FACULTY
Last Names A-L
MELANIE BROWN
Director of the Children's Program; MFA, The American University, D.C.; BA, Studio Art, Knox College, IL
Amy Burkholder
Master in Art therapy at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Instructor in Design for Well-being at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago Instructor in Intro. to Jewelry at the College of Lake County
Liz Chisholm
Teaches painting, drawing and printmaking at the Marwen Foundation, After School Matters, Lillstreet and the Hyde Park Art Center; MAT candidate in Art Education, Columbia College; BFA, University of Michigan
DARLYS EWOLDT
MFA, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN; BFA, Drake University, Des Moines, IA. Instructor, Columbia College, Chicago
Jeriah Hildwine
MFA, Maryland Institute Collge of Art/ Hoffberger School of Painting, 2007; BA, Humboldt State University, Studio Art & Art History, 2002. Instructor, Hyde Park Art Center, Wilbur Wright Community College.
BOB HORN
Teacher, Allies Art Center, West Cork, Ireland; Recipient of the Art Institute's Palmer Grant
Quinn Hunter McGonagle
Kidstreet Artist in Residence; MS, Child Development, Erikson Institute; MA (anticipated), Human Development, Art Education, Pacific Oaks College; BA, Photography, Sociology, University of California, Santa Cruz
Jenny Learner
Studied under Eugene Hall for several years at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. Self taught in the Decorative Arts and Interior Design. Continuing education: 2009 International encaustic conference Montserrate College of Art, R & F Enc
GLYNNIS LESSING
Attended MacAlester; BFA, Photography, University of Minnesota; Lillstreet instructor since 1989
THOMAS LUCAS
Director of the Printmaking Department; MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University
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PATRICK MICELI
Director of Painting & Drawing Department; MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BFA, University of Illinois at Chicago
LINDSAY OBERMEYER
MAT, National-Louis University; MFA, University of Washington; BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
TONY PORTER
MA, Northern Illinois University; BFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; additional studies at the University of Illinois and Pratt Institute
REBECCA RINGQUIST
Director of the Textile Arts Department; MFA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BFA, Cornell College
Molly Schafer
MFA The School of the Art Institute of Chicago BFA The Corcoran College of Art & Design Smithsonian Internship in Scientific Illustration at The National Museum of Natural History
GINNY SYKES
BFA, Painting, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri. Studied in Florence, Italy, Studio Cecil Graves, Classical Painting & Art History.
Momoko Usami
Ceramics Artist in Residence 09/10; BFA, Kyoto City University of Art; MFA, Kyoto City University of Art; 2008 Special Student of State University of New York at New Paltz
VANESSA WALILKO
BA, DePaul University. Teaches chainmaille classes at Caravan Beads in Chicago and Briolette Beads in Forest Park
Dustin Yager
Master of Arts Candidate, Visual & Critical Studies, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; BA, Studio Art, Carleton College
Jiyeon Yim
BFA in Ceramics, Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea; MFA in Ceramics, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY. Technology), Rochester, NY. I
REBECCA ZEMANS
Metals Artist in Residence 07/08. BFA, AB, University of Michigan. Instructor, Hyde Park Art Center, the Crucible, and the Ann Arbor Art Center