VAIS Teaching Artist Roster
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
Rico Lastrapes (Tap)
Sadie LeDonna and Shawn Kellogg (Circus Arts)
Lelavision (also listed in Music and Visual Arts)
Nidia Sahagún (Baile Folklórico)
THEATRE
Adam Ende (also listed in Visual Arts)
David Godsey (also listed in Literary Arts)
Tom Pruiksma (also listed in Literary Arts)
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)
Roxy Hathaway (Painting, Murals)
Pam Ingalls (Oil Painting/Drawing Portraits)
Bill Jarcho (Junk Puppets and Sculptures)
Lelavision (also listed in Music and Dance)
Odin Lonning (Indigenous Arts)
Alisara Martin (Print and Digital Media)
Ray Pfortner (Photography/Business of Art)
Caroline Rockey (Mixed Media/Printmaking)
Carolina Silva (Clay/Water Color/Sculpture)
Nancy Scott Wienker
For more information about how to get involved with VAIS, please contact us at vais@vashoncenterforthearts.org.
Vashon Artists in Schools (VAIS) is a Vashon Center for the Arts program in partnership with Vashon Island School District. Additional and generous support is provided by Washington State Arts Commission, the National Endowment for the Arts, Vashon Partners in Education (PIE), Vashon Thriftway, Vashon Island Community PTSA, and individual donors.
Thank you for supporting our students!