A recent addition to the Painting & Drawing faculty at Crealdé, Joseph Mattus has a B.F.A. in illustration from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.  He later graduated from Grand Central Atelier, where he studied under nationally recognized Jacob Collins, Joshua LaRock, Scott Waddell, Justin Wood and others.  Since completing a five-year study in New York, Joseph has taught privately.  As a new Florida resident, he has entered several local exhibitions, winning Best in Show at the Dunedin Art Center, the Pinellas Park Art Society exhibitions and the Winter Garden Art Association “SOBO” Annual exhibition. 

Silvana is a Brazilian-American artist who has been creating for 25 years. After graduating with a degree in Occupational Therapy, she dedicated herself to making art in her studio.  Silvana specializes in paper marbling and bookbinding, though she has practiced over 20 disciplines, including watercolor, ceramics, wood turning, printmaking, enameling, and more.  She is most passionate about helping others learn, new, exciting and beautiful ways to make art!

Originally from New Orleans, Deborah Gabriel Umphrey obtained a Bachelor’s degree in English at the University of New Orleans.  Later, after moving to Orlando, she earned a Masters in Art Education from the University of Central Florida and taught for several years in Seminole County schools, including Lake Brantley High School, as well as teaching drawing and painting to youth at the Casselberry Art House.  Umphrey further developed herself as an artist through Crealdé School of Art’s Fellowship Program and was a Painting & Drawing Studio Artist in 2015.  A Crealdé faculty member since 2022, she teaches both adults and youth classes, and leads workshops at local festivals.  She is also a member of the Central Florida Watercolor Society and Continues to exhibit her work at local galleries.

Alyssa Foxson is an Orlando based macrame artist. Alyssa has degrees in biology and currently teaches in her field but has also been doing fiber arts since she was a teen. She owns a macrame business named Lily Cords where she sells her macrame art online, at art shows, wholesale, and teaches macrame through workshops. Recently, Alyssa has been vending and hosting workshops with local Florida businesses such as: Enlighten Us, East End Market, West Elm, The Florida Local Market, Tommy Hilfiger, and Free People. Come embrace your inner boho goddess and learn the beautiful art of macrame with Alyssa!

Fontaine Rodgers attended the Maryland Institute, College of Art and the California College of Art (cum laude). Her personal art has always reflected her love of nature, landscapes, flora and fauna, especially birds and horses. She delights in printmaking, creating linocuts and woodblocks that are often amusing or whimsical. Her passion has always been drawing, which is the foundation for all her art. Her art can found at several Florida galleries and in private and public collections here and abroad. Rogers joined the Crealdé faculty in 2022.

Glen Ward began his formal career as an artist in 1974 studying acrylics, pastels and watercolors at the Orlando Museum of Art and beneath Wally Clewitt at the Maitland Art Center in Maitland, FL. Glen has been an instructor at the Maitland Art Center since 2000, and over the decades has flexed his cross-disciplinary skills in soft and oil pastels, acrylics, oils, watercolors and multimedia works. Glen has authored three books: Come On In, The Water’s Fine (watercolors), The Wonderful World of Pastel, and The Secrets of Perfect Portraits.

Chris Casler is a live-action, architectural, advertising and editorial photographer based in Orlando. He studied view-camera and darkroom technique with Ansel Adams and Marie Cosindas, and he has photographed architecture and fine art for museums including the Smithsonian and Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Since the 1970s, his work has appeared in Architectural Digest, Time and Rolling Stone. Casler works on photography assignments and motion picture projects across the country and in Europe. He served for two years as president of the Greater Florida Chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers.