Our Team

Meet the magical creatives bringing unique arts experiences to youth every week.

Board Officers

Sabrina K. Garba, Chair

CEO
Glass Ladder Group

Lisa Copeland, Treasurer

CFO
KAA Design

Leo Quintero, Secretary

VP Learning and Innovation, Whole Whale


Board Members

Alysia Anderson

Entertainment Attorney, General Counsel to Prettybird and Ventureland LLC.

Nicole Barnette 

Producer, Advanced Color Theory

Ned Brown

Managing Director, Florence

Michelle Cauley, LCSW BCD

President and Founder; Therapist, Cauley & Associates

Alexa Dodson

Artist, Designer,
Owner, Lexaswim

Shari Holly

Director of Operations
Pipelines Mobile App

Grant C. Kirkpatrick, AIA

Founder and CEO
KAA Design

Rennie Solis

Director / Photographer

Marc Webb

Director                    
Gifted
The Amazing Spider-Man
The Amazing Spider-Man 2
(500) Days of Summer

 

student/ALUMNI board members

Samantha Duran

artworxLA Alumni Representative

Isaak Salgado

artworxLA Student Representative

 

STAFF

Grace Ciacciarelli

Development Coordinator
grace@artworxla.org

Fabrizio Flores

Program Director, School and Teaching Artist Programs
fabrizio@artworxla.org

Raúl Flores

Interim Executive Director
raul@artworxla.org

Carlos Gacharná

Youth Development Specialist
carlos@artworxla.org

P. Stephen Hardy

Senior Academy Workshop Coordinator
stephen@artworxla.org

Eva Liebovitz

Workshop Coordinator
eva@artworxla.org

Robb McMillan

Workshop Coordinator
rmcmillan@artworxla.org

Anjali Roos

Operations Associate
anjali@artworxla.org


2023/24 Teaching Artists

artworxLA is honored to connect our youth with artists who are dedicated to the communities of Los Angeles. This year’s team of creative leads continue a tradition (see past Teaching Artists below) of actively exhibiting and performing artists who bring a compassionate approach, accessible expertise, and new experiences to our schools—thank you.


past teaching artists

Kim Abeles
Ayo Adeyemi
Carole Adeyemi
ADOBE LA
Pouya Afshar
Gloria Alvarez
Asylm
Francisco Aguabella
Tchikonsase Aje
Lalo Alcaraz
Jacqueline Alexander
Kenshaka Ali
Gloria Alvarez
Michael Alvarez
Rosa Amaya
Anjani Ambegaokar
Christian Amigo
Steven Angel
Karen Anzoategui
Bryan Aponte
Steve Appleton
Edgar Arceneaux
Alvaro Asturias
Ava Avalos
Francis/Omowale Awe
Ester Baker-Tarpaga
Neelanjana Banerjee
Ed Barguiarena
John Barnes
Malang Bayo
Jonas N. T. Becker
Joseph Beckles
Juliette Bellocq
Almabeth Benitez
Ellie Berkowitz
Michelle Berne
Guillermo Bert
Tajma Bervely
Tarabu Betserai
Monique Birault
Deborah Bird
Jesse Bliss
Maria Bodmann
Kelly Boston-Olvera
Amy Bond
Gordon Bowen
Joe Bravo
Ken Breisch
Suchi Branfman
Leonardo Bravo
Campbell Britton
Brian Brophy
Javad Butah
Eugenia Butler
Maria Cabildo
Ben Caldwell
Cynthia Calhoun
Mario Calvano
Chief Matsemala Camara
Ian Campbell
Adrienne Campbell-Holt
Tomas Carasco
Joshua Carro
David Zamoras Casas
Carolyn Castaño
Cecilia Casteñeda
Yreina Cervantez
Leilani Chan
Young Chi
Chris Chinn
Erica Cho
Chiwan Choi
Wendy Clark
Ann Closs-Farley
Alejandro Cohen
Devika Coles
Vivis Colombetti
Contra Tiempo
Ed Coolidge
Jerry Cordova
Xavier Cázares Cortéz
Dorit Cypis
Kamau Daa’ood
Joyce Dallal
Carla Danes
Deborah Danziger
Linda Dare
Mario Davila
Ismael de’Anda
Alison De La Cruz
Sandra de la Loza
Veronique d' Entremont
Cindy DeSantis

Debbi Devine
Ulises Diaz
Jenna Didier
Lara Dieckmann
Corky Dominguez
Jacqueline Dreager
Kelman Duran
June Edmonds
Sarah Elgart
Mar Elepano
Nicole Emmons
Nick Erickson
Ofelia Esparza
Martin Espino
Diana-Sofia Estrada
Anitra Evans
Elizabeth Eve
Jeff Fan
Ria Fay-Berquist
Gayle Fekete
Bob Fernandez
Christina Fernandez
Maria Elena Fernandez
Natalie Fizer
John Fleck
Daniel Flores
Curtis Foreman
Germaine Franco
Joseph Galarza
Pete Galindo
Diane Gamboa
Linda Gamboa
Manazar Gamboa
Alexis Garcia
Leyda Sol Garcia
Pablo Garcia
Weba Garretson
Cheri Gaulke
Alex Gaylon
John Girgus
Stephen Glassman
Megan Godfrey
Darien Gold
Brett Goldstone
Maite Gomez-Mejon
Gabriel Gonzalez
Yolanda Gonzalez
Galyn Görg
Sunny Görg
Joe Grant
Philip Graulty
Margo Graxeda
Dorothy Randall Gray
Erin Grayson
Amy Green
Carlos Guaico
Stephanie Rose Guerrero
Marcelo Guimaraes
Margaret Guzman
Nahid Hagigat
Amdi Hamilton
Joseph Hammer
Sara Harris
Winifred Harris
Stefan Haves
Andrew Hem
Marc Herbst
Joe Hernandez
Oliver Hess
Lluvia Higuera
Robert S. Hilton
Nikol Hodges
Julia Holter
Gimel Hooper
Hugo Hopping
Lara Hudson
Mary-Linn Hughes
Alberto Ibarra
Steven Irvin
Joel Jacinto
Darryl Jackson Jr.
Cole James
David Jin
Derrick Jones
Doug Kaback
Israel Kadarian
Kanani Kalama
Nehara Kalev
Nyesha Khalfani
Natasha Khan
Habib Kheradyar
Tony Kieme
Becky Kim
Helen Kim

Rosanne Kleinerman
Sonja Kuftenic
Marcus Kuiland-Nazario
Juliet Kurth
Gina Lamb
Loren LeBlanc
Gustavo Leclerc
Gavin Lee
Xavier Leonard
Nery Lemus
Leo Limon
Ricki Liufau
Sidney Liufau
Ronald Llanos
Heather Lockie
Alma Lopez
Pola Lopez
McKenzie Lowry
William Loya
Jose Lozano
Suzanne Lummis
Heriberto Luna
Manuel Luna
Marcos Lutyens
Linda Hammet Ory
Enoch Mach
Alexis Macnab
Barbara Malcolm
Jose Maldonado
Dana Maman
Man One
Yvette Mangual
Joey Maramba
Poli Marichal
Kate Marks
Elizabeth Martin
Patrick Martinez
Sofia Mas
Lonnie Marshall
Keith Antar Mason
Michael Massenburg
Aki Mateni
Portland McCormick
Jeffrey McDaniel
Laura McPhail
Peter Melville
Christine Menzies
Stephen Metts
Alyson Meyer
Charlie Midnight
Karl Mihail
Laura Miller
Marcus Miller
Alessandra Moctezuma
Laura Molina
Elliot Montague
Felicia Montes
Johnny Mori
Amitis Motevalli
Merilene M. Murphy
Nobuho Nagasawa
Jude Narita
Jill Newman
Tina Niumatalolo
Katherine Ng
Hung Nguyen
Marisela Norte
Toti O'Brien
Ruben Ochoa
Long John Oliva
Rosalie Ortega
Ruby Osorio
Julianna Ostrovsky
Laura Paddock
Clinton Patterson
Nicole Panter
Rebecca Pappas
Edie Pereira
Rudy Perez
Karl Jean Petion
Amy Phillips
Michael Pinto
Debra Piver
Phloe Pontaoe
Anthony Powell
Darren Press
Gerald (Jerry) Quickley
Felix Quintana
Jeronimo Rajchenberg
Leda Ramos
Carlos Ramirez
John Ramirez
Glynnis Reed
Nadia Reed

Estella Reid
Vernon Rieta
Patricia Riske
Diana Rivera
Ariel Robello
Diego Robles
German Robles
Maya Rogers
James Rojas
Frank Romero
Sonia Romero
Dave Rosenberg
Chazz Ross
Elena Roznovan
Marianne Sadowski
Alicia Vogl Saenz
Paulina Sahagun
Shizu Saldamando
Raquel Salinas
Kristy Sandoval
Amen and Amy Santo
Amy S. Santos
Lauren Scanlon
Lisa Schoyer
Eric Scotnes
Cintia Segovia
Peter Sellars
Michelle Serros
Mandeep Sethi
Sar Shahar
Ariel Shee
Shrimps
Luis Sierra Campos
Susan Silton
Eliseo Silva
Francesco Siqueiros
Kat Skraba
Sherwood Sledge
Roderick Smith
Roger Guenver Smith
Margaret Sosa
Veronica Soto
Willy Souly
Allan de Souza
Joel Soyffer
Robin Strayhorn
Julia Strickland
Jack Burnett Stuart
Stefan Steadier
Lin Su
Christine Suarez
Emily Sudd
May Sun
Marissa Magdalena Sykes
Sayon Syprasoeth
Dewey Tafoya
Qingnian Tang
Olivier Tarpaga
Pat Taylor
Luis Tentindo
Beth Thielen
Leslie Thomas
Teresa Tolliver
A.K. Toney
Eloy Torrez
Trangdai Tran
Melly Trochez
Hataya Tubtim
Sandra Tucci
Harry Um
Carrie Ungerman
Denise Uyehara
Gustavo Garcia Vaca
Brenda Varda
Seeroon Vassili-Yeretzian
Thelma Vickroy
Donovan Vim Crony Vivis
Tianye Wang
Crescendo Ward
Kirk Ward
Pam Ward
Kimiko Warner-Broder
Lula Washington
Carla Weber
Gloria Westcott
Joselyn Wilkinson
Jasmine Williams
Glen Wilson
Karen Wilson
Peter Wittrock
Kim Yasuda
Mario Ybarra
Medha Yodh
Liz Young
Linda Yudin
Sergio Zenteno