TDS Faculty
Faculty
and Staff— 2008
~Midge Angevine, BA: a founding member of TDS, past Board member, tutor in beginning watercolor and monoprint, and print room manager
~Janice Angevine von Isser, BSN and graduate studies in Scientific Illustration, Univ. of Arizona: TDS Founding Board member and served as Board Secretary and Gallery Committee Chair; experienced in watercolor, printmaking & graphic design, teaches monoprint.
~Mariana Carreras, BFA, MFA, George Washington University: An oil painter who has exhibited in Europe and Latin America, is Lead Art Faculty at PCC Downtown Campus, and often lectures at TMA on a variety of topics related to art.
~Cristina Cardenas, BA, Univ. of Guadalajara; MFA, Univ. of AZ: has taught and exhibited for more than 20 years. Recipient of Lila Wallace, Westaf, and NEA fellowships; recently an invited artist in an ASU-sponsored exhibition of Chicano prints in Bielefeld, Germany.
~Katie Cooper, BA, MFA/Painting, School of Visual Arts, NYC; 12 years’ experience teaching in art residencies and supervising regional community art projects; has exhibited widely over 30 years in Colorado, New York, and Arizona.
~Rick Demont, BFA, Univ. of AZ: a landscape painter for over 30 years and an early student of Bruce McGrew; member of the Transparent Watercolor Society of America, Honorary Member of the Southern Arizona Watercolor Guild; early resident of Rancho Linda Vista.
~Pat
Dolan, BA, MS in Design, Institute of Design, Chicago; certified Spiritual Director, Tacheria School of Spiritual Direction; Artist with 25 years’ experience as adjunct faculty at PCC and Central Arizona College.
~Betina Fink, BA, MFA: Oil painter exhibiting and in collections nationally and in Europe. Adult and youth art educator with over 15 years experience. TDS Program Coordinator and Instructor, Art of Summer. Teaches oil painting, pastel drawing and color theory at TDS.
~Lynn Fleischman,
BFA, MFA: A founding member of TDS and now Executive Director; teaches monoprint, linocut, and drawing fundamentals.
~Ellen
Fountain,
BFA, MA: Signature Member of the National Watercolor Society; Recipient, TPAC Fellowship; taught in ACA’s Artist-in-Residence Program.
~Carolyn Gibbs, BFA, Commercial Design, Univ. of AZ: background in psychology and marketing; TDS Board member and open studio monitor, teaches figure drawing and abstract painting.
~Josh Goldberg, BFA, MA, Asian Studies and Art History, Mich. State: Active Arizona artist and art educator since 1990, exhibiting at UA, Davis Dominguez Gallery, teaches abstract painting.
~Ben Ilka teaches both adults and youth at TDS and is also a TDS Associate, freelance illustrator, and graphic designer. His narrative drawing (‘zines, comic books) can be seen at www.madseadog.com.
~Susan Johnson, BFA, MFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago: extensive experience teaching figure drawing, painting, and sculpture, including in Italy; represented in many exhibitions and collections, and commissioned works for movies, opera, and the mural at University and 9th Ave; founder of the All Souls’ Procession.
~Pat Marohn, BFA, Syracuse U: Former Director of the Tubac Center of the Arts; taught for PCC in painting, drawing and design. An exhibiting member of the Collage Association of Southern AZ, and a member of SAWG.
~Joe Marshall is a printmaker, cartoonist, and illustrator; his self-published comics can be seen at www.planetnameddesire.com.
~Cynthia Miller,
BFA, MFA: 20 years’ experience as an adult and youth instructor with TMA and PCC; co-founder of Dinnerware Gallery; extensive experience in book illustration through CHAX Press.
~Joy Mills, MFA, Univ. of AZ: has specialized in sumi-e for over 20 years and studied with acclaimed sumi-e instructors and masters from the US and Japan; taught regularly at Pima College as well as for the Desert Museum and the Chinese Cultural Center.
~Meredith Milstead, AA, BA, BFA: Univ. of Maryland, Cleveland Art
Institute, Univ. of Arizona; painter, drawer, art conservation specialist,
and drawing teacher.
~ Lisa Mishler studied media arts and photography before pursuing a 20 year career as an interior designer and now a fulltime working artist. She has studied with several TDS teaching artists, is a signature member of SAWG, and regularly exhibits her work regionally and nationally.
~Paul
Mohr, BS: Studies at UA College of Architecture. With a background in science, he is a figure drawer working in clay, oil, and graphite. He directs the TDS Open Studio Figure Drawing Program. Past TDS Board Treasurer and past President of SAWG.
~ Rebecca Olson is the Open Studio and Model Coordinator for TDS; she has practiced figure drawing religiously for 20 years.
~Sam Patania is a third generation metalsmith from the internationally renowned Patania family, which settled in Tucson in 1937. He began his apprenticeship at the Thunderbird Shop at the age of 10; his work, along with that of his father and grandfather, is in the Smithsonian.
~Deborah
Steinberg, BA, Univ. of Minnesota: oil painter and illustrator; has
taught pastel, oil painting, drawing, and portraiture.
~Andrew Rush, BFA, MFA, Director
and Founder of The Drawing Studio: A former Associate Professor of Art
at University of Arizona. Printmaker, sculptor, and drawer.
~Gerrie Young, BS, Art Education; MA, Prescott College (in progress);
also studied sculpture and printmaking at Cal State U, San Bernadino:
Sculptor who exhibits regularly and has taught art and ceramics throughout
the US and Japan, including 12 years in Tucson.
Current Office Docents are: Leonard Banes, Gordon Caldwell, Michael Campione, Bruce Cobb, Mary Croll, Alice Dance, Sara Dobbis, Judy Drury-Lane, Carolyn Gibbs, Rachael Goldwyn, JoAnn Hill, Lynn Johnson, Pete McCray, Lisa Mishler, Carile Neale, Katherine Saux, Criss Stange, Linda Voghell, Marilyn Wheeler-White, Ann Woodin, and Valerie Wunder.
33
South 6th Avenue • Tucson, AZ 85701
520.620.0947
520.620.0558 fax
…for the PRACTICE of ART
Art by Pat Dolan, Mariana Carrerras, Paul Mohr, Meredith Milstead, Josh Goldberg, Lynn Fleischman, Susan Johnson
Submitting
materials for the website?
Click Here
for Guidelines