Robert Burget holds a Masters degree in Education, Education Media and Computers from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.  In addition to teaching for CGCC, Robert has worked for the Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (MCLI) updating and maintaining the "Web of Labyrinths" web site. He also has extensive experience as a professional photographer working for Thomas Reprographics Inc. and Prophoto Inc.  Robert's qualifications for teaching computer graphics including a working knowledge of: Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Quark Express, Macromedia Director, Adobe PageMill, Adobe Premiere, and Microsoft PowerPoint

Eileen holds a Master of Art (MA) degree from ASU, Tempe, Arizona; a Masters of Environmental Planning (MEP) degree, also from ASU; and a Bachelor of Science Landscape Architecture (BSLA) degree, once again from ASU.  In addition, Eileen holds a Nursing Diploma from St. Bartholomew's School of Nursing, London, England.  Eileen has been teaching at CGCC since the spring 2007 semester. 

Phone: 480.732.7291
Email: Kelley.kirkpatrick@cgcmail.maricopa.edu

Kelley Kirkpatrick joined the faculty of CGCC in August 2000, following eleven years at Mesa Community College.  She has a Master of Fine Arts degree in Photography from Arizona State University and a Bachelor of Arts in Art from Humboldt State University, Arcata, California.  Kelley is currently teaching all levels of Photography and Computer-Photographic Imaging.  She is excited to be part of the growing program at CGCC and hopes to expand the photography area to include more advanced and special interest classes.  Kelley is actively exhibiting her own work, which she describes as documentary portraiture.  For the last four years she has been photographing in Portugal, focusing primarily on musicians, artists, and her own experiences as an outsider awkwardly navigating through Portuguese language and culture. In June 2000 she taught her first workshop there, in a converted convent in the Town of Montemor-o-Novo.  Kelly's photographs have been shown recently at Northlight Gallery in the School of Art, Arizona State University, the Mesa Art Center, the University of Toledo Center fore the Visual Arts, Amore Mills Gallery in Scottsdale, Arizona and Glendale Community College, Glendale, Arizona. 

Adele Lewis holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) in Art Education from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, and a Masters of Arts Degree (MA) in Art History from Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.  She has been teaching Art History since 1995 and has taught at ASU as well as CGCC.  Adele is a member of the Arizona Chapter of the American Research Center in Egypt and has participated in the Art Masterpiece Program in the Mesa Public Schools.  Of her teaching, Adele said "I teach to open the eyes of students to their heritage of art history.  I can accomplish this by providing a scholarly atmosphere for the examination of critical issues in the history of art.  I strongly believe in contextualizing art to better understand the past and this understand ourselves.  As Demosthenes wrote, 'the time for extracting a lesson from history is ever at hand for those who are wise.'  I believe in challenging students to look closer at the world of art by providing opportunities to develop critical thinking skills and learn the art of asking questions." 

Email:
kate.omara@cgcmail.maricopa.edu

Kate O'Mara holds a Bachelor of Arts degree (BA) in Art History from Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan and a Master of Arts degree (MA) in Art History from Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.  In addition to her teaching at CGCC since 1990, Kate also taught at Mesa Community College, Northern Arizona University, Prescott College and Grand Canyon University.

Lecia Owen is an internationally renowned Artist, Art Historian, and former TV star of her own television program on art and culture in her native land of Ukraine, in the former Soviet Union where she earned a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art and Master in Art History.

Since coming to America in 1997, she had taught both Painting and Art History privately as well as for the Maricopa Community Colleges and is currently exhibiting her fine art paintings in high-end art galleries and has shown her work at juried fine art shows throughout the United States.  Her art is now showing in private collections across America and around the world.

"Being an artist is a great blessing and privilege" according to Lecia.  "Throughout history only royalty and nobility had the opportunity to enjoy and pursue the amazing world of fine art.  Now it is open to everyone who has a sensitive soul toward beauty and creativity.  Every time I am at the easel, I think how fortunate I am to be an artist and art teacher, and I never take it for granted." 

As a teacher of fine art, Lecia's instruction is ideal to help students of all levels.  Her teaching technique is a practical balance of theoretical principals of composition, color theory and integrity of brush work, with a sensitive respect for individual creativity and aesthetic judgment.

Al Pace Gallery

Al Pace is a native Arizonan.  After earning his Bachelors and Masters degrees in Fine Art from Arizona State University, he had dedicated three decades as the ceramics instructor Chandler High School in Chandler, Arizona and is currently chairman of the Art Department.  Al also has been teaching ceramics for CGCC since 1996.

Al considers his work to be, "The art of turning mud into stone, a lump of clay into a vessel of beauty."  Al's work is vessel orientated and he created Japanese and African pottery as a major influence on his life's work. 

Email:
john.parrish@cgcmail.maricopa.edu

J.D. Parrish was born John David Parrish at Lone Pine, California.  His name was geared specifically to be nicknamed by his initials, and he has been J.G. all his life.

Parrish's first exposure to the art world came in college where he fell in love with the Old Masters and the Classical paintings of the 19th century.  Parrish devoted most of his studies to the figure and believes that any emotion can be communicated and evoked through the expressions and articulations of the human form.

in 1983, Parrish attended the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California and majored in Illustration.  With the intense training he received there he was able to work with a wide variety of mediums and techniques.  The principles of communication and form he practiced and learned at the Art Center have proven invaluable in his work.  After graduation in 1986, Parrish went to work as an illustrator in the Los Angeles area until 1988, when he moved to Arizona.

Currently Parrish teaches drawing, life drawing and painting at CGCC, and continued to paint and work as an artist.  Some of his clients include Touchstone; Paramount Pictures; Universal Studios; Warner Brothers; Disney Studios; CBS Television; Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus; Marriott Inns; Red Lion Inns; Double Inns; America West; Honeywell Corporation; and Swensens.

"When in a hurry dress slowly" - fortune cookie

Ghost towns.  Rippling trout streams.  Winter wharves.  Few artists capture the depth of black and white photography as does Roy Pope.  His deep passion for photographs takes him through the four seasons to capture the spirit of nature.  His images reveal the twisted knots of an aged tree and the sun-weathered paint of an abandoned house...the beauty of things we no longer see.

Inspired by his love of nature, Roy photographs the simple things around him and creates images of admiration.  One need only encounter a season's beauty to understand why.

Roy had studied at Columbia College in Chicago; is a graduate of Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, IL and has his Master of Arts Degree from Governors State University.  Throughout the years, he has attended workshops to hone his craft by studying with the master photographers, artisans and technicians of our time.

Roy's background is multifaceted; working with a variety of media related positions inclusive of: medical, government, education, corporate, catalog, fashion, and photojournalism.

His passion is his view camera, his darkroom and the production of fine prints.

Roy photographs the world through a pair of loving eyes and a hugging heart. 

After attending the University of Illinois and graduating from Arizona State University with a degree in Arts Education in 1976, Regina continued her training in that field at the graduate level.  She joined the Fire Arts faculty at Chandler High School in 1976 and has been teaching there ever since.  In her 24 years at Chandler High School she has taught many of the visual art disciplines but has concentrated mainly in Photography.  Since 1987 she has taught Photography at CGCC.

Regina has been a faculty consultant for the College Board's Advanced Placement program since 1990.  She has been a presenter at over 20 AP workshops and institutes all across the country.  She has been an Advanced Placement grader at the annual national grading of Studio Art portfolios for the past eight years.

Regina was appointed to be a commissioner on the City of Chandler's Arts Commission in 1993 and has served in this position ever since.  This commission oversees the City's public art program.  She has also served as a juror on several selection committees for the City's various art exhibits.

For the past two years, Regina's high school Photography students have won First Place as well as other high awards in the American Bar Association's Annual Law Day Photography Content. Because of her work in encouraging and supporting students in this endeavor, Regina was the 1998 recipient of the State Bar of Arizona's Award of Appreciation. 

Mary Lou Stewart received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting/Drawing/Printmaking from Columbus College of Art and Design, Columbus, Ohio and a Master of Fine Art (M.F.A.) degree from Arizona State University.

In addition to teaching Design, Drawing and Painting for CGCC, Mary Lou has also been teaching art at Glendale Community College since 1998.

Besides teaching, Mary Lou is the founder and administrator of the Creative Art Academy in Phoenix and has served a year as the coordinator/program specialist for the Shemer Art Center in Phoenix.

Mary Lou has an extensive exhibit record and her work is in the following collections:  Arizona University, Price Waterhouse, Bank of San Diego, Boise Cascade, Troom Country Club, Department of Economic Security, Washington, DC, First American Title, Founders Bank, Harris Trust Investment Co., Hughes Aerospace, and Ohio State University. 

She says of her work:  "My paintings symbolize and intimate integration of my life's experiences and day to day encounters." 

Phone:  480.732.7089
Email:  william.wolter@cgcmail.maricopa.edu

Ted has been teaching Art for over 31 years, the last 20 of which have been at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.  He finds teaching a rewarding and fulfilling experience, especially in the southeast valley where students bring so many different perspectives to their studies.  Ted received his Master of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Illinois and has a wide range of experience teaching painting, watercolor, graphic design, airbrush and illustration.  In addition to teaching, Ted is active in the fine arts and graphic arts.  He has an extensive exhibition record of over 90 exhibits, including 10 one-man shows.  His work is in several permanent collections and he frequently serves as an art juror and guest lecturer.  Ted also freelances as an illustrator and graphic designer/  His client list includes ASU, Harbinger House Publishers, Gorsuch Scarisbrick Publishers, Mesa Youth Theater, Galeria Mesa, and Ray Vote Graphics.  Teaching remains Ted's favorite activity and he finds his greatest satisfaction when interacting with students.