Summer Faculty
Hannah Bartels
Hannah Bartels is a writer whose work blends personal narrative, introspection, and vivid observation, published on her Substack Qbird. Her stories and essays explore lived experience with an unflinching openness, often weaving memory, vulnerability, and emotional reckoning into intimate first-person narratives. https://qbird.substack.com/
Kerrie Steffan
Kerrie Steffan is a stained glass artist from Bellingham, WA. Recently retired from her work as a physical therapist, Kerrie has worked with glass for many years including windows, lamps, and art pieces.
Becky Anne Smith
Becky Anne Smith (she/her/they) has been a fiber artist from a young age - 30 years in total! She began weaving at 8 years old when an interactive exhibit at a history museum gave her the tools and instructions to start. Weaving in particular has caught her interest as an expansive and creative process. She […]
Ash Sparks
Ash Sparks is a writer who calls the Pacific Northwest home, where she resides in Kitsap County with her wife and two kids. She writes fantasy, magical realism, and poetry. She holds a B.A. in Theatre and has received her master's degree in Creative Writing from Harvard University. Her recent works can be found in […]
Patty Huffer
Patty Huffer lives in Washington state and has been weaving since 1981. After graduating from Central Washington University, with a dual education degree in Home Economics and Physical Education, she took a summer weaving class. This began her 40 years of weaving and teaching others to weave and spin. The love of fibers and teaching […]
Hannah Charlton
Hannah Charlton studied art at Whitworth University, where she first became interested in medieval art. This was encouraged by an internship at the Grünewald Guild, an arts retreat center that held classes in stained glass, calligraphy, and icon writing. She teaches workshops on illuminated manuscripts.
Tamzin Darden
Tamzin is originally from São Paulo, Brasil and was raised in a family passionate about the arts. Her mother was an avid painter and sculptor. Tamzin’s creativity is not a hobby but a way of life! She loves to do all forms of art and currently spends her time making jewelry, sewing, making pottery, and […]
Sarah Sprouse
Sarah Sprouse is a visual artist, educator, and art historian from the greater Seattle area. She holds an M.A. in Modern and Contemporary Art History from Azusa Pacific University, with research focusing on women, ceramics, and community in the mid-century. Sarah serves as the Executive Director of the Grünewald Guild, an art education and retreat […]
Summer Week 4 | Binding Family Stories: Making Artists Books as Archives,
Emilie Bouvier
Emilie Bouvier is an artist and community organizer in Minnesota’s Twin Cities. Emilie works in historic/alternative process photography and clay, finding her practice fueled by the process-oriented nature of these mediums. She is drawn to the places where land history, story, and spiritual/theological traditions meet – and how those intersections can open up through image-making. […]
Janet Gruman
Janet first learned about negative space in a drawing class at Lassen College. The instructor, Ben Barker, told the class to look at a particular tree and draw everything—every shape—we saw, except the tree. She was 19 years old, and though it wasn’t her first art class, she hadn’t ever heard of negative space. Years […]