Education Ambassadors
Pamela Smith Hudson
Pamela Smith Hudson is a Los Angeles-based mixed media artist. Before she began exhibiting in 2016, Smith Hudson worked for 20 years in the art material industry as an art educator and consultant for some of the most innovative art material manufacturers across the globe.
Julie Snidle
Julie Snidle, an abstract painter and teacher, was born in Minneapolis, MN in 1955. With her degree in education, she taught professionally in the classroom and worked as a corporate administrator in Dallas, TX before following her passion for art and painting.
Jacqueline Sullivan
I have been a teaching artist for 30 years and I love to teach! It has been an honor to be invited to teach for Art Centers and Studios across North America as well as having been chosen as faculty member for several International Calligraphy Conferences.
Hsin-Yao Tseng
Hsin-Yao Tseng, having already developed a signature style, has had his work recognized by the major art magazines of today, as well as by an unprecedented number of highly prestigious galleries, especially at his young age.
Frances Tyler
Frances Tyler is an award-winning international Fine Artist and Artist Educator in watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media. A love of travel and nature are reflected in her paintings. Her work is colorful, energetic, and often includes influences from her artist residencies and time abroad.
Dietlind Vander Schaaf
Dietlind Vander Schaaf holds an MFA from the University of San Francisco and an MA from the University of Southern Maine. Her work has been described as the transformation of "disparate objects into elegantly simple compositions of pattern and grace" (Artscope).
Elise Wagner
Elise Wagner is a painter, printmaker, educator, and innovator. An east coast transplant from Jersey City, New Jersey, she has based herself in Portland, Oregon since 1986.
Debra Yaun
After graduating from Ringling College of Art & Design in 1977, Debra worked as a fashion illustrator and Graphic Artist. She has created works of art with subjects in portrait, nature, wildlife, and pets.
