Who Are the YMCA artEMBRACE Teaching Artists?
YMCA artEMBRACE is proud to announce our new expanded roster of Teaching Artists (individual Teaching Artist bios are available upon request):Marlynda Augelli – Printmaking
Beverly Brincho – Acrylic Painting
Troy De La Rosa – Hip-Hop Dance
Brenda Delaney – Jewelry-Making
Kquinn Donald – Painting
Lynn Driver – Papermaking
Amelia Dunaway – Fashion Design
Aimée Sung-Ae Earnhart – Origami
Darrell Gilbert – Airbrush Painting and Design
Pam Hall – Jewelry Making
Richard Heinsohn – Tempera Painting and Fine Art
Emily Masters – Latin and Traditional Ballroom Dance
Tremeta Norman – West African Dance
Billy Ramirez – African and Latin Percussion and Instrument Making
Dann Sherrill – Djembe and Djun Djun Drumming
Jim Spearman – Painting and Fine Art
Tony Speight – Hip-Hop Dance
Amy Stielstra – Visual Arts
Doug Stevenson – Hand Building Clay Sculpture & Wheel Throwing Pottery
Angel Thompson – Hip-Hop Dance
Rebecca Vine Vadjos – Painting on Canvas
Rosemary Wade – Mask Making, Painting, and Trash Art
Ting-Li Wang - Photography
Bret Grigsby Wilson – Theatre and Play Production
Cindy Marie Wunsch – Acrylic Painting
Fran Zinder – Fashion Design
For Blues Harmonica Workshops, we partner with American Roots Music Education, an organization dedicated to advancing the awareness and appreciation of American Blues and Roots Music, its history, and culture by providing educational opportunities for young adults to learn about this unique music.
For Spoken Word Workshops, we partner with YouthSpeaks Nashville, a Spoken Word organization dedicated to creating and offering safe multicultural spaces that offer solutions to build literacy, improve school attendance, and increase graduation rates.
Architectural Design Workshops are provided via our partnership with the firm of Centric Architecture and Belmont University.
In addition, our new partnership with The Frist Center Educational Community Outreach Program will provide classes in Art History for two Fun Company sites, as well as paid bussing for the students to view, discuss, and critique art exhibits at the Frist.
We also partner with the Nashville Public Library Puppet Theatre Program and the Tennessee Performing Arts Center who bring a variety of educational opportunities and experiences to our Fun Company students.
