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.

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.