School of the Arts
Meet the artists and educators who lead workshops, classes, and programs at Sedona Arts Center.
Taking our ongoing classes on our campus in Uptown Sedona affords the opportunity not only to explore the arts, but also to meet new neighbors and immerse yourself in the Sedona arts community.
71 instructors
Peter Anderson is a mixed-media artist, educator, and workshop instructor whose work explores the intersection of abstraction, music, memory…
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Brandelyn Andres is a professor of art history at Yavapai College located in Prescott, Arizona where she teaches courses on art history, art…
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Jesse Armstrong grew up in Norman, Oklahoma surrounded by creativity and ingenuity. His mother, Carol Armstrong, is a professional painter …
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As a ceramic artist, I am passionate about revealing the innate organic qualities of clay through the making and firing process. My approach…
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Vicki Assegued is an experimental and innovative fiber artist and national instructor, continually finding new and unique ways to work with …
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Olena Babak is an award-winning, classically trained artist, whose landscapes and figurative works can be found in galleries, public and pri…
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Megan Berry grew up in Sedona, where the desert landscape and slower rhythm of life continue to influence her creative perspective. A lifelo…
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Jason Bohnert is a studio potter based in Flagstaff, AZ. His work is grounded in the rhythm of work cycles, natural materials, renewable res…
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The creative process is a celebration of gratitude that sings through the senses. A song born of beauty witnessed and accompanied by wonder.…
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Ed Buonvecchio is an award-winning professional artist and avid hiker. He has taught drawing and painting at various levels for years. As a …
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In 1985 Robert Burridge turned his passion into his second career. He retired from industrial design and became a full time, contemporary fi…
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Betty Carr was born and raised in Santa Cruz, California and developed a love of art from visiting museums. For 23 years she taught art in p…
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Making nature and wildlife come alive for those who love the Southwest. Artist Statement: "My favorite shoes are hiking boots." For …
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You’ve got to meet Shannon Christensen—an award-winning oil painter, licensed watercolorist, and author of Jumpstart Your Creative Engin…
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Tim Christensen’s work is about the ever changing web of relationships that surround us. Individuals make contact to create relationships,…
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Bill Cramer is well-known for his striking oil paintings of the American West. Raised in the West, Bill always had a passion for exploring n…
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Kristine has lived in the Sedona area since 2023, moving here from Southern Utah. During Kristine's teen years, her mother owned a gallery a…
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As a child, Alison always loved spending time outdoors or doing any kind of art. As an adult, her interests remain the same but for many yea…
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Barbara is an award-winning, Signature member of the Colored Pencil Society of America and American Women Artists. She earned a Bachelor of …
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DJones is a Certified Bob Ross Instructor. He started painting wet-on-wet technique in 1980 with Bob Ross teacher and mentor, Bill Alexander…
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Mark Eanes is a painter, printmaker, photographer, curator, and educator who currently lives and works in Richmond, Virginia. Prior to livin…
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Sedona-based artist Julie Bernstein Engelmann creates luminous abstract paintings in acrylic that explore themes of spiritual dreams and vis…
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Hélène Farrar is a Maine-based American artist who works primarily in encaustic. Her colorful paintings draw themes from the natural world…
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A Master Signature Member of both the Oil Painters of America and the American Impressionist Society, Friedland is also a Signature Member o…
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Magda Gluszek is a figurative ceramic sculptor, creating her artwork from clay as well as mixed media. She currently lives in Northeastern A…
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Christine attained her BFA at the University of Utah in 2005, where she was a National Research Fellow. In 2010 she received her MFA from In…
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I was raised in the Bay Area of N. CA. While growing up, my artist Grandmother gave me weekly art lesson in color, composition, watercolor …
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Shelly Hackett is a full-time artist based in Fountain Hills, Arizona, known for her expressive, atmospheric style and vivid gestural brushw…
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Rena Hamilton is a professional ceramic artist and longtime arts educator based in Flagstaff, Arizona, where she founded the Flagstaff Potte…
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In her artistic practice, Pam explores nature. She goes beyond realism and provides a unique, powerful vision of her natural subjects that…
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Born in Santa Barbara, California. From a young age he was inspired to create. Growing up he loved writing poetry, drawing, and creating cit…
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Elizabeth St. Hilaire is a renowned mixed-media artist, instructor, and author recognized for her innova-tive approach to collage. Using han…
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As someone with a case of tactile munchies, Lo is passionate about introducing students to the medium of clay, the joy and possibilities of …
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Elder Garrison Jones is a native “baby boomer” of Chattanooga Tennessee. He received his undergraduate, biology and art, and graduate, b…
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Bradley Klem is a Denver-based ceramic artist whose work explores the intersections of material history, contemporary climate discourse, and…
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Kelli Klymenko is a multidisciplinary artist, photographer, and creative director based in Sedona, Arizona. His work—ranging from high-res…
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Jesse Lane is one of the world’s top colored-pencil artists. His honors include top awards from the Colored Pencil Society of America…
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Lili Laurin's western landscape paintings reflect the glow and dramatic light that are iconic of the Arizona landscape. An avid plein air ar…
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Amy Light is an orthodontist turned fused glass and ceramic artist based in Sedona, Arizona. Her vibrant, light-filled glass works celebra…
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Sonja London-Hall’s artistry in stained glass is a remarkable fusion of historical reverence and innovative vision. As an Arizona-born art…
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Crystal Marie considers herself to be “a material girl” when it comes to her art practice, which is rooted in collage. Evolving to inclu…
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Following two weeks as NASA’s guest at Kennedy Space Center, Celest Michelotti began her metals career with her award-winning “Echoes fr…
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Based in Northern Arizona, Jen Myhre is a collage artist and printmaker. Her mission is to produce work that generates wonder in the sens…
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Adam Nielsen, a ceramic artist based in Okoboji, Iowa, began his journey in ceramics in 2006. In 2008, he enrolled at Kirkwood Community Col…
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Anton Nowels is an accomplished artist who has exhibited work on a national level. Nowels is both a Signature Member of Oil Painters of Amer…
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A graduate of Colorado Institute of Art, Ted Nuttall is a figurative artist whose painting expression was born out of his observation of peo…
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Joe A. Oakes holds a BFA from California State University, Fullerton and among his awards are Finalist in Artists Magazine’s “Acrylic Wo…
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Claire Obermarck is a traditional oral Storyteller specializing in British & Celtic folktales. Working with all ages, her Storytelling has b…
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First, you should know that I am passionate about nature. An avid gardener of many years, and finding inspiration in every leaf, bird, bloom…
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Traci Owens is a California-based artist and instructor known for her bold use of color, expressive imagery, and joyful creative spirit. Aft…
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Jesse Petersen is an artist and entrepreneur who thrives at the intersection of creativity and well-being. With a deep passion for painting …
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Leonor is an award-winning metalsmith artist, specializing in handcrafted unique jewelry. She has a background in Art Education, studying me…
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Phoenix artist, Julie Gilbert Pollard, paints in oil and watercolor in a fluid, painterly manner. Her painting style, while representational…
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John Post is a retired K-12 art teacher whose focus in the classroom was clay and painting. He holds a Master of Arts in Ceramics from Wayne…
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I am a rag and bone artist. Using an array of mixed media techniques, I form a new narrative from natural elements and discarded items which…
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Julie Richard is the Chief Executive Officer of the Sedona Arts Center. She is an avid hiker and art and nature journaling enthusiast. Sh…
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Joan creates both exquisite silk accessories and distinctive jewelry, each piece reflecting her love of natural beauty and one-of-a-kind des…
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Lori Roll is an Oklahoma artist with a background in photography, journalism, jewelry and art. She currently works in cold wax and oil, enca…
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Ben Roti is a ceramic artist originally from Spirit Lake, IA. He attended the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA, from 2006 to 2010 and gra…
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Kim Sammartano received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from DePaul University in Chicago, IL with a concentration in Graphic Design and Marketing…
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Jillian earned her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and currently resides in Flagstaff, AZ, where she runs her business, …
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An equally accomplished painter, illustrator, writer, and graphic designer, creativity is Patricia’s passion. Fluidly shifting between rea…
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Sarah Sedwick is an oil painter whose contemporary still lifes celebrate the beauty of the everyday, inspired by color combinations, energet…
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David Shevlino was born in Jersey City, NJ in 1962. A graduate of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and the University of Pennsylvan…
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Heather was born in upstate New York and has since moved around quite a bit. In 2012, she received her BFA from East Tennessee State Univers…
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Renee is a multi-disciplinary, professional artist working with and teaching Oil on Canvas, Palette Knife textural painting, Abstracts, and …
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A transplant to Sedona, Nori Thorne now claims the desert Southwest as her home. She is a graduate in Studio Art from University of Pittsbu…
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He studied ceramics at Arizona State in the 1970’s. After graduation, he developed his first studio in an old tobacco barn in an artist c…
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Jude completed her BFA at the Maine College of Art and MFA in Visual Art from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She received numerous awards for…
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Dina’s colorful, expressive style is anchored by her design hallmark, the creative use of white space. Her personal, organic design aesthe…
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Joy Wolfe has been an advocate for the arts for over 40 years and views herself as an artist and lifelong learner who is passionate about ed…
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