Instructor Profiles

	Deb Biechler, M.A. received her master’s degree in Education from Viterbo University
	in La Crosse, Wisconsin. She has been a co-facilitator of the Central Wisconsin Writing
	Project at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point for eight years. Deb is also an
	adjunct faculty member for the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay where she teaches
	courses on writing instruction. Deb is an avid writer who loves to conduct work-shops
	that help people discover that they have stories to tell and important things to say
	through writing. Deb’s workshops are for people who want to explore the writing process
	for personal satisfaction or publication.

	Kay Brathol-Hostvet’s pastel and acrylic landscape paintings have been described as
	“contemporary regionalism” and “emotive landscapes.” She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts
	degree from the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Studio Arts, with concentrations in
	painting and drawing. She currently works from her studio in Madison, Wisconsin. Kay
	Brathol-Hostvet’s work is in numerous private and corporate collections including the
	University of Wisconsin Hospitals and Clinics, and Wisconsin Department of Revenue. She
	is represented by Artisan Gallery, Paoli, Wisconsin and BNOX Gold & Iron and Fine Art in
	Pepin, Wisconsin.
	Kay feels sharing ourselves with others is the greatest gift we can give. She enjoys teaching
	classes for adults and young people. Kay understands that beginners are often fearful of
“mistakes,” judgment, and failure. Her classes are informative, interactive, non-judgmental, and FUN!
Kay respectfully guides students to develop their skills, challenging them to grow beyond their expectations.
With her passion and enthusiasm for art-making she encourages others to pursue their own “voice”.
To view more of Kay’s work, please visit www.kaybratholhostvet.com an interactive sight, takes awhile to load.

	Audrey Chowdhury, M.S., is an Art Therapist, Reiki Master and a certified facilitator of
	two powerful processes, SoulCollage^®and IntegrativeBreathwork, all methods that tap into
	the healing power of the imagination. She uses sound and music, guided imagery, as well as
	art making that help you access your inner wisdom and intuition and enhance your natural
	ability to grow and heal. Audrey received her Integrative Breathwork training and
	certification at the Eupsychia Institute with Jacquelyn Small and worked with Seena Frost,
	founder of the SoulCollage^® process to become a certified facilitator.
Audrey guides fellow travelers as we embark upon our creative journeys toward health and wholeness.
More about Audrey at http://www.soulcollage.com/process/facilitators.php (type in: WI, US)

	Ken De Waard was raised in the Midwest. His love for the arts was apparent at an
	early age and through encouragement and early training, he has built his life around
	the arts. After receiving a B.A. with honors from Western Illinois University, Ken
	began working in a commercial art studio in Chicago. He continued his studies at the
	American Academy of Art, where he studied with nationally recognized watercolorist,
	Irving Shapiro. Upon Irving’s recommendation Ken joined the acclaimed Palette and
	Chisel Academy of Fine Art in Chicago, where soon he began studying with Scott
	Burdick. It is here that Ken adapted his direct and pure approach as well as his
bravura brush style, which he achieves by painting from life.
Strongly inspired by John Singer Sargent, Nicolai Fechin, Joaquin Sorolla and the Russian Impressionist, Ken finds
himself painting an array of traditional subject matter from everyday life. Ken’s paintings capture the fleeting effects
of light, wonderful color nuances and harmonies presented by nature and all of her beauty.
Ken currently lives with his wife and four young children in the inspiringly beautiful driftless area of southwest
Wisconsin. He continues to travel throughout the United States and Italy. Ken spends many a summer day painting
the Italian hillsides or the beautiful American vistas around him. Ken’s paintings have been exhibited nationally for
which he has received many awards. Several galleries throughout the United States represent his work.
For more information go to: www.kendewaard.com

	Kathleen Grittner is an artist who works with many types of media. She earned a
	master’s degree in art therapy at Vermont College, in Montpelier, Vermont after studying
	studio arts, philosophy, literature, comparative religion and psychology at Mount Mary
	College, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. For several years Kathleen designed and printed textiles
	that have been exhibited nationally and internationally.
	Kathleen continues her life-long exploration of the many art forms and spiritual practices
	that interest her and teaches workshops that emphasize the exploration process. In an
	environment free from judgment, and the pressure of results, Kathleen guides others to
liberate and experience their own inherent creativity.
Kathleen is energized by color, inspired by the cycles of nature, and is a passionate organic gardener. She considers
the practice of an art form as essentially a spiritual path in which we invite our deeper wisdom.
Kathleen is the owner of Full Circle Retreat.

	Julie Tallard Johnson, MSW, LCSW is a transpersonal counselor and writing consultant
	who has led groups and individuals on spiritual and creative paths for nearly 30 years. She
	is trained in the areas of meditation, breathwork and depth psychology. She is the award
	winning author of 8 books, a recent one being Spiritual Journaling: Writing Your Way to
	Independence. She is presently completing her 9th book: The Wheel of Initiation, due out
	in January of 2009.
	For more on Julie go to her website: www.julietallardjohnson.com

	Barb Kobe, is an artist specializing in doll making as visual metaphor. She is also an
	Expressive Arts Coach, Group Facilitator, Teacher, and Curriculum Designer.
	Barb began making dolls many years ago using roots from her garden. Her first dolls were a
	means of exploring deeper parts of herself. By making these dolls, she was able to affirm
	the life process, the joy and the pain, and let go of what needed release and move toward
	transformation and healing. The threads that weave through Barb’s work are women's
	issues of empowerment, spirituality and healing.
	Barb is passionate about art and healing and believes that the act of doll making can take
	the doll maker through a deep creative process that can bring unknown parts of oneself to
	conscious awareness, and set change in motion. Spiritual rituals and healing symbols
deepen this process. Nature is a primary source of inspiration. In addition to fibers and clay, Barb often uses sticks,
roots, and other materials found in nature for doll making.
More about Barb at: www.barbkobe.com

	Jaime Meyer earned a master’s degree in theology and the arts from United Seminary of the
	Twin Cities, and has been studying shamanic ceremony for 25 years. He’s a graduate of Tom
	Cowan’s two-year Celtic shamanic training. For six years he has lead a community of about
	100 drummers in twice monthly gatherings that combine the ecstatic fun of drumming with
	shamanic ceremony.
	As a theatre artist he has had 20 plays produced in theatres in the Twin Cities and in various
	cities around the USA. He co-founded the first theatre company for the Hmong Community
(refugees from the Vietnam War era) and ran it for ten years, co-creating eight plays that were seen by over
200,000 people in many cities. He’s a husband, father, gardener and guy with a day job.
More about Jaime at: www.drummingthesoulawake.com

	Lisa Moriarty, BA, CLF is a Labyrinth Designer and Certified Labyrinth Facilitator. She
	creates sacred space for individuals, churches, groups and organizations as well as conducting
	workshops, retreats and presentations on the history and use of labyrinths.
	Lisa has a Bachelor's degree in fine arts and has trained with Rev. Lauren Artress of Veriditas,
	Worldwide Labyrinth Project, Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and Master Labyrinth Maker Robert
	Ferré of Labyrinth Enterprises in St. Louis, MO. She is a board member of The Labyrinth Society,
	an international organization and an active member of the Minnesota Labyrinth Network.
	Lisa creates unique labyrinth designs, including Circle of Peace™, a 7-circuit concentric circle
design that blends elements of the ancient classical and medieval or Chartres-like patterns with sacred geometric
principles. Another widely embraced design is the Dancing Woman™, a design inspired by the ancient Baltic Wheel
pattern and developed to represent triumph, celebration, compassion, joy and comfort.
To see these labyrinths designs and learn more about Lisa go to: www.pathsofpeace.com

Tish Murphy has been rug hooking for 20 years and is well know in the rug hooking community for her excellent

work. Tish continues to teach workshops, design kits and develop new, innovative projects that utilize rug hooking.

Her work has been featured in Rug Hooking magazine.

More about Tish at: www.tishkits.com

	Ashley Marie Rajkovic is a graduate of Mount Mary College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin where
	she received her BA in Art Education with high honors. Ashley enjoys working with many types
	of media. Painting is her strongest passion. She excels in watercolor and also paints with
	acrylic, oil and tempera.
	Ashley began watercolor painting in high school where she was awarded a scholarship that
	allowed her study painting and attend classes at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay. She
	also competed in the Visual Arts Classic where she was awarded two silver medals at the
	sectional and regional levels. She was one of two students in her graduating class recognized
	for excellence in art and the recipient of a scholarship, which she used at Mount Mary College.
While at Mount Mary, Ashley was a four-time Layton Art Scholarship Recipient, an All American Collegiate Scholar
twice, and was recognized as one of the many Who’s Who Among American College Students. Ashley currently
teaches art full time and paints the beauty she finds all around her.

	Lisa Schlingerman, MA in Human Development from St Mary’s College in Minneapolis,
	Minnesota. Lisa is a Tai Chi instructor, artist, expressive art therapist, Reiki practitioner
	and former Montessori teacher. Lisa has been an educator for 35 years, integrating the
	philosophies of all the disciplines she has studied. Lisa believes that genuine
	expression comes for the ability to describe the uniqueness of everyday experience.
	Her integrated approach offers an environment that expands the potential for self-
	expression. As an artist, Lisa creates in a spirit of self-discovery. For her, practicing
	Tai Ji compliments her art making by sustaining the source of energy, connecting to the
patterns of nature and bringing to light images that truly express the body, heart and mind.
Lisa lives on the banks of the St Croix River and is a member of The Living Tao, Minnesota Art Therapy Association,
and Art Reach Alliance of the St Croix Valley. She is on the Board of St Croix River Association and is founder of
ARTSelf^® a natural source of expression that reveals itself during the creative process.
More about Lisa at: www.taichilisa.com

	Steve Sklar is the leading performer and teacher of Khoomei, or Tuvan Throat-Singing
	in the western hemisphere. He has mastered the traditional Tuvan techniques and has
	developed unique methods for teaching throat-singing and the Tibetan low, chordal chant
	voice. A longtime associate of the famed Tuvan ensemble Huun-Huur-Tu, Steve has
	developed unique, fun, and safe techniques for learning the traditional Tuvan styles,
	Khoomei, Kargyraa, and Sygyt. in which each singer sings 2-4 notes simultaneously.
	Steve is the founder of the International Association for Harmonic Singing and runs a
	throat-harmonic-overtone singing site: http://khoomei.com. He also performs with the
	ensembles Big Sky as a guitarist, throat-singer, producer, and engineer; and the
Overtone Orchestra as a throat-singer, didgeridoo player, percussionist.
You can see videos and listen to audio recordings of Steve at his web site: http://khoomei.com
There is a Scientific American Article about Tuvan Throat Singing at: www.sciam.com/article
"Steve was more than generous with his time, his energy, and his unique expertise…Steve is part guru, part
music teacher and part Catskill comic, somehow he manages to engage all three of these aspects at once."
-Peter Pringle, Montreal Throat-Singing Festival
“Steve Sklar is the master of Tuvan throat voice techniques in the West."-Prof. Tran Quang Hai
Steve has also spent many years developing therapeutic energy techniques utilizing vocal harmonics, didgeridoo,
and Himalayan singing bowls for the purpose of healing. He teaches techniques for self-healing and techniques for
use sound in professional health/healing practices.

	Seeing the world as an artist since early childhood, Kathie Wheeler has drawn and
	painted throughout her life. She was raised in the Chicago area and studied art at
	Eastern Illinois University and the Academy of Art in Chicago.
	Kathie was a freelance commercial and portrait artist in Chicago before moving to
	Vernon County in 1995. She now lives on a small farm with her husband, son, and
	daughter and continues to paint in her studio and plein air. For the past 12 years
	she has exhibited her work nationally and continues to teach in the public and
	private schools, as well as adult classes.
More about Kathie at: www.kathiewheeler.com

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