Faculty
Education Coordinator
Marge Horner guides AAC’s educational mission through curriculum development, planning and faculty training. Marge is an exhibiting painter. MA Ed, University of the Arts; BFA, Tyler School of Art.
Angela Combs has exhibited in New York City and Philadelphia, most recently at ArtForms in Manayunk, PA, and has taught ceramics at the 92nd Street Y, NYC. MFA, Tyler School of Art; BA, Bennington College.
Margo Fotta is currently working as a freelance photographer and as a custom framer at Allegheny Art Co in Newtown. BFA, Photography, Tyler School of Art.
Esther Goldberg is an AAAI certified Yoga instructor and has been training in Yoga at Kripalu Yoga Center since 1973. She is also a certified Massage Therapist, AAAF Certified Personal Trainer and has danced with Contemporary Dance Company and Orchesis Dance Troupe. BS, Penn State University.
Donna Greenfield has over twenty years of extensive training in ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop, tap and mime. She has choreographed for television dance videos and her company, Generation X-treme Drug Prevention Dance.
June Hines has been a certified instructor of the Pilates Method of Body Conditioning since 1996. She taught dance at Mercyhurst College and Allentown College. June is the director of The Pilates Studio at The Pennsylvania Ballet and also teaches Pilates at her own studio in Rydal. MFA and BFA in Dance, University of Oklahoma.
Martha Kent Martin is the head of the Jewelry Department at AAC she also teaches at Main Line Art Center and Allens Lane Art Center. She has exhibited both regionally and nationally including many craft shows. BFA, Tyler School of Art.
Patricia Shaw Lima has been a printmaker since 1989. She has been teaching both adults and children at AAC since 1996 and coordinates our independent printmaking studio. Her work has been exhibited regionally including a solo show at AAC and Art of The State at The State Museum in Harrisburg. BA, Temple University.
Molly Stetzer is a Ceramic artist living and working in Philadelphia. BFA Ceramics, Ohio State University.
Mimi Oritsky shows her paintings at the Amos Eno Gallery and the , both in NYC. Her work has been seen in many local galleries, is part of several private collections and is in a travelling museum show. Mimi has taught at AAC since 1989. MFA, University of Pennsylvania; BFA, Maryland Institute College of Art.
Wendy Patterson has been making jewelry and glass art for the last 19 years. Her work is sold through the By Hand Fine Arts Gallery in Haddonfield, NJ.
Carlo Russo studied painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He has been an instructor in the Academy’s Museum Tour Program. Carlo has shown his work at the Artists House Gallery in Philadelphia.
Bob Skiba is a dancer, choreographer, and teacher. He has taught historical and vintage dance for universities and music groups. He also directs his own dance company, “Mixed Pickles” in performances of American Social dances from the Civil War era through the 1930’s.
Kathleen Hope Smith has taught at The Academy of the New Church High School. She currently teaches at Creative Beginnings Day Care of Foxchase Cancer Center.
Kara Lynn Spalding is a multi-medium artist who has shown in several juried exhibitions. She received the Tyler School of Arts’s Senior Painting Award. BFA, Tyler School of Art.
Carol Stirton-Broad is also involved with our community outreach programs. Her ceramic and mosaic work has been exhibited extensively. She’s taught in local art centers and worked as a police officer in New York City. BFA, Tyler School of Art.
Eva Szabo is a graduate of the Hungarian National Ballet Institute. She is co-founder of the Gyori Ballet. She has been awarded an International Certificate in Dance Education, teaches from the pre-ballet to the professional levels and is on the faculty of The Pennsylvania Ballet’s Rock School and University of the Arts.
Jacques Wilmore has taught at Oberlin College and Tyler School of Art. His work has been exhibited in Phila, New York, L.A. and Cleveland and can be viewed at jacqueswilmore.com. MFA, Mason Gross School of the Arts; BFA, San Francisco Art Institute.
