Jenny is currently completing her masters degree at ISU where she also teaches. She received her Bachelors degree at Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2006. Her personal work utilizes a variety of traditional and non-traditional processes. Her work has been shown in various art venues throughout Illinois. She has also served as the joint-curator for the Bloomington-Normal Collage Party Exhibition in 2007, held at Transpace gallery.

Johnny has returned to Bloomington-Normal after completing his MFA in printmaking at the University of Washington, Seattle. Previously he had achieved his BFA with Illinois State, where he also focused in printmaking. Johnny’s works have been displayed in various galleries throughout the United States. He was included in A Progressive Proof: Illinois State University Print Alumni Exhibition during fall 2007, in the MCAC Brandt Gallery.

Kris received her Bachelor of Science in Art through Illinois State University. Though comfortable with a variety of media, Kris has been working as a fiber artist for the past few years. She approaches art intuitively as a transformative process. As she states in her artist's statement: My approach to art has always been to get out of my own way and allow the piece to develop through me. Art for me is meditative, a time to connect with the soul. Her work uses traditional felting techniques to create visual compositions that transcend the medium. Kris has devised an approach to fiber art that allows her to mold the material like clay while blending different fibers like paint. You have seen Kris at the Sugar Creek Arts Festival and Spring Bloom.

Joe completed his Bachelor’s degree at Illinois State University with an emphasis in Art Education. He has been teaching beginning and advanced techniques in ceramics at MCAC for two years. He lives and works in Bloomington-Normal.

Our very own Executive Director, Doug is a Bloomington-Normal native with an MFA in Painting from Northern Illinois University and a Masters in Studio Art from Illinois State University. His experience teaching is wide ranging and diverse. He designs his coursework to provide participants the opportunity to expand their creative skill set through the introduction of materials and techniques that help to place art concepts within an historical and aesthetic context.

Hugh earned his BA in studio Arts and his teaching certificate at Illinois State University. He has exhibited works at the Freight House Exchange in El Paso and at the former Pigeon Gallery in Normal. He has done extensive work in ceramics and printmaking. Hugh is currently teaching Art full-time in Effingham, Illinois. View one of Hugh's current projects here.

Britten Traughber is a native of Central Illinois, Moweaqua to be specific. She holds a BA in Visual Arts from Bennington College in Vermont, and is now in her 2nd year as an MFA student in photography at ISU. She is currently interested in documenting the life and culture of the rural areas where she grew up, though she occasionally dabbles in performance art and pageantry.

Britten has taught photography through ISU, the Girl Scout Councils of Vermont and Illinois, various summer camps and is excited to be part of MCAC.