The Edina Art Center faculty is comprised of regional artists of the highest caliber. Many have formal art training and hold master's degrees in Fine Art.
Others are graduates of the Atelier system, an intensive four-year course of study based on French academic classical training with impressionistic color theory.
Several have been here since 1977 when the Art Center opened. Others have started more recently, but all have teaching experience and the ability to convey
their techniques, enthusiasm and love for art.
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Paul Abdella |
Atelier-style realistic drawing & painting workshops |
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Marian Alstad |
Watercolor, including abstract, and mat cutting |
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Gene Andersen |
Floor cloths |
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Sheila Asato |
Watercolor, dreamworks, healing arts |
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Mary Axelson |
Watercolor |
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Elizabeth Baker |
Asian calligraphy |
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Bradley W. M. Benn |
Beginning pottery, mold-making and tool workshops |
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Barb Bindgen |
Drawing and painting |
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Teri Blauer |
Young People's Art |
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Sara Bledsoe |
Children's drawing |
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Maureen Brockway |
Intermediate & advanced pottery; porcelain, air-brush glazing |
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Dar Brooks |
Watercolor and collage |
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Bob Calton |
Stained glass |
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Harriet Campe |
Beginning and intermediate pottery; potters’ science |
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Kevin Canfield |
Intermediate and Advanced Pottery |
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Cathy Carlson |
Cartooning |
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Kathy Coulter |
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William Dietrichson |
Basic drawing & perspective; composition |
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Fred Dingler |
Watercolor |
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Pat Duncan |
Painting |
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Rose Edin |
Watercolor workshops |
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Sara Eno |
Pottery |
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Marcia Ernst |
Beading |
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Dianne Farber |
Pottery, tile-making, garden sculpture workshops |
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Lindsay Ford |
Children's art, beading |
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Susan Frame |
Sumi-e (Asian brush painting) workshops |
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Michael J. Frey |
Edina Art Center School of Realism Education Director; Art Academy; life drawing |
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Laura Frykman |
Pastels |
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Patricia Geisheker |
Floral watercolor workshops |
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Maria Genné |
Dance |
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Donna Getsinger |
Intermediate and advanced pottery |
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Louise Gillis |
Watercolor; costume painting |
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Lucy Grantz |
Arty therapy for teen girls |
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Dick Green |
Watercolor workshops |
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George Byron Griffiths |
Photography; lighting |
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Stephen Haynes |
Advanced Digital Photography |
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Terri Halperin-Eaton |
Art therapy |
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Harry Heim |
Gestural portraiture in any medium |
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Shelley Holl |
Computer imaging, gouache, egg tempera, figure drawing, oil, watercolor |
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Rebecca Hopper |
Batik |
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Gail Katz-James |
Children's art |
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Patti Jeub |
Watercolor |
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Denise Willey Johnson |
Clay sculpture and pottery |
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Ric Johnson |
Photography, darkroom use |
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Karen Knutson |
North Shore watercolor workshops |
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Dean Koutsky |
Painting |
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Barb Kobe |
Art dolls |
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Richard Kochenash |
Atelier-style realistic drawing & painting; all media |
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Liz Kohane |
Children's art |
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Jennie Lanners |
Pottery, children's art |
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Jeanne Larson |
Watercolor workshops |
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Doug Lew |
Watercolor |
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Judy Lieber |
Pastels and oils |
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Kathy Litwin |
Drawing and painting |
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Gay Moldow |
Cards |
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Janet Mullen |
Children's art |
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Barb Nelson |
Drawing from within |
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Peggy Nelson |
Music for children |
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Donac Nesser |
Youth art |
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Polly Norman |
Photography, hand coloring b/w |
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Dorothy Odland |
Painting studio, all media |
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Grace Pass |
Beginning and intermediate pottery, raku firing |
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Mary Jean Port |
Writing (the Loft) |
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Søren Priede |
Jewelry, silver and lost wax casting |
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John Ringquist |
Photography and studio lighting |
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Deblyn Russell |
Art |
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Bob Schmidt |
Chinese painting |
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Sandra Shaughnessy |
Intermediate and advanced pottery, soda and raku firing |
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Yudong Shen |
Sumi-e |
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Phillip John Smith |
Art Academy |
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Adama Sow |
Clay |
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Gail Speckmann |
Watercolor workshops |
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Anne Spooner |
Child and adult drawing & pastel, Art Academy |
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Holly Stone |
Child and adult drawing & painting |
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Sherry Taplin |
Children's art and masks |
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Patricia Undis |
North Shore watercolor workshops |
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JoAnn Weber |
Art kites |
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Ken Weldon |
Children's art |
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Kenneth Wenzel |
Painting studio, all media; life drawing |
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Sarah Whiting |
Photography |
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Martha Wittstruck |
Pottery |
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Kay Wolfe |
Decorative painting |
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BoBo Zinn |
Silver jewelry |