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MaryJo

YMCA Arts Center Director | Instructor
Kids Painting, Art Camp

A native of Pittsburgh, Mary Jo holds a BA from Chatham College in Studio Art/Art History. In her 30 year career, she has been a painter, a retail display artist, a muralist, and an interior decorating consultant. For a few years she operated her own studio in Selinsgrove where she created custom painted furniture and canvases for clients from Pittsburgh to Selinsgrove to New York City. She became the Director of Arts & Humanities for the YMCA in 2002.


Scott

Creative Director | Instructor
Kids Drawing, Private Drawing, Pottery 101, Art Camp

A native of Milwaukee, Scott holds a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from University of Wisconsin. He also has a teaching certificate in Elementary Art Education. Before moving to Middleburg in 2002, Scott was the director of an artist’s co-op in Vermont, he spends his free time painting lively and sometimes disturbing canvases, raising heirloom chickens, and hiding from all cameras.



Scott

Scott BachmanInstructor| Guitarist
A journeyman guitarist, Scott's been in the music business for over 35 years. Besides lead guitar/slide guitar duties with State College based blues band BluesMoon, he performs regularly in the area with the local Sunbury classic rock band 'Jesse'. Getting his start in the '70's as a sound tech and roadie for the bands ‘Machine Gun Kelly’ and 'Telepath' he taught himself to play by watching what the guitar player did onstage and emulating it. Now a teacher himself at the Eclectica Gallery in Selinsgrove, he has 20-25 students at any one time. Scott also plays periodically with Frank Fedele's 'Orbisonia' Tribute show and Boomer Legends, and performs acoustic shows with Bryan Noaker in ‘Bryan & Scott’ and handles lead guitar duties for the local acoustic trio ‘Acoustic Blues’.


Cindy

Instructor | Color Theory, Theorem Painting

Cindy earned her certification as a stenciler and teacher through the rigorous cert. standards of The Stencil Artisans League, Inc., an international league of artists in the decorative arts field. She has 20 years of stenciling experience and has taught workshops for us in Theorem painting as well as color theory. Cindy lives in Danville and visits us regularly as a student of various drawing and painting classes.


Heaven

HeavenInstructor | Private Lessons for Special Needs Adults

She dropped out of the sky and appeared on our doorstep to volunteer with children’s workshops while home from college! So began Heaven’s involvement at the Arts Center!
Born and raised in Sunbury, a Shikellamy H.S. alum excited to be back home and “have a job that uses her degree”.
A recent graduate of Slippery Rock University, Heaven majored in Studio Art and is planning on graduate school. Heaven will be spearheading our programs for adults with special needs, a particular area of interest for her and a goal for the center as well.



Liz Fulcher

Instructor
Liz Fulcher began journaling at the age of 15 as a way to drain her overbusy brain. She claims her artistic muse is not only playful but messy, coercing Liz one day to impulsively squirt paint on her page before journaling. It was so much fun - and added a visual element that went beyond words - that she hasn't gone back since! Her journals are composed of cheap paint, magazine collage and sometimes things found on the floor. Her personal and professional background is as diverse and eclectic as her journals, having spent much of her life overseas. She is the owner of The Body Wisdom Center for Massage and Liz's Garden Aromatherapy in Selinsgrove and has been trained by Jill Badonsky as a Kaizen-Muse Creativity Coach.




Robert Hughes

Instructor | Oil Painting
Robert studied at the PA Academy of Fine Art, The Schuylkill Academy of Fine Art and has taught at the Millersburg Area Art Association. He is a member of “the seven livelies” of Harrisburg; but you’ll have to take his class to find out what that distinction means! Robert is a member of many art associations including the Susquehanna Art Society.  He has traveled throughout Great Britain as a landscape painter and currently exhibits his work from that trip at galleries throughout the Susquehanna Valley and beyond.





Instructor | Quilting, Knitting, Basic Sewing
Beth is a native of Sunbury, attended Shikellamy schools and has had a life long passion for fabric. When she is not at her day job as Sunbury City Treasurer she is most likely sewing something, for someone, somewhere! She has made so many wedding dresses she claims she lost count. We count her as a valuable addition to the Arts Center. She was instrumental in helping to secure a grant for our sewing machines used by students. She is most patient with us as we continually get tied up in knots!





Instructor | Portrait Drawing
A native of New York State, Ruth received her Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at Syracuse University and has studied at the Art Students League. She has made her home in Selinsgrove for the last 35 years, where she has raised her family and continued to be an active presence in the local art scene. Working in pastel, pencil, charcoal, and watercolor, Ruth has created numerous commissioned portraits
of people in the community. She has traveled to study with Daniel Green, a world famous portrait artist. She can be seen regularly traversing the streets of Selinsgrove championing the rights of skateboarders at large!






Instructor
| Watercolor Painting
After completing her BFA in Studio Art at Indiana University of PA, Theresa used her talents and expertise in Visual Communication and Design, as a graphic designer for the Hershey Medical Center, and later Newton Advertising. Her watercolor paintings are where she excels in the fine arts and she brings that talent to her students in Watercolor Classes at the Arts Center. She juggles the schedules of 3 active kids, volunteer work, and teaching …and still looks cool, calm and collected…most days!





Instructor | Wheel Thrown Pottery

The artist is a 15 year resident of Northumberland. By day he is a guidance counselor at SUN Area Technical School. He devotes weekends to his pottery passion. He is a volunteer instructor for the YMCA Arts Center. He has been working with clay for over 18 years with a primary focus on wheel throwing. Geoff is part owner in a small ceramic teaching studio based in Amberson, Pennsylvania. Primary firing techniques involve electric, high-fired propane, Raku, and wood firing. Feed him wings and he’ll teach you all you want to know about clay!





Instructor | Fine Jewelry, Lapidary
A resident of Sunbury, Jim has been the goldsmith at John Dagle Jewelers for 34 years. He studied art at Edinboro University where he received his degree. Jim’s considerable talent spills over into all forms of art and he can often be found in the pottery studio where he is known as “our hairy potter.” Jim is a valuable asset to the arts center where he volunteers his time, talent and equipment to make our jewelry program fun and affordable. He hides his wings, but we all know he’s an angel!



Instructor | Adult Basic Drawing
Lucky for us that Louisianna let Jennifer move north to live happily ever after in Milton, PA! Jen holds a BA from Southeastern Louisiana University, and is working on
her thesis for her MFA in studio art at Rochester Institute of Technology. This girl can draw rings around the rest of us!!...and can explain how to do that...which makes her a great teacher for beginners who are learning how to "see"! (And if you need any MaryKay..she's our go-to gal!)

 



 

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