Great teachers care about their students and their education, never wasting a minute or taking a day in the classroom for granted. The best teachers realize that it is the mastering of steps, taught with diligence, that enable great successes to occur. In that limited classroom time, teachers must supply the students with the necessary tools to become life-long learners, to have a firm foundation on which they can continue to build and fuel their passion. It is through this that the students will create their artistic vocabulary which will enable them to communicate visually through their work, for the rest of their lives.
Bob Collins has a BFA and MFA from Boston University. He studied under renowned artists such as James Weeks, David Ratner, Reed Kay, Morton Sacks, Philip Guston, Iso Papo, Harold Tovish, Robert DiRista, David Lund, Sidney Hurwitz, Joseph Ablow, Dorothy Bruce, and Jack Kramer.
He teaches drawing and painting courses at Rhode Island College, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Danforth Museum School, the Brookline Arts Center, and the Merrimac Center for Professional Development. He has also taught at Boston University and the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. In 2002, He was inducted into Who’s Who Among American Teachers for his contributions in Fine art and Industrial Design.
Robert Collins exhibits throughout the New England area. His paintings and drawings have been displayed in the Bernard Toale Gallery, Boston, the G. Watson Gallery, Stonington, Maine, the DeBlois Gallery, Newport, Rhode Island, the Bromfield Gallery, Boston, and the Danforth Museum of Art.
Janet is a practicing artist and art workshop instructor. Janet uses pastels, oils, and charcoal to explore the variation of light in nature and architecture. She is particularly drawn to the chaos and unexpected beauty of urban landscapes, traffic and, more recently, ships and the shoreline. Her workshops focus on the importance of value and composition in painting.
Janet brings a very personal and unique viewpoint to her work, which dramatically captures the mood of her emotionally-charged subjects. She currently divides her time teaching art and creating and exhibiting her work throughout New England.
Janet has achieved the level of Master Circle Pastelist of the International Association of Pastel Societies, is a signature member, VP, and board member of the Pastel Painters Society of Cape Cod, a signature member of the Pastel Society of America, and has achieved Copley Artist status of the Copley Society of Art. Janet is represented at the Sidoti Gallery of Fine Art, Rockport, MA. Janet has a B.A. in Art Education.
Sandra loves curves, saturated color and patterns. Watercolor is her favorite medium but she also draws traditionally in pencil or pastel and digitally in Illustrator or Photoshop.She gained her training as an artist at Maine College of Art (Portland School of Art) where she earned a BFA in graphic design. Sandra has taken classes at Mass College of Art, The Decordova Museum School and Haystack Mountain School of Crafts. Currently she is on staff at ArtSpan in Lexington, and The Danforth Museum in Framingham. Sandra is also a board member of the Marlborough Cultural Council and a parent volunteer for the MHS Drama Club and Marlborough Music Association.
I am a local published Freelance Illustrator. My focus is with digital illustration and concept art for fantasy and science fiction themed video games, board games, trading card games and books. I also create and color storyboards for advertising and film.
Along with my freelance work I also teach private lessons and drawing and painting classes at the Post Road Art Center in Marlborough, MA. My teaching approach is fun and easy. I work with you to improve by honing your skills on the basics and helping you break through your creative walls. Learning art only takes patience and practice, no secret talent or magic necessary.
Rebecca is an illustrator with classical training in multiple media; from all the drawing tools to oils, acrylics, sculpture, and decorative crafts. Her focus when teaching is giving students practical, repeatable steps to master their medium, understand the principles of image creation, and grow confidence to handle any project with their own skills.
Liz Heichelbech is an artist, author, educator and creativity coach. She holds a BFA from University of Arizona, and an M. Ed. from Lesley University. She is a certified Martha Beck Wayfinder Life Coach, and a member of the Creativity Coaching Association. Her adult creativity and coloring book, Start Where You Art, was published by Literary Kitchen press in 2024. She has taught painting, drawing, and creativity workshops at Tucson Medical Center, Weston Arts and Innovation Center, Weston Middle School, Rainbow Lifelong Learning, online at Art Instead Happy Hour, and with individuals in her own coaching practice, Creative Incites. She helps people develop their creativity, however they define it, in order to solve problems, enhance intuition, manage stress, achieve goals, realize dreams, and amplify joy.
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