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Instructors: ( A - C ) ( D - K ) ( L - R ) ( S - Z )
Susan Danko:
Contemporary Studio Painting in Acrylic, Creative Color in Painting and Creative Painting for Kids
Susan Danko has been creating and exhibiting her paintings both nationally and internationally since receiving a BFA in painting from the Cleveland Institute of Art in 1998. Susan has 
participated in juried, solo, and invitational exhibitions at a variety of galleries including the Cleveland Botanical Garden in 2005, The Butler Museum of American Art in 2002, and Spaces Gallery in 2000. She was the featured cover and portfolio artist in Angle Magazine's January/February 2006 issue. Her paintings may be seen at E. Gordon Gallery, Bonfoey Gallery, and Harris-Stanton Gallery locally; or they may be viewed on her website: http://www.dankoart.com
Sandra Dennison: Alla Prima Painting in Oil or Acrylic
Sandra Dennison is a professional artist. Her specialties include oil, pastels, acrylic and graphite. Sandra's works contain everyday objects that she transforms into dynamic masterpieces. Her works are in private and permanent collections throughout the United States including the Eldorado Gallery in Colorado and the Seaside Gallery in North Carolina. Sandra is basically self-taught with a little fine-tuning along the way by artists like Marc Moon, Dino Massaroni and Jane Boyde.
Throughout the years she has acquired the ability to render silver, glass and the softness of fabric in a very realistic style. She focuses on capturing the dramatic contrasts between light and dark in the style of the Old Dutch masters. In addition to teaching at BCA Sandra also teaches at Cuyahoga Valley Art Center. She is a member of The Crooked River Gang that manages the gallery, MD Garage, in downtown Peninsula Ohio and is also a life member of the limited society of The Whiskey Painters of America.
Click Here for Sandra Dennison's supply list for Acrylic and Oil Painting.
Mary Ellen Derwis-Balaz
Mary Ellen Derwis-Balaz is a licensed Massotherapist, Certified Hypnotherapist and Chi Kung practitioner and teacher. She has been in practice since 1992 and has traveled to Both San Francisco and Honolulu for Study. She is a certified instructor of Chi Kung and Chi Nei Tsang at the Chi Nei Tsang Institute in Oakland. Mary Ellen believes that in order to be productive and creative one needs to be in balance. She uses tools such as guided imagery and gentle movement exercises to encourage balance in the body and calm and clarity in the mind.
You can find out more about her by going to www.maryellenderwisbalaz.com
Please feel free to contact her at massage@maryellenderwisbalaz.com or call at 216.548.8980 if you have any questions.
Danielle Dore-Rook:
Kids Handbuilding and Wheelthrowing Workshop
Danielle Doré- Rook holds a BFA degree from the Cleveland Institute of Art with a concentration in ceramics. With a secondary concentration in drawing she studied in France under an awarded scholarship.
Danielle is currently working as a freelance artist in several different media. In addition to being a ceramic artist she has run a successful portrait drawing business over the past 5yrs. Recently she 
has been in charge of designing and illustrating a theme of the month logo for Scientist Solutions, a science forum website. She is also currently working on writing and illustrating her own children's books. Danielle has spent most of her life caring for and teaching young children. She was the Head Teacher for a day care program, worked as a nanny for several years, and ran an in-home day care of her own. Danielle has continued her work with children through teaching art classes and volunteer projects in local schools and art centers.
Neil Evans: Photographing Flowers with Neil Evans
Join Brecksville's star floral photographer for an informative, often funny recounting of his life as a gardener and photographer. Neil is a member of the Dahlia Society, four Rose Societies and recently achieved the status of “Consulting Rosarian. “ One of his photos was Kodak “photo of the day” appearing in Times Square and his Olympiad rose appears on the American Rose Society Visa Card. “Photography can really become addictive. I suppose many of us develop these passions that begin to define us.” 
Neil, an Artist Member of BCA, jokes that he will show you how you, too, can loose money while pursuing your passion!
Neil Evans started growing his own roses soon after his father and he built their home in Brecksville in 1973. “I had from 30 to 50 roses for years. After I joined the Western Reserve Rose Society, the Cleveland Rose Society, and Forest City Rose Society in recent years, my number of roses dramatically increased. I now have over 100 roses. I entered a 
rose photography contest in 2004 in the American Rose magazine and won two-first places as a novice and actually ten other lesser places too. In fact, the rose that won for the category “abstract expressionism” was featured in an article by Suzanne Hively in the Cleveland Plain Dealer in 2005.”
Neil sells floral cards at the BCA Shoppe for Art on Highland and at other gift shops in the area. “I am also really happy and honored that the Cleveland Botanical Garden considers them good enough to sell in their gift store.”
Sheree Ferrato-Keron: Glass Jewelry and Stained Glass
Verite Stained Glass Inc. is a 28 year old business. We are a certified college credit course. The sessions run 8 weeks, for 24 total hours. We teach both copper foil and lead channeled courses. 
Our institution presently teaches at Avon Lake Ford and Brecksville Center for the Arts along with public classes at our own facility in Avon. Our theory is to teach mind through light, using our light source to create a 3-D panel rather than perceiving a panel as flat. Our sheets of glass becomes our palette of color which we use to create the image in our windows. We also teach kiln work, sandblasting and mosaics. Our goal is to educate the public about the history and technique of glass art. We are proud to be a part of the new glass movement which started in 1960.
Winnie Flynn: Reader's Theatre, Arts for Tots
Winnie Flynn will facilitate BCA's Reader's Theatre group. She most recently served as Executive Director for Brecksville Center for the Arts. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Education from Duquesne University and was Education Director for Brecksville Theater on the Square, where she oversaw the Academy and Broadway Camp, taught classes and directed mainstage productions. A former elementary teacher, she also taught theatre arts for the Pittsburgh Civic Light Opera Academy of Musical Theatre, Pittsburgh Playhouse Conservatory and Harrisburg Dance Conservatory. A member of SAG and AFTRA, she has worked professionally as a television talk show host, training film writer and producer, and professional narrator-actor in film, corporate video, television and radio. As owner and manager of Winnie Flynn Productions LLC, she wrote, produced and directed 40 critically acclaimed musical comedy revues in her native Pittsburgh and has produced performing arts festivals as well as corporate and convention entertainment throughout Pennsylvania, and has written and produced award-winning children's musicals. Winnie designed BCA's Arts for Tots program and is part of the Tots teaching team.
Deirdre Garvey: Native American-style Drum Circle / Meditative 'Journeying'
Deirdre Garvey is a shamanic practitioner, energy healer and reiki master. She has a passion for facilitating drum circles and teaching the art of the 'shamanic journey', which allows for a deeper connection to one's inner guidance. Deirdre received her training through The Foundation for Shamanic Studies, The Spirit Seed Institute, The Inner Focus School for Soul Directed Advanced Energy Healing and the Wolf Creek Medicine Woman Ways program. Her healing practice, Circle of Light Integrative Healing, is located in the Creative Healing Center in Bainbridge, Ohio. www.cindyscreativehealingcenter.com
Get Hep Swing Jitterbug & Intro to Swing Dance
Shake a leg and come to BCA for some fun and cardio! Learn to do the popular jitterbug taught by a member of the talented, award winning Get Hep Swing troupe.
Valerie Salstrom is a multi-year, national and international swing dance champion and the owner of Get Hep Swing. She has been dancing, teaching, competing, and judging swing dance full time for the past 10 years. Get Hep Swing is one of the only dance 
companies in the world to be solely dedicated to the social swing dances from the 1920s through the 1950s. Valerie will be teaching with staff members from her company who are also recognized dance champions. Have the time of your life learning from some of the best swing dancers and swing dance teachers in the world!
Read about them at www.gethepswing.com then call 440-526-6232 to get in on the fun.
Richard Graber, "a particularly fine dancer." - Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times
Richard Graber hails from Cleveland, Ohio, and is a son of Hungarian immigrants who came to America in 1956. Richard was always interested in the art of dance and began learning Hungarian ethnic dances at the age of 14 and later studied modern dance and classical ballet in Cleveland with Dana Snyder.
Richard graduated from Ohio State University with a major in Dance Performance and later performed as principal dancer with the Zivili Kolo Ensemble in Columbus, Ohio.
Richard founded Csárdás Dance Company in 1994 and was awarded a dance research and study grant from the Ohio Arts Council to study ethnic dance in Budapest and Romania. Richard has also conducted modern and ethnic dance classes at The Ohio State University-Creative Activities Program, Ohio University, Theater West Virginia, University of Akron, Cleveland State University and Cuyahoga Community College, where he served as faculty. He has also worked as guest choreographer for the University of Akron Dance Company as well as for Lyric Opera Cleveland. Richard served as Vice-president of the Board of Directors for the Medina County Performing Arts Foundation (MCPAF) and chaired the talent committee for the presenting organization.
In 2005, Graber was hired as a Grants Specialist with AIDS Foundation Houston, Inc. and later as Communications and Third Party Events Coordinator for the foundation. Richard has consulted with the Pearland High School color guard program and has also served on review panels for the Houston Arts Alliance. He has taught Hungarian dance in the Houston and Galveston dance community and is a board member of the Hungarian American Cultural Association of Houston.
Most recently, Richard has joined the Grants & Services staff of the Houston Arts Alliance as Special Project Manager to assist with its numerous management programs and projects including Leveraging Investment in Creativity (LINC), the data base project, the Business Volunteers for the Arts assessment survey and the National Arts Marketing Project.
Jeanne Hromco: Mosaic Shards
Jeanne Hromco is a pique assiette [mosaic] artisan specializing in garden and floral art. A graduate of Kent State University with a B.S. degree in Art Education, Jeanne participated in post graduate work for art educators in 1995. She has taught art in public and private schools and developed and taught art curriculum for home-schooled children in the Akron and Hudson, Ohio areas. For the past five years Jeanne has been teaching mosaic in area arts centers and for Akron University Continuing Education. Her unusual sculptural art work has been shown at Northcoast Galleries where she was one of the directors and at juried art shows and other galleries in North East Ohio. She was one of the featured artists in Northern Ohio Live magazine's Akron Arts Expo article in June , 2000. The Baycrafter's 1998 Floral Art Show awarded First Prize to her 'Waterlilies' birdbath.
Linda Huth: Kindermusik
Linda Huth is a music educator who holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Conservatory of Music at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, where she was a flute major. Most of her 18 years of teaching experience has been in Elementary Vocal Music (K-8), although she is certified to teach both Instrumental and Vocal Music (K-12). She has completed additional graduate work in Woodwind Pedagogy at Ohio University, in Early Childhood Education at Cleveland State University, and she completed music courses in Hungary at the Zoltan Kodaly Pedagogical Institute in 1997. Her interest in the benefits of music and early childhood has drawn her to Kindermusik® at this point in her career. She completed her Kindermusik® training in August, 2001, and currently teaches in Brecksville and Lakewood, Ohio.
Patricia Januszkiewicz: Healing Arts
Patricia Januszkiewicz received her BBA and MBA at Cleveland State University and is a licensed CPA in the State of Ohio. She worked for BP Oil Company for 18 years and has been a resident of Broadview Heights for 24 years.
Working in an environment that was based primarily in numbers and analysis, her private life was one of searching for higher purpose and spiritual connection. She has spent years in training and practice of hatha yoga, meditation, tai chi, centering prayer, and qigong.
Since the year 2004 she has devoted her attention to energy awareness and healing; after 2 years of training at the Ursuline Education Center she became a certified Reiki Master/Teacher. For 2 years she was a volunteer Reiki practitioner at The Gathering Place (a caring community for those touched by cancer) and at the Ursuline Reiki Clinic. She is currently a Reiki practitioner with the Cleveland Clinic.
Her other volunteer activities include the Brecksville Metroparks, Tri-C's Holistic Health Expo, and the Regina Health Center. Her work at the Regina Health Center inspired her to enroll in the program entitled The Sacred Art of Living and Dying sponsored by Cleveland State University and the St. Joseph Christian Life Center. She completed the 4 units of the program and is certified as an apprentice Anamcara (a Celtic word for spiritual companion).
Barbara Krans Jenkins: Painting with Colored Pencils, GOURDeous gourds
Barbara Krans Jenkins enjoys working on location, whether it is doing a scenic vista, a delicate Botanical study or a more elaborate painting, selecting forest floor microcosms from the abundant flora and fauna around her. It is always important to her to capture the delicate ecological balance of her subjects in their environment. She finds her subject matter from her Cuyahoga Valley National Park home; west, across our land to the Mendocino headlands of Northern California.
Jenkins paintings hang in galleries, corporate and private collections here and abroad. To date, her work has been published in eight books; The Ultimate Guide to Painting From Photographs, Colored Pencil Explorations, by Janie Gildow, Artist's Photo Reference - Buildings & Barns, by Gary Greene, Artist's Photo Reference, FLOWERS by Gary Greene, The Best of Flower Painting edited by Kathy Kipp, Creative Colored Pencil Landscapes by Vera Curnow, Creative Colored Pencil, A Step by Step Guide by Vera Curnow, and Introduction to Figure Drawing, by Philip Wigg.
Although Barbara works in oil, pastels and watercolor on occasion, she prefers the control, blending quality and convenience of the dry painting medium of professional grade Colored Pencil pigments (oil-based, water based, and/or wax based), often over fine ink contour lines. Her love of line is clear in her work. Some say that as she applies her pigments, her 
subjects spring to life, right off the surface of the paper! In the last year, a new direction has been turning gourds into Fine Art Sculptured Vases. See her website to view these exciting unique creations. Barbara is affiliated with several art groups, among them, the Colored Pencil Society of America and Akron Society of Artists (Signature member.) She also served as Director of the Art Gallery of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Akron, OH (1996-2006).
Visit www.bkjstudio.com 
Susan Jennrich: Pastels and The Jericho Project Workshop
Susan has been a full time artist and teacher since the early 1980's and has shown her work at the Aurora Fine Arts League, Beck Center, Cleveland State University's People's Choice show, Gallery West, a one-person show at Penninsula Fine Arts Gallery and more. Susan's philosophy; “Creative work, I believe, invites the self to live a richer life. To really see, externally and internally, the world with “new eyes” leads one to a fuller experience of being, releasing innate intuition, and rediscovering the often-lost “playful self”.
Jeff Jeric: Guitar, Classical Guitar, Electric Bass, Music Theory, Songwriting
Jeff has been teaching and performing guitar for more than 30 years. He studied music composition at Cleveland State and Cleveland Institute of Music. He also studied privately with composer Bert Henry, who was an expert in the Shillinger System of Music composition. Jeff still performs regularly and teaches privately.
KB & Carmen: Argentine Tango 
A Tango Romance! KB and Carmen began dancing the passionate Argentine tango on February 14, 2004. They were immediately captivated by the dynamic ochos, molinetes and ganchos! Ever since, they have studied intensively with the best local and international teachers and performers to develop their own unique style.
Their elegant, energetic performances have captivated and inspired audiences across Northeast Ohio. Recent events include performances at Fashion Week Cleveland, ULTRA MODA - The Latino Fashion Show, Akron's First Night - A New Year's Eve Celebration, The Old Arcade Holiday Music Showcase, Quirk Cultural Center 20th Anniversary Celebration and You Should be Dancing - an Annual Ballroom Gala.
Cathy Pilat Katrenich
Training: Living Traditions Folk Ensemble Recent Ohio Performances:
The OSU LangFest, Slavic/East European Studies, Cols., Sept. '08
Cleveland Carpatho-Rusyn Society's “Vatra”, Burton, Sept. '08
St. Joseph Byzantine Catholic Church, Brecksville, Jan. '08 Jaslic kari: Carpatho-Rusyn Nativity Play, Brecksville, Dec. '07
Living Traditions Folk Ensemble - Current Services:
Living Traditions Folk Ensemble Performances
Folk Dance Workshops
School/Community/Ethnic Festival Programs
Choreography/Folk Music
Cultural Displays & Education Programs
Collaborative Multicultural Projects with other groups
Contact:
Living Traditions Folk Ensemble
Cathy & Tom Katrenich
6962 Crystal Creek Drive
Brecksville, OH 44141
440-717-1922
Katrenich@msn.com
Connie King: Social Dance
Connie began dancing at the age of three. She has spent her entire life dancing and developing her unique style of Dance in California. From 1986 to 1999 placing in several competitions, she decided to shift her focus to doing that which she loves most - teaching. Read more about Connie's achievements at www.fagendance.com
Tennille C. Klopp: Ballet Jazz Hip-Hop
Tennille C. Klopp received her dance training from Martell School of Dance, Dance Caravan, Joffrey Ballet, Debbie Reynolds Dance Studio, and Broadway Dance Center. Her most recent performances include Opera Cleveland's production of Salome, Cleveland Contemporary Dance Theatre, Holland America Cruise Lines, and Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus. Ms. Craig has taught dance across Northeast Ohio at local dance schools, performing arts centers, dance festivals, and Montessori schools. Currently, Tennille and her husband Brian Klopp have established and own 2182 Bistro and Wine Bar in Brecksville, Ohio.
Brian Klopp: 2182 Bistro & Wine Bar / Braising French Style, Food & Wine Pairings
Brian Klopp, owner of 2182 Bistro and Wine Bar in Brecksville will offer a series of classes through Brecksville Center for the Arts. French Braising and Wine & Food Pairings kick off the series in 2008.
Executive Chef Rob Stauch will offer the Braising in the French Style course where participants will learn the art of making a perfect coq au vin and cassoulet and follow the instruction with lunch. Owner Brian Klopp, will pair wines with fruit, cheese and chocolate in the second class. Classes will be held at 2182, Brecksville Road.
Call BCA for future culinary events.
www.2182bistroandwinebar.com
Christie Klubnik: Destination Art, My Blue Angel, Facets of the Heart, In the Bag
Christie teaches at the Cleveland Museum of Art, Independence Art Guild, Orange Art Center as well as BCA. In 2006, she was the Artist in Residence at Metrohealth Center's Art Therapy Department. Raised in Independence Ohio, she received a BFA from Ohio University with additional courses in Children's Literature and Illustration 
and is certified to teach K-1. Christie's business, Glory Makers, provides Christian and culturally based art experiences in homes and churches.
Sean Kollar: Cartooning and Manga
Sean Kollar has an Associate Degree in Commercial Art from Cuyahoga Community College and has been drawing since the fifth grade when a friend showed him his first comic book. Since then he’s done everything he can to achieve his goal of having his comics published. Sean just finished illustrating a fourteen-page comic for a friend’s book. The book’s introduction, Tales from the Library, explains how to catalogue comics and will be published in 2006. In addition to illustrating, Sean enjoys writing and is currently working on the script to accompany a comic he is illustrating.
He has taught at Brecksville Center for the Arts since 2004 and also teaches in various county libraries. His teaching career has taken him by surprise. "I always had questions about how to draw things and when I was growing up I could never find some one to give me the answers. Now I’m the answer for the kids of today." At BCA Sean teaches Cartooning I, II and III, Fantasy Art, Anatomy for Cartooning and will teach Computer Animation for BCA in 2007.
When describing his approach to teaching Sean says he believes in a back-to-basics approach. "I believe you need to know how to do the fundamentals before you can master the art. Once you know the basics you can reach for the stars!"
April Kossman: Tiny Dancers, Intro to Dance Team, Hip-Hop/Jazz Funk, Tap
April M. Kossman brings a winning combination of talent and enthusiasm to her work. She is currently the Dance Team Coach and Coordinator at Highland High School and also works with Jazz Teams at the Middle School level. April also teaches basic ballet and jazz dance skills to children 4 - 10 years of age at the Brecksville Montessori School. She has taught Jazz, Hip-Hop, Ballet, Tap and Jazz-Funk at Prana Yoga and Dance and is currently enrolled in the College of Fine Arts at the University of Akron.
Instructors: ( A - C ) ( D - K ) ( L - R ) ( S - Z )
