Keith Meyers received a Bachelor’s degree in fine arts in 1999, with a major in ceramics and a minor in painting. Keith moved to North Carolina in 2001, and has been teaching pottery classes since 2005. Keith taught classes at Clay Works (Charlotte), Pottery101 (Salisbury), Carolina Clay Connection, (Charlotte), Icehouse (Davidson). He currently teaches at Tack House Pottery. Keith is also the Studio Manager and an instructor with the Cain Center ceramics studio, including when it was the Creative Arts Project and the Cornelius Arts Center.
Come back next year to see what Keith is teaching!
Taisia Ealy is a Florida native who fell in love with pottery, printmaking and art in general at Stetson University. She went on to get her MFA in printmaking from SUNY Purchase college where she also adjunct taught evening classes, and started an elementary homeschool co-op art program in Crestwood, NY. After moving to NC in 2000, she began working at Children’s Arts Project, which became Community Arts Project/ Icehouse, which became the Cornelius Arts Center which is now the Cain Center for the Arts. Along with working at the Cain Center, Taisia also is the lead art teacher at the lower school at Community School of Davidson. In her spare time Taisia fishes obsessively but mostly she enjoys time with her two daughters, Hannah and Emma.
Keep an eye out for Taisia’s summer camps next year!
Kathy Murray created art and taught in California for 15 years until moving to Cornelius in 2021. She creates vibrant abstracted nature and figurative mixed media paintings and collages with a passion for color and texture and energy. She doesn’t feel she has to paint exactly what is there, but rather alter things to achieve vibrance, harmony, balance and excitement. Kathy is passionate about helping others create their own vision with strong composition, color and design.
Kathy is teaching Mixed Media Painting and Collage this winter.
Maria Luz Roca was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina where she received her education in the Arts and Letters. She attended the “Instituto Superior de Formacion Artistica” where she received her training as a painter and received a B.A in journalism from the “Instituto Superior Mariano Moreno”. Miss Roca started her career as an educator in San Francisco, California and has been teaching for over 35 years. She is thrilled to be sharing her love for the arts at the Cain Center.
Keep an eye out for future classes and workshops!
Beverly Walker is a fiber artist who has won many awards and taught many workshops in several states. She has been weaving pictorial tapestries for over 20 years, and her creations are found in corporate collections in the U.S. as well as in a Scotland hotel, a Mercy Ship in Africa, and a Paramount Pictures movie. Having relocated to Mooresville, she is bringing this tapestry fine art skill to our area this fall with Beginner Level classes you will be excited to learn!
Come back to check out Beverly’s future class offerings!
Lisa Albinus is a professional illustrator and teaching artist with over 20 years of experience in traditional and digital art. She creates a welcoming, encouraging environment where students can develop their skills and explore creative techniques with confidence. Her work includes book illustration, surface design, and botanical illustration. Lisa is excited to bring her experience and approachable teaching style to Cain Center for the Arts!
Lisa is teaching Beginning and Maintaining a Sketchbook Practice and Painting with Graphite: The Power of a “Simple” Medium this winter!
Jonathan Lang has been studying and practicing ceramics for over 25 years. Driven by the principle of kaizen (devotion to continuous improvement) and inspired by wabi-sabi (impermanence and natural simplicity), his work aims to capture the elegance of nature and reflects an appreciation for Japanese pottery. His current work centers around his passion for gardening and horticulture with a focus on functional vases and planters under the studio name Crucible Ceramics. You can find Jonathan on Instagram @crucibleceramics
INSTRUCTOR'S ASSISTANT
Brenda Wilmot has spent her life flying the skies, and now she finds herself embracing a new passion for ceramic arts. She eagerly assists Renee Calder with instructing, enabling her to spend time learning and sharing knowledge with students. The pottery skills she has obtained also allows for her to translate the love she has for animals into clay through carving (sgraffito). She is delighted for the expansion of the Cain Center, and greatly looks forward to our future.
Brenda will be assisting in classes next year!