THE Crafts Center
Staff and Instructors

Contact the WEBMASTER

 

STAFF:


George Thomas

Director

919-513-3677 or 919.515.2457

george_thomas@ncsu.edu

Wood, Photography, Jewelry, Glass, Lapidary, Gallery, Outreach Activities

 

Jo Ellen Westmoreland

Assistant Director

919-513-3477 or 919.515.2457

jo_westmoreland@ncsu.edu

Clay, Fiber Arts, Art-on-Paper, Crafts Fair, Gallery, Outreach Activities, Marketing & Public Relations, Website

 

Dusty Fletcher

Administrative Support Specialist

919-513-3614 or 919.515.2457

dusty_fletcher@ncsu.edu

Registration, Bookkeeping

 

Jennifer Siegel

Clay Studio Manager

919-513-3699 or 919.515.2457

jasiegel@ncsu.edu

Kilns, Glazes, Clay Studio Schedule, Firing Schedule, Pottery Outreach Activities

 

Evan Lightner

Wood Studio Manager

919. 513-3566 or 919.515.2457

evan_lightner@ncsu.edu

Woodshop, Woodworking Outreach Activities

 

 

INSTRUCTORS: (2012-2013)

 

Art-on-Paper

Kirk Adam: drawing and acrylic painting

Laura Azzi: watercolor painting > www.lauraazzifinearts.com

Robin Harper: calligraphy, handmade paper > www.celestinestudio.com

Ellen Ko: Chinese brush painting

Anne McLean (NC State student): bookbinding

Zahra Zamani: drawing > www.behance.net/zzamanidrawings

 

Clay

Edge Barnes: pottery > www.edgebarnes.net

Marina Bosetti: pottery > www.bosettiarttile.com

Dylan Cruse (NC State student): pottery

Gail Lawson: sculpture > www.gaillawson.com

Barbara McKenzie: pottery

Julie Olson: pottery > www.whiteoakartworks.com

Charlene Poisel: pottery

Jennifer Siegel: pottery

Conrad Weiser: pottery, raku firing > conradwaltonweiser.com

Jo Ellen Westmoreland: pottery

 

Fiber Arts

Wanda Borrelli: hand-dyed silk scarves

Shawna Jones: knitting

Shelly King: weaving > thetexturedbolt.blogspot.com

Barbara McGeachy: basket weaving

Jo Ellen Westmoreland: silk transfer dyeing

 

Glass

Rachel Allen: stained glass

Jean Cheely: fused and slumped glass > www.jeancheely.com

Jonathan Davis: off-mandrell glass > http://locallygrownart.com/

Kathy Driggers, lampwork beads

Betty Fetvedt: fused glass & lampwork beads > www.bijoux-de-terre.com

Danene Groenke: fused glass > http://danenkejewelry.blogspot.com

Deborah Rodgers: stained glass

Robin Suddaby: lampwork beads

 

Jewelry & Metals

Julie Brooks: metal jewelry > www.aesthetic-emotion.com

Megan Clark: metal jewelry > www.meganclarkjewelry.com

John Fetvedt: chain maille & fold forming metals > www.bijoux-de-terre.com

Lillian Jones: metal jewlry & enameling (cloisonne)

Kathy King: beaded jewelry

Sissy Marshall: jewelry/metals studio guidance

Gary McCutchen: silversmithing

Anne McLean (NC State student): beaded jewelry, metal jewelry

Naomi Profesorsky: beaded jewelry

Mary Ann Scherr: metal jewelry > www.maryannscherr.com

Jo Ellen Westmoreland: beaded jewelry, chain maille jewelry

 

Lapidary

Bob Bendelow: faceting

Robin Suddaby: cabochons

 

Photography

Gary Knight: B&W photography/darkroom, digital photography, green screen photography & videography, studio photography > www.garydknightphotography.com

Katy Walls: B&W photography/darkroom, pinhole camera photography

 

Wood

Roger Austin: wood turning

Tim Bevacqua: woodworking

Michael Gallagher: woodworking

Leon Harkins: wood carving

Alan Leland: wood turning> www.alanleland.com

Evan Lightner:woodworking > evanlightner.com

George Thomas: woodworking, carving, wood turning

David Trueblood: woodworking

Bill Wallace: wood turning

Jim Wallace: wood turning

Beth Woody: marquetry

 

Specialty Classes & Workshops

Kirk Adam: guitar lessons

William Barnes: bike repair & maintenance

Ben Chiles (NC State student): skateboard decks

Sam Patterson (NC State student): bike repair & maintenance, skateboard decks

Kaleigh Hessel: PMC3 jewelry