Johnny Adimando: BFA, Printmaking, Tyler School of Art; MFA, Printmaking, RISD. Adimando currently teaches in the undergraduate Printmaking Department at RISD and previously was the visiting Lecturer and Critic for the RISD/Mass College of Art Low-Residency MFA Program exchange. He received the Temple University prize to study in Rome, Italy. Additional residency and scholarship awards include a Bucknell University residency and graduate fellowship grant, and a Frogman's Print and Paper Workshop scholarship. His work has been exhibited locally and nationally, and most recently at the Hunterdon Art Museum (NJ) and the Showroom Gallery (SC).

Chris Amorosino: BA, English, University of Maine; elementary school teaching certificate, Eastern Connecticut State University. Amorosino is a freelance business writer with a client list that includes Aetna, Cigna, GE Capital, Hasbro, ING, LIMRA International, Otis Elevator Company, Northeast Utilities, Putnam Bank, Saint Francis Hospital and CT Transit. His work has helped sell $1,000,000 of publications annually and netted $600,000 for a nonprofit's capital funds campaign. He believes all good business writing must be clear, honest and full of reader benefits.

Nicole Aquillano: BS, Mathematics and Art, Carlow University; BS, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University; MFA, Ceramics, RISD; extensive continuing education classes in ceramics. In addition to being a potter, Aquillano works at the Environmental Protection Agency. As a graduate instructor at RISD, she has taught wheel thrown pottery and hand building. Exhibits of her work include the RISD Ceramics Biennial, the 43rd Celebration of American Crafts in New Haven, CT, and the Artisan Gallery in Northampton, MA.

Janan Archibald: BA, Journalism, University of Maine; Certificate in Appraisal Studies in Art + Antiques, RISD|CE. Archibald is owner and founder of Mind Your Manors, a personal property services firm specializing in estate liquidations, senior relocation services and appraisals. Previously, she spent 15 years as a senior manager and project manager in the information technology field. She is certified in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice 2008-09 edition (USPAP), and is a member of the National Association of Senior Move Managers.

Adrienne Benz: BS, Civil Engineering, Colorado State University; M.Arch, RISD. Benz is a visiting critic in RISD's Architecture Department. Previously a builder for Massie Architecture, she now works for Truth Box, Inc. and runs her own business, TAPdesign, focusing primarily on design/builds. She also volunteers at New Urban Arts, a nationally recognized interdisciplinary art studio for high school students, and holds a ceramics residency at the Steel Yard in Providence.

Stephanie Afonso Blanchard: BA, Professional Writing, Pennsylvania State University; MA candidate, Communication Studies, URI. Blanchard is a copywriter at Hasbro Toys and owns the communications consultancy, B. Savvy Communications. She has been published in Organic Gardening, The South Coast Insider and The Standard-Times.

Ellen Blomgren: A ceramic artist specializing in surrealistic sculpture, Blomgren owns Mudstone Studios in Warren. An Artist Educator for RISCA, her public installations include Rhode Island Hospital, Woodlawn Community Center in Pawtucket and more than a dozen schools throughout Rhode Island. Recent exhibitions include Deblois Gallery in Newport and Imago Gallery in Warren.

Kristin Brennan: BA, Theatrical Design, New Mexico State University. Brennan is founder, owner and head baker of The Cupcakerie, where she uses the freshest local ingredients whenever possible, and creates unique flavor pairings such as chili chocolate cake topped with Mexican vanilla buttercream and shaved Soledad cinnamon chocolate. The Cupcakerie was the 2010 recipient of Rhode Island Monthly's Best Of "Most Creative Cupcake".

Amy Lynn Budd: BA, Theater, Indiana State University. Budd has worked as a freelance stage director, performer and producer for nearly 15 years, and specializes in new play development. Her original performance piece, The Thing That Ate My Brain - Almost, was produced at Perishable Theatre in April and May 2009. She has served as Artist in Residence at Oakland Beach Elementary in Warwick since 2005.

Anne-Marie Byrd: BFA, Illustration, RISD. Anne-Marie has managed projects for the interior design and display advertising industries. She currently works as a graphic designer in Norwood, MA, with freelance design clients including several nonprofit organizations in the Boston area. Her work was recently featured in Green Patriot Posters, published by Metropolis Press.

Bruce Campbell: PhD, Human-Computing Interface Science, University of Washington-Seattle; MS, Computer Science, RPI; MS, Information Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison. A virtual community specialist who extends organizations through Web architecture, Campbell spent ten years working at the cross-disciplinary Human Interface Technology Laboratory. He currently develops innovative computer-mediated communications through Web strategies at the Watersheds Project in Providence.

Crystal Paolucci Cavaco: BS, Art Education, Rhode Island College. In addition to teaching for RISD|CE, Paolucci is an art teacher at Portsmouth Middle School. A painter, she is a member of the Rhode Island Art Education Association and the National Art Education Association.

Donald Chabot: BS, Art Education, RIC; MEd, Special Education, Providence College. Chabot is a visual arts instructor in the Pawtucket schools, where he is a member of the internationally recognized Start with Arts program. He is also past president of the executive board of the RI Art Education Association.

Hope Chella: BFA, Illustration, and MAT, RISD; studies at Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland. Chella is a practicing artist and educator who specializes in mixed media. Her work has been exhibited in Rhode Island and the United Kingdom.

Allison Cole: BFA, Printmaking, RISD. Cole is a self-employed freelance illustrator represented internationally by Lilla Rogers Studio. She includes Hasbro, Target and Houghton Mifflin among her extensive client list. Never Ending Summer, a full-length graphic novel she wrote and illustrated, was published in 2004. She is also the Art Director for Providence Media, publishers of Providence Monthly and SO Rhode Island.

Lauren Conti: BS, Art Education, Rhode Island College; BA, Graphic Design, Rhode Island College. Conti is currently a web design teacher at Ponaganset High School, and a graphic designer for Updike's Newtowne Coffee Roasting Company. She is the recipient of various awards, including the congressional art award.

Jon B. Cooke: Cooke is the editor of Comic Book Artist magazine, recipient of five consecutive Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards for "Best Comic-Related Periodical". He is writer and co-producer of the full-length feature length documentary Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist, which premiered at the 2007 Tribeca Film Festival. He is also the author of several books on comics.

Katharine Cope: BA, Fine Art, Mount Holyoke College; MFA, Printmaking, UMass/Dartmouth. Cope is an adjunct faculty member at various local colleges including Cape Cod and Bristol Community Colleges. Her work involves many different media and experimentation with a variety of techniques. She has exhibited her work in both group and solo shows including at the Maser Gallery in Falmouth, MA, a show titled Palette Pictures at the Fall River Historical Society, and Group Fax: Fax at the Drawing Center in New York.

Suzi Cozzens: BFA, Graphic Design, RISD; AOS, Culinary Institute of America. Cozzens is a graphic designer, window designer and owner of Boxmaker, a book and box-making studio in Providence. She teaches papermaking, bookbinding and letterpress printing at RISD. Her assemblages have been exhibited in numerous galleries throughout New England.

Heather Cronin: BFA, RISD; MFA, UMass (focus on ceramics); MAT, RISD. Cronin is a multimedia painter, sculptor, ceramicist and art educator who is inspired by the intrinsic and kinetic energy of life's growth, transformation and expression. She has taught for kindergarten to college level programs at Nantucket Island School of Design, public and private schools, as well as her own Clay Horse Studio and Stable, where she teaches riding and art. She is cofounder of the New Bedford artMOBILE program.

Mary Beth Cryan: BFA, Illustration, Syracuse University. Cryan worked full-time as a fashion accessory designer and toy and home goods designer before starting her own freelance illustration studio. She specializes in digital illustration, surface pattern design, paper engineering and product design for such clients as The Museum of Modern Art, Toys "R" Us, Barnes & Noble, Intervisual Books, American Greetings, Robert Sabuda, Old Navy, JCPenney and Target.

Jennaca Davies: BS, Building Sciences and BArch, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; MFA, Jewelry and Metalsmithing, RISD; International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg, Austria. An architectural designer and jeweler, Davies recently completed a four-month residency at the Oregon College of Art and Craft. Her work has been exhibited in shows both nationally and internationally, including the Talente exhibition in Munich, Germany, the Gallery of Art in Legnica, Poland and Galerie V&V in Vienna, Austria.

Bryson Dean: BA, Studio Art, Kenyon College; MFA, Fine Arts, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. Dean has been a graphic designer since the mid-1980s in the fields of corporate communications, multimedia, television and education. Her current work involves teaching, graphic design and personal creative work that springs from the intersections of fine art, design and technology.

Jana DeSimone: BFA, Sculpture; BS, Art Education, RIC. DeSimone has taught previously for RISD|CE and presently teaches visual arts at the Junior High level in the Warwick Public Schools. She is a mixed-media artist who has shown her work locally. Michael DiMucci: BA, Visual Arts Studies/Architecture, RWU; MAT, RISD. DiMucci is the Art Director/Lead Visual Arts Instructor at Times2 Academy, a charter school in Providence where he teaches art and design courses. He also teaches at his studio, Lime Rock Design, with other artists in Lincoln, RI.

Jennifer Doumato Lamy: MA, International Peace and Conflict Resolution, American University. With a background in documentary film and international relations, Doumato Lamy started her own boutique wedding studio, Zenobia Studios, for which she shoots dozens of high-end and destination weddings every year. She also conducts the Temptress Workshop Tour for professional photographers looking to learn about boudoir photography.

Victoria Dryden: BFA, Interior Architecture, RISD; ASID. An interior architect and furniture designer, Dryden leads Dryden Design, LLC, a residential/commercial design firm and workroom. She has experience in furniture design, product design and set design, and was featured on The Learning Channel's Trading Spaces.

Lindsay Elgin: BA, Fine Arts, Amherst College; Studies in Photography, Glasgow School of Art; Certificate in Collegiate Teaching, Sheridan Center at Brown University; MFA, Photography, RISD. Elgin is a digital photographer for Brown University Library's Center for Digital Scholarship, and her work has been exhibited in Amherst, Providence, Tucson, New York City, Glasgow and Edinburgh. She is Advisor for the Digital Photography Certificate Program.

Anne Emlein: MFA, Textiles, RISD; BFA, Textiles, California College of Arts and Crafts. Emlein teaches machine knitting, textiles for apparel, and fine arts textile courses in the Textile Department at RISD. She has exhibited her knitwear, apparel and fine arts work throughout the country.

Christine Enos: BFA, Furniture Design, SUNY/Purchase; MFA, Furniture Design, San Diego State University. Enos has taught furniture design at RISD, Herron School of Art, Oregon College of Art and Craft, and San Diego State University. Her work has been exhibited widely, including most recently at the Fuller Craft Museum, and she is represented by the Isherwood Gallery in Newport.

Rhonda Fargnoli studied fashion and textile design at Chamberlain School of Design, and has taught art and studio art for more than 15 years in RI and MA. She was recently featured in an article about teaching and knitting in Yarn Market News, and her knitwear designs have been sold to several yarn companies, including Blue Sky Alpaca and Sheep Shop. She also creates children's sweaters and accessories for shops and other designers in the US and UK.

Beverly Ferguson: Degree in Applied Science of Interior Design, Chamberlayne College. Ferguson is owner of Stow Decorating Center by The Reflective Designer, Stow, MA. Both a practicing interior designer and fine artist, her work has been published by the Polaroid Corporation. She is a member of the Copley Society of Art, an allied member of ASID, and has taught for RISD, The Fuller Museum and Cennini Studios.

Anne Finelli: BFA, Apparel Design, RISD; BA, French and Art History, Hamilton College; studies at Fashion Institute of Technology and Parsons School of Design. Finelli has taught Patternmaking at the Brookfield Craft Center and has 15 years experience working in New York's Garment Center, with expertise in fashion design, merchandising, production, knit wear and patternmaking.

David Fleurant: Advanced Photography, Rhode Island School of Photography. A photographer with more than 30 years of experience, Fleurant is owner of Light Impressions Photography & Design, a studio specializing in product and corporate stock photography. He is also a career and technical advisor for Attleboro High School. His work has been exhibited in the US and Great Britain, including his solo show Into the Light, Faces of Peru. He is the 2011-2012 RISD|CE Teacher of Excellence.

Elizabeth Fortier: BS, Art Education with concentration in Art History; Rhode Island College; MA, Art Education with concentration in Art History, Rhode Island College. Fortier is currently an art educator in the Warwick Public Schools, and has taught children's summer art classes at Tiverton Four Corners Art Center. She is a practicing artist who specializes in oil paint sticks, and is presently working on a series of paintings in acrylics. She was also designer/owner of a jewelry business.

Candace French is a clothing designer who created the first display of spandex fashion for Fiorucci in 1979. Her collections have included wedding gowns, leather motorcycle suits, women's couture, and kid's bike wear for her company, Freewheelers. Since 1996 she has fabricated cloth furnishings for the UK interiors fabric company Anna French. She presently produces garment prototypes within the apparel field, and creates costumes for the stage and film industries, having recently completed Alice in Wonderland, Snow White and 'Twas the Night before Christmas. She currently teaches fashion, patternmaking and construction for RISD|CE's Young Artist Program.

Joanna Gammel: BFA, Illustration, RISD. While she was a student, Gammel worked as a freelance designer and illustrator for small businesses in the creative field, including landscape architects, floral designers, photographers and private jewelers. Currently, she is a designer for the Web design firm Interactive Palette, and is an instructor for RISD|CE, teaching industry-standard design software to students of all ages.

Tom Gastel: BFA, BA, RISD. A licensed architect and architectural illustrator, Gastel has worked for acclaimed architecture firms in San Francisco and Boston, as well as for the architectural illustrator Frank Costantino. In addition, he published Sketchbook Rhode Island, a book depicting historic architecture in Rhode Island in watercolor and pencil.

Philip Gedarovich: BFA, Academy of Art University. Gedarovich spent his educational and early career years living and working in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he gained experience working in the technology heartland of Silicon Valley and surrounding areas. He currently works as a visual designer and special effects artist for a range of clients producing motion graphics, 3D animation and music videos, as well as static projects that include t-shirt design and book illustration.

Mary Geisser: BS, Early Childhood Education, URI; MED, Creative Arts and Learning, Lesley University; PhD candidate, Educational Studies, Lesley University. Geisser is a poet, visual artist and former resident artist at AS220 and has worked as a stage manager for Perishable Theater. She is an adjunct faculty member in Lesley University's Early Childhood Education Program, and she was an Early Childhood Educator at Brown/Fox Point Early Childhood Education Center for four years.

Kelly Goff: BA, Visual Art and Biology/Chemistry, New College of Florida; MFA, Sculpture, RISD. Goff is a sculptor with extensive woodworking, carpentry and furniture making experience. He has taught for a number of years, most recently a Construction/Deconstruction class in the RISD BFA program. His work has been exhibited widely in solo and group shows, including "Free Range" at WORK Gallery in NYC, "Pollinate" at Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo, Brooklyn and "American Demonic" at Davidson Contemporary in NYC. He has been awarded numerous residencies, awards and foundation grants.

Jessica Grejdus, aka Lulu Locks, is a master stylist who began her career as an apprentice in Newbury Street, Boston salons, later becoming a core educator in hair cutting, finishing techniques and color for one of the most respected salon groups in Boston and New England. She is the owner of Providence Pin-Up, a one-stop studio that provides hair, makeup, wardrobe and photography services for individual and corporate clients.

Heather Guidero: BFA, Jewelry and Light Metals, RISD. The owner of Heather Guidero Jewelry, Guidero exhibits at galleries around the country, in addition to designing custom work for private clients. She teaches at the Steel Yard, is an adjunct professor at Rhode Island College, and is a member of the American Craft Council and the Society of North American Goldsmiths.

Shane Gutierrez: BA, English, URI. Gutierrez has 18 years of experience working as a professional photographer. He owns Shane Photography, a commercial studio specializing in architectural, portrait and product photography. His work has been published in The Photo Review and Yankee Magazine, among other publications.

Glenn Gutmacher: BA, Yale University. Gutmacher is Sourcing SWAT Team Group Manager and Talent Search Architect at Avanade. Previously, he was Microsoft's senior recruiting researcher, and, as founder of Recruiting-Online.com, he trained employers how to find top talent and increase brand appeal. Since 1998, he has conducted workshops and webinars that demystify Internet recruiting research, and, in 1996, founded New England's first regional newspaper job board. He maintains the blog, Advanced Online Recruiting Techniques.

Louise T. Hall: BA, Maryville University; MED, Suffolk University; Graduate Studies, Northeastern University. Hall is an accredited senior appraiser of antiques and decorative arts with the American Society of Appraisers and is president of L.T. Hall Appraisals, Inc. Clients include the Vermont State House and Dartmouth College.

John Hames: BA, Education, URI; MFA, Photography, Savannah College of Art and Design. Hames has taught at several area colleges. In 2007, he taught photography at the Beijing Institute of Clothing and Technology. He is the recipient of various awards and fellowships, and his work has been exhibited in the US and in China.

Steven Hayes: BFA, Fine Art and Art Education, UMass/Dartmouth; MFA, UMass/Amherst. Hayes has experience as a visual and performing artist and art educator, and he has taught throughout New England. He is currently an instructor of Theater Arts and Stage Design at the All Children's Theatre in Pawtucket.

Evelyn Herman: Herman received her culinary training at New England Culinary Institute, and perfected her pastry skills at Ecole Lenotre near Paris. She has studied at Wilton Industries and the Cordon Bleu School of Cookery in London, and has trained with internationally renowned cake decorators including Nicholas Lodge, Alan Dunn and Maisie Parrish. She freelanced as a pastry chef/cake decorator with top catering companies in Boston, before opening her own bakery specializing in fondant and gum paste work. She currently teaches for Wilton Industries.

Patricia Huntington: AB, Brown University; MFA, Painting, SUNY/Albany. Honored as the RI Art Educator of the Year in 2006-2007, Huntington teaches art in the Warwick Public School System. She has students from pre-K through adult and has worked extensively with special-needs and at-risk students. Her artwork has been exhibited in South America and the US.

Tyson Jacques: BFA, Printmaking, University of Southern Maine; MFA, Printmaking, RISD; certificate, Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning. Jacques has been a TA for RISD undergraduate printmaking classes in photogravure, screenprinting and intaglio. His work has been exhibited at the Providence Convention Center, the Space Gallery in Portland, ME and the Peregrine Press Portfolio at the Saco Museum in Maine, and is part of permanent public collections, including the Portland Museum of Art, New York Public Library and Bowdoin College Museum of Art.

Megan Jeffery: BFA, Illustration, Rhode Island School of Design. A freelance editorial and children's illustrator for more than 20 years, Jeffery is also a fiber artist. Her three-dimensional, miniature creations were the focus of the exhibit, "I Live in a Small Town" at the Providence Children's Museum, and were part of the Star Wars-themed group show, "Stitch Wars Strikes Back!"

Jessica Jennings: BFA, RISD; BA, University of Chicago. Jennings is a two-time Emmy Award-winning producer, director, cinematographer and editor whose work in documentary, commercial and feature films has been broadcast and shown at film festivals around the country and internationally. Her company VisionWink Productions most recently produced Home Across Lands, a documentary about the resettlement of Kunaman refugees, and Boy in the World, a documentary about the inclusion of a developmentally challenged boy in a traditional education classroom.

Karen Kaplan: MS, Textiles, Fashion Merchandising, and Design, URI. Kaplan is currently an instructor in the Fashion Design and Merchandising Department at Bay State College. Previously, she taught Fashion Design, History and Retailing at Framingham State College and Mercyhurst College. She is a member of the Costume Society of America, Northeastern Division.

Jane Kernan: BFA, Film/Animation/Video, RISD. Kernan is an independent animator who has produced content for clients as diverse as LEGO, Ann Taylor, Yahoo and Hasbro. She has taught both adults and children the arts of cartooning, motion graphics, digital video production and frame-by-frame filmmaking techniques. She is the Advisor for the RISD|CE Animation Certificate Program.

Haruki Kibe is proprietor of Haruki Restaurant in Providence and Cranston, which was named Best Sushi in Rhode Island in a 2003 Providence Journal article.

Anther Kiley: BA, History, Princeton University; courses in Graphic Design, RISD|CE and RISD Summer Institute for Graphic Design Studies; MFA candidate, Graphic Design, RISD. As an MFA student, Kiley's work explores ideas of form, aesthetics and ornament. He has taught and assistant taught several courses in the Graphic Design degree program at RISD. In addition to his studies, he works as a writing tutor and, occasionally, as a graphic designer for the RISD Museum.

Jorge Lacera: BFA, Illustration, Ringling College of Art and Design; Illustration Master Class, Amherst College. As a concept artist at Irrational Games, Lacera is working on the 2012 edition of BioShock Infinite, which has been called the most eagerly anticipated release of 2012 by Game Informer, Wired and Time Magazine. With a background in traditional and digital illustration and 2D animation, Jorge's other clients have included Wizards of the Coast, Nickelodeon and Hasbro.

Daniel Langston: BA, Sculpture, San Francisco State University; MFA, Sculpture, RISD. Langston has created sculptures, objects and props used in film, theater, opera, parachute design and medical simulation. As a fine artist, he uses sophisticated materials to create hyperrealistic human forms that ponder the bioethics of a genetically engineered reality. He also works with a research and development team at Massachusetts General Hospital's Center for Integration of Medicine and Innovative Technology to improve patient safety by developing realistic training systems for the medical industry.

Nancy Laurienzo: BFA, Roger Williams College; Certificate, Interior Design, RISD|CE. Laurienzo specializes in interior design for hospitality projects and currently is a lead designer for TriMark United East. Prior to that she was a freelance interior designer. Clients have included South County Hospital, in South Kingstown, RI and the Atlantic Beach Club in Middletown, RI.

Bruce Lenore: BFA, Hartford Art School; MFA, Ceramics, RISD. A studio artist since 1983, he has extensive ceramics experience. He currently teaches at Smithfield High School and at RIC, and his work is held in museum and private collections throughout the country.

Gale Litchfield: BA, UMass; MED and Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study, Boston State College. Creative director and managing partner of her own advertising agency, Litchfield & Creative Partners, she has received regional and national awards for her creative excellence.

Amy Lovera: BFA, Photography & Sculpture, Massachusetts College of Art; MFA, Photography, RISD. Working between photography and stop-motion animation, Lovera's work explores the interplay between biographical and fictional narratives, and has been exhibited and published both nationally and internationally. She was recently awarded grants by LEF Foundation and RISCA, and she also received a Donis A. Dondis travel grant for artistic work in Mexico City, where she lived for several years as an active participant in the Mexican arts community. She is currently a faculty member at Southern Connecticut State University and the Massachusetts College of Art.

Ben Macomber: BS, UMass/Dartmouth. Macomber has served as a visual arts specialist in the Attleboro Public School System, as a freelance illustrator and consultant, and as art supervisor in Skowhegan, ME, and North Brookfield, MA. He is an artist member of the RI Watercolor Society. He is on the faculty of the Rhode Island Watercolor Society and the Attleboro Arts Museum.

Mikhail Lewis Mansion: BA, Electronic Media Arts + Technology, University of Tampa; MFA candidate, Digital + Media, RISD. Mansion spent several years serving in the US Air Force -- during which he studied electronics engineering and programming -- before transitioning into the arts. He has programmed software for companies including Porsche and Vogue.

Richard Marthers: BS, Art Education, RIC; additional studies with Frank Webb, AWS, Tony Van Hasselt, AWS, and Alvaro Castagnet. Marthers is an associate member of the American Watercolor Society and a signature member of the Northeast Watercolor Society.

Katie McDonald: BA, Philosophy, Gettysburg College. McDonald is a certified Holistic Health Coach trained at the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in New York City, and a member of the American Association of Drugless Practitioners. An experienced vegan cook and baker, she also studied at the Natural Gourmet Institute for Food and Health in New York City.

Tim McFate: Tim has taught culinary classes since 1983. Known for his inclusive teaching style, he has received the RISD|CE Culinary Arts Teacher of Excellence Award. Tim approaches food from an artist's perspective, and finds the process just as important as the result. He is currently Chef/Manager of RISD's Portfolio Cafe.

William McKenna: BFA and MA, Art Education, RISD. McKenna has taught in the Cumberland Public School System since 1972. His freelance work includes illustration, calligraphy, stained glass and sculpture.

Mara Metcalf: BFA, Painting, RISD; MFA, Painting, Tufts University. Metcalf has 15 years of teaching experience. She currently teaches for the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Mount Ida College. Her work has been exhibited at Lenore Gray Gallery, the Hera Gallery and Gallery 295 and is included in the RISD Museum and in private collections.

Christina Miles: MAT, RISD; BA, Studio Art, Wheaton College. Miles is an exhibiting watercolor and stained glass artist. Prior to completing her master's degree, she worked for Studio Art Centers International (SACI), MoMA, and interned at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Italy. She is a member of the Art Students League and UrbanGlass studio in New York.

Carlotta Danzante Miller: BFA, Studio Arts, West Chester University; MFA, Visual Design/Textiles, UMass Dartmouth. Miller has been teaching for nearly 20 years at schools throughout the Northeast. For six years, she headed the Textile Department at the Worcester Center for Crafts. She has worked as a colorist for the textile industry and as a pattern designer (for space/flight suits) at David Clark Co., Inc. Her prints, quilts, woven textiles and other fabrications have been exhibited throughout the country.

A.J. Morse: BFA, Landscape Architecture, RISD. Morse has taught visual arts in the Providence Public School System since 1999. She has had several artist residencies, including some for Very Special Arts Rhode Island.

Susan Mullins: BS, Clothing and Textile Design, Framingham State College. A former Boston-based fashion stylist, Mullins is an expert seamstress and global shopper experienced with many facets of the apparel industry. She is a member of the Museum of Fine Arts Textile and Costume Society and a graduate candidate in the Textiles, Fashion Merchandising and Design Program at URI.

Greg Nemes: BS, Architecture, Bowling Green State University; MArch, RISD. Nemes has produced a set of interdisciplinary, peer-to-peer learning initiatives at RISD, as well as taught courses at RISD and Brown. He has commissioned a number of large-scale installations to be exhibited both in galleries and publicly. Working across the disciplines of architecture, graphic design, user interaction/user experience design, sculpture and digital media, he mediates experiences between the physical and digital, the virtual and real.

Michele Noiset: BFA, Illustration, RISD; MFA, Visual Design, UMass Dartmouth. Noiset is an accomplished illustrator who runs an illustration studio serving national clients in advertising, licensing and editorial sectors including Nickelodeon, McDonald's and the Children's Miracle Network. Other clients include Cricket, Dial Soap, Houghton Mifflin and the New York Times. She has taught illustration at UMass Dartmouth, Massachusetts College of Art and the Art Institute of Boston. She is a member of the Graphic Artists Guild and SCBWI.

Pat Ubaldi Nurnberger: BFA, Apparel Design, RISD. Following a 20-year career as an apparel designer and merchandise manager in New York, Ubaldi Nurnberger developed an interest in costuming and apprenticed with ballet costume professionals. She recently launched a new company, "The Tutu Lady," which specializes in dance costumes, and has costumed participants in the prestigious Youth America Grand Prix. She designed and executed costumes for Main Street Ballet's (CT) production of Giselle.

Dawn Oliveira: BFA, Textiles, UMass. Oliveira founded DOT Studio in 1985 and designed textiles for Polo Ralph Lauren, Liz Claiborne, Dana Buchman, Emanuel Ungaro, Echo Design and Stark Carpet. Her Bristol, RI-based company, Oliveira Textiles, designs and produces contemporary, environmentally considerate fabrics for the retail market.

Phil Oliveira: BFA, Illustration and Electronic Imaging, UMass/Dartmouth. Oliveira is a freelance illustrator and cartoonist whose creations and characters have appeared in print and video. Clients have included UMass/Dartmouth Athletics and Campus Activities, Franchise Studios and webMethods. He currently draws and writes Canned Ham, a weekly family-friendly Web comic.

Paul Olson: BFA, Illustration, RISD. Olson is a freelance illustrator in traditional and electronic media whose work has received first-place awards, with clients including AT&T, Sony, Merlyn's Pen and the Weekly Reader. He teaches for the Illustration Departments at RISD and the Massachusetts College of Art and received teaching grants from Very Special Arts Rhode Island.

David Paolino: BSET, Wentworth Institute of Technology; BFA, Illustration, and MA, Art Education, RISD. Paolino has practiced architectural, interior, electronic and mechanical design since 1967, has taught at Wentworth Institute for 20 years, and is the Advisor for RISD|CE's Interior Design Certificate Program.

Matthew E. Paquin: BA, URI; Certificate, Computer Animation, RISD|CE. Paquin has worked as a glassblower, graphic designer, freelance videographer, and dock worker for the Block Island Ferry. With a background in live action filmmaking, he works in both hand-drawn 2D and computer-generated 3D animation. Currently he teaches sequential art and video at School One in Providence.

Elena M. Pascarella: BLA and BFA, RISD; graduate studies, Landscape Architecture, University of Virginia; Certificate, Invasive Plant Management, RI Coastal Resources Management Council. Pascarella is an award-winning landscape architect with her own practice, which serves clients in southeastern Connecticut and Rhode Island. She has worked on a wide range of public-sector and private projects. She is an adjunct faculty member in URI's Landscape Architecture Department, and is a contributing writer for a landscape design column in Grace, a bimonthly magazine published by The Day (New London, CT).

Jessica Lee Perry: BS, Art Education, SUNY/Buffalo; MA, Art Education, Lesley University. Perry has taught art in both private and public institutions, and has designed and implemented an art curriculum for a population of diverse learners at The Wolfe School in East Providence. Her work has been exhibited in Ireland, Buffalo, Cambridge and Providence.

Frank Piccirillo: BS, Art Education, and BFA, Painting, RIC. He is a certified art teacher currently working at the Paul Cuffee School West. His artwork has been exhibited in the Providence area.

Jack Purcell: MEd, University of Phoenix; BFA, Illustration, Massachusetts College Of Art and Design. Purcell has worked as a freelance illustrator and workshop instructor for nearly 20 years. Clients include Best Buy, the Norman Rockwell Museum, Massachusetts College Of Art and Design, Words and Pictures Museum, University Of Massachusetts, Digi magazine, and New Jersey Fireworks. He has illustrated comic stories for DC Comics, Marvel Comics and Heavy Metal magazine, and most recently is collaborating with Stan Lee on the Guardian Project.

Bill Riker: BFA, Glass, Alfred University; MFA, Glass/Sculpture, RISD. Riker has operated a glass studio since 1975, and he is proprietor of Riker Art Glass, based in East Providence. His work is exhibited at craft galleries throughout the US.

Kaitlyn Roberts: BA, English and Communications, Wofford College; formal culinary training in Mediterranean cuisine, Apicius Culinary Institute, Florence, Italy. As founder and executive chef of Easy Entertaining, Inc., Roberts encourages diversity of flavor, using local ingredients for fresh, creative cuisine. She is the recipient of an advanced degree from the Wine & Spirit Education Trust, and has assisted in preparing meals for the James Beard House. She is a supporter of the Farm Fresh RI Market Mobile program and believes some of the very best food in the world is from her very own "Lil Rhody."

Bryan Rodrigues: BA, History and Education, RIC; International Certificate Program for New Media, IMedia. Rodrigues has taught graphic design at Katherine Gibbs School, as well as computer graphics courses for IMedia and the Learning Connection. He has also taught in RISD's Industrial Design department since 2008, and is the head product designer at Zultan International.

Jo-Ann Ross is a lifelong wine enthusiast, with considerable formal wine education through the Wine and Spirit Education Trust, the Elizabeth Bishop Wine Studies Program at Boston University and University of California, Davis. She is also an Accredited Burgundy, Provence, Bordeaux and Rhone Valley Wine Educator. As a Certified Specialist of Wine (CSW, issued by the Society of Wine Educators), she has educated wine enthusiasts throughout the Boston area. She has also pioneered extraordinary classes pairing wine and art, as well as wine and music. Her favorite wines are Italian and French, but she enjoys traveling the world to discover and enjoy all wines, and to champion even the world's more obscure wines.

Eleanor Sabin: BFA, Sculpture, RISD. An artist with a focus on sculpture, drawing and photography, Sabin has worked in various areas of the art world, including as a designer and fabricator of architectural art glass, and as a bookbinder. She has been a teaching assistant for several RISD|CE courses, and taught classes and workshops for children in a variety of settings. She has exhibited her artwork in Providence, New York and Hawaii, and shares a studio in Pawtucket with other professional artists.

Donna Salisbury: BS, Industrial Technology with a Graphic Arts concentration, RIC; MA, Media Studies, RIC. Salisbury is an award-winning technology educator, currently teaching at New England Institute of Technology and for RISD|CE. Her clients have included the Providence Journal Company and St. Paul School in Cranston, and she was social media strategist for Jeremy Kapstein's bid for lieutenant governor in 2010.

Philip Sawyer: MA, International Affairs, Columbia University. Sawyer is co-owner of Philip Sawyer Designs, a Providence-based clothing design and manufacturing company. He began in tailoring and design more than 30 years ago, interspersing this with work as a design department manager and educational project manager in Southeast Asia. He has studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology in NYC, was mentored by an Italian tailor, and received his early training from a family of excellent quilters and seamstresses.

Lynda Shoup: BA, Western Connecticut State University; MLS, Southern Connecticut State University. While living in Tokyo, Shoup worked as an ESL teacher and translator/copy editor for Japan Publications Trading Company's craft and cooking division. Currently, she is an elementary school librarian, part-time faculty member of Southern Connecticut State University's Department of Information and Library Science, and a children's literature and web 2.0 enthusiast.

Ruth Shouval: MAE, RISD; studies at Bezalel Academy of Arts and the Avni Institute of Art in Israel. Shouval is a practicing artist whose paintings and ceramics have been exhibited in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Israel. With her students, she recently created a mosaic column for the Roger Williams Park Zoo.

Jennifer Ashley Singleton: BS, Art Education, RIC. Singleton has been an elementary visual arts teacher in the East Providence schools since 2005 and previously taught for the Warwick public school system. She has taught a variety of RISD|CE Young Artist courses.

Libby Slader: BS, Environmental Design (Interiors), Syracuse University; ASID. Slader is currently principal of Libby Slader Interior Design, an award-winning Pawtucket-based firm specializing in hospitality and commercial design. She was previously a project manager/project designer for Morris Nathanson Design, as well as the manager of design for the Architectural Service Department at Sony Picture Entertainment. She is a professional member of the American Society of Interior Designers, as well as the interim board president of Rhode Island Citizens for the Arts.

Emily Slapin: BFA, Illustration, RISD; MFA, Anatomy/Drawing, New York Academy of Art. Emily is a recent Anatomy and Drawing track graduate of the New York Academy of Art. She has had numerous exhibits of her work including at the New York Academy of Art, the Artists Gallery in Virginia Beach, VA and the Hermitage Foundation Museum in Norfolk, VA.

Fred Spencer is a Senior Application Architect at Appcelerator, a mobile cloud platform/services company where he is a core contributor for their Titanium platform. He has more than 15 years of experience in content development and design for Web, mobile, motion and print project delivery, and is the creative director/partner of Cl!ck Whirl Image, a media strategy firm that connects independent film to diverse audiences.

Jeanne Sturim: BFA, Fine Art, Washington University in St. Louis. Sturim has participated in numerous exhibits and juried shows including The Art League of Rhode Island Group Exhibit, The Providence Art Club, The Pastel Society of America in NYC and the Pastel Painters of Maine International Juried Exhibition. She is a member of the Providence Art Club, Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod and the Connecticut Pastel Society.

Sean Thomas: BFA, Illustration, RISD; participation in RISD's European Honors program. Thomas has exhibited his painting nationally and has had numerous group and solo shows. Galleries where he has shown include Candita Clayton Studio, Donovan Gallery, Rice/Polak Gallery and extensively at the Copley Society of Art in Boston, where he has also facilitated painting workshops. He has received fellowship grants in painting from RISCA.

Brian Tierney: BA, English, Central Connecticut State College; certificate candidate, Appraisal Studies in Art + Antiques, RISD|CE. A collector and connoisseur, Tierney has held retail management positions at Wellesley College, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Boston Society of Architects and Harvard University.

Karen Triedman: AB, Brown University; MA, SUNY/Albany; MFA, University of Chicago. Triedman works as a color designer and visual marketing consultant for entertainment facilities, retailers, shopping centers and manufacturers. Also a freelance writer, she co-authored Color Graphics and contributed to Breaking Designer's Block, both published by Rockport Publishers.

Kurt Van Dexter: BLA, URI; MAT, RISD. A registered landscape architect, designer and painter, as well as a certified K-12 visual arts teacher, Van Dexter has worked with many schools to develop gardens and outdoor classrooms. His paintings have won numerous awards and have been exhibited in the US and abroad. He runs a landscape architecture and design business. He is a 2009-2010 RISD|CE Teacher of Excellence.

Judith Vance: BA, University of North Texas; MA, Art History, Texas Woman's University; Post Graduate Studies, National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute for University Teachers, Southern University; Appraisal Program, George Washington University. An American Society of Appraisers Accredited Senior Appraiser/Fine Arts, Vance has an appraisal practice in New Hampshire and is a former university instructor in art history. She is on the Board of Directors of the Foundation for Appraisal Education.

Wayne Vieira: BFA, Illustration, RISD. He is Vice President of Design Services at Advertising Ventures Inc., where he directs all aspects of design projects, including advertising campaigns, print publications, collateral materials, websites, and interactive media for companies such as AOL, CVS/pharmacy, Textron, Geneva Pharmaceuticals, and COX Communications. Previously Vieira served as Art Director for Medical World Publishing Company.

Evan Villari: BA, Communications Studies/Film Studies, URI; MFA, Visual Arts - Film/Video, The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. Villari is an independent filmmaker operating his own media service company, providing video postproduction and creative consulting services. He has nearly ten years experience teaching video production/postproduction, cinema and media studies at New England Institute of Technology and Johnson & Wales University. As an artist his continues his commitment to an ongoing documentary series, M&M's (marriage and mortgage), that consists of his video meditations on "the societal expectations for (him) to play make believe -- by being an adult." He is a 2009-2010 RISD|CE Teacher of Excellence.

Dina Zaccagnini Vincent: BFA, Graphic Design, BGD and MAT, RISD. Vincent has held positions as senior designer in RISD's Design Marketing Collaborative and plus design inc., Boston. She created her own studio in 2003 and now designs limited edition and one-of-a-kind books, typographic design and conceptual fine art pieces. She has received awards from the AIGA, American Center for Design 100 Show, Graphis, Print, and the Type Directors Club. She is advisor for RISD|CE's Certificate Program in Graphic Design.

Cordelia Wheelock: BA, The Evergreen State College; Master of Professional Studies, Art Therapy and Creativity Development, Pratt Institute. After completing her training and beginning her professional career in various public hospitals in New York City, Wheelock returned to her native Rhode Island to provide treatment to children and families. She has been a crisis responder in the aftermath of September 11, 2001 and the Station Night Club Fire, 2002. She currently maintains a private practice in Providence.

Marla Whitford: BFA, Illustration, RISD. Currently a Senior Store Designer for Talbots, Whitford has 19 years experience in retail store design, planning and construction. Previously, she served as a store planner for Marshall Fields, Mervyn's and Target, and as Senior Manager for Crabtree & Evelyn's Global Store Planning & Design Division. She has also done freelance design work for Hasbro Toys and Scarborough & Company and has taught for Quinebaug Valley Community College.

Cathy Wilkerson: BFA, Textile Design, RISD. A buyer and merchandiser in the home furnishings industry for almost two decades, Wilkerson has developed product with leading textiles manufacturers in Europe, India and the US. She is currently the Southern New England Territory Manager for both Carole and Tapestria Fabrics.

Robin Wiseman: BFA, Architecture, and BAR, RISD; MFA, Drawing, UMass/Dartmouth. Wiseman has taught at RISD, RIC and Brandeis University. Besides RISD|CE, he currently teaches at the Massachusetts College of Art. He has received a Church Award in teaching, and his work has appeared in galleries and shows throughout New England.

Amy Bartlett Wright: BA, University of Maryland; Certificate, Scientific and Technical Illustration, RISD|CE. An accomplished muralist and scientific illustrator, Wright has painted commissions for the Smithsonian Institution, Staten Island Zoo, Roger Williams Park Zoo, Buttonwood Park Zoo, New England Aquarium, Museum of Science Boston, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Save The Bay and National Geographic Society. Her work was selected to hang in the Rhode Island and Washington, D.C. offices of US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse. Recent exhibitions of her work include at the Bennington Center for the Arts and for two traveling exhibits, Paint America and Paint the Parks 2011. She was also selected as one of the 2011 "Best of American Artists in Oil". She is a member of the Society of Animal Artists, advisor for the RISD|CE Natural Science Illustration program and a 2009-2010 RISD|CE Teacher of Excellence.

Amy Wynne-Derry: BA, Art History, Smith College; MFA, Painting, New York Academy of Figurative Art. Wynne-Derry has taught human and animal anatomy to artists since 1991 and has illustrated for the Museums of Natural History in New York, Paris and Providence. She is a faculty member in the Painting/Drawing Department of the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She has had many exhibits of her work, most recently at 5 Traverse Gallery and the Chazan Gallery in Providence.

Ronald Zincone: Diploma in Professional Photography and Digital Photography, New York Institute of Photography; continuing education courses in photography and visual arts. Zincone is an active member of Professional Photographers of America, the Photographic Society of America, Boston Museum of Science, National Geographic Society, and holds two certifications as a Skywarn spotter for the National Weather Service and a Certified Photographic Consultant from PMAI. He is a veteran teacher of photographic technique, an award-winning photographer and has practiced outdoor photography for more than 13 years.