The Artist in Residence (AiR) program offers students a chance to work with our own faculty artists and artists from the community. Students have the amazing opportunity to select the course of their choice! The Artist in Residence program will take place during Upper School Experience Centered Seminars, February 24 - March 17, 2011. There will be a showcase for this experience on Thursday, March 17, 2011 at 2:00 p.m. in the Louisa Performing Arts Center.

Dramatic Historical Reenactment

Students create their own historical character for a live performance. In so doing, they develop research skills, acting techniques, and appreciation for history in a unique and personal way. By expanding their acting skills, they develop a personal interpretation, which expresses the personality, hardships, motivation and accomplishments of the character.

Artist/Instructor: Sue Breeze (Katharine Lee Bates) with Christopher Lowell (Benjamin Franklin), Doris McGraw (Helen Hunt) and Gene Johnson (Buffalo Bill)
Sue Breeze is a character actress and educator, originally from Chicago. She received her degree from the Goodman Theatre School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago and studied at Northeastern University. Studying comedy with Second City and Musical Theater training at Herbert Bergoff Studios in NYC contributed to her abilities. She has a variety of credits in theater, television, corporate entertainment, film, print work and voiceovers. Her twelve years of experience as a Performing Arts Instructor at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center includes; Improvisation, Radio Theater, Auditioning and a wide variety of theatrical training. Appearances in CSFAC’s productions of “Sweet Charity”, “Damn Yankees” and “Steel Magnolias” are a few of the roles she’s had locally, in addition to The MAT, Red Herring Productions/Murder Mysteries, Opera Theater of the Rockies and UCCS Theatreworks. Personal coaching credits include Radio and TV Broadcasters at Pikes Peak Broadcasting in Colorado Springs and Grand Junction; TV & Film Acting for Adults, Pre-Teens and Teens, specializing in Talent Auditions and coaching for Professional Speakers.

A Dwelling for the Future – Sculptural Installation

Pretend we have no fossil fuels left. How will homes change? What will they be made of? What will our furniture be made of? Recycled and throw-away objects will become precious. The beautiful and the practical will coexist. In this course students will design a dwelling of the future as an installation, by creating a life sized dwelling as a group project for display in the Louisa Gallery. Recycled objects and supplies from the students’ and faculties’ homes will be utilized, as well as other donated materials including clay, paint, cardboard, fabric and paper. The sky’s the limit as far as the imagination of the participants, both in the use of materials and the ideas for their creations.

Artist/Instructor: Johanna Goodman
Mrs. Goodman has produced over 350 art shows of her own work, and is currently exhibiting a 20year retrospective at the Sangre de Cristo Arts Center in Pueblo.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS (*one-person exhibition)
2011- Sangre De Cristo Art Center, Pueblo, Co.
*2009- Business of Art Center, Manitou Springs, Co.
*2008- Boettcher Hall, Denver Performing Art Center
*2008- Bethany Church, Festival of the Arts, Englewood, Co.
*2007- represented by Iris Gallery, Littleton , Co,
*2006- “ Forgotten Alphabet”, Rosemont College, Philadelphia, Pa.
2004 - “Repetition and Transformation,” Philadelphia Cathedral
2003 - “Look Here, See and Listen,” Penn Charter, Philadelphia PA.
2001 - “Life Cycles” Salon des Amis, Malvern, PA, two-person show
1999 - “Seven Takes on Tile” Show of Hands, Philadelphia, PA
1998 - “Tools” Show, Clay Studio, Philadelphia, PA Juror: Judith Schwartz
1997 - “Art of the State” Harrisburg, PA juror: Kenneth Trapp
1995 - Gallery 10 Ltd., Washington D.C. two person exhibition
1994 - “To the President,” National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Museum,Wash. D.C.
*1990 - Ruth Zafrir Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
*1981 - Kling Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

BIBLIOGRAPHY (partial)
Philadelphia Inquirer, June 2001, Dec. 2000 reviews, Victoria Donohoe.
Avon Grove Sun, June 2001, review, R.B. Strauss.
Iris Magazine, Winter-Spring Issue 1999.
Washington Post, Review, June, 1995.
To the President, published by Smithsonian Museum, 1994.
"Edie's People", news feature, WCAU-TV (CBS), March, 1994.
Philadelphia Inquirer, People feature, February 24, 1994.
Los Angeles Times, feature review, May 23, 1993.
“Bill Clinton Chair Goes to the White House,” CBS This Morning, Melissa Rivers, 1993.
Cable News Network, news feature, November, 1992.
WTXF-TV (Fox) showcased artist, interviewed in my studio, October, 1992.
London Independent, review, June, 1992.
Aspen Times, feature article, May, 1992.

COLLECTIONS (partial) Received over 150 commissions from 1989 to present.
In the collections of former President Bill Clinton, John Tyson (Tyson Foods Inc.), Maxwell King (Philadelphia Inquirer), Dr. Alex Maeder, Dr. Lee & Elisa Osterman, Edward Pritchard (Doubletree Hotels) Dennis Hopper,and many others

EDUCATION
1981 - PhD in Philosophy, Aesthetics, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA
1971 - M.F.A., Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
1967 - B.F.A., Moore College of Art, Philadelphia, PA

50’s Show Choir

Have you ever heard songs from the 50's and felt they were fun to sing? Have you got that song stuck in your head?

Now's your chance! In this Artist in Residence you will learn about the composers of music that made the 50's famous as well as SING those songs in the style they were meant be sung. You will sing, move, and smile to The Leader of the Pack, Where the Boys Are, Farmer Tan, and the infamous, Unchained Melody, "Oh my love, my darlin". So put on your leathers, roll up your jeans, and swish that poodle skirt to the tunes that made the 50's famous!

Artist/Instructor: Paula Scarbrough
Mrs. Scarbrough grew up on the stage from the age of four in church and Community Theater. Paula studied performing arts at Hope College in Holland, MI. with a double major in acting/directing and voice/piano and is an accomplished oboist. Paula was 1990 Benson-Word Female Vocalist of the Year in the St. Louis region and was a resident actor/director on the Golden Rod Show Boat on the Mississippi River. Her theater credits include: Reno and Bonnie in Anything Goes, Dolly Levi in Hello Dolly!, Sister Hubert in Nunsense II, Marion in Swing Time Canteen, Wicked Witch of the West in Wizard of OZ, The Witch in Into the Woods, Julie Lavern in Show Boat , Laurey in Oklahoma, Aunt Nettie in Carousel; and are among her favorites .Paula has been a featured entertainer in theme parks including Six Flags and Cedar Point and has been a soloist at the Glen Campbell Theater in Branson, MO. Ms. Scarbrough’s film and TV credits include Charlie’s Middle-Aged Angels for TNN, commercials for HGTV and markets in print modeling with Millennium Models and national/local commercials; and a short stint on Broadway. Paula is an accomplished mezzo-soprano and was a soloist for The Masterworks Choral and a district honors choir director in the St. Louis region for three years. Paula holds the title for Mrs. Illinois 2002 and is committed to help pre-teens and teens with poise and etiquette.