Linda Benson trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and the American Academy of Art. Her 40-year career as a commercial artist and illustrator included working as an artist 20 years for the Chicago Tribune and as a graphic designer and manager for various Florida newspapers on the mainland and Key West. Linda’s hands-on teaching technique allows you to create along with her in the classroom.
With Linda you will enjoy being creative with transparent watercolors, her hands-on teaching technique allows you to create along with her in the classroom.
A Bachelor of Fine Arts from The College for Creative Studies (CCS), Julie Tibus has been professionally selling and showing her work for over 15 years and spent several years teaching at her own studios in Ann Arbor and Brighton, Michigan. Recently her desire for freedom has led to a life full-time on the road. Selling everything and traveling the USA, teaching and showing her art.. Julie has an insatiable
curiosity that leads her to explore emerging mediums and discover new techniques. Her work draws from an intersection of nature and her own bold expression of color. Teaching is how she shares her love of art with others.
ARTIST STATEMENT
My art is centered on the exploration of natural form and an uninhibited freedom to play. I begin with a loose thought (floral, landscape, color, pattern, shape) then move through the composition with an internal desire to free myself from laboring and instead lose myself completely to the process. I believe we all are creative and through art we can learn how to overcome the fear of comparison, the unknown, and expectations we impose on ourselves. My work is for the viewer to experience, contemplate and enjoy.
Victoria is an oil painter and pottery. She earned her B.F.A. in Studio Art from Florida Southern College in 2010. Victoria is in her second year of her Painting M.F.A. program at The Savannah College of Art and Design. Victoria has been the recipient of awards for her artwork and for her role as a teacher. She holds leadership roles within the school district to support Visual Art Education. Victoria has been teaching Visual Art for 12 years and loves to enrich her students with a variety of styles, ideas, and techniques to help them find their artistic voice and identity. Victoria enjoys working with students of all ages and skill levels.
Passionate about helping people and serving the community, Ana‘s last role as a customer service representative has helped her to grow, especially among the Spanish-speaking community.
After graduating in Colombia, she started university to become a middle school teacher.
Ana is very grateful to work for the Alliance.
Therese (Terry) McDevitt is a communications and marketing strategist with broad experience in corporate and nonprofit communications and marketing over a career spanning more than three decades in Texas, New York and Florida, serving as a communications leader on management teams charged with launching major business initiatives and revitalizing legendary brands. She has served as Vice President of Communications at Fortune magazine, a Managing Director at Public Strategies, Inc., as Vice Chancellor of Marketing & Communications at The Texas A&M University System and in a variety of communications roles at major arts organizations in Texas and Florida. Most recently she served three years as Communications Director at Artis–Naples, home of The Baker Museum and the Naples Philharmonic in Naples, FL.
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