Staff & Faculty

Cheltenham Center for the Arts Staff:

Margaret Griffen - Executive Director

Sherri Feinberg - Manager, Administration & Registration

Patrice Caron - Marketing & Special Projects

Alison Baer - Manager, Cheltenham Center for the Arts Shop

Faculty

Julia Rix

Teacher: Painting and Drawing

Website: www.juliarix.com

Julia Rix is the Cheltenham Center for the Arts' Painting Artist-in-Residence for the 2016-2017 year. Julia is an art educator. She trained at the Florence Academy of Art in Italy, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and at Tyler School of Art. She is a signature member of the Philadelphia Watercolor Society.

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Marthe Roberts-Shea

Teacher: Fibers, Metals, Paper, and More

Website: www.jewelrybymars.com

Marthe Roberts-Shea graduated from Moore College of Art, in Philadelphia, with a double Major in Advertising and Illustration. She has been Managing Art Director for Dupont de Namours Pharmaceuticals - Delaware, and CIGNA Corporation - Philadelphia. She has successfully run her own business, Taxi Graphics, Incorporated, since 1990.

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John Sevcik

Teacher: Painting and Drawing

Website: www.tothestudio.com

John is an accomplished Philadelphia painter. He trained at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and has taught at the Fleisher Art Memorial, Delaware College of Art and Design, Immaculata College and Bucks County Community College. He and his wife Lynn also have a blog:

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Maryann Sims

Teacher: Other

Maryann Simms is CCA's resident Vinyasa Yoga instructor. Stemming from an extensive background in dance and fitness, Maryann was naturally drawn to yoga not only for its ability to simultaneously build strength and flexibility, but for its stress-relieving properties and heightened sense of mindfulness. Her all-level classes are for every body, shape, or size.

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Katie VanVliet

Website: katevanvliet.com

Katie VanVliet is a sculptor and printmaker from Philadelphia, recently relocated to Elkins Park, PA. She studied fine arts at Moore College of Art & Design before co-founding BYO Print with a fellow alumna in 2010.

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Alana Yeager

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