Our Instructors
Mandy Fariello
“Any day that ends with paint or glue on my fingers is a good one!”
Mandy is a mixed media artist who has focused on collage, acrylic painting, and MailArt since 2007. Mandy is inspired by contrasts and juxtapositions- bright colors and rusty bits, shiny and dull, smooth and textured-all with a healthy dose of humor thrown in for good measure.
Much of Mandy’s art revolves around finding new life for discarded books and objects. Her art journey has led to teaching workshops, showing in juried shows, winning awards, being published, and supporting other artists as a member of the board of trustees of the Duxbury Art Association.
In addition to creating mixed media artworks, Mandy has created a small collage on a vintage library catalog card every day since February 2019. www.instagram.com/mandyfariello
Linda Schatz
Linda holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Art from Skidmore College and a Master of Arts in Teaching from RISD. Most recently she has been the Art teacher for the Extended Day Programs in Stoughton and Norwood.
Dianne Panarelli Miller
Dianne Panarelli Miller is a world renowned artist painting in Canada, Bermuda, and Europe. She is an award winning Boston-based "Plein Air Painter" of color and light and is a signature member of the New England Plein Air Painters and is a "Copley Master". Her approach combines the classic atelier training or the "Boston School", with a mastery of technique of her own personal style expressed through the harmony of color and design. The original Boston School way of painting seeks to combine the truth of impressionist color with good drawing, wound composition and skillful paint handling, all of which she teaches in her fun and informational classes.
Pamela Campbell Smith
Pam entered her first art competition submitting a perspective drawing of the National Bank of Jackson at 9 years old! And as they say the rest is history.
Pam completed her first BA degree with certification to teach high school art, second BA for Interior Design and third BA in Architecture. Pam and her husband Peter Smith opened their architecture practice in 1978 with projects from Maine to Houston. She founded CAMP ARCH-KID-TECH, a summer week- long architecture camp for children 12-17 in 1994.
For her 50th birthday a friend suggested she take a Nantucket basket class offered at the DAA, and over the next few years she entered baskets in the Marshfield Fair crafts division and in 2010 to the DAA Midsummer Arts Show where she was awarded Best of Show for her Nantucket sewing basket. Pam has enjoyed teaching Nantucket basket classes, along with her sister Patty Campbell, at the DAA since 2008.
Marcia Ballou
"I am a collage artist. I work to employ both deliberate and spontaneous appliqués. I begin the composition with a simple color pencil plan on paper. On the canvas or board the color of light and atmosphere is applied with intuitive gestures with paint. I then sift through a collection of painted papers and cloth. The pieces are cut and torn and applied with acrylic medium and enhanced with acrylic paint. My compositions are enlivened by the unexpected combination of materials. The patterns create blossoms of textures on the surface of the painting. My goal is to evoke joy."
Irene M. Coleman
Irene is a pysanky egg artist as well as a photographer and crafter dabbling in knitting, crocheting and sewing. She learned the art of pysanky from her artist mother when she was a child. She lives on the South Shore of Massachusetts with her husband and three children.
Katherine Smit
Katherine spent 4 years attending Pratt Institute and upon graduating, worked for Eastman Kodak. raising her family, she was always teaching art. Katherine has taught for about 35 years in watercolor, drawing, and portrait. She has enjoyed every minute!
J Morgan Davis
A well-known, professional artist with a B.A from Eastern Nazarene College. She is s member of Duxbury Art Association and her work was recently on display in the Winter Juried Show. See her work at www.jmdfineart.com.
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Image Courtesy of Mandy Fariello