Faculty
Spanning a variety of ages, artistic mediums, and identities, our volunteer faculty have given their time, passions, and expertise to the Guild and its students since its inception. The Guild’s program is indebted to their expertise and generosity.
If you are interested in becoming Guild faculty, please reach out!
Why Do You Volunteer Your Time and Expertise to Teach at the Grünewald Guild?
“As a teacher, I define my role as enabling my students to discover in themselves the deepest sparks of their own creativity while giving them practical tools to master process.
At the Guild there exists a level of passion in the learners that challenges me to offer the best of myself as a teacher and to bring everything I know to the table. Although there is a budget for me to purchase supplies, I know that I will be filling my car with additional treasures from my studio, from bits of gold mirror glass to hand made frames and specialty tools because these materials are extra special to me, I know that I want to share them with my students.
I look forward to teaching mosaic and to creating wholeness from tiny broken bits of glass, mortar and grout.”
– Jill Ross
The Guild embodies everything that I hold most precious about life – community, artmaking, nature, and the ever-present invitation into depth and spiritual growth.
The beautiful Guild community offers a broad invitation to anyone and everyone to see themselves as an artist – a creative being capable of wonder, awe, and a story worth sharing.
The land gives me such nourishment – the sweet smell of the pines, the sound of the Wenatchee river flow, and the holy pace of everyday life that takes us out of our busyness and into deeper life.”
– Matt Whitney
“After 27 years (25 as a teacher) of coming to the Guild, what keeps me coming back is not just the natural beauty of the surroundings or the chance to explore an artistic subject in depth. I think it’s the openness of everyone there – staff, students, faculty, interns – to welcome new folks and make them feel at home. This “instant community” allows for a wide variety of expression – even for a dedicated introvert like me! I am grateful to be included.”
– Larkin Van Horn
I love teaching at the Grunewald Guild. Its gentleness is exactly the right environment for the sort of mark-making explorations I wish to instigate.
– Scott Burnett
“There is much joy in working with individuals integrated into a whole body of people who, though involved in different disciplines, are enthusiastic and encouraging to others about their work.
I am excited when I see participants making use of the gifts of hands, eyes, mind and heart and learning that this work has great value—on a personal level as well as in community. It is a time of happy growth. I experience all of this when I teach at Grunewald!”
– Jean Tudor
Adele Caemmerer
After coming to the Guild as a staffer in 1987, Adele met and married Guild…
Alicia O’Dell
Alicia O’Dell (she/her) is a multi-practice artist and curious explorer. She views her art practice as a…
Amy Foster
In her artwork, Amy Foster (she/her) explores the intersection of hospitality, nature, and spiritual relationship.…
Angela Mietzke
Angela Mietzke is a multi-media artist, poet, and singer-songwriter. She has been teaching on and off…
Beth Crowe
Beth Crowe has danced for over 25 years and specializes in contemporary dance and creative…
Bro. Mickey McGrath
From Bro. Mickey’s website: In a nutshell, I paint, write, and tell stories- and then…
Carla Erickson Orlando
Carla Orlando, M.Ed, is an educator, spiritual director, retreat facilitator, and artist who teaches discernment,…
Chuck Kirchner
Chuck Kirchner is a photographer and workshop leader based in Tucson, Arizona after many years…
Cypress Manning
Cypress Manning is a queer + trans writer, artist, and educator from Taos, New Mexico.…
Emilie Bouvier
Emilie Bouvier is an artist and community organizer in Minnesota’s Twin Cities. Emilie works in…
Hannah Charlton
Hannah Charlton studied art at Whitworth University, where she first became interested in medieval art.…
Jan Krist
Detroit-born Jan Krist was raised on the folk rock sensibilities of the 60’s and 70’s.…
Janet Gruman
Janet first learned about negative space in a drawing class at Lassen College. The instructor,…
Jean Tudor
My ongoing life as an enamelist: This all started in the late 1950s when I…
Jessica Holleque
Jessica Holleque is a self-taught photographer and ceramic artist in Minneapolis, MN. Raised in the…
Jill Ross
Jill Ross is a visual artist, writer, and poet who has experience as a studio…
Jim Halvorson
I have been a potter for nearly 50 years having been initially introduced to the…
Joe Orlando
Joe Orlando brings over three decades of experience designing and leading Ignatian retreats and offering…
John Thompson
John received his degree in Fine Arts from the University of North Dakota, were intaglio…
Kristen Gilje
Kristen Gilje is a full-time artist who works in her Bellingham WA studio on art…
Larkin Jean Van Horn
Larkin Jean Van Horn is a mixed-media textile artist working in the areas of art…
Laurie Rudel
Laurie Rudel is a retired pastor who served the congregation of Queen Anne Christian Church…
Mary Ann Sinclair
Mary Ann Sinclair is a self-taught fiber artist based in Spokane, WA. She has experience working…
Mary McLeod
Mary McLoed has a Masters of Education degree, with a specialization in iIntegrated Arts from…
Matt Whitney
Matthew Whitney (he/his/him) is a multidisciplinary artist and educator, currently serving as Creative Director for…
Mike Caemmerer
Mike grew up with artistic parents, professor/painter dad and weaver mom, always in an environment…
Nancy Marsh
Nancy has taught 4-12 harness weaving for over 40 years. For 14 years, she taught…
Nathan Himes
Nathan grew up in the Pacific Northwest just outside of Seattle. He graduated from Pacific…
Nicki Lang
Nicki has always been a maker. From cutting up catalogs when she was a kid,…
Oriana Sage
Oriana Sage is a visual artist who specialises in ink drawings and vibrant oil paintings…
Paul Barribeau
I am a former pastor and a practicing architect who specializes in working with religious…
Ron Cole
Ron Cole is a digital artist, songwriter, and potter. Born in Pittsburgh and raised in…
Sara Nordling
Sara Nordling has been involved in fiber art in many forms for most of her…
Sarah Sprouse
Sarah Sprouse is a visual artist, educator, and art historian from the greater Seattle area.…
Scott Burnett
Scott Burnett is a Seattle artist, musician and pastor. He hails from New York’s Ulster…
Shan Wang
Shan (b. 2000, United States) received a B.F.A in painting from the Savannah College of…
Suzanne Halvorson
Suzanne Halvorson holds a Bachelor of Science in Fine Arts (BSFA) from Valpariaso University. She…
Tamisha Tyler, PhD
Dr. Tamisha A. Tyler is a Visiting Assistant Professor in Theology and Culture, and Theopoetics…
Tamzin Darden
Tamzin is originally from São Paulo, Brasil and was raised in a family passionate about…
Trung Pham
Trung Pham is a Vietnamese-born, Seattle-based artist, educator. He currently works as an assistant professor…
Vonda Drees
Vonda Drees is a creative contemplative, originally from Wisconsin, who now lives in a blue-roofed…