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 2020-21 roster by artistic discipline.  Click on a name to view/download a detailed entry in PDF format. When considering classroom projects in this unusual academic year, applicants are encouraged to imagine learning through online synchronous & asynchronous platforms, as well as hybrid/online models.

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

Sadie LeDonna and Shawn Kellogg (Circus Arts)

Lelavision (also listed in Music and Visual Arts)

THEATRE

Daemond Arrindell (also listed in Literary Arts)

Amy Broomhall

Adam Ende (also listed in Visual Arts)

Martha Enson

Maria Glanz

Merna Ann Hecht

Mik Kuhlman

Darren Lay (Shakespeare)

Tom Pruiksma (also listed in Literary Arts)

MUSIC

Lelavision (also listed in Visual Arts and Dance)

LITERARY ARTS

Daemond Arrindell (Poetry/Spoken Word/Playwriting)

Maven Gardner (Poetry/Spoken Word)

Tom Pruiksma (also listed in Theatre)

VISUAL ARTS

Adam Ende (also listed in Theatre)

William Forrester (Drawing/Murals/Woodworking)

Britt Freda (Murals/Painting/Mixed Media)

Barbara Gustafson (Weaving)

Lelavision (also listed in Music and Dance)

Liz Lewis (Ceramics)

Alisara Martin (Print and Digital Media)

Bruce Morser (Drawing/Mural)

Ray Pfortner (Photography/Business of Art)

Geri Siebert (Ceramics)

Carolina Silva (Clay/Water Color/Sculpture)

Allison Trundle (Bookmaking)