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Jill Caporlingua is currently an Instructor as well as the Studio Administrator of the Academy of Art of Highland Park and Gallery. She coaches students during courses and manages various studio operations. In addition to her work here, Jill is a professional artist who has exhibited widely, including at the Busch Gallery of Rutgers University, the Paterson Cultural Heritage Museum and the Somerset Center for the Arts. She is also a yoga and world dance instructor for both children and adults. She holds a degree in Philosophy, with a concentration in aesthetics, from William Paterson University and is currently pursuing a Masters in Fine Arts. >> See Jill's website (www.gallerychaos.net) |
 Untitled, acrylic on canvas Jill Marie Caporilngua |
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Sarah Grunstein is currently Head of Promotions and Planning for the Academy of Art of Highland Park and Gallery. Through her position she develops and implements special events, such as museum trips, lectures and exhibitions. She also works extensively with the webmaster on the development of the Academy web site. Sarah is a full-time student at Kean University working toward her Masters in Fine Art Education. Sarah has a B.A. in Visual Art, with a concentration in ceramic sculpture, and Jewish Studies, with a concentration in Jewish culture, from Rutgers University. Left: Torah Tzedakah Box (2003) 5.5x1.5x3in. Oxidized Copper and Nugold, Sarah Grunstein |
Ardra V. Spector currently instructs various courses at the Academy of Art of Highland Park and Gallery, including Abstract Expressionism and Fundamentals of Drawing.
Ardra graduated from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University with a degree in Visual Arts and a concentration in painting. She also has an A.A.S degree from County College of Morris in Graphic Design. Ardra is currently in pursuit of her Master's in Fine Arts and Education from Motclair State University. She has exhibited her paintings in various gallery shows over the past several years. Among her most notable work as a graphic designer are the logos used by Rutgers' Livingston College.
Our Director loves the artist's life. Spending long days and nights in our teaching studio, she also
thrills in doing absolutely nothing, and better yet if doing nothing outdoors. Her favorite things include
saltwater, dogs, sailing, and dance, as well as airplanes; zebra stripes, and backyard astronomy. Favorite
places include the cliffs of Cabo Rojo, any ancient salt-pan she can trek across; and most any place
in Australia. She'd like to toss the microwave oven and live on mofongo, Portuguese olives and Tuscan figs. Ana
often rereads Theucydedes' passage on the 'Battle of the Great Bay' and Melville's Moby Dick in its
entirety. As instructor, she most loves to study and teach the technical craft
traditions (long-standing theories, techniques and methods) that lie behind drawing and
painting.
>> Credentials and Art
Janie Thompson-Lide is currently working at a South Brunswick, New Jersey CPA firm as an Office Manager/Bookkeeper. She also handles the billing for the Academy of Art of Highland Park and Gallery.
Janie is a firm believer that utilizing both sides of your brain can be challenging as well as stimulating. She is very passionate about art and enjoys working in watercolor, oils, acrylics, pastel, pen and ink, colored pencil and graphite. She is registered with the South Brunswick Arts Commission and has recently had her work exhibited in both North and South Brunswick and Highland Park, New Jersey.
Leora Wenger, our "Web Diva", loves creating artistic websites like this one.
Leora studied art at Boston University School for the Arts, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and elsewhere. She has a B.A. in Art History and Urban Studies from B.U. Leora's technical skills developed while working at the MIT Laboratory for Computer Science; her web skills are mostly self-taught. When not producing websites, she works at her "real job", raising three children.
>> See more of Leora's sites at www.leoraw.com