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By bringing a variety of experienced artists to our teaching staff, students will have the opportunity to tap into their wealth of art knowledge and expertise while learning the fundamental elements of many types of art.

Karen Abel

is a glass and ceramic artist with extensive experience teaching clay to elementary and middle school students as well as hosting ceramic and glass workshops for adults. She is currently an artist-in-residence in the Issaquah School District where her focus is developing ceramic courses that are sequential, educational, fun and result in treasured projects. Karen works in clay, fused glass and lamp-worked beads; her passion is combining these materials with wire and found objects.

Her background includes numerous studies at Pratt Fine Art Center, BCC and Kirkland Art Center in addition to an advertising degree from the University of Washington and more than a dozen years in corporate Americai managing wacky, creative teams. From these diverse experiences she’s learned the value of enthusiasm, devotion to a mission and making space for dreaming and grand attempts. Her approach to teaching both adults and children in the ceramic arts reflects this philosophy of inspiring and energizing others.

She is a member of the National Art Education Association, the Art Collective Issaquah, past board member of Intiman Theater and cofounder of Tales Well Told, a non-profit organization for the support of storytelling.

Sarah Dillon

Sarah grew up in Yakima, WA where, as a teenager, she dreamed of being a professional artist. Sarah received her Bachelor of Arts from University of Puget Sound in Tacoma where she majored in studio art and minored in music. She attended a study abroad program during her undergraduate years in Cork, Ireland where her fiddle playing began to flourish and influence her visual work.

Sarah holds a Master of Fine Arts in painting from Boston University, where she studied under painters John Walker and Richard Ryan and printmaker Deborah Cornell. She is a figurative painter and prolific woodblock printmaker influenced by artists Max Beckmann, Susan Rothenberg, Käthe Kollwitz, Philip Guston and her mentor, Nathan Oliveira.

Sarah taught at Boston University as a Teaching Assistant, at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston as an Adjunct Faculty Member, and at Trinity Lutheran College in Issaquah as an Adjunct Faculty Member. In addition to her teaching experience, Sarah worked in several university affiliated galleries in Boston. She acquired curatorial knowledge base through graduate coursework taken in conjunction with the Museum of Fine Arts Contemporary Art Department in Boston, her association with Boston University and the MET Graduate Arts Administration Program. Before attending graduate school, Sarah was the Public Programs Coordinator in the Education Department at Tacoma Art Museum.

Sarah presented her work in several group and solo exhibitions at various galleries in Boston and in the Northwest as an emerging artist before her move to Seattle in September of 2006. Since her move, she has been featured in two group exhibitions at the Form/Space Atelier Gallery, and presented an artist talk at the gallery as a part of the Visiting Artist Lecture Series. Sarah recently had her public art proposal accepted by the Pike Place Market Pigs on Parade to be a part of the 2007 Artist Roster List celebrating the market’s anniversary. Sarah is currently represented by Gallery 110 as an affiliate member.

Recently Sarah was a participating artist in "Pigs on Parade" to help raise money for Pike Place Market, celebrate it's centennial and more!
Click "Pigs on Parade" for more info.

Todd Gamble

Todd Gamble is an award winning Artist and RPG Cartographer.

Working with many of the leading D20 game companies, Todd has created fantasy genre cartography, diagrams and spot illustrations for RPG’s, novels and major game related magazines.

His credits appear on hundreds of Wizards of the Coast / Hasbro, Inc. products including game board art for the Avalon Hill brand, including, revised Axis and Allies, D-Day, Guadalcanal and Diplomacy strategy games as well as Sword & Skull Pirate game. Also, Dungeons and Dragons brand products including the Dungeons and Dragons website, Pokemon TCG, G.I.Joe and Star Wars RPG’s and is the author/artist of “Todd Gamble’s Cartographica” published by Green Ronin and Map Folio 2, published by Wizards of the Coast.

His education includes a degree in “Promotion Graphics” (Advertising design) and a BA in Fine Art with an emphasis on drawing and sculpture. He has been a member of AIGA and has embellished many communities by working on several not for profit projects. Projects which include; The Private Industry Council (PIC), Turtle Bay Park and Museum with the McConnell Foundation, Children’s Hospital and church organizations. Todd has volunteered his time and talent by serving as a trustee on the advisory board for the Northwest Railroad Museum in Snoqualmie, Washington. Home to the oldest operational railroad depot in the state.

Todd is one of the finest scale-model scenery builders around. He is the author of many “how to” articles on model scenery crafting, including N-scale Magazine and Mainline Modeler Magazine produced by Hundman Publishing. He has enjoyed a multitude of hours teaching children and seniors alike the skills of creating three dimensional scenery.

Todd has designed and created scale models for interpretive exhibits and film for such organizations / companies as; The Redding Museum of History and Art (CA.), Shasta Dam Visitor Center (CA.), Shoreline Historical Museum (WA.), Burney Falls State Park Docent station and Visitor center (CA.), Privateer Press (WA.)Seattle Super Sonics TV ad (WA.), Safeco Insurance co. (WA.), The Bon Marche/ Macy’s Christmas Window Train set (WA.), Overlake Hospital (WA.), Cholula Salsa TV ad with film director, Aaron Jones (WA.), and Hasbro Toys and Games (RI.),

Todd has over 20 years experience in visual communications. He has created award winning corporate identity, logo design and other printed collateral while working with his father (Charlie Gamble Advertising and Design). This duo-team has won awards and recognition in American Graphic Design Magazine, Print Magazine and Communication Arts Magazine for superior imagery design.

Donna Gelinas donna

I have always been fascinated with how things are made and how they work. Life is always a bit of a puzzle from solving a design problem in creating a jewelry piece to figuring out the figurative switch to the "light bulb" in helping a student understand a concept and apply it. I am passionate about creativity in people and in the world around us, encouraging students to discover that creativity and express it in the form that works best for them. I love to learn, and am always delighted to discover a new technique or a different way to do things. Often I learn as much from my students in a class as I teach them.

My teaching experience began by teaching computer software programs to new clients of a small software company. I then moved to a larger company and worked with fellow employees as helpdesk troubleshooting software problems and also presenting productivity software classes. For the past 6 years I have been teaching the art elements with many mediums, pastels, watercolors, ceramics, sculpture and jewelry as an art docent in elementary school.

I have taken workshops in jewelry making to learn basic techniques in all kinds of jewelry creation from beading to metalsmithing to working with Precious Metal Clay. I am certified as a Precious Metal Clay instructor. For the most part I am self taught artist learning by reading, experimenting and "playing" with different mediums. I have found that there is not only one way to do things.

Tina Oldenburg

Tina is an energetic artist with a variety of artistic experience including: drawing, painting, mixed media collage, layout/graphic design, stained glass, wood-burning and jewelry design. Tina received her degree in Visual Communications from Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising - Los Angeles, after also taking classes at Otis Parsons School of Design.

Tina worked in both graphic design and visual communications for 7 years before becoming a mother of 3 children. She has 9 years experience teaching K - 6th grade age children through volunteer work at a local elementary school, and enjoys seeing the excited faces of the children as they learn the principles of art along with a bit of art history. Tina has also spent 12 years teaching adult cooking classes, and loves the rapport she quickly attains with "students" of all ages.

Michele Rushworth

Michele has been a professional artist for over twenty years and is a member of the Portrait Society of America. She studied under such modern masters as William Whitaker, Tony Ryder and Juliette Aristides. Rushworth also completed extensive Fine Arts studies at Queen's University and the Ontario College of Art in Canada. Her work has been exhibited at New York City's Salmagundi Club, the Allied Arts Club in New York City, and in numerous other juried shows and galleries. She is represented by Portrait Brokers of America and is listed in Who's Who in American Art.

Michelle Rushworth has taught at the Kirkland Arts Center, has been a guest lecturer at the Gage Academy of Fine Art and will be holding workshops at the Fall City Fine Arts Center. She is also available to teach private workshops. The organizer of the workshop attends free of charge. Contact Michele for more information.

"I get tremendous pleasure from creating an object of beauty and importance. Knowing that my portraits carry so much significance for the people who commission them, and for the subjects depicted, gives me great pride in my work. I get a deep feeling of satisfaction from watching a portrait become an almost living presence under my brush". —Michele Rushworth

Joel Scholten

http://www.joelscholten.blogspot.com/

Joel grew up in Sheboygan Falls, WI with his parents and two brothers. He was always interested in art. By age 10, Joel had started water-based painting lessons, much like the ones here at Museo. As a teenager he began taking private lessons with Kitty Lyn Klitch, a locally renowned artist. Joel gained recognition in a handful of National art competitions for teenagers.

As Joel moved to college, he continued to pursue his passion for art, and periodically enrolled in an art class. after a 3 year stint as a youth minister in Iowa, Joel earned his BA in Fine Arts with an endorsement in K-12 Art Education. Throughout his college career, Joel's work had been featured in numerous juried exhibitions, and a solo exhibition at the TePaske Art Gallery. Joel has experience in teaching in classrooms of many different age levels, and private lessons for aspiring students.

Joel married in July of 2007, and moved to Seattle to further pursue a career in Art Education.

Lynnea Washburn

My passion for art began at an early age and inspired me throughout the years to work towards and obtain a Master’s Degree of Art in Painting from San Jose State University in California. Finding my niche came to pass in a marketplace that could reflect both my love of beautiful artwork and inspiring verse ~ namely, the “Social Expressions” Industry, or Greeting Cards for short.

I’ve been working in this industry since 1989 in a variety of roles, most currently as a freelance illustrator. I license my artwork onto a variety of paper products, packaging, fabrics, home décor, social books and gifts. Acknowledgments for which I am grateful include a number of “Louie Awards” (the Oscars of the Greeting Card industry), a Silver Medial from the Society of Illustrators and other regional Merit Awards.

My education in Fine Art gives me a bent on discovering and communicating a personal point of view. Having explored collage, watercolor, acrylic and mixed media ~ I tend to gravitate to watercolor as a preferred medium. Watercolor is like a relationship ~ both the artist and the water have a voice in where things go. It’s a give and take interaction in that sometimes you’re in control, and sometimes you’re not. It’s best to accept and learn to enjoy the spontaneity as part of the experience.

I find inspiration in nature to be endless! Sunlight streaming through a flower’s petal is a brief and beautiful moment I love to capture. However, in my line of my work, I also need to be aware of social trends, visual trends, changing color palettes, current fashions, books and films ~ anything that may influence the way we see things. Ultimately, my work aspires to become the item that people want to live with for a while ~ to become part of their world for a time.

When not at my painting table, I thoroughly enjoy living in Washington with my husband and our three “young men”, volunteering at school, cheering at the sidelines, living a life of faith and health, and getting it all done by drinking lots of Starbucks coffee.

For more information, please email us at info@MuseoArt.com