Faculty

Originally from NYC I now live with my wife in Brewster, NY. Although I enjoy painting landscapes, still-life and animals, the human figure and face are currently my main…

"The abstract elements of picture making such as composition, color, light, space, brushstroke and paint quality are very important to me. It is important for all these…

Wende has been featured in American Artist, International Artist, The Pastel Journal, Portrait Highlights, and Pastel Artist International. Her work has been featured in many…

Daren was born in the Bronx, New York of African American and Puerto Rican parents. Legally blind in his left eye, he is the third generation artist from his family and he…

Mireille was born in Normandie, a Province of France so loved by the Impressionnists in particular Monet. She received a formal education at the Lycee of le Havre and the…

In 2005 David joined the KAC faculty, making a career change from commercial photographer to ceramics and moved from New York City to Katonah. While in the city, David worked…

Michael Keropian has created art all his life, and a professional sculptor for over 40 years. He has a total understanding of all areas of sculpture including, technical…

Rachel Krause is a multimedia artist and teacher with a Bachelor in Fine Arts from SUNY Purchase and a Masters in Art Education from SVA. She has developed courses and taught…

James MacWhirter is a Westchester local, who graduated from Susquehanna University with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in 2010. For several years he worked as a graphic designer in…

Kate Marlowe received her BFA from George Washington University and studied Art Education at the School of Visual Arts, NYC. She has been teaching art to children ages 18…

Antonio Masi, is President of The American Watercolor Society and has had feature articles in The Artist’s Magazine, PBS – “Sunday Arts”, NBC-TV “Weekend Today in New York”.

Ms. McKenzie has 3 oil paintings as well as, 38 monotypes in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Her work has been on exhibit in the museum three…

Sophie Mendelson was a longtime student of KAC and has been a teacher for our summer camp programs for many years. She has a Bachelor’s of Studio Art from Skidmore College…

Christopher is an artist from NY who grew up drawing cartoons from an early age. With a BFA in Illustration from FIT he eventually fell into his first love of cartoons as a…

Emily Repp grew up in SW Ohio and earned a B.S. in Art Education in 2010 from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. As Youth Coordinator and Instructor at Brazee Street Studios…

Cindy teaches traditional watercolor techniques, sharing her facination with this fluid painting medium and its uncanny way of representing the random surfaces of nature.

Rae Smith, Master Pastelist and 2014 Hall of Fame Honoree of the Pastel Society of America, has exhibited her pastel paintings and oil paintings throughout the United States…