smARTworks Faculty
Mary Dixon
Mary Dixon graduated from PNCA with a BFA in Sculpture. She has worked with both PNCA’s Outreach and smARTworks Programs. She has recently completed an artist-in-residency at Lane Middle School. Mary currently is working as a muralist in private homes.
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Alice Hill
Alice Hill holds a BFA in Painting from Marylhurst University. She is an instructor in the PNCA Youth Program and teaches children’s classes at the Portland Art Museum and Oregon College of Arts and Crafts. Alice is the program coordinator and instructor for the Rise Above Art Program for homeless youth in Hillsboro. She also teaches at the Walters Cultural Art Center.
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Heather McLaughlin
Heather McLaughlin received her BFA in printmaking from Pacific Northwest college of Art in 2005. During the academic year she teaches for Metropolitan Family Service’s SUN program. She acts as the main coordinator for an educational internship associated with SUNs after school program. Heather has also instructed at the collegiate level, working with BFA students in the area printmaking. She also serves as the Executive Director of Flight 64, a local non-profit printmaking studio.
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Amy Steel
Amy Steel received her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a concentration in Fiber, Sculpture and Printmaking. She holds a MFA from Portland State University. She has been teaching youth at PNCA for several years and concurrently teaches at PSU.
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Gary Sweet
Gary Sweet holds a BFA in Painting from PNCA. In Portland, he is represented by Mark Wooley Gallery. Gary has taught with PNCA’s Youth Program for several years in both the smARTworks summer workshops and in ABC Classes.
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