau graduated from Art & Design HS and was an art director in Manhattan for over 20 years. She also holds a B.A. and M.A. in Art Education from CUNY, NYC. Pearl has taught at Northeastern University and the NYC Dept of Education. She has won several grants to study the arts of Ancient China and Meso-American Mexico, including a Fulbright to India. Pearl has won numerous awards as an art director, art educator and as an artist.


Stephanie Lovallo

Stephanie Lovallo is currently a professional painter and sculptor and is known for her large scale assemblages and paintings. She earned her B.F.A. from FAU, a M.S. from Nova Southeastern University, and certification credits for Guidance and Counseling from Barry University Miami. She is a retired Broward County Schools art teacher, and a Broward Art Guild teacher and gallery participant.


Elise Mahovlich

Elise Mahovlich founded and operated Living Yoga studio in Vero Beach for 15 years. She is a certified Kripalu Yoga instructor with many thousands of hours of classroom teaching experience over 18 years. She is also certified to teach Prenatal Yoga and is a 3rd Degree Reiki Teaching Master.


Vickie Marsango

Vickie Marsango is a professional abstract expressionist artist and instructor. She has studied with contemporary master artists at workshops and residencies and has attended art courses at colleges and universities in California and Illinois. From her studio/gallery in Jensen Beach, Florida, she accommodates collections of her art for interior designers and gallery representation.


Christina Grace Mastrangelo

Christina Grace Mastrangelo is a classical realist painter and instructor with extensive experience exhibiting and teaching on both sides of the Atlantic. She trained for three years at the Angel Academy of Art in Florence, Italy, and her most recent exhibits include a solo show at the Guild of Boston Artists and two group exhibits at the European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona.


Katie Nall, Ph.D.

Katie Nall, Ph.D. is a certified Qigong instructor through the Cloudwalker program in Vero Beach. She is also a mathematician, a two-time TEDx speaker, a professional member of National Speakers Association, an Accredited Master Trainer and Practitioner in Emotional Freedom Technique.


Marlene Evans Putnam

Marlene Evans Putnam has taught classes and conducted numerous workshops around the country. She is known for her portraits as well as seascapes, has won many awards, and continues to exhibit throughout the U.S. Mrs. Putnam’s work is included in many public and private collections.


Jack Reilly

Jack Reilly received his M.F.A. from Florida State University in 1978 and has since exhibited his paintings in numerous galleries and museums internationally. Recognized as an original artist of Abstract Illusionism, with reviews published in numerous periodicals and books, he has mounted over 50 solo exhibitions and countless group shows.


Barry Shapiro

Barry Shapiro is a graduate of Pratt Institute (B.F.A. in painting and printmaking) where he studied with internationally renowned artists such as James Grashow, Vasilios Toulis, Rudolph Baranik, and Audrey Flack. His portraits and abstract landscapes have been featured in multiple exhibitions in the northeast and locally.


Diane Thelen

Diane Thelen holds a Bachelor’s Degree in English, with minors in art and French, from Douglass College. She also did post- graduate work in education at Rutgers University. A former Language Arts teacher who has traveled abroad for many years, Diane combines a keen interest in film, together with a curiosity about people and cultures.


J.K. Van Arsdall 

J.K. Van Arsdall holds a B.A. in Interdisciplinary Studies from UCF, as well as an M.A. in Art History from Ohio University. His concentrations in the field are wide-ranging, from the pre-Rennaisance paintings of Hieronymus Bosch to post-Yugoslavian performance art, and African-American vernacular art of the south. A teacher since 2010, he has taught art in public and private settings to students from pre-k to college.


John M. Walcott

John M. Walcott is the Chief Instructor with 40 years of experience in healing and martial arts. A graduate of Palm Beach State College and Florida Atlantic University, he is certified in Chinese Tam Style and Ba Gua Zhang Kung-Fu, holds a 5th degree black belt in Gōjū-ryū Karate, and has extensive training in Medical Qigong. He has served on the Board of the National Qigong Association and is the founder of the Cloudwalker Place mind/body healing system.


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