2012 Middle and High School Summer Art Studio Staff

Carrie Fonder-Co-Director

Carrie Fonder, sculptor, has a BFA from Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design and a MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art. Recently, Ms. Fonder spent 9 months living, researching, and making art in India on a Fulbright Nehru grant. She has numerous solo exhibitions and commissions to her credit. One of her recent sculptures, Renewal, graces the Fox River Trail in Green Bay, WI. Her work has been exhibited in a variety of locations both nationally and internationally including New York, Wisconsin, Michigan, Louisiana, and New Delhi, India.  Currently Fonder teaches at the Art Institute of Michigan-Troy.

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Sandra Shackelford-Co-Director

Sandra Shackelford, Summer Art Studio's co-director, received her BFA from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay and continued her graduate studies in the fine arts at UW-Milwaukee.  A documentary artist. Ms Shackelford's work combines heroic-scale drawings, black and white photography and excerpts from oral histories of (un)common heroes; the unsung, the unheralded.  She is founder and facilitator of the healing through the fine art of mosaic traveling project, THE MEMORIAL WALL OF HOPE AND HEALING.

Ms Shackelford's artwork was used exclusively in the award winning television program, "But Names Can Hurt Forever"  Her photographs also appear in "Westbound", a documentary detailing the life of a hobo historian, Adolph Vandertie.  A published writer, Ms Shackelford also facilitates Women's Writing Circles and lectures on various aspects of art and culture.

 

Dean Hoegger-Instructor

Ceramics instructor, Dean Hoegger, loves to say, "Yes!"  He understands the therapeutic value of working with clay and encourages his students to explore this medium while discovering their creative talents.  He fully supports the exploratory ideas of his students and mentors their independence, helping them find new ways to grow as artists.  "Yes" will also become your favorite word after you've worked with this gifted and giving instructor.

Hoegger brings many significant experiences to his Summer Art Studio classes.  As a professional artist, he has exhibited throughout the Midwest since 1976.  His recent clay work ranges from wheel-thrown porcelain vessels to hand-built Raku sculpture.  At times, he gears up his studio for creating large, wheel thrown floor-sized vessels.  Beside finding his work in local art galleries, Hoegger is a yearly participant in the downtown Green Bay arts festival, Art Street.  Hoegger not only is a part-time teacher in the Sturgeon Bay School System, but he also holds weekly pottery classes and weekend workshops for high school students and adults.

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Arda Ishkhanian-Instructor

Arda Ishkhanian has been immersed in the Fine Arts all of her life. She grew up surrounded by artists and continues to be actively involved in the art world. She received her BFA in Film/Video with a minor in Sculpture from California College of Art and continued her studies in Inter-Active Multi-Media at San Francisco State College, receiving her teaching certification from the University of Iowa. She currently teaches art at Wisconsin International School.

This innovative artist has participated in various exhibitions, installations, and performance art events in San Francisco, New York, Chicago, Iowa City, Amsterdam, Egypt, and Green Bay, WI. This year her artwork was included in the 67th Art Annual at the Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI.

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Ahliah Brazeau -Instructor

Ahliah (Tess) Brazeau was raised in a family that lived by the adage:  Use it up, Wear it out, Make it do, Or do without.

Sometimes it was just to be frugal but often it was out of necessity.  I was also taught that things didn't need to be dull or boring, or even stay the same thing.  You could redecorate, recreate, or in today's lingo, "Upcycle".  Seeing the potential in one thing to be useful in creating another different or better object is a way of life for me now.  

Though I have dabbled, and sometimes excelled, in many different mediums, I have always returned to a needle, thread, and fabric as a base to express what I see inside my head.  I look beyond the three dimensional form, in people as well as objects, to see the potential often unseen by others.  Then use primarily textile manipulation and mixed media to bring it forward, to show the world my vision of possibility.

 Because of my heritage (Ojibwa) I've also developed the belief in looking forward and doing my best to ensure the next seven generations are taken care of.  I use objects purchased from thrift stores, friends, family or even things that catch my eye while just passing by.  To the best of my ability I use green alternatives in all of my art.

Sara Tlachac-Instructor

Sara Tlachac is an art instructor in the Green Bay Area Public Schools.  She received her BS in Art Education from UW-Stout and her Masters in Leadership in Education from UWGB.  She creates portraits, murals, figurative sculpture and anything else she can get her hands on! In her eighth year as drawing instructor at Summer Art Studio, and the University's Art Enrichment for Adults Program, Ms Tlachac looks forward to working with yet another group of aspiring and inspiring young people and adults.

 

Tom Wallestad-Instructor

Tom Wallestad, a Door County native, received his BA Degree from UWGB and earned his MFA in Computer Graphics from Syracuse University.  He has been teaching cartooning, animation and multi-media classes for many years.  His artwork offers interactive interpretations of visual and narrative structure that is comic book inspired.  His unique body of work investigates perceptions of suggested space and reality in the form of a unique narrative medium.

 

 

 

Erica Becker-Instructor

Erica Becker has a Master Degree in Visual Arts from Cardinal Stritch University and her certification and Bachelors of Fine Arts Degree from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. Currently she serves as the K-12 Visual Arts Curriculum Leader for Ashwaubenon School District while instructing foundation art courses, metals, and ceramics. Ms Becker strives to continually grow in academic and personal development through continuing education, networking, and artist opportunities that emerge. In 2009 and 2010 she was selected to participate in the Teacher Institute of Chicago at SAIC where educators are immersed in the study of contemporary art trends by working with contemporary artists, curators, critics, and museum educators, as well as participating in daily studio experiences. In her personal work, Ms Becker enjoys experimenting with a variety of materials bridging the gap between two and three-dimensional forms.

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Kathy Hackbarth-Instructor

Kathy Hackbarth has been an art teacher in the Green Bay School System for many years. Fifteen years ago she started a small company called "Books That Bind" and has been creating fine art hand-made books and journals ever since. Ms Hackbarth also teaches in several studio workshops across Wisconsin and has offered her expertise for our UWGB Summer Art Studio.

"The books I create have to feel right when I hold them," she explained. "Each one is different in size, color, and texture... I never make the same book twice. You can never make a mistake in creating a book... Your book will be YOUR book... as creative as you want it to be."

 

Tammy Resulta-Instructor

A 2006 graduate of UWGB, Tammy Resulta has a B.A. Degree in Communication Processes with an emphasis in Photography.  Her photographs have been published in the Green Bay Press Gazette, Voyageur Magazine, Inside, Sheepshead Review as well as commanding the cover of the environmental publication, Nature's Pathways.  Ms Resulta's work has been exhibited in the Neville Public Museum, the Lawton Gallery and 407Gallery at the University.  She also had a solo exhibition at the Front Porch Gallery.  She is excited to rejoin Summer Art Studio and mentor the next generation of visual artists.  (Feel free to check out her website: http://tammystouch.com )

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Jason Keller-Instructor

Jason Keller graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay in 2011 where he obtained a Bachelors Degree in Art Education with an emphasis in painting. During his college years, Jason has had the distinct pleasure of working as an assistant in the Summer Art Studio's ceramics workshop.

Keller's work has been exhibited in Galleries 407 and the Lawton on the UWGB campus as well as the Rahr West Museum in Manitowoc. His work received both best of show and best painting awards at the Rahr West exhibitions and has been purchased for the UWGB Campus Art Collection. Keller continues to be a strong advocate for the arts and is an active member of UWGB's Art Agency.

 

Jenna Bigott-Instructor

Jenna Bigott received her BFA in Studio Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.  Her work ranges from photography to metals, from illustration to embroidery.  Many of her art pieces reflect craft through hand-made techniques while delivering messages of interpersonal relationships and conflict.  Ms Bigott has exhibited at the Neville Public Museum, Green Bay, WI and Dimensions Gallery, Savannah, GA.

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