ArtSpan Faculty Bios

Jan Cadman Powell Monoprints, Book Arts, Painting I, Painting II, and Intro to Drawing

Jan Cadman Powell is a British born artist now living in Winchester, MA. In 2002, she participated in the Fullbright Teacher's Exchange Programme and was posted to a high school in Vermont where she grew to love New England. Jan holds a Masters of Arts in Printmaking from the University of the Arts, Camberwell College, London. She has exhibited her work extensively in the UK and is a member artists of the Depot Square Gallery in Lexington. She is also a member of the Cambridge Arts Association and the Monotype Guild of New England.

Scott Cahaly Stone Carving and Sculpture

Scott Cahaly is a Boston-based stone carver and painter and was born and raised right here in Lexington. He portrays stylized human forms and brings a sense of fluidity and tranquility to his art. His artistic inspiration is largely drawn from nature, which is incorporated in his sculpture works. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Vermont, and he regularly exhibits his artwork in Boston, Rhode Island and New York.

Jennifer Davis Investigative and Creative Drama

Laura Fredericks Masks and Puppets

Laura Fredericks has a long history in both art and education, having been educated in illustration and elementary education. Laura holds a Masters in Art Education from Lesley University. She spent a long time in educational publishing, before changing her course to teach art to children in various art centers and community venues. Laura has also been a puppeteer and has done technical work fo theater. She enjoys getting children in touch with their artistic inside.

Sue Funk Cartooning & Illustrator for a Day

Sue Funk has a BA in Fine Art and is a Massachusetts certified teacher. While she is active in the professional fine arts world, Sue is also an illustrator, specializing in children’s literature. Combining her two loves—children and drawing—Sue has been teaching for over 15 years.

Carmela Goguen Adult Ceramics, Wheelwork, Kids Clay, Kids Wheel & Family Ceramics.

Carmela has a BFA in Applied Design with an emphasis in ceramics, from San Diego State University. She has been a summer ceramics instructor at the Summer Fenn Day Camp in Concord among many others, and she has taught sculpting and wheel work to adults and children at several programs in California.

Peg Kane Half Day Arts, Discover Painting & Drawing, Colored Pencil Technique, and Art Tots

Peg Kane holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Mass College of Art and a Masters in Painting from Pius Xii Institute in Florence, Italy. She also teaches additional art classes, including Acrylic and Colored Pencil courses at The Brookline Arts Center. Peg works in acrylic, colored pencil, collage and mixed media and has shown her art throughout the Boston area.

Maria LaCreta Soft Sculpture and Fashion Design

Maria received her BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago in Painting and New Media. She loves to garner interest in the arts with her students and encourages them to identify early on as an artist. Maria is the Department Head of the Charles River Creative Arts Program. She lives in Lincoln with her daughter, Avi, where she also teaches at the DeCordova Museum.

Michel L'Huillier Stained Glass

An accomplished stained glass artist, Michel has completed multiple commission projects, including a recent installation project at Marathon Place in Copley Square. Michel maintains his own glass studio in Boston and is a current faculty member of the Diablo Glass School in Boston.

Emily Passman Open Studio, Painting En Plein Aire & Floral Watercolor

After ten years as a senior graphic designer, Emily decided to devote her career solely to art making. She teaches painting and drawing at The Lexington Arts and Crafts Society and at Munroe, where she is a resident studio artist. Emily exhibits her work regionally and is a member artist of the Depot Square Gallery. She studied Fine Arts at the University of Oregon and holds a Masters in Education from Boston University.

Micah Schatz Advanced Painting and Drawing

Micah has been teaching with ArtSpan for four years and is a member artist of Lexington’s Depot Square Gallery. He received a BFA from The School of The Art Institute of Chicago and continued his studies at The DeCordova Museum in Lincoln, MA.

Adrienne Sloane Knit Wire

Adrienne Sloane is a self-taught fiber artist who has been working with yarn since childhood. For many years she designed and knit wearable art, which she exhibited throughout the Northeast. For the past five years she has engaged a new body of work using traditional techniques in more exploratory ways. She has worked with knitting projects in Bolivia and Peru and has works in the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Goldstein Museum of Design. Adrienne keeps a studio at The Munroe Center and continues to exhibit both locally and nationally.

 

 
 

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