The key to the success of our program lies in the quality of artists VAIS attracts to share their knowledge with our students. The VAIS Roster is a resource for classroom teachers, offering a list of vetted professional artists, residency ideas, and professional background information.

Please check the list below for artists on the 2019-20 roster by artistic discipline.  Click on a name to view/download a detailed entry in PDF format.

Artists wishing to teach with VAIS are invited to apply at any time by sending a letter of interest and resume to vais@vashoncenterforthearts.org.

TEACHING ARTISTS BY ARTISTIC DISCIPLINE

DANCE

Tiffany Adams (Hip Hop)

Ronly Blau 

Rico Lastrapes (Tap)

Sadie LeDonna and Shawn Kellogg (Circus Arts)

Lelavision (also listed in Music and Visual Arts)

Nidia Sahagún (Baile Folklórico)

THEATRE

Amy Broomhall

Adam Ende (also listed in Visual Arts)

Martha Enson

Maria Glanz

Elizabeth Klob

David Godsey (also listed in Literary Arts)

Merna Ann Hecht

Mik Kuhlman

Darren Lay (Shakespeare)

Tom Pruiksma (also listed in Literary Arts)

Aimée van Roekel

MUSIC

Erin Durrett

Lelavision (also listed in Visual Arts and Dance)

LITERARY ARTS

David Godsey (also listed in Theatre)

Tom Pruiksma (also listed in Theatre)

Maven Gardner (Poetry/Spoken Word)

VISUAL ARTS

Brian Brenno (Mosaic/Glass/Mixed Media)

Adam Ende (also listed in Theatre)

William Forrester (Drawing/Murals/Woodworking)

Britt Freda (Murals/Painting/Mixed Media)

Eric Frith (Film/Story)

Barbara Gustafson (Weaving)

Roxy Hathaway (Painting, Murals)

Trish Howard (Woodworking)

Pam Ingalls (Oil Painting/Drawing Portraits)

Bill Jarcho (Junk Puppets and Sculptures)

Ivonne Kommer (Metalurgy)

Lelavision (also listed in Music and Dance)

Liz Lewis (Ceramics)

Odin Lonning (Indigenous Arts)

Alisara Martin (Print and Digital Media)

Ray Pfortner (Photography/Business of Art)

Caroline Rockey (Mixed Media/Printmaking)

Geri Siebert (Ceramics)

Carolina Silva (Clay/Water Color/Sculpture)

Allison Trundle (Bookmaking)

Nancy Scott Wienker

Valerie Willson (Printmaking)