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DYANE DUFFY
Dyane Duffy holds an MFA in Painting from Claremont Graduate
University and a BA in Art from Chico state University.
Duffy also studied at the Accademia de Bella Arti in Florence,
Italy. Duffy was inspired to teach by her Beginning
Drawing instructor while attending community college at the
College of Marin, near her home town of Mill Valley, CA.
Teaching for the wide variety of students that come
to the community college is something that Duffy loves.
She inspires conceptual thought in students’ artwork
while teaching both new and traditional techniques in drawing
and printing. Duffy’s current artwork
investigates reality television and the roles that media and
celebrity play in our world. She works in acrylic and
oil paint, installation and printmaking. Her work has
been shown in both group and solo exhibitions in the Los Angeles
area, including Peter Blake Gallery in Laguna Beach, and The
Brewery Art Project in LA. Duffy’s latest project
was to actually break through to the other side of reality
television as she used her “bad” living room design
creations to land a room make-over on a new HGTV show, “Takeover
My Makeover” which will air in May 2006. Duffy
is also the Liquitex Paint Educational Advisor for the Southern
California area, which has allowed her travel to London, New
York and Washington DC. There, she toured museum conservation
laboratories and received further training with acrylic and
oil paint. Duffy teaches Painting, Intermediate Drawing
and Beginning Drawing at Citrus. She is also the Faculty
Advisor of the Artists’ Club. |
 MICHAEL
HILLMAN
B.A. in General Art, B.F.A Ceramics, M.A. Art Education-ceramics,
Bilingual State Teaching Credential K-12, Art Instructor grades
3-6 Pomona Unified School Dist, 2 years High School Ceramics,
1 Yr. Jr. High Art Instructor Los Angeles County Museum of
Art Advisory Board Education Dept. 1987-1997, Getty Museum-Maps
Series, Metro Gold Line Extension, Station Artist-Glendora,
Empty Bowls Project
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SANDRA JOHNSON
Sandra Johnson has been teaching art history for 26 years
and humanities for 14 years. She has a Bachelor’s
and Master’s Degree in both Art History and Studio Arts
from California State University, Los Angeles. She has
been doing post-graduate work in Art History at UCLA for the
past 4 years, and her emphasis has been on Italian Renaissance
and Egyptian art.
Professor Johnson has traveled extensively throughout Europe
and the Near East and recently traveled to Western Europe
and North Africa. She has lived in Greece, Spain, Turkey,
Oman and New Zealand. Professor Johnson taught Art History
in Austria and Italy in the summer of 2000 and 2001 and Italy
and Greece in 2003, 2004, and 2005 through the Citrus College
Study Abroad program. |
ELANIE MOORE
Moore recently teaches life drawing, painting, design and
illustration classes at Citrus College in Glendora, California.
Her Art Students learn to ““read””
the art of yesterday’s and today’s masters. They
learn to be perpetual students as they listen to their own
art and its spirit. Most importantly they learn to balance
the intricate relationship of the creative art spirit with
the demands of solid reality.
Moore holds three degrees in Art and Painting, one, a BFA
from the University of New Mexico and another, along with
an MFA from Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California.
Elanie Moore has shown worldwide in England, France, Mexico
and Panama. In the U.S. she has shown at L.A. Artcore
and DADA, Los Angeles; the Museum of Man, Balboa Park, San
Diego; Northern Arizona University and the Hidden Beauty Gallery,
Flagstaff Arizona; The Edward Dean and Riverside Art Museums,
California, as well as at various colleges around the state.
Moore’s Fine Art paintings are monumental blends of
acrylic and mixed media, clearly influenced by the concepts
and symbolism found in prehistoric cave paintings and rock
engravings. Her dedication to documenting aboriginal
rock art has placed her at the forefront of international
rock art research. |
MARYANN RACHFORD
Maryann has an AA degree in Art, a BA in Studio Art (painting
& printmaking emphasis), a MA in Design (graphic design
& film art direction emphasis), a teaching credential
in art, and is currently writing her Doctoral dissertation
on art and interdisciplinary education. In her “illustrious
past” she has worked on, and in, feature films and commercials,
been art and creative director for retail chains and advertising
agencies, and established her own graphic design firm.
In addition to this she has had paintings shown, and received
awards, in numerous art shows and competitions, and has been
listed in Who’s Who, California Art Review,
and American Artist. Maryann also has work in
the permanent art collection of the AFL CIO.
In addition to teaching computer graphics, beginning drawing,
introduction to the visual arts, and on-line art history at
Citrus CC, she also teaches introduction to art, and stage
craft at Azusa Pacific University where she is the Art Director
for the theatre. She has also taught at Woodbury U,
Long Beach CC, UCLA, Biola U, and American College for Applied
Design. Lastly, on a more personal note, she enjoys
painting, illustrating, ceramics, and stained glass. She is
an animal rights activist, boxing aficionado and auto racing
fanatic. |
ADJUNCT FACULTY
ROBERT ORSO
I have been a professional artist for almost 40 years. I
earned my Master in Fine Arts degree in Drawing, Painting
& Printmaking from California State University, Fullerton.
After earning a terminal degree, I pursued many interests
sidelined by my dedication to the arts, such as taking courses
in: Computer Technologies (programming, illustration, animation,
web design, computer graphics, digital media technologies,
& CADD), Woodworking, Cabinet making, Welding, Mechanical
Drafting, Architecture, Electronics, Automotive Technologies,
(engine building, engine performance, transmission), Collision
Repair Technologies, and Construction Technologies (rough
framing, project estimating, finish carpentry, electrical,
plumbing), earning numerous certificates in many of those
areas.
I have been part of the adjunct faculty for Citrus College
since January 1999. I have taught Beginning Drawing, Intermediate
Drawing, Beginning, Intermediate & Advanced Painting,
Beg., Int., & Adv. Watercolor, Figure Drawing I &
II, Anatomy, Illustration, Illustration/Airbrush, Animation,
Art History & Appreciation-Renaissance to Rococo. Currently,
I am teaching Art History & Appreciation online and Three-Dimensional
Design.
I am in my fifth year as a member of the Academic Senate.
I have been an advisor to the comedy club on campus, and a
volunteer for ASCC activities on campus. Off campus, I served
for several years as a literacy tutor for the Covina Public
Library, and a Judge for the city of Glendora watercolor exhibitions.
Besides winning numerous art awards over the years, I was
an Artist-In-Residence for the city of Irvine, a guest artist
for The Richard Nixon Library & Birthplace, and the Irvine
Barclay Theatre, guest lecturer for Fullerton College, California
State University, Fullerton, and Saddleback College. In addition
to docent training for the City of Carlsbad, I have conducted
various art workshops around the southland. |
 MARK
WESSEL
The California native earned Bachelor or Arts in English
Literature from UCLA in 1979 and BFA and MFA degrees from
the Ufflversity of Utah in 1990 and 1995, where his emphasis
was first in sculpture, then in painting and drawing. He has
taught at the University of Utah. Salt Lake Community College
and established the art program at the Oakley School in Oakley,
Utah. In 1995 Wessel was accepted to live and work at Arrspace.
a highly respected nonprofit facility in the downtown area
of Salt Lake City, serving as an opportunity for the continued
development of professional artists and for their regular
interaction with other members of the creative community.
He returned to southern California in 2000 is currently serving
as adjunct faculty member at both Citrus and Glendale Colleges,
teaching classes in Drawing, Two and three Dimensional Design
and Color Theory.
His paintings have been shown in numerous solo, group and
juried exhibitions. Commercial work includes murals, book
cover an, and commissions for private and professional clients
in both two and three dimensional media.
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