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Teaching Artists - Sponsored by the Utah Division of Arts & Museums

Arts education and learning is vital to the development of creative, well-rounded, independent thinkers. An ideal arts education curriculum for children consists of the literary arts, dance, folk arts, theater, music, storytelling, media and visual arts in ongoing, sequential instruction from kindergarten through grade 12. Outside the classroom, arts learning takes place in after-school and community settings. Through arts education and learning, we aid in the nurturing of intelligent, capable, compassionate individuals who will be tomorrow’s artists, arts patrons and arts lovers. Arts education and learning programs are funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Utah Legislature and local sponsoring organizations.

The Utah Division of Arts and Museums’ “Teaching Artist” roster is the recommended source of artists for the Utah Arts Council grantees who are funded for residencies, projects and events. Once accepted into the roster, artists may choose the specific activities from the following categories in which they would like to participate. This information, along with an artist statement and photograph, is made available to the public on NowPlayingUtah.com.

Please visit the Utah Division of Arts and Museums for more information on applying for the "Teaching Artist" designation flag.

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	Leticia A. Pizzino Musician - Singer - Storyteller - UAC Teaching Artist Animated! Captivating! Enthusiastic! Storyteller-Singer-Musician! On the wings of song and story, Leticia leads audiences of all ages on a journey into an unforgettable world of creativity and imagination. As a professional performing artist since 1990, she is also an artist educator, experienced in performance, workshops, residencies, teacher training, extended projects,... More
	Zinse Agginie Musician - Storyteller - UAC Teaching Artist 2008 Arkansas’s Governor’s Award winner, Zinse Agginie, a native of Ghana has worked in Utah for more than five years with residencies in schools in many parts of the state. Zinse is currently a resident of Arkansas, before which he lived in the UK . In the UK , Zinse majored in... More
	Fahimeh Amiri UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist Fahimeh Amiri grew up in Tehran, Iran. In second grade she became the pupil of Professor Hossein Behzad, then the greatest living Persian miniaturist, and apprenticed with him for many years. She attended the Tehran School of Fine Art, becoming the first girl to earn the schools highest honors. In... More
	Angela Banchero-Kelleher Dancer - UAC Teaching Artist * About Us Locations UAC Staff UAC Programs UAC Board of Directors UAC Annual Report F.A.Q. All UAC Services for Artists for Educators for Organizations Workshops and Training Fundraising Resources Educator Resources Traveling Exhibits Artist Resource Center Public Art Slide Bank Poet Laureate UAC Publications Buy UAC Products Experience Utah... More
	Terrece Beesley UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist Terrece Beesley is a watercolor artist who received her BFA degree in painting from Utah State University. She has exhibited her paintings locally and nationally, receiving an Award of Merit in the Spring Salon at the Springville Museum. Upcoming exhibitions at the following galleries: Eccles Art Center - Carriage House... More
	Marilyn Berrett Dancer - UAC Teaching Artist Marilyn enjoys suggesting to students in residencies, "Dance is B.E.S.T!" She then guides them to discover and explore the dance elements of the Body in motion, using Energy, Space, and Time. She is a dance educator and performing artist who has taught all age and ability levels, pre-K through university,... More
	Kate Boyes UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist - Writer Kate Boyes is a multi-media artisan whose creative projects include writing (nonfiction, fiction, poetry), weaving, and paper/book arts. She has served as an artist-in-residence with state and national programs for ten years and has taught courses for Southern Utah University and Utah State University. Her artist activities include presenting classes... More
	Elaine Brewster Actor - Composer - Musician - Singer - Storyteller - UAC Teaching Artist - Writer Music! Storytelling! Drama! My job is to be your advocate: I tailor my programs according to your needs. I LOVE teaching and sharing - whether elementary grades or adult! Uniquely positioned, I play unusual folk instruments (hammered dulcimer, bowed psaltery, bodhran) as well as classical instruments (piano, harp, voice); I do storytelling... More
	Margo Bryan-Petersen UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist I have been involved in ceramics, teaching, and community programs since moving to Utah 11 years ago, and before then when I lived in Colorado. I enjoy teaching almost as much as creating my own work. I have worked as an Artist in Residence at elementary schools around the Salt... More
	Michael Burns Actor - Director - Singer - UAC Teaching Artist Michael Burns is a working professional actor and educator. His credits include theaters in London, South Korea, New York City and throughout the United States. He has worked extensively in the Shakespeare festival circuit and is a original member of Handcart Ensemble theater group in New York City. He holds... More
	Kristi Burns Dancer - UAC Teaching Artist Kristi Burns loves working with students and movement. Along with teaching dance skills, she also integrates movement and the core curriculum. With primary grades spelling words, mathematic equations, geography, life-cycles, literature all come to life through movement. With older students she pushes for artistic excellence and self-expression. As a way... More
	Ruby Chacon UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist Ruby Chacon's studies have taken her to Central America, Mexico, and The Southwestern U.S. In 1998 she received her BFA in painting and drawing at the University of Utah. Since then she has taught various workshops in the Salt Lake City Area. Her work has been to London, Tokyo, and... More
	Bruce K Chessé Actor - UAC Teaching Artist Artistic Director for the Oregon Puppet Theatre, Bruce Chesse’, is a second-generation puppeteer with more than 30 years experience. He is an internationally recognized puppet designer, manipulator, actor, director, and teacher. Bruce’s interest in puppetry is two- fold. He believes that puppetry is an inherently theatrical medium, and that persons... More
	Steve Clorfeine Actor - Director - UAC Teaching Artist - Writer Steve Clorfeine has been writing, directing and performing theater since 1975, working in the companies of Meredith Monk, Ping Chong, and his own Blue Serge Productions. He has been in artist in residence programs in Utah, California, NY, Europe and Asia since 1986. Steve also teaches residencies in poetry and... More
	Andrew Dabczynski Composer - Musician - UAC Teaching Artist Andrew H. Dabczynski, Professor of Music Education at Brigham Young University, is an internationally recognized string music education specialist. He has vast experience as a public school and collegiate string/orchestra instructor and conductor, public school administrator, community music education coordinator, composer/arranger, and performing violist/violinist. He received a Bachelor's degree at... More
	Brad Wheeler & Dan Weldon Musician - UAC Teaching Artist Brad Wheeler, a self-taught Blues musician, has played the harmonica for the past 15 years, eating, sleeping, breathing, walking and talking the Blues. He has many performing credits, and for the past five years has produced a weekly national blues showcase on Ogden Utah's historic 25th Street. He is also... More
	Karen De Mauro Director - UAC Teaching Artist Karen De Mauro is Artistic Director of The Acting Center. In addition to coaching Broadway actors and corporate executives, she has been an International Artist-in Residence for over 40 years. She specializes in creating Original Audience Participation Musicals and received the 2008 Acadia National Park AIR Award for her production... More
	Frances Dee UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist I entered the Folk Arts Program of the Utah Arts Council in 2000, studied under the supervision of Dolores Perez and was accepted as an artist by the Utah Arts Council. I studied under Dolores Perez who is my Aunt since 1995. I love working with children and adults to... More
	Meghan Durham Choreographer - Dancer - UAC Teaching Artist Meghan Durham is a dance artist, choreographer, educator, and advocate. She is the founder and artistic director of Meghan Durham/Merge Dance, an independent dance company that fosters creativity, collaboration, and community through movement. From 1999-2003, Meghan was co-founder and creative director of Paradigm Dance Project, an arts organization that provides... More
	Theresa Ellis Musician - UAC Teaching Artist In the entrepreneurial world we live in today, improvisation is a vital skill. To most, this right brain skill seems elusive. Theresa Ellis will share and teach music improvisation using her nifty-looking Zeta electric fiddle along with the acoustic violin. Using visual art and body movement with music, the creative... More
	Fernando Espindola Musician - UAC Teaching Artist Fernando Espindola has been playing Andean music since his early teenage years in Bolivia. As a native of Oruro, the city famous for having the most elaborate carnival in Bolivia, he was exposed to a concentration of folklore that would be difficult to equal anywhere else. Fernando has developed a... More
	Louise Fischman UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist Louise Fischman received her BFA from Pratt Institute in New York and earned her teaching certificate at the University of Utah. She has also studied with the American Museum of Natural History and the Metropolitan Museum of Art. With her artist-husband, Wayne Geary, Louise draws artistic inspiration from the land... More
	Dennise Gackstetter UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist EDUCATION 1998 M.F.A. in Ceramics/Sculpture, Utah State University, Logan, UT 1991 M.A. in Ceramics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ 1983 B.S. in Art Education, Certified K-12, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI CURRENT EMPLOYMENT Lecturer Foundations & Art Education, Utah State University, Logan, UT SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2006 Coming of Age-20+1 Years... More
	Wayne Geary UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist Wayne Geary is a professional visual artist who has exhibited his work in galleries and museums locally and nationally. He has been awarded commissions to paint large murals through public art programs. Wayne has conducted many residencies in Utah and New Mexico and has worked extensively with handicapped, minority and... More
	Jeane George Weigel UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist Jeane Weigel is a working studio artist, a painter. She is represented by Juniper Sky Fine Art Gallery at Coyote Gulch Art Village in Ivins (Kayenta), Utah. Her work is owned by over 30 private collectors in Washington, Oregon, Utah, Arizona, Pennsylvania, California and Canada, and has been accepted in... More
	Sheri Gibb UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist Sheri, husband Mark, and their children reside in Salt Lake City, Utah. She holds a BS from Brigham Young University, and has continued her education in various art mediums through BYU's and the University of Utah's art college, as well as a student in numerous workshops in Salt Lake City... More
	Mark Gollaher Actor - Poet - Singer - Storyteller - UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist - Writer MARK GOLLAHER AEA (801) 916-5004 Height: 6’2” Eyes: Hazel Hair: Dark Brown Voice: High Baritone SELECTED PROFESSIONAL THEATRE ROLES THE CLEAN HOUSE Charles Salt Lake Acting Co. ALIENATION EFFECT Various Plan B Theatre Co. PETER PAN Hook/Mr. Darling Egyptian Theatre Co. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Lumiere Tuacahn Center COMPANY Bobby... More
	Monica Gomez Rogerson Dancer - UAC Teaching Artist Monica Gomez Rogerson has been teaching Mexican Folkloric Dance for over ten years. She has studied and performed in the United States and Mexico and is currently Creative Director for the Gomez Mexican Folkloric Dancers of Salt Lake City. While her emphasis is Mexican Folkloric Dance, she also teaches other... More
	Wendy Gourley Actor - Singer - Storyteller - UAC Teaching Artist - Writer Wendy Gourley came to professional storytelling from a background in musical theatre. She was on the teaching staff at the Egyptian Theatre in Park City, Utah where she was the founder and co-director of VocalWorks, a musical theatre program for children, grades 2-12. She developed curriculum and helped oversee the... More
	George Grant Musician - UAC Teaching Artist www.DrumTalk.com Percussionist/Vocalist George Grant has earned a reputation as “an adventurous musician and intrepid teacher.” As a performer and clinician, George fuses his wide influence in World Music, with his roots in jazz improvisation. His “alternative drum sets” may include tabla, zarb, kanjira, claypots, lots of frame drums and cymbals,... More