Teachers & Teaching Opportunities

The Wyly is always interested in new teachers with innovative programs or workshops that they would like to teach in our facilities. Please contact us today with questions or ideas! art@wylyarts.org.


Nicole Nagel-Gogolak	Artist / Instructor Local artist Nicole Nagel-Gogolak uses mixed media and encaustic to create installations, some of which are on view in the Aspen area. She has taught extensively throughout the Valley, including classes... read more...
Jill Sabella	Artist / Instructor Jill Sabella worked as a photographer for 20 years in Seattle, doing black and white and hand-colored photography focusing in portraiture and landscape. She has shown at various galleries in the... read more...
Sadye Harvey	Sadye Harvey is a recent graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied dance and costume design. She has always harbored a deep affection for the rich history and mysterious magic of textiles, and currently spends much of her time... read more...
Deborah Jones	Founder Deb founded the Wyly Community Art Center in 1996 at which time she became Executive Director of the organization. In 2008 Deb became Program Director of the Wyly to focus on designing and expanding the public... read more...
Dianne Light	Instructor Dianne Light has lived in the valley for thirty-three years. She and her husband, Jim, raised two boys, Andrew and Peter, here. She and Jim now reside in Old Snowmass. Dianne founded an interior design firm,... read more...
Gregg and Catherine Adams	Instructors Locally based photographers Gregg and Catherine Adams have been professional, commercial, editorial, environmental and portrait photographers in the valley for over 25 years. They have been published worldwide... read more...
Guinevere Jones	Instructor Guinevere Jones finds her artistic inspiration in nature and found objects. Her obsession with design-based nature art started in New Zealand while studying Maori design. They call the spiral design Koru,... read more...
K Cesark	Instructor K Cesark holds a BA in Art from Plymouth State University an MFA in Ceramics from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She serves as the Artistic Director at the Carbondale Clay Center and faculty at:... read more...
Spiro Lyon Glass	Spiro Lyon Glass was founded by Jacqueline Spiro and Lee Lyon, glass artists who have been working with hot glass since 1989. Many of the unique glass pieces they produce are large, thick cast glass panels for use as interior and exterior... read more...
Tish McFee	Instructor While growing up in the lush Midwest, Tish McFee began drawing and painting very young. Her subjects often drew her inside flowers and trees. Drawing and painting microcosms in Tish’s youth was... read more...
Colleen Clare-Irvin	Colleen Clare is a local artist living in Basalt. She has lived in the Roaring Fork Valley for 15 years and loves all aspects of mountain life. The inspiration for her artwork comes from nature and her environment. She has been painting, drawing... read more...
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Isa Catto	Isa Catto’s work has been widely exhibited throughout the United States and abroad. She has spent the last 12 years working in watercolor and mixed media, as well as teaching workshops at arts centers worldwide. She lives in Woody Creek,... read more...
Jennifer Ghormley	Jennifer Ghormley is an artist who employs a variety of techniques in her translation of ideas into works of art. She received her MFA in printmaking in 2006 from the University of Nebraska in Lincoln and her BFA with an emphasis in printmaking... read more...
Merritt Mahek	Merritt Mahek is a Woody Creek Local. She has had the pleasure of studying Fine Art in Italy as well as the cultural artistic traditions of India, Mexico and Vietnam. On a motorcycle loaded with a few essentials – including a set of house paints... read more...
Tom Alpern	Tom Alpern graduated from Aspen High School, and Rhode Island School of Design. The Arts he makes a living at include animation, videography, editing, snow sculpting, writing, and teaching. Tom has taught writing, animation, art, and theater, to... read more...
Vidabeth Bensen	Instructor Vidabeth Bensen calls North Carolina home after living and working overseas for 27 years. Her original screen prints have been exhibited extensively in the United States and abroad. She is a former high school... read more...
Bayard Hollins	Instructor Bayard Hollins’ work explores the link between abstraction and figurative representation. Although the lines back to classical realism can be traced, Hollins’ approach is absolutely modern. Spatial qualities and... read more...
Liz Frazier	Instructor Originally from Washington, D.C., Liz Frazier moved to Aspen in 1991 and began teaching drawing, monotypes and painting at CMC and the Red Brick. She attended the Washington Studio School, Corcoran School of Art... read more...
Lois Devine	Instructor Lois Devine has a Masters in Art Education from Queens College in New York. She was awarded Teacher of the Year in Basalt in 2000 and has been an art teacher for 25 years. Lois has taught in New York and has now... read more...
Sarah Peterson	Visiting Artist and Instructor Sarah (a.k.a. Tootie Forbes) grew up in Aspen, in the days of dirt streets and no movie stars. She attended C.U. for 2 years and then graduated from the Boulder Valley School of Nursing. She... read more...
Tanya Black	Instructor After years of graphic and advertising design, children's art therapy and counseling, theatrical costuming, jewelry making and metalsmithing, Tanya is happiest in her current roles as artist, teacher and mother... read more...
Meridy Volz	Visiting Artist and Instructor Meridy Volz is known for her inventive use of intense color. This award-winning artist uses the figure in all her work to express passion and sensuality. Her work is best described as... read more...
Shawna Moore	Visiting Artist and Instructor Shawna has been encaustic painting for eight years, and teaches workshops throughout the United States, including private professional artist workshops in her studio in Whitefish, Montana.... read more...
Janie Rich	Info coming soon! read more...