Phoebe Ackley -  is currently a studio assistant for Andree Singer Thompson. She was awarded a public art project at Rosa Parks Elementary School. Phoebe teaches figure and clay sculpture to a wide audience. She exhibits her work throughout the Bay Area.

Steve Allen -  MFA, San Francisco State University. Steve teachs ceramics at Santa Rosa Junior College and has assisted with classes at SFSU including tutoring students with disabilities. He is the ceramics tech and manager of RAC. Steve exhibits his work throughout the greater Bay Area. www.sfclay.com

Lauren Ari -  MFA, University of California, Davis and BFA, California College of Arts and Crafts. She exhibits her work nationally and internationally and is included in the permanent collection of the Museums of Fine Arts, San Francisco. www.laurenari.com

Shabnam Bahmanian - BFA, California College of the Arts. Shabnam is a fine art jeweler with a focus on one-of-a-kind studio pieces. Her work showcases pure metals by using a variety of methods such as hammering, fiber techniques, stamping, and fold-forming. www.shabnambahmanian.com

Jennifer Brazelton -  MFA, San Francisco State University. ennifer has taught adult classes at the ASUC studio at UC Berkeley, at SFSU, Cal State East Bay and Merritt College in Oakland. She exhibits her work regionally. www.jenniferbrazelton.com

Martha Castillo - Martha has taught a variety of art classes for adults and children. She was first introduced to clayprinting in 2004, by way of the inventor, Mitch Lyons, in Philadelphia, PA. Martha has been teaching clayprint workshops since 2005. She exhibits her work nationally.

Kay Coffee - BA, San Francisco State University. Kay has taught ceramics for the past 25 years, specializing in beginning pottery and children's classes.

Lisa di Prima - BFA, California College of the Arts. Lisa has taught at the S F Children’s Art Center, Berkeley Child Art Studio, Berkeley Arts Magnet, Harding Elementary and Arrowsmith High School. She is the artistic director of the Berkeley Jazz Art Program.

Jeff Downing - MFA, San Francisco State University. Jeff is a professor in ceramics at SFSU. He exhibits regionally and nationally and is represented by John Natsoulas Art Gallery in Davis.

Hylla Evans -  founder and paint maker for Evans Encaustics. Hylla teaches extensively in Boston, NY, SF, LA, Berkeley, and Amsterdam. She is a board member of International Encaustic Artists and the paint maker on the Technical Panel at Montserrat College of Art's First Annual Encaustic Conference. www.EvansEncaustics.com

Annette Goldberg -  MFA, California College of the Arts. Annette has taught at UC Berkeley Botanical Garden, the de Young Museum, Studio One and Berkeley Adult School.

C.J. Grossman -  is a mixed media artist who specializes in Book Arts. C.J. teaches book arts to adults, kids of all ages and educators in art centers, libraries, schools and other art programs. She exhibits her work nationally, and teaches in the S.F. Bay Area and beyond. www.ArtJazzBooks.com

Bruno Kark - apprenticed to Isezaki Jun, Bizan, Japan. Bruno has taught through the Walnut Creek Civic Arts Program. He exhibits at the Asian Art Museum and Gump's in San Francisco. www.brunokark.com

Jan Langdon - BS, studied at Cranbrook Academy of Art and had a weaving business in Berkeley in the 1960’s. She has taught at the de Young Museum Art School, the Rudolph Schaeffer School of Design and San Francisco City College. She has work in collections including Phillips Academy (Andover, MA) and the Oakland Museum.

Edward Lay - BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ed has been at RAC since 1998 and is the metals studio monitor. He is a researcher on how people learn things at UC Berkeley.

rp leaf - BA, San Francisco State University. Richard has taught and developed metal and jewelry programs for San Francisco Parks and Recreation for over 29 years.

Arlene Magarian - is a Bay Area artisan who specializes in the art of the braided rug. Arlene teaches classes in diverse settings throughout California including schools, businesses, recycling centers & clubs and promotes experimentation with the medium. Her business concentrates on custom work and repairs of elder rugs.

Wendy McDermott - MFA, San Jose State University. Wendy is developing & teaching the jewelry program at Contra Costa College in San Pablo. She also co-teaches welding and bronze work at CCC as well. She exhibits her work nationally.

Alan Osborne - owner of the Art Foundry and Gallery in Sacramento. Alan has created numerous public and private art commissions throughout the western region of the United States. His work is exhibited regionally and internationally. www.artfoundryinc.com

Peter Ostwald - studied at UC Berkeley and abroad. Peter was founding director of the metal arts program at John O'Connell Technical Institute and has taught at Piedmont Adult School for seven years. He exhibits in New York and Northern California.

Judi Pettite - MA, CSU Fullerton, MFA, JFK University. Judi is a bay area artist and painting instructor. A desire to employ pigments without a petrochemical base has led her back to traditional materials, while exploring the variations and possibilities as a contemporary art medium. She exhibits nationally. www.judipettite.com

Kiki Rostad - BA, San Francisco State University; ECEC, Merritt College. Kiki has 27 years of teaching experience at the Oakland Museum, Head Royce School, Montclair Recreation Center and Albany Recreation Center.

Tiffany Schmierer - MFA from San Francisco State University and is currently an Associate Professor of Art in Ceramics at Skyline College in San Bruno. She exhibits her work both locally and nationally. www.tiffanyschmierer.com

Joyce Shon - Joyce has been screen printing for over 40 years and has produced custom commercial work, images on fabric and fine art prints. She exhibits her work in the Bay Area.

Stacy Speyer - BFA, Kansas City Art Institute; MFA, CCA. Stacy is a textile artist whose work challenges the traditional rules of weaving. She exhibits nationally and is represented in private collections, mostly recently at Brandeis Hillel Day School in San Francisco. www.stacyspeyer.net

Saadi Shapiro - has taught at Piedmont Adult School and is currently the Studio technician at Merritt College and kiln maintenance specialist at Clay People. Saadi shows his work in different venues throughout the Bay Area.

Edward Stanton - is an interdisciplinary artist. He has taught at SUNY Alfred, Kansas City Art Institute, UCLA, Stanford, CCA, SFAI and others. Edward has studied, collaborated and consulted with many artists including Anna Halprin, Allen Kaprow, Meredith Monk, Robert Wilson, Kurt Vonnegut and John Irving.

Myong Stebbins - Myong Stebbins - BFA, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design. Myong has taught through RAC's Art Reach Program in the West Contra Costa Unified School District. She exhibits throughout the Bay Area www.myongstebbins.com

Gabriel Russo Attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York and worked as a pattern maker with Ann Klein and Perry Ellis. Gabriel relocated to Los Angeles and created Guess's first pair of jeans. Gabriel has sold his own line of clothing.

Aigin Zhou - MFA, Academy of Art University, San Francisco. Aiqin teaches brush painting at UC Berkeley Extension and also at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco. She exhibits her work in the Bay Area.