About Our Instructors

                                                       Bob Baumbach
    A retired high school art teacher from State College, Bob taught many mediums and
 started the high school photography program over twenty years ago. He has seen the
 photo program at State High through the digital revolution. He has taught crafts, drawing
 and painting and has taught adult education watercolor classes for the State College
 Community Education Program. Bob is also active with Italian Street Painting at the Arts
 Festival and has been a guest artists at other Festivals. You can review Bob’s
 photography and art at his website at www.rbaumbach.com. 

                                                         Jennifer Kane
    Jennifer, a native of Southern Illinois, holds a BFA in painting and an MFA in Costume
 Design for Theatre from the University of Illinois Champaign/Urbana. She has
 participated and won prizes in many regional juried art shows, including Art of the State
 in Harrisburg and the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts. She has a successful
 business selling her own work, which she started in 1999. Examples of her work can be
 seen at www.jenniferkaneart.com

                                                        Ruth Kempner
    Ruth, a New York native, holds a fine arts degree from Cooper Union. She has studied
 at NYU, Yale, PSU and the Rhode Island School of Design. She lived in Clearfield for
 almost thirty years before moving to State College. Her paintings have won awards in
 many juried shows throughout Pennsylvania, including the prestigious CPFA “Images.”
 Ruth has also served as a juror for a number of Central Pennsylvania shows. 

                                                        Mary Lee Kerr
    Mary Lee has been creating clay sculpture for 24 years. She received training at art schools
 and studios across the country, including the Torpedo Factory in Virginia, the Loveland
 Academy of Art in Colorado, the Scottsdale Artists' School in Arizona, and the University of
 North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has exhibited in galleries and art shows in North Carolina
 and Pennsylvania.

                                                       Jeff Mathison
    Jeff received his B.F.A. from Penn State in 1972 and has been the graphic artist for A&H
 Consultants for twenty years. His artwork has been exhibited in many galleries and juried
 shows. See his work at www.artbymathison.com.

                                                      Sandy McBride
    Alexander (Sandy) McBride has been teaching painting and drawing at the college
 level since 1964.  He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA, 1962) and
 Cornell University (MFA, 1964). His teaching career has taken him form teaching six
 years in New England to Pennsylvania (1970-present) and, in addition, England, France,
 Germany and China. In addition to painting, McBride works professionally in three
 additional media: drawing, photography and computer imaging (Computer Art and
 Digital Photography). For more information and to see more of his work, visit his website
 at www.mcbstudio.com. 

                                                       Ken Plattner
    Ken is a stained glass artist who has worked in the area since 1977. He started producing
 stained glass to help pay for his engineering studies at Penn State, but decided that
 glasswork was what he really wanted to do. Ken has taught in the area for many years. His
 business, Abbey Stained Glass, is located on Main Street in Boalsburg. His works are
 installed worldwide and seen in numerous public and private places locally.

                                                        Ellie Reddy
    Ellie earned a B.S. in Art Education from Penn State and an M.Ed from Tyler School of Art
 She has been an art educator for 36 years teaching elementary through high school levels and
 has taught drawing, watercolor and ceramic workshops at C. Barton McCann School of Art.

                                                     Michele Rivera
    Michele is the founder of Artistic Horizon Art Center and the Bears That Care program.
 She is originally from Brooklyn, N.Y. but left the city to raise her children in Happy Valley.
 She graduated from The School of Visual Arts at Penn State and Kingsborough
 Community College in New York. Michele works in ceramics, metals, and watercolors.  

                                                   Linda Schimmel
    Linda has a degree in fine art and interior design from Florida State University. She
 studied oil painting and portraiture at the Fair Haven Gosnel Studios and increased her
 skills in pastel at the prestigious Grenna Studios. Her award-winning pastels and oils are
 included in private collections on the east coast and in Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, and
 California. She recently had a solo exhibit in the galleries of National Penn Investors Trust
 Company. Linda enjoys the challenge of commissions for portraits and other subjects.
 She also serves as a docent at the Palmer Museum. Examples of her work can be seen
 at her website www.lindaschimmel.com.

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