RMAC / EDUCATION / CLASS SCHEDULE AND STAFF

Registration fees for each class differ.

Materials for adult classes are normally not provided and a supply list can be obtained at registration.

Materials for children’s classes are normally provided.

Full payment must accompany registration.

Space may not be reserved prior to payment.

Class fees will only be refunded during the first two weeks of class.

Students needing special accommodations should provide advance notice to Ellen Moore, Curator of Education, well before the class starts.

Scholarships for children are available on a limited basis and funded by the Roswell Museum and Art Center Foundation. Contact Ellen Moore, Curator of Education, for details: 575-624-6744, extension 22, or moore@roswellmuseum.org.

Stephen Ackerman holds a BFA degree from Tyler School of Art, and is currently a M.Ed. candidate through Lesley University. He is a 2008 Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Scholar and a 2008 National Writing Project Fellow. Stephen is currently the 3rd grade visual arts teacher for the Roswell Independent School District through the Arts Connect! Program.

Lea Anderson is a mixed-media artist working and teaching in Albuquerque, NM. Her work often involves site-specific installations incorporating themes of natural systems and personal philosophies. She has exhibited both nationally and internationally, most recently in Bangkok, Thailand and Los Angeles, California. She has a MFA degree in Painting and Drawing from the University of New Mexico, and teaches art at the University of New Mexico, at the Harwood Art Center in Albuquerque, and at Central New Mexico Community College.

Michael Beitz received a BFA degree in sculpture from Alfred University and then continued technical training as a fine woodworker with world-renowned furniture artist Wendell Castle, and NYC furniture design firm BDDW. His work has been exhibited throughout the United States and he has been awarded several artist grants and residencies including Sculpture Space in Utica, NY, the Roswell Artist-in-Residence Program, the Morris Arts Fellowship at the University at Buffalo, and most recently, the Bemis Artist Residency in Omaha, Nebraska. He currently lives in Roswell, NM.

Cate Erbaugh is a collage artist and biological illustrator with a passion for drawing. She received her BFA degree from the University of Illinois, and is a certified art teacher. Cate worked with the Waikiki Aquarium and the Galapagos National Park to provide drawings of plants and animals, posters, and other visuals. Her artwork is represented in private and museum collections, and has been published in numerous scientific publications.

Aria Finch holds a BA degree from the University of Texas at El Paso, and has attended graduate school at North Texas State University and Texas Women’s University. After seven years of teaching in public schools, she came to the Roswell Museum in 1979 where she built our ceramics program from the ground up.

Sue Johnson, a native of Roswell, has always had a love for glass art and began fusing glass in 2001. She has taken fused glass classes in Santa Fe and Portland, OR. Currently she teaches at WeCree8 Gallery in Ruidoso and at the Roswell Museum and Art Center. Her work can be seen at The Gallery in Roswell and at the Roswell Museum store.

Georgene Smyth is a potter who assists the studio program at the Roswell Museum. She is also a member and past officer of the Pecos Valley Potters Guild, and was a kindergarten teacher and librarian in the Deming Schools.

Summer 2010 Classes