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Meet the Faculty & Staff

Ken Alexander

 

 

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Ken Alexander

Who art thou?
I am a student, a learner, an artist and a scholar. 

Spirit Color:
A gradation of red to orange to yellow to white. 

Ice Cream:
Chocolate and Peanut Butter!

When Not at LMC, what do you do?
I cycle, walk, read, watch movies and do all the work I cannot do AT LMC! 

Art Weapon of Choice?
A short-handled #00 sable watercolor brush.

Secret Weapon:
Irony

Art Super Power:
To know the point of diminishing returns.

Philosophy:
"The more you know, the more you know."

 Most Recent Accomplishment:
I read my 500th book, since my record keeping began in 2003. (That's 31 books a year for the math-challenged.)

Best Art Disaster:
Cut the tip of my thumb off with an X-Acto knife, but was able to reattach it

Lucy Snow

 

 

Lucy Snow

Who art thou?
I think, therefore I art.

Spirit Color:
GREEN

Ice Cream:
Pistachio

When Not at LMC, what do you do?
Homework! Sculpt, garden, hike, play music. 

Art Weapon of Choice?
Fettling Knife

Secret Weapon:
Porcelain Paper Clay

Art Super Power:
Salt Firing

Philosophy:
Woulda Coulda Shoulda

Most Recent Accomplishment:
Took two art classes during sabbatical.

Best Art Disaster:
Don't put plaster down the sink! Ever!

Eric Sanchez

 

 

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Eric Sanchez

Who art thou?
I doth maketh art.

Spirit Color:
Rainbow Sherbert

Ice Cream:
Chocolate, cold and/or frozen

When Not at LMC, what do you do?
I explore places I have not been to, sometimes neighborhoods, parks, and find places to walk our dogs.

Art Weapon of Choice?
Break-a-way blade; paper doesn't stand a chance! 

Secret Weapon:
I can make mock ups and actually create art that looks like them on site. Using photos, the Adobe Suite, and some design sketching techniques, a digital mock up is born.

Art Super Power:
Creative problem solver, there is always an answer; however, sometimes the answer is less intriguing than the path to get there.

Philosophy:
Make art, challenge yourself and make the mundane magical.

Most Recent Accomplishment:
I am working with a laser cutter and its application to art and printmaking. pew. pew.

Best Art Disaster:
I once did a commission where the ladder came loose on a stairwell. I fell and with paint can in hand, bouncing the contents of a quart of paint onto the client's rug. A complete disaster, we rushed to clean the rug, and within 2 hours, there were no remains...phew. One of the client's workers came in a half hour after the cleanup and did not notice a thing

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Graphic Design
(925) 473-7324
jschall@losmedanos.edu

John Schall

Who art thou? 
I am a graphic designer, photographer, educator, explorer and student.

Spirit Color: 
PMS 877

Ice Cream: 
Pistachio gelato in Italy

When Not at LMC, what do you do? 
Run, design, travel, repeat. 

Art Weapon of Choice? 
Adobe.

Secret Weapon: 
Making good design choices

Art Super Power: 
Collaborative problem solving

Philosophy: 
When you are having fun, you do your best work.

Most Recent Accomplishment: 
I have recently taken up printmaking to be able to get away from the computer and work with my hands.

Best Art Disaster: 
My only attempt at making beer (beer is art, right?). Ended up as a moldy, chunky stew. I haven’t been brave enough to try again.

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Ian Bassett

Who art thou?
Educator, Potter, Sculptor, Maker 

Spirit Color:
Green

Ice Cream:
Chubby Hubby

When Not at LMC, what do you do?
Cycling, running, or in the studio.

Art Weapon of Choice?
Clay

Secret Weapon:
Bronze casting

Art Super Power:
Making things, then doing nothing with them.

Philosophy:
Never give up!

Most Recent Accomplishment:
Went surfing for the first time, now I foresee a new addicting hobby.

Best Art Disaster:
Eh, All my disasters were the best!

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Donna Fenstermaker

Who art thou?
Artist 

Spirit Color:
Red

Ice Cream:
Darjeeling tea and sour cherry

When Not at LMC, what do you do?
Work, paint, garden, answer my cat's demands.

Art Weapon of Choice?
Brush

Secret Weapon:
Humor

Art Super Power:
Being Alive

Philosophy:
Anyone can make art, as it satisfies the beast within, and it is a journey not a product.

Most Recent Accomplishment:
Moving to larger-scale watercolors

Best Art Disaster:
A larger scale watercolor

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Nick Nabas

Who art thou?
An observer, visual arts culturist, listener, guide and chronic worrier

Favorite Color:
Rustic brown

Ice Cream:
Peppermint 

When Not at LMC, what do you do?
Indulge my dog's every whim, tend to chickens, absorb music and tinker with guitars

Art Weapon of Choice?
Um...rasp? 

Secret Weapon:
Art history jingles on guitar

Art Super Power:
Reverse engineering art

Philosophy:
It's important to be nice. I'm a disciple of the evergreen sage, Kermit the Frog

Most Recent Accomplishment:
Building a charming chicken coop

Best Art Disaster:
Making a typo while hand engraving steel. Argh!

rebecca talley

 

Rebecca Talley

Who art thou?:
An artist, designer, teacher... student of life. 

Spirit Color:
Green & Blue... peace, harmony, balance, communication.

Ice Cream:
CHOCOLATE... also my favorite food group..

When Not at LMC, what do you do?
Assist others... on the journey.

Art Weapon of Choice?
MAC... the possibilities are endless.

Secret Weapon:
Music... it's the rhythm of life.

Art Super Power:
Fine Arts & Graphic Arts... creating in  worlds. 

Philosophy:
Accidents... an opportunity to embrace the unexpected.

Most Recent Accomplishment:
Students... discovering their talents.

Best Art Disaster:
Pottery Wheel... it looked so easy!

jaime tamrakar

 

 

jaime silly

Jaime Y. Tamrakar

Who art thou?
I am a brilliantly flashing light, billions of times per second, creating the three-dimensional image of me.
 
Spirit Color:
Mysterious Gray

Ice Cream:
Vanilla forever! (And ever, and ever)

When Not at LMC, what do you do?
Running after a toddler. But only madmen see the world as it really is. I would prefer that you, Gentle Reader, would imagine me sitting in front of a sunlit window, my arm brushing against the tapestry of an elegant pillow. I would be drinking a cup of coffee from my favorite mug and absorbed in a book of Billy Collins poetry.  I smile as the page finishes on a poignant note and gaze outside upon the leapingly-green spirits of trees and, beyond them, the blue dream of sky.

Art Weapon of Choice?
Is a Camera a weapon?
 
Secret Weapon:
Bowling Ball, or knitting needles.

Art Super Power:
Fold a reflector in a single twist.

Philosophy:
"If you love a flower that lives on a star, then it is sweet to look at the stars at night; all the stars are abloom with flowers."

Most Recent Accomplishment:
Graduating with my MFA.

Best Art Disaster:
The time I accidentally left my ISO at 3200 in bright sunlight whist visiting a world-famous temple in Nepal. Almost all the shots were ruined.

There was also this time I sat on a tray of paints...and thus ended my brilliant career as a painter.

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Art Gallery Director
carol@carolladewig.com

Carol Ladewig

Who art thou? 
Painter and curator

Favorite Color: 
Red

Ice Cream: 
Black Raspberry Chocalate Chip

When Not at LMC, what do you do? 
Work in my studio and be with my family and friends

Art Weapon of Choice? 
Paint

Secret Weapon: 
Persistence

Art Super Power: 
Patience

Philosophy: 
Creativity happens in relation to limitations

Most Recent Accomplishment: 
Finishing work on time and shipping it off

Best Art Disaster: 
"Gestures broadly at my life"