Instructors
Marlon received his MFA from the University of South Florida (USF) and has taught drawing at New College of Florida in Sarasota, FL and drawing and digital Illustration at Hillsborough Community College in Tampa, FL. Marlon also served as Exhibition Coordinator at Suncoast Black Arts Collaborative and as Program Coordinator for Diversity in Arts Summer Internship in Sarasota/Manatee, FL.
David Kohan has taught at Virginia Commonwealth University, the University of Cincinnati, Wichita State University, Grand Valley State University and Grand Rapids Community College. He has taught all levels of drawing and painting, from Foundation through Graduate, with most of his emphasis over the years in Foundation Drawing.
Julie Sulzen has been painting professionally for over 25 years in Chicago, focusing primarily on urban landscape painting.
Mike Barret Kolasinski is a nationally recognized pastelist. An award winning artist, he is a Signature Member of the Pastel Society of America, has achieved Master Circle status with the International Association of Pastel Societies (IAPS), a Master Circle Member of the PaintAmerica Association, and a Master and co-founding Board Member of the Chicago Pastel Painters. Having studied Illustration and Design at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Mike is largely self-taught in his current career of producing fine art paintings called WildScapes.
Tony Armendariz (b. 1964, Chicago, IL) is an award-winning contemporary realist artist living and painting in Palatine, Illinois. His work focuses on figurative subjects rendered in watercolor. Graduating from the American Academy of Art in Chicago, he studied under renowned watercolor instructor Irving Shapiro.
He began studying sculptors, such as Richard Hunt and Martin Puryear; He felt they had a grasp of space and materials. Since his rededication, his artwork has appeared in many galleries nationwide and his career has been covered in many publications.
Jackie graduated with a BA in studio art and history in 1992, and she has done graduate study in painting and art education.