Teacher Bios
Mary Anderson
Mary Anderson has a BS from Humboldt State University. She has been teaching for over 30 years.
Sadie Card
“Over the years I have developed several types of armatures that begin most all of my shapes. I have learned how to tear and manipulate paper into smooth contoured shapes used for muscles and form. My art ranges from very small to very large pieces. This art is very durable as well and there are no supplies to buy.”
Sal Casa
Sal Casa is a well-known local artist who taught at CSU Chico and other local classes. He is an award winning member of the National Watercolor Society and his work is exhibited in Chico as well as around the country. Sal has been and will be one of the artist speakers on at the Chico Art Center. We all know Sal!
Garnett Finnegan
“Growing up in a rural area of Northern California and being the oldest daughter in a family of artists set the stage for my career in art. I can’t remember as a child when art wasn’t part of my life. I believe drawing and painting became a reliable friend, an ally, a challenge.”
Joanne Graham
Joanne has developed her own highly praised technique of working with pastels, which are pure color pigments; she does not use brushes, only her fingers are her tools as she works in the medium. Joanne Graham is an award winning wild duck and animal artist. Her works have won awards since 1989 from many wildlife organizations. Her artwork can be viewed on her website.
Nyah Gueye
Nyah Gueye received a degree in Art History from University of California at Santa Cruz. She has taught drawing at Chico State University, and is currently working with Chico Unified School District creating after school art programs. She is the mother of four children, ages one to six years old.
Christine MacShane
Christine MacShane-Henry: I guess my strongest influences are the colorists, the impressionists and the figures of Degas. I love to paint fast, to allow whatever is there to show itself. I do, contrarily, like to go piece–by-piece on some paintings if it is something I am discovering new things through.
Sarah St. Clair
Sarah St. Clair is a fine art student studying at Butte College. She has been drawing since she was a young girl and has been studing art and drawing for the past 10 years. Sarah is an active artist in the community as well as working in the Coyote Gallery and Art Resource Center of Butte College. Her artistic skills include figure drawing, wildlife drawing, acrylic painting, and portraiture tutorials through Butte College.
Dave Owen
Dave Owen is a ceramic artist, a sculptor, potter and educator from 1980 to the present. He received his degree from University of New Mexico, and has exhibited widely. His ceramic sculpture may be viewed on line at his website.
Ben Saturen
Ben Saturen has been a member of Society of Animal Artists, NY; San Francisco Society of Fine Artists and Artists’ Guild of San Francisco. He attended the College of Marin, Santa Rosa Junior College, California College of Arts and Crafts and earned a BS in Landscape Architecture at Iowa State University. Ben has taught Animal Illustration at Sonoma State University for the last two years and taught 3D Computer Animation at College of Marin, Santa Rosa Junior College, Sonoma State University and Academy of Art University (San Francisco).
Cynthia Scontriano Schildhauer
Cynthia Scontriano Schildhauer studied at Lesley College and the Boston Museum School of fine Arts. After she moved to Northern California she received her Masters of Arts in painting from CSU Chico. She has studied encaustic painting with artists from the R+F Studios in New York. Her colorful textured paintings have been featured on the East Coast and throughout California. She is a Chico resident and a popular instructor here at CAC and at Butte College.
Elizabeth Shipley
Elizabeth Shipley has her MA + MFA from UCB and currently teaches mixed media at Shasta College.
Jon Shult
This award winning artist has exhibited frequently locally and in the Bay Area. He runs a gallery showing his paintings and prints in Oroville, and has experience in cartooning and illustration. Degrees include a BA in Art from UCSC and a MA in Art from San Jose State University. He has taught art and cartooning for over 20 years, including the Monterey and Santa Clara County Library programs, San Jose Art Museum, Foothill College Summer Youth Program, and Feather River Rec and Parks District.
Jodee Smith
Jodee Merrill Smith, M.A. is an expressive arts coach/facilitator who has worked with groups and individuals for 20 years in various aspects of the Arts. She sees life as a creative journey of choices, responses and the necessity for positive focus. She offers warm support, practical wisdom and whimsical playfulness.
Jane Zambory
Jane Zambory received a BA in Design from Syracuse University and an MA in Education & Administration from CSUS. She has taught art to all ages – kindergarten to senior citizens and continues to attend and teach summer workshops.