Painting: LAURIE
BERGLaurie has been teaching art to children K-12 for 18 years. She
currently teaches secondary art at the Faith Academy of Marble Falls. Her
students have won local art competitions and placed in national contests.
Children absorb creative problem solving skills and a can-do attitude. Laurie
leaves children with new art skills that will last a lifetime.
Oil Painting: MARIA WALDENWater Colors: RALPH HUFFMANSculpture/ Art History: MELINDA GRISSOMMelinda is a retired fine art educator K-12. Loving to teach, she
still helps out and substitutes within the Burnet School District. Melinda will
share her love for sculpture in media like paper machee, wood, clay, metals in
classes for all ages and abilities. She is known as a watercolor artist with
her own works of art within the region.
Ceramics: HEIKE
JOSTHeike’s background is based on a Masters Degree in Fine Art/ Public
Art, teaching experience in various fine art disciplines at university
level, public middle and high schools and community schools and a State
Certificate in Ceramics in Germany. She has been teaching and training
elementary art teachers, emerging artists and hobbyists all age and skill
levels for more than 20 years. She has worked with artists as curator since
2000. Her own ceramic artwork is showcased in collections in Germany, Japan,
Russia, Florida.
Fiber/Paper Arts: LYDIA COFFMAN Lydia
is a retired orthopedic surgeon and army officer and a hobby crafter all her
life. Her primary areas of artistic endeavor are fiber and paper arts. She
combines old-school crafting techniques with the modern twists of “re”- or
“upcycling” and loves using high tech tools and software in her own art works.
She believes in leveraging technology such as machine embroidery, computer
printing and electronic cutting creative processes. She will offer classes in
paper making, fabric dying, card making, collage, decoupage, machine
embroidery, quilting, sewing, children’s art camps.
Photography: HEATHER DAYAs
a sixth generation Texan Heather’s life and artistic work is steeped in
nostalgia and a love of the land and its people. As an art student she explored
drawing, painting, ceramics and sculpture, but for ArtFrog she will contribute and
hand-down her skills connected to Penny Candy Pictures – her lifestyle
photography brand - and the latest digital imaging and processing techniques
needed in photography.
Photography: RALPH HUFFMANVisual
Arts/Dance/Photography:ANN
TARLETONTrained
as a dancer in both classical ballet and the modern idiom, Ann became fascinated
with photography and concentrates on five themes: Anywhere Ethnic, Flora and
Fauna, Here and There, Mountain Vistas, and Sacred Spaces. Her attention to
detail and keen observation skills will make her classes interesting and
rewarding.
Mosaics / Art History: BARBARA
KINGBarbara
brings to ArtFrog Art Academy a love of the world in “bits and pieces”. She has
created works in smalti, unglazed ceramic, art glass, found glass, and vitreous
and recycled glass. Her works have been shown in many galleries like the Sacred
Art Gallery in Austin, TX and the 2010 SAMA convention in Chicago, IL. Her
latest work is on permanent display at the Eagle’s Wing Retreat Center Chapel
at Burnet, TX.
Soap making: KAREN WESTERMAN
Paper making: LYDIA COFFMAN
Calligraphy: DENISE HENRY / HEIKE JOST
Basket Weaving: Pamela Hawley
Knitting: Wayne Hawley
Mixed Media/Chirldren's Programs: Judy Tull
Interested? - Class
schedule on our facebook and in NEWS! - No Fees for CLASSES!!! :) Donations welcome :)
We are especially looking for artists /teachers who would like to teach rare arts or crafts techniques that need to be passed on/ handed down to not get lost for our " Recovering Lost Arts" Program.
Porcelain Doll Making: We are looking for a teacher!!!
Loom Weaving: We are looking for a teacher!!!
Silver smithing: We are looking for a teacher!!!
Batik:
We are looking for a teacher!!!