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Libby Cullen: Photoshop and Digital Camera Workshops Libby is a commercial architectural and fine art photographer.
Her work has been published in numerous magazines and newspapers including the New York Times, The Washington Post, Home & Design Magazine. and Washington Spaces Magazine. She has exhibited in museums and galleries including Corcoran Gallery of Art, Kathleen Ewing Gallery, High Museum of Atlanta and Masur Museum. During her longtime residency in Washington DC, Libby taught photography at American University, Smithsonian Institution, Gallaudet University, and the Art League School of Alexandria, Va. She continues to offer workshops at the Art League School.
Jill Strohpaul: Studio Classes
Jill is a local artist who has displayed her work in various places in the Topsail and Hampstead, NC area. She works in pastels, colored pencils, and oils. Jill enjoys the challenges of commission works, especially animal portraits. She also enjoys teaching and giving workshops. She has been painting over 30 years and has studied under several noted artists.
Joanne Geisel: Oil Painting
Melissa Manley : Metal-working and Jewelry
Melissa is a juggler and spinner of plates on long sticks. She works in metals and jewelry, paper, paint and clay. Melissa earned her BA in Studio Arts from UNCW and her MFA in Metal Design from East Carolina University. She currently teaches metals at Cape Fear Community College as well as nationally at art and jewelry retreats around the country. Her work has been published in Somerset Studio magazine, Crafting Personal Shrines by Carol Owen, and The Fine Art of Enamelling by Linda Darty, and Lark’s 500 Enameled Objects. For more visit her blog:
Becky Jo Wiest: Thursday Wine and Crafts Nights
Janie Johnson: Watercolor Classes: See Association Member page.
Simone Bell: Stained Glass/Glass Mosaic: Association Member
