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Mike Lynch

Mike Lynch is a visual artist, art teacher and ukulele musician. He has a BFA degree in Painting from Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles and has pursued post-graduate studies in Art Education from Otis and Inner-City Arts (LA).
Mike taught drawing classes in creativity and fundamentals for 14 years in Los Angeles and for 7 years was Artist-in-Residence at Covenant House, a shelter for at-risk teens. Mike was judge for the fall 2023 Annual Members’ Showcase Awards Exhibit at the Art League of Daytona Beach.

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Milton Heiberg

Beginning with the gift of a Brownie Target camera at age 8, Milton Heiberg has been an avid photographer all of his life.  He moved to Florida in the late 90s after a successful career as a commercial photographer in New York City.  Heiberg is a frequent lecturer on wildlife photography, special effects, and general photography, and has used his photography to advocate for the Florida Scrub Jay and wildlife preservation.  Thousands of his images have been published worldwide.  He is the author of seven books on photographic technique and has been teaching at Crealdé School of Art since 1999.

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Julie Ellington

Julie Ellington is an art educator certified by the State of Florida with over thirteen years experience in teaching several mediums of art. She taught art internationally for six years to all school ages in Nairobi, Kenya and spent six years teaching Ceramics in Orange County, Florida. Currently, she is teaching art and creativity in an elementary school.

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Johana Escobar

Johana grew up in Bogota, Colombia, among the beauty of the Andes mountains and the architectural variety of Spanish Colonial homes. Her passion for the arts started from the young age when she experimented with various materials and observed the colorful natural world around her with wonder and curiosity. Johana migrated to New York City in the 90’s and studied Illustration at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Later, Johana combined her interests in the arts and business by completing a Marketing Management degree at Notre Dame de Namur University and working for a Fortune 500 Global Fashion Company.
Johana is a mother of a young artist, and has embraced her passion for the arts in combination with becoming an educator. Johana experienced a variety of global communities, languages, and cultures, and uses this knowledge to insert an experiential and meaningful approach to her art classes. Johana is passionate about utilizing materials and techniques appropriate for each age group with a foundation of joyful creative play.

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Kelly Evans

I discovered a love of clay while working on my art degree at the University of

Central Florida. Now a full time artist, I run my own clay studio called Invisible Twin

Studio here in Orlando Florida.

My style combines design elements with a hint of whimsy, utilizing both hand building

and wheel throwing techniques. I love to incorporate hand detailed surface designs,

along with wood and fiber materials into my work.

I feel that my love of learning and continued education, along with my own skill level

within the ceramic arts make me an enthusiastic teacher. I enjoy not only the act of

making, but the communal act of sharing this joy with others.

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Delila Smalley

Delila Smalley is a native Floridian who teaches English and art. She started her journey with clay at age 16. She spent time at a studio in Hawaii and had her own wheel. Delila went on to get her MFA from Stetson University. She represented Stetson as a Sullivan Scholar in Portugal .
She built a high school ceramic program from the ground up, as well as rebuilt and restructured a middle school ceramics program in Orange county. She runs a local jewelry/pottery business and typically works in her home studio. Delila loves sharing her passion for clay to help others connect with art.

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Sarah Johnston

Sarah Johnston is a native from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and a second-generation artist that attended precollege courses at Carnegie Mellon University and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts with a focus in Ceramics from Temple University, Tyler School of Art. She was trained in realistic drawing techniques, printmaking, and ceramics. Sarah has been teaching and creating for over 20 years and loves introducing others to clay and creating of any kind.
Sarah uses color, pattern, and form to express the joys and challenges of interpersonal relationships and her own mental health through her art. She is passionate about the crucial link between individual expression and mental and physical health and believes that art and expression of any kind has the power to heal.