Jump Into Art Studios Teachers
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Director Magda Dia has created the dazzling and magical world of Jump Into Art Studios with its open and inviting atmosphere, safe space to create with dozens of classes, workshops and camps for artists of all ages. A California native, Magda brings a peaceful vibe to the studio with an, "Everybody's an artist," philosophy. Teachers teach what they choose, students work at their own pace and everyone can just be in a creative space. With loving-kindness and compassion, all things are possible. Magda runs Art, Art and More Art classes, Magda's Beauty Bar, private events, adult workshops, summer camps and anything else fanciful and fun - connect with Magda Dia here, or connect with her pottery (pictured here) and organic skin care product line, Magnus McKinney!
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Tim Bednar is a retired fire fighter and business professional who spends his days playing with clay, teaching students how to throw on the wheel, working with his son at Profound Farms and chasing his grandkids around. Tim teaches most of the day on Thursdays in our brand new pottery studio.
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Martha Duncan is our in-house art house manager, chief financial officer and the glue that keeps Jump Into Art Studios running - she's an artist, crafter, helper, healer, solver-of-problems, carpenter and accountant. Martha makes the art house a better place! She also handles billing so any inquires should be directed to her.
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Wendy Lamar runs Caldwell Elementary School Art Department and is a breath of fresh artistic air - she can create anything! She's been an inspiration at our studio since we've started running art parties, summer camps, The Clay Classroom, pottery classes and more!
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Cassie Appleby, retired art educator from Glen Oaks Elementary is warm hearted, kind, helpful and uplifting. "Watching student's hearts and talents grow with excitement as they create," as she teaches new techniques in sketching and painting. Her classes include Drawing and Painting plus the ever popular program Homeschool Art, Art and More Art and after school Art, Art and More Art.
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Emily Scott is a joyous and light hearted educator and artist who engages with her students on many levels. A native of Maine, Emily enjoys travel, hiking, camping, the great outdoors as well as playing in the clay studio with her friends and students. Emily teaches artists of all ages in Homeschool Art Art and More Art, The Clay Classroom, Sip and Throw and our ever popular adult pottery classes.
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Deanna Smith is retired elementary art teacher is engaging, artsy, fun, vivacious, and gives young artists new and interesting ways to think of creativity. Deanna offers classes in adult workshops in Glass Fusing 101 plus homeschool art and after school classes in our Art, Art and More Art program.
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Like others on our teaching staff, Kay Bernier is super creative with fiber arts, metal smithing, jewelry, cloisonné, photography, framing, stained glass, etching, mosaics and pottery. Clay is her favorite medium and she's been teaching and inspiring others for more than a decade. We are lucky to have found Kay with her peaceful and warm spirit, know-how and easy to follow guidance. Join her Tuesday Pottery 6:30-9pm class, you won't be disappointed!
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Scout Wilson finds beauty in everything she touches from painting, pencils, body art, tattooing to her Dallas area murals. Her work is on display at the Bath House and Wright Art Twin Gallery.
Scout joins us from Philadelphia, PA after attending art college for education and graphic design. Scout teacher various art programs including Drawing and Still Life, summer camp and more. |
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Sherri Murphy, a professional educator for 20+ years, and is most known for her happy, bright, colorful and whimsical art. She brings her enthusiasm into the studio with her Happy Art program as she leads students with joy (starting in Spring 2022). Sherri is an avid photographer and creator of the Facebook group McKinney Photo of the Day. Her desire to inspire, create and touch the lives of those around her makes her a great addition to our art school! Be sure to check out her newest workshop, Floral Workshop.
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Linda Bonner of Linda Bonner Studio has enjoyed creating from a very young age with sewing and fiber arts projects. She's a constant sell out in the international Art-O-Mat (new art sold in an old fashioned, updated cigarette machine) - and is continuously creating and developing new miniature art concepts. She's an active member of the McKinney Art Club as well as Dallas Area Fiber Artists. "I have a passion for sharing creativity with others; watching them bloom and encouraging them is my great joy!" She's offering Collage 101 and tiny art - a great class!
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Britt Witt an intuitive artist, therapeutic holographic healer, medical massage therapist, sound medicine practitioner and all around fantastic being that teaches classes, workshop, offers private healing sessions (in her BRAND new upstairs studio) and group sound bowl medicine. She's big reason you feel our high vibe energy when you walk in the door. Book privately with her here or book Sound Healing with Britt,
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Meet Sheena LaPlant, a lovely pottery teacher in the studio with years and years of experience working with clay and ceramics. Sheena's a Texas native, mother of twin girls, Girl Scout troop leader and all around awesome human that loves throwing large functional vessels with vibrant and brilliant hues. She offers all level adult pottery classes on Tuesday mornings and Thursday evenings.
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Katey Loveless brings the fun to functional art! As a passionate potter, wood worker, painter, business design consultant, interior and web designer, she sees the beauty of art in many different spaces. She leads by creating warm and inclusive spaces for all to let their inner creative shine. Join Katey for a Sip and Throw Pottery Party, Private Pottery Party, Fairy House Workshop or a Mug Making Session.
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Meet Keri Christopher, a darling educator we are so happy to have at the studio! She's teaching Just Write, a homeschool creative writing course for second to sixth graders, homeschool science class, and STEM.
Keri's love of reading, writing, teaching and supporting her two homeschoolers curriculum make her a perfect addition to our staff. |
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Lisa Jane Long is a studio artist and teacher that brings so much to the house including a love of all things multimedia plus mosaics, jewelry and painting; "I love creating and inspiring others. There is something very gratifying in making something beautiful out of bits, pieces and ingredients. I enjoy time in my kitchen, my garden, and my art studio. It makes me so happy." Her background is varied with singing, theatre, acting, producing and she's even a playwright! And recently she's become a master gardner, too and readily admits that she enjoys playing in the dirt. Lisa leads Kids Create Workshops and Sip and Paint and Create , Landscape Paint Panels, and Multimedia 6 week class.
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Beth Matlock is always a studio favorite with her gentle and engaging nature. She's a water colorist, crafter, and all around fabulous educator who works with various programs in the studio. She'll be offering a new spring-time water color basics program and Sip and Paint and Create on Friday Nights!
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Joe Morgan is retired educator, potter, sculptor, welder, painter and former studio operator at the Chicken Farm Art Center in San Angelo, Texas. He recently moved to Providence Village, Texas to be closer to grandchildren and continue his love and passion for the arts. With a bachelor's degree in Kinesiology and Biology, Joe spent 24 years at Central High School in San Angelo where he taught Biology, Ceramics, Drawing, AP Sculpture, and Art I. He was also the director of the Visual Arts Scholastic Event for Region 15 and taught various art day camps at the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts. Joe operated a studio at The Chicken Farm Art Center for sixteen years where he specialized in Raku pottery, mild steel sculptures and his signature Gorilla Glue paintings. Other signature pieces include bottle cap snakes, face mugs, Whistlers, Dancers, Beach Babes and Phish. Joe's raku and alternative firing program offers Copper Raku, Crackle glaze Raku, Horse Hair, Sagger Fire and Naked Raku. And intermediate and advanced potters should join his Advanced Throwing Workshop and Joe's Pottery and Clay Class.
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Amber Goodwin is a fluid artist with a passion for teaching others the Dutch Bloom and Art Bloom techniques from Rinske Down, Shelee Carruthers and Molly Leach. She finds her color inspiration from the culture of New Mexico and loves to experiment with and is fascinated by the different paint densities and how they may react to a certain pouring medium. These experiments create beautiful contrast and interesting depth in her pieces. Amber loves to teach and has over 1,000 followers on her YouTube channel. Sign up for her wonderful Fluid Art Workshops and you can follow her on her social media platforms: YouTube, Facebook, or Instagram. Join her workshop at the studio, Fluid Art.
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Jeff Gottfried is an artist known for creating representational western bronzes as well as monumental bronze commissions.
His many awards include the 2007 Cowboy Artists of America's Award for Emerging Artist, Phippen art show, Prescott, AZ, as well as numerous other awards such as best of show, first place sculpture, and others. His works are in several prestigious collections, including the Pearce Collection of Western Art, in Corsicana, TX, and the Greeley Stampede in Greeley, CO. Jeff sculpted a portrait bust of Charles Goodnight which is now on display at the Charles Goodnight Historical Center in Claude, TX. Jeff is an artist at Masterpiece Gallery in Santa Fe, NM. Jeff has recently completed a sculpture of James Butler Bonham, a hero of the Alamo, commissioned by Texas governor Rick Perry. His two day workshop Form of the Human Head takes place in September, don't miss this! |
Meet our newest educator, Nancy Nelson, a talented and warm hearted artist with a passion for mosaic art. She's got some wonderful tips and tricks to design, cutting glass into tiny pieces and creating beauty. Nancy says, "mosaic art is a creative type of relaxation therapy and a way to express feelings and emotions through art." Nancy’s classes are lighthearted and filled with fun and laughter. Join her single workshops, Project Mosaic Workshop and work on a wooden trivet or charcuterie board or jump into a 6 week session for a deeper dive into the medium.
Say hello to Hannah Merriman our newest addition in the pottery department. Hannah is junior at McKinney Boyd High School and enjoys working with many different forms of art media, especially drawing, making stamps and pottery. She loves to learn new techniques and help others explore their artistic aspirations. She has collaborated with other artists to complete art beautification projects around the city through her role on the leadership team of the Art National Honor Society at Boyd. When she’s not honing her artistic skills, she loves playing softball and hanging out with her Chihuahuas.
Meet artist Karren Case, a member and studio artist at LAST Art Gallery in downtown McKinney. Her art experience includes watercolors, acrylics, oils, alcohol inks. Her current passion is painting with oils and cold wax using palette knives. She is a member of the Art Club of McKinney and the McKinney Plein Air Society. Karren has participated in art exhibitions locally for several years. She and her husband moved to McKinney in 2012 from Louisiana and are very happy to now call this area “home”. Join Karren's workshops in alcohol ink on our schedule for October and November here.
Meet artist Nancy Sterling Tyler, a native Texan, began playing around with oil paints early on. Plein Air painting is her passion with studio work running a close second. Oil, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, colored pencil and mixed media are experimented with often but oil being the favorite and preferred media. Nancy prefers to paint from life and enjoys colorful landscapes. Join Nancy's 6 week Oil Immersion Class - a great class for all levels and beginners encouraged.
Meet LaShell Martinez, a heritage crafter who loves to share her love of crafting. When not crafting, learning a new skill or teaching you can find her spending time with her family, traveling and volunteering at several local non-profits. She will be teaching basket weaving with more heritage craft classes to come.