INSTRUCTOR BIOS
Theater/Perfoming Arts
Mimi
Music/Performing Arts
Jimmy Norris UGA BME- Magna Cum Laude, Special Education degree, assistant principal 18 years
Teaches 45 lessons a week to children to adults
Technique: Developing voice based on Broadway Musical
Developing piano based on the ability to site read, goals: self discipline, self esteem, music and arts education as a global interest
Michael Ryce
Composer, Director and Founder of Southern Art Music Ensemble jazz group opened for Shelia Ray Charles, showcased at Churchill Downs, Atlanta GA, third year playing at Albany’s Mardi Gras Festival
BA in Philosophy, minor in music VSU
Past Georgia Council for the Arts Touring Artist Program
25 years at arts Center
Teaches percussion, voice and piano, RD Smith Youth Center Congas
Beth Miller, Gifted Program Music Teacher
VSU Masters in Chorale Education
Teaches violin, viola, Cello, Bass
Honors Choir,
Performed in fall at Georgia………………….
Ken Collier
BM; University of Montevallo, Al.
Pianist, Trinity Baptist Church, Episcopal
Teaches piano
Assist Colquitt County High School Productions in chorale and theater;assist Arts Center Theater
Visual Arts
Kathy Nelson Professional Artist
35 years experience in the visual arts
Past Arts Director of Shoshanna, Jacksonville Fl
Teaches painting, drawing, design, sculpture, wheel and hand building in clay YMCA Primetime After School Programs and at YMCA, Director of United Way Summer Fine Arts Camps, painting at MHA for adults, Arts Station: after school Arts for Elementary kids, weekly Mixed media classes for youth
Sally Shovar, BA Art History and Studio, Humboldt University, California
Past Georgia Council for the Arts Artist Registry Artist in Residence Program
Professional Portrait Artist
Weekly classes in drawing and Painting for Adults
Karen Sasine, Savannah College of Art and Design, BFA Interior Design
Professional Mosaic Artist, Published “Mosaic: finding your own voice” Hammer-Dijcks
Teaches mosaic classes, United Way Senior Adult Instructor weekly classes
Leah Garcia, VSU Art of Fine Arts Department BA
Wheel Throwing, glazing and firing, 3 classes weekly
Harvie Ann Cox
Elementary Education, Minor in Arts BA
East Carolina University
Kaleidoscope Children’s Museum, Program Director
Beginning Watercolor Instructor – weekly
Co-oridinator for Signature Artists Workshops
Ponda McKinney
Past Children’s Piano Instructor at the center for 12 years and Children’s Theater Director
Program Coordinator for SE Moultrie Housing Authority for youth and adults, Crafts
Certified “Yoga for the Special Child” Instructor,
Program for Exceptional Children, grades k-12
Dance
Lovedy Griner
Founder of Dance Theater of Thomasville, 24 years experience
Teaches pre-ballet, ballet, tap, hip-hop and ballet technique
Project Grant recipient from Georgia Council for the Arts for 2016 Spring Dance Festival
Aundrea Smith
Clint Fleetwood