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Jerry Ginsberg is a multi-award-winning photographer whose landscape, nature, and travel images have graced the covers and pages of hundreds of books, magazines, travel catalogs, and websites. He is the only person to have photographed every one of America's 63 National Parks with medium-format cameras. Jerry has been awarded Artist Residencies in several National Parks all across America and has appeared on ABC TV discussing our National Parks.
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Talin Lyman has been designing and painting for over 35 years. Her work is in all mediums, however, her first love and intensive training is in fresco work and murals. Talin received her BA in fine art from Queens University and her MA from Winthrop University. She studied multiple specialized mediums and techniques all over the world, including fresco and ancient painting techniques in Greece, and has had many artist residencies, with the most recent in Israel, where she painted historical and biblical sites. |
Arianna Rose is an award-winning playwright, musical theatre writer, and college professor, produced in thirty-five states and ten countries. Recipient of the MAC Song of the Year Award, the York Theatre NEO Award, and various playwright awards. Published by Applause Books and Smith & Kraus, Arianna teaches “Writing the Short-form Play” and “The Sacred Scribe: Creative Writing”. MFA, NYU Tisch School of the Arts. |
Sharon Koskoff, the Duchess of Deco, is a public mural artist, author, educator, community arts organizer, historian, preservationist, photographer and lead artist of ARTintheAlley.org. She is known for her large-scale murals in PBC Public Schools, as the author of Art Deco of the Palm Beaches and Murals of the Palm Beaches and is the president of the Art Deco Society of the Palm Beaches. Koskoff was honored with the prestigious Muse Award in Arts Education from the Cultural Council for PBC and has been teaching the fundamentals of art and out-of-the-box thinking through Mixed Media Collage for over a decade. |
Mervyn Johnston has over 20 years of teaching experience specializing in saxophone, flute, clarinet, piano, and music theory in South Florida. He has served as an artist in residence at Boynton Beach High School and taught at Rolling Green Elementary and West Palm Beach Junior Academy. Originally from London, he moved to New York City in 1993 to study with alto saxophonist Dave Glasser. He later pursued a degree in saxophone performance, studying jazz at San Francisco State University and Duquesne University, where he earned a Bachelor of Music. |
Carl Stoveland has been an artist his whole life. While growing up his father worked at a photo lab in NYC making dye transfer prints for museums and ad agencies and his mother was doing landscape painting. His first memories are watching the magic in his father’s darkroom or watching his mother painting in her studio. Carl has been working as a photographer and in the photo industry since high school. He branched out into painting, working in watercolor since 2001I, adding acrylics, oil, gouache and casein to his repertoire over the years. His paintings are strongly influenced by his photography, painting places he has travelled to and photographed, he was an artist in residence at Dry Tortugas National Park in 2020. |
Pat Kaufman is an award-winning, self-taught watercolor artist, known for her bright, tropical, Key West style of paintings. She lives in a renovated cottage, built in the 1930s, in Pineapple Grove one of the historical districts of Delray Beach, with her son Trey, a disabled veteran. Her home also serves as her work studio and art gallery. Born and raised in Buffalo, NY as Pat Vincent, Pat relocated to Florida in 1976. Pat is an accomplished artist whose works has been displayed at Delray Beach City Hall, American Orchid Society, Cadillac Headquarters and Cornell Museum. She is a member of the Palm Beach Watercolor Society, the Delray Art League, and Artist of Palm Beach County. |
Michelle Sherman is a certified K-12 Art Instructor, with an M.A. in Art Education from the University of Florida. She has 12 years of experience teaching in elementary and middle schools, including 5 years at Bak Middle School of the Arts in West Palm Beach. In 2023, Michelle founded the I Heard You Can Draw art studio, where she teaches drawing, painting and printmaking to children and adults. |
Deborah LaFogg-Docherty is an artist who works in oils and pastels sharing her experiences with wildlife and rural landscapes. Growing up on a farm in Connecticut, her mother was her inspiration. She painted whenever possible and graduated with honors in Illustration and commercial art from Paire College. She worked as a designer at the Sun Sentinel News Paper for 34 years while promoting her art. She aims to inspire others by doing demos and teaching. |
Galal Ramadan self-taught master colored pencil artist and photographer. He participates in solo and curated national and international exhibitions. Awarded Nationally and Internationally. Galal was featured in several articles published in International Art Magazines. He is a signature member of several prestige art associations. Galal was born and raised in Alexandria, Egypt, and resides in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA. |
Roxana Moretti has lived in Delray Beach for the last 25 years. She is a local art teacher and loves sharing her passion for art while giving others the opportunity to develop art knowledge, ability, and sensitivity. She has over 17 years of education experience, including Creative Curriculum, Art and Design, plus certifications in STEM and STEAM. She also runs a successful entrepreneurial business with her own Mobile Art School. |
Jocelyn Chemel has been a jewelry designer and art teacher for 40 years , teaching both adults and children. She has taken many classes in design and mixed media at the Museum of Fine Arts school in Boston. She has exhibited her mixed media art in Boston, South Africa and Florida. |
Luis Roberto Herrera is a South Florida-based Colombian-American playwright with a BFA in theatre performance from the University of Florida and an MFA in playwriting from The New School. Luis has produced five solo shows. His solo piece, AS I EAT THE WORLD, has been performed at the New York Fringe Festival, Atlanta Fringe Festival, GableStage, Theatre Lab, BARCLAY Performing Arts and had a 12-performance run at The TANK in New York. His work has been an official selection for the Valdez Theatre Conference Playlab, he was a member of the 2022-2023 City Theatre Playwriting Residency program and is currently a cohort member of the Play Development Program through the Miami-Dade Cultural Arts Center. | Chathea Hawekotte is a self-taught mixed media artist whose work intricately weaves together elements of painting, sculpture, and found objects. Inspired by the interplay between chaos and order, her pieces explore themes of transformation and memory through unconventional materials. Chathea’s innovative approach and bold experimentation have earned her recognition in numerous solo and group exhibitions. She continues to push boundaries, inviting viewers to engage with art in new and unexpected ways. |
Paula Fontana is an abstract artist and graphic designer living in South Florida with a chubby calico named Mia. She believes that no matter your age or stage in life, embracing a creative mindset can bring joy, growth, and a deeper connection to those around you. After two decades immersed in graphic and digital arts, she found herself unplugging more and diving into the tactile world of art. She has enjoyed sharing her love for hands-on art through local classes for seniors and adults. Watching students experiment—asking "What if?" and pushing their boundaries—has been deeply fulfilling. | Anita Lovitt graduated from Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts) with top honors and a degree in Illustration. She also studied with some legendary teachers (design with Milton Glaser at School of Visual Arts in New York, watercolor with Charles Reid in workshops, and anatomy with Robert Beverly Hale at the Art Students League in New York City). Her award-winning illustration, painting, and design have appeared in children’s books, greeting cards, surface designs, and graphic design. In 2006, Anita worked with a team of counselors to produce a series of illustrative legacy quilts for Project Hope to document the impacts of Hurricane Wilma on local communities. She is the creator of the large Dancing Pineapples Mural, which graces the entrance to Pineapple Grove in downtown Delray Beach, as well as numerous private and public commissions. Her favorite medium, however, is watercolor. Ms. Lovitt has taught drawing and painting for many years and is also a talented digital artist. She is a gifted teacher with a keen understanding of how language and image work together. She is currently serving as a member of the Public Art Advisory Board of Delray Beach. |
Sarah Alysse Bobo, a BFA Musical Theater Performance graduate from Columbia College Chicago, infuses her improvisation classes with the same energy and spontaneity that defines iconic comedy stages like The Second City. With a background in comedy writing, children's theater, public speaking, corporate wellness, and a creative partnership in the electro-pop duo maybesoon music, she brings a playful and innovative approach to her craft. Dive into Sarah’s classes to master the art of quick thinking, dynamic storytelling, and the freedom of unscripted creativity—where every class is a new adventure in artistic expression! |
Lee Gordon has produced commercial and fine-art photography professionally as his lifelong career. He has owned and operated photographic studios and a fine-art photography gallery. He also teaches photography and digital workflow and produces fine-art archival photographic prints. Lee's photographic time is divided between his image-making career, teaching, and relentless creative drive. He photographs the architectural, lifestyle, and interior design statements of resorts, hotels, and fine homes. |
For more information reach out to Program Administrator Yamilett Abejon, at abejony@mydelraybeach.com or 561-243-7209.