faculty
Meredith Arcari
BS, CCSU. Taught in New Britain Public Schools, West Hartford Art League summer camp. A painter who specializes in oil and acrylic.
Paul Batch
Realist painter currently working on his MFA at the Hartford Art School where he previously received his BFA. Paul's award winning paintings have been exhibited nationally and can be seen in various galleries throughout CT. Paul is a member of WHAL, the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artists and is an elected artist member to the Connecticut Academy of Fine Arts.
Julie Bidwell
BFA Syracuse University. Professional photographer for over twenty years with broad range of magazine and corporate clients.
LeeAnn Cogswell
BFA University of Texas, Austin in Sculpture and Drawing. Taught privately at FVAC and as Artist in Residence, NBAL. Has received national awards for sculpture and drawing. Has work in the permanent collection of the New Britain Museum of American Art.
Brian Colbath
Accomplished artist working in greater Hartford for over twenty years with numerous commissions for artwork and murals. CT Watercolor Society first place award, 2003. Represented by the David James Gallery, Glastonbury, the James Stephen Gallery in Farmington, and Vanderbilt Gallery in Nantucket.
Frank Federico
Trained at John McCrady Art School, SW Louisiana Institute, New Orleans Academy of Art. Award winning artist, past president of Connecticut Pastel Society, PSA Master Pastelist.
Ed Johnetta Fowler Miller
Fiber artist, teacher, independent curator, Artistic Directo for OPUS Inc. and an Arts Management Envoy from the U.S. to Cote D’Ivoire, Ivory Coast. Her quilts are featured in the Smithsonian, The Quilt Museum, The Wadsworth Museum, The Nelson Mandela’s National Museum, Hartford and St. Francis Hospitals and the Phoenix Insurance Co.
She has also been featured on television and in many Fiber books and magazines.
Carlo Ganick
Graduate of Boston University. CT Watercolor Society Award Winner 1999, 2001 and 2004. Specializes in teaching traditional beginning and intermediate watercolor technique.
Zbigniew Grzyb
Academy of Fine Art, Crakow, Poland. 2001 winner of Pollock-Krasner award, and 2001 individual artist grant from the GHAC. Widely exhibited with one person exhibits at New Britain Museum of American Art.
Judy Hough
BS from CCSU and both BA and MA in Education, University of Hartford. Designed and taught pre-kindergarten art program at West Hartford Preschool.
Joan Jardine
Studied at the Cape Cod School of Art under prominent impressionist plein air painters and instructors. Elected member of the Connecticut Plein Air Painters Society and a recipient of their Award of Excellence. Exhibited at Norman Rockwell, P. T. Barnum Museums and the New Britain Museum of Art.
Elizabeth Lazaren
A graduate of the Hartford Art School, she studied under Rudolph Zallinger and Henry Finklestein. As an art teacher for 22 years she was elected to the 1st contingent of Master Art Teachers & Artists to represent America in China. Her work is found in private and corporate collections in CT, CA, VA, NJ, RI, and Boston. She is represented in galleries in Provincetown, MA, Essex and Avon, CT. Her studios are in Hartford, CT and Truro, MA.
Ilona Levitz
MA from Vesper School of Art, Boston. Studied at Trinity College, Hartford. Wesleyan University graduate program. Her paintings are in American and European collections. Llisted in "Who's Who in American Art."
Leslie Lillien Levy
BFA in painting fromthe Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore. An award winning painter who specializes in still life and portraiture, but she also includes landscapes in her repertoire. Two of her paintings were aquired by the Slater Memorial Museum in Norwich, CT for their permanent collection in 2008. She is on the Board of Governors of the Pastel Society of America and Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Art Club. Levy studied with Harvey Dinnerstein at the Art Students League of New Your, where she also served on th Board of Control. She lives in Kent, CT, where she teaches painting in oils and pastel in her studio and at area art centers.
Hannah Libman
Studied at the Hartford Art School, University of Hartford and with Paul Zimmerman. Award winning artist widely exhibited and represented in many permanent collections.
Barbara McBrien
B.S. in Education, St. Joseph College; MA in Art Education, CCSU. Taught in elementary schools in Connecticut and Vermont and has offered art instruction to children and adults for over 20 years. Active member and exhibiting artist at CT art leagues and associations.
Craig Norton:
Self-taught freelance photographer with numerous gallery shows and 20 years experience specializing in fine art, nature and architectural photography. Created the Artist Residency "Playtography" at CT Children's Medical Center and is a Teaching Artist at New Britain Museum of American Art.
Robert Noreika:
National award winning artist. Graduate of Paier College of Art. Member Salmagundi Club (New England), CT Watercolor Societies and CT Academy of Fine Arts. Second Prize Winner, 2004 New England Watercolor Society Show in Bennington, VT. Childrens Book Illustrator whose work includes Marsh Morning and Off to the Fair.
Mallory Ostrowitz:
Photographer, Artist, Teacher. BA in Fine Arts from Queens College, MFA in Painting from Herbert Lehman College, MS in Counseling from University of Hartford. Has participated in many solo and group exhibits. Her works have been included in many Corporate Collections. Currently teaching at Manchester Community College.
Susan Perl:
MAT from Rhode Island School of Design, taught at RISD, Swain School of Design, Danforth Museum School, FVAC, as well as West Hartford public and private schools.
Beth Reynolds:
Wheaton College, MA in Art History and Studio Art. Studied painting and ceramics at workshops and colleges in the United States and England. Previously taught at: Renbrook, TASIS in England, Groton, and Norfeldt School in West Hartford. Work exhibited in galleries in CT, MA, and England.
Ann Rosow-Lucchesi:
Degrees in Fine Arts from the University of Hartford. She is a member of various arts associations and shows her work in New York City, Connecticut, and in Pietrasanta, Italy. Her works have been commissioned across the United States and abroad.
Shauna Shane:
A professional painter for 35 years, Former Resident Artist at Yellowstone National Park, selected in 2008 to be resident artist at the New Britain Museum of American Art. Commissions and paintings in collections around the world including the official portrait of the governor of Montana in 1990. Maintains studio in a former button factory located on the Fenton River in Storrs, Connecticut. www.shauna-shane.com.
Elena Steier:
Cartoonist for over 15 years with cartoons in the Nickelodeon Magazine, Airport News, South Shore Monthly, Living in West Hartford, The New England Anomaly and others. Her cartoons also appeared on ESPN.
Deb Wadsworth:
An award winning artist with over 20 years experience. Taught at Washington Art Depot, Brookfield craft Center, Farmington Valley Art Center and Greenwich Art Council.
Lauren Zarambo
BFA University of Southwestern Louisiana, Kansas City Art Institute, independent study Venice, Italy, New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts. Received 36th & 37th Annual Award for Watercolor from the New Britain Museum of American Art and the Connecticut Watercolor Society Award. Figurative symbolist painter working in the plein air tradition primarily in watercolor and oil.