CNY Teaching Artists

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Name/Discipline		Description
Anahid Adjemian Visual arts - Ceramics, Sculpture, Painting, Drawing	(no picture)	A ceramicist for over 20 years, Anahid Adjemian maintains her own ceramic studio, and has been involved with both a ceramic co-op and a ceramic guild. She has been a teaching artist . . . (read more)
Nana Anim Dance - Cultural/ Folk/ Contemporary/ Modern Music - Instrumental/ Vocal Theatre Arts/Drama	(no picture)	Isaac (Nana) Kwasi Anim was born in Ghana, where he studied traditional dance and music. In the US, Nana has worked in Minneapolis, West Virginia and extensively in Central New York as a performer and teacher. . . (read more)
Joan Applebaum Visual Arts - Ceramics, Photography		Joan Applebaum is a teaching artist and active professional artist who has exhibited her work throughout New York State. She is the Visual Arts Coordinator at . . . (read more)
Jim Brenneman Visual Arts - Cartooning		As a professional artist Jim has written and illustrated editorial and general interest cartoons for publications and websites, created artwork for books and sports wear, and provided graphic design for a variety of clients. He has taught cartooning for children ages six to thirteen. . . (read more)
John and Sondra Bromka Music -Instrumental/ Vocal/ Composition Dance - Cultural/Folk Theatre Arts - Drama, Storytelling, Playwriting Visual Arts - Ceramics, Painting, Drawing, Photo		Bells and Motley perform early and traditional music and original musical theater. We have extensive experience in planning, implementing, and evaluating innovative residencies from the ground up (read more)
Tim Brachocki Video, Digital Media		Tim Brachocki is an educator and co-founder and coordinator of Syracuse Alternative Media Network, a not-for-profit video production cooperative. He teaches video production at Central New York schools, including Grant Middle School and the Onondaga Nation School.
Jorge Cuevas Music - Vocal/ Instrumental Dance - Cultural/Folk Storytelling Film/Video		Jorge Cuevas has over 25 years experience as a teaching artist and performer, and has worked as a a certified youth mediation trainer. He brings his workshops in Latin music and culture to schools and community settings throughout upstate New York and Pennsylvania. (read more)
Jenny Dombroske Theater Arts/Drama		Jenny has directed youth theatre productions at Syracuse Children’s Theater including the musicals Once Upon a Mattress, Alice in Wonderland, Honk! Jr., and Bruce Coville's . . . (read more)
Ashley Farmer Literary Arts - Poetry, Fiction Storytelling	(no picture)	In addition to teaching in the SU Writing Program, Ashley Farmer has taught literacy through photography and creative writing courses in elementary and high schools. She has experience designing curriculum, planning lessons, facilitating discussions, and engaging students . . . (read more)
Evelyn Fiorenza Visual Arts - Painting, Drawing		Evelyn Fiorenza's experience encompasses a career as graphic designer, a K-12 Art Teacher, the Education Coordinator at Stone Quarry Hill Art Park . . . (read more)
Jules Gibbs Literary Arts - Poetry, Fiction		Jules Gibbs spent most of her professional life working as an editor, writer, and advertising director for publications including The Progressive, The Atlantic, Hudson Valley Magazine . . . (read more)
Patti Clark Heath Music Folk Dance	(no picture)	Patti Heath has worked extensively throughout Central New York as a music teaching artist. As a clarinetist, she has performed with symphony orchestras and opera . . . (read more)
Vanessa Johnson Storytelling Literary Arts - Fiction, Playwriting Theater Arts Music		Vanessa Johnson is a full-time professional artist, a griot(storyteller), a historian, a writer, a playwright, a singer, a fiber artist (batik, tie-dye and resist, mudcloth, adinkra stamping, papermaking) . . . (read more)
Georgina Kotoka African Dance		Georgina Kotoka's dance career began at age 8 at the Center for National Culture in Ghana, where she became a principal dancer. She has led an accomplished career as a dancer, singer, teacher . . . (read more)
Jackie Warren Moore Theatre Arts - Drama Literary Arts - Poetry, Playwriting		Jackie Warren-Moore is a poet, playwright, theatrical director, community activist. Ms. Moore has published two chapbooks of poems, and her work has been widely anthologized in national and international anthologies. (read more)
Georgia Popoff Literary Arts - Poetry		Georgia Popoff is a poet based in Central New York. She is the author of two collections of poetry and a chapbook, and a teaching artist specializing in literacy, reading comprehension, professional development, and arts-based learning through the vehicle of poetry. (read more)
Biboti Ouikahilo African Dance Music - African drumming		Biboti's intention is to share his love, passion and joy for West African dance and drum with the CNY community, uniting and celebrating the diversity of the world’s cultures. Biboti was born in Ivory Coast. He began his professional dance career with the prominent Ivory Coast National Ballet. . . (read more)
Kelli Pennington Visual Arts - Photography		Kelli Pennington began photographing as a teenager. She has worked as a TA in school and community settings. She recently received an artist fellowship. . . (read more)
Sharon Bottle Souva Visual Arts - Fabric		Sharon is an enthusiastic artist who enjoys sharing her craft with students. She has not only the expertise to pass along but also knowledge of it's history and contemporary presence. . . (read more)
Susan Van Hoven Visual Arts - Ceramics, Painting, Drawing	(no picture)	Susan Van Hoven majored in graphic design. She has worked as a ceramics teaching artist through the SAP Grant program.
Patrick Vincitore Visual Arts - Painting, Drawing		Patrick Vincitore is a painter. He studied at the Arts Students League of New York. His teaching artist experience includes the CNY Institute for Aesthetic Education.
Connie Walters Music Culinary Arts		Connie Walters has been a teacher/ teaching artist for many years. Her performance experience encompasses jazz, pop, classical, and world styles. . . (read more)