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Administration

Berri Kramer, President

Susan Wilder, Executive Assistant to the President

Audrey Gup-Mathews, Dean of Admissions

Stephanie Bacon, Bursar

Faculty

Heartwood’s Faculty is a dedicated family from a broad variety of professions: a colorful quilt that reflects the Heartwood philosophy of a harmonious blending of the practical with the aesthetic.  They are a gathering of professional working artists bonded together by a shared truth that passing on what we have learned is a fundamental part of the artistic conversation.  Heartwood’s small size grants students close access to faculty and to a supportive community.

Nicole Bsullak earned her MFA in Visual Art at Vermont College of Norwich University and received her BFA in Jewelry/Metalsmithing from Maine College of Art. She recently co-authored Color on Metal with Tim McCreight. She specializes in alternative material exploration.  Nik enjoys combining her love of the environment with her teaching.  She teaches 3D Design and Advanced Jewelry.

Alice Carroll earned a BFA from Portland School of Art and an MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Craftsman. She was an artist-in-residence from 1992-1994 at Penland School of Crafts and was the studio coordinator in the metals department from 1993-1994. Alice has current gallery affiliations throughout the United States and has been included in many invitational shows. Her skillful work in functional and nonfunctional metals complements her articulate teaching methods.

Margaret Cummings attended Rhode Island School of Design after receiving a BA degree, cum laude, in Studio Art from Kenyon College and an MFA in Painting from the University of Pennsylvania. She has taught Painting and Drawing at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Bristol Community College (Fall River, MA), and most recently, in France and Italy. Her work has been exhibited and won recognition throughout southern New England.

Gayle Fitzpatrick is an eminent printmaker and active in printmaking circles in Maine. With a BFA in Painting from Massachusetts College of Art, she continued her studies at Salem State and Boston State Colleges, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Penland School of Crafts and in Japan with Tsuneo Naito. Her work has been included in more than forty juried shows. She maintains her own studio, making etchings and prints for commercial art endeavors. Gayle teaches printmaking and etching.

Don Gorvett is a board member of The Boston Printmakers. He graduated from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, where he was awarded a Ford Fellowship. Don is widely recognized for his work in the reduction woodcut technique and has exhibited his prints nationally and internationally. His published work includes book illustrations for 'Kon Tiki' for the National Geographic Library.   Don has taught reduction woodcut throughout New England.  His prints are included in dozens of collections, including the Museum of Fine Arts in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Audrey Gup-Mathews earned her B.A., magna cum laude, from Bowdoin College and a Master's Degree in Art History from Brown University, later completing teaching certificate programs at both the University of Rhode Island and the University of California, Irvine Extension. She teaches Art History at Heartwood, and serves as Dean of Admissions of the college.

DeWitt Hardy is nationally known for his watercolors, drawings and set designs. He has had 16 one man shows in New York City and has pieces in over 35 museum collections including the Farnsworth, Portland Museum of Art, The British Museum, The Smithsonian and the Library of Congress. An Art History major at Syracuse University, DeWitt founded the well known North Berwick figure drawing group. He is featured in American Realism (20th Century Drawing and Watercolors) published by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. DeWitt teaches watercolor, advanced drawing and printmaking.  

Berri Kramer, President of Heartwood College of Art, received her BFA in Design and Crafts, with a minor in art history at Kent State University. She earned a Masters degree from Lesley University in Fiber Arts. She also studied at the City and Guild Art School of London and the University of London. For eighteen years she was a designer for Better Homes and Gardens and extensively explored color theory through quilt making. Her teaching philosophy, tempered by home schooling four children, is founded on profound respect for student ability and potential. Berri teaches color and design, exploration of crafts and folio book.

Stuart Nudelman has a B.A. degree from Adelphi University, a MS from the City University (NYC), and has studied at the International Center of Photography with Cornell Capa, Ernst Haas, and Harold Edgerton. He was the founder and director of the Ogunquit Photography School and has taught at the Bronx Community College, the University of Southern Maine and the Portland Museum of Art. Stuart's work is in the permanent collection of the Brooklyn Museum of Art, The Portland Museum of Art and the Ogunquit Museum of American Art. His work has been exhibited locally, nationally and abroad. Stuart teaches photography and history of photography.

Anne Stanley has studied glass bead making at prominent art schools in the United States.  She has also studied with several artists at the Corning Studio and at various sites in Italy, France, and Japan.  Anne has visited glass bead makers in Japan, observing and learning new techniques.  She is a member of several glass bead making organizations.  She teaches glass bead making in the Associate Degree program and for community classes.

Scott Tubby has spent eight years living and working in Helsinki, Finland, where he has been a pottery instructor for the past 4 years.  Tubby’s training represents a fascinating mixture of locations and cultural traditions.  Beginning with a BA degree from Hartwick College (Oneonta, NY), Tubby did an apprenticeship at Mahon Made Stoneware (Santa Ana, CA), followed by study under Native American potters Lucy Lewis and Blue Corn at the Idyllwild School of Music and the Arts (Idyllwild, CA), and finally studied at the Taidekoulu Maa (Art School Maa) in Helsinki, Finland.

Susan Wilder is a painter in water-based media. She graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Drawing and Painting. She also studied scientific illustration and worked in the field before publishing some of her illustrations. In addition to her work as an artist who has exhibited widely in California and in New England, Susan has taught art at the Newport Art Association School in Rhode Island and was the Art Director for L. A. GOAL/Inside Out Productions in California for fifteen years.  She teaches acrylic, gouache, and drawing.

Wade Zahares is an artist and children's book illustrator who graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art. Color and whimsy burst from his work which can be seen in the permanent collection of the Decordova Museum, in numerous children's books and in magazines such as the LA Times and Sesame Street.

Visiting Artists and Faculty

(Join us for intensive three credit courses in the spring)

Timothy Brooke was educated in London and holds a National Diploma in Design.  He has lived in Kenya most of his life.   Timothy Brooke is a master of landscape painting.  Though he generally paints in oil, he particularly treasures watercolor for its ability to render light in the manner of 18th and 19th painters.

Kate Cathey’s primary passion is enameling, the process of fusing glass to metal with heat.  In her work she uses various enameling techniques to fabricate both jewelry and sculptural objects.  She holds an MFA in Metal Design from East Carolina University.  Her thesis work consisted of a collection of enameled vessels that explore form, surface and function.

William Duffy of Baltimore, MD is widely recognized for his intricately designed sculpture compositions which are in both private and public collections.  He works most often in bronze, stainless steel and granite to create durable works designed to withstand time, weather and human contact. William has an MFA degree from University of Maryland.

Lawrence Dorr holds a BS in Mathematics and an MS in Management Science from Johns Hopkins University, as well as an MS in Computer Science from Loyola College in Maryland. At Heartwood he teaches Geometry for Artists, a course for which that he developed the curriculum and text book.

Steve Harvey has a Master of Architecture from Carnegie Mellon and a Masters in Humanities from Penn State University.  Steve teaches Comparative Religion and Great Books.  The combination of his work in the field and his humanities background makes him a perfect role model for art students seeking to bridge theory and practice.

Peter Kellman is an author, lecturer and labor scholar with a passion for world history and an extensive background in workers’ rights.  In 1965, two years after graduating from high school, he traveled to Alabama as a civil rights worker.  After working in several “blue-collar” professions, he became actively involved in labor law through positions as a local union president, Director of the New Hampshire Coalition on Occupational Safety & Health.