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Elmira (Ellie) Adamian has her MA in Art Education. She has completed more than fifteen murals locally and internationally and teaches art at community art centers, museums, and schools throughout Southern California.

Hisako Asano received her BFA and MFA from the University of Southern California. Hisako has thirty-two years' teaching experience in Japanese painting and impressionistic oriental watercolor at USC and other schools throughout Southern California.

Elonda Billera received her MFA in drawing and installation from Claremont Graduate University and her BFA in ceramics from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She lives, works, and exhibits in Los Angeles.

Heather C. Conyers earned her BA from Hunter College in NYC with an emphasis in printmaking. She teaches art classes to youth and adults across Southern California.

Thom Dower studied art at the University of Iowa and Otis Parsons. After working as a commercial graphic designer and illustrator, he currently teaches at the Exceptional Children's Foundation and with the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department.

June Edmonds received her MFA from Tyler School of Art in Philadelphia. June is an exhibiting and teaching artist who also has had a number of public art commissions. She also teaches with PS Arts and Cerritos College.

George Evans is a Los Angeles-born artist. He received his BFA in fine arts from Cal Arts. He teaches at Los Angeles Trade–Technical College and exhibits nationally.

Sean Gall, originally from San Jose, California, received his MFA in studio art from Cal Arts. He is currently working on a series of highly detailed drawings. He also teaches woodworking to children on the woodworking bus for Side Street Projects.

Maite Gomez-Rejón received her MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has coordinated programs and taught in the education departments of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, and the Getty Villa.

Shannon Green exhibits his paintings and drawings locally and teaches students of all ages. Originally from North Carolina, where he earned his BFA with a concentration in painting and drawing, he moved to Los Angeles in 2003. Shannon is a member of the Los Angeles Artists Association.

Peggy Hasegawa is a paper-lover specializing in handmade book arts. An arts educator for more than twenty years, she teaches classes and festival workshops at LACMA and other museums and institutions around the southland.

Kady Hoffman received her BFA from Otis College of Art and Design in Los Angeles, as well as a Certificate of Completion from the Royal College of Art in London, England. Currently, Kady teaches at the Growing Place-Marine Park in Santa Monica. Her work was last shown in a group show at the Academy of Fine Arts, in Brescia, Italy. Kady's paintings are also in collections in the U.S, Mexico, and Europe.

May Jong is a Los Angeles-based artist with an MFA in painting from Claremont Graduate University. She exhibits her work nationally and teaches in museums and schools in Southern California. She is co-founder and co-director of an artist-run space in Los Angeles.

Rosanne Kleinerman is a painter, jewelry designer, and art educator whose work has been exhibited in Los Angeles, New York, and some places in between. She holds a BFA from the San Francisco Art Institute and teaches art to children and adults at LACMA, UCLA, and at various schools in Los Angeles County.

Angel Kwan has been exhibiting her artwork since 1993. She received her teaching credential and MFA in drawing and painting from California State University, Long Beach. She is currently working with the Public Corporation for the Arts to provide art lessons to educators and school children in Long Beach.

Earnest Merritt is a Los Angeles-based artist who received his MFA from Cal Arts in 2005. He has shown his work in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, London, Tel Aviv, and Cuba. He is an art educator specializing in drawing and sculpture and has been teaching in the Los Angeles area for the last four years.

Karthik Pandian is an artist, writer, and educator currently pursuing his MFA at Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. In addition to LACMA, he has taught in Los Angeles at the Museum of Contemporary Art, and in New York at the Museum of Modern Art and the Guggenheim Museum.

Irene Prestinari completed her graduate coursework in art education with an emphasis in museum education. An experienced gallery teacher and art instructor, she has worked with audiences of all ages in schools, libraries, and museums including LACMA, the Norton Simon Museum of Art, the Getty Center and the Getty Villa.

Cindy Santos Bravo received her MFA in the Program of Art from the California Institute of the Arts. She has been invited to show her installations and performances internationally. Over the past 5 years she has worked with young adults in the CalArts Community Arts Partnership program with projects that utilize printmaking, video, and sound media.

David Schoffman, originally from Brooklyn, received his BFA in painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. He exhibits and lectures nationally and internationally and teaches locally at the Brentwood Art Center and Cal Arts.

Jamie Sweetman received her BA from UCLA and MFA from California State University, Long Beach. Currently she teaches at USC, Cal State Long Beach, and the J. Paul Getty Museum; she has been exhibiting in Southern California for the past seventeen years.

Quan Yen Trang received her BA in Art History and BFA in painting and drawing from Cal State Long Beach. She is the art director for the Ragan Art Academy and teaches art at the Lycée Français de Los Angeles and for several LACMA programs.

Lisa Diane Wedgeworth, a visual artist and jewelry designer, has studied art in Mexico and received her BA in studio art from California State University, Los Angeles. She currently teaches art to developmentally disabled teens and adults in Los Angeles.

Michael Wright is a painter who works in traditional and electronic media. He exhibits on an international level and is currently associate professor in the digital media and liberal studies programs at Otis College of Art and Design.

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