Meet the artists and performers that make up our region's thriving arts and culture scene!
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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
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Musician - UAC Teaching Artist
Renowned for its innovative programming, the flute/clarinet duo ~Air Fare~ brings enthusiasm for music making to the stage and into the classroom. Flutist Leslie Timmons and clarinetist Nicholas Morrison use extensive experience in Orff-Schulwerk music and movement education to involve children actively in creative music making. Programs for elementary children... More
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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
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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
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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
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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
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UAC Teaching Artist - Visual Artist
Sheri is a self-taught artist and a certified secondary education teacher. She taught school for 10 years before taking time to start her family. Sheri has since worked and volunteered in the Salt Lake community as a pottery teacher at the Salt Lake Arts Center and Salt Lake Community College,... More
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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
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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
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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
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