Popular Painting Teacher Returning to the Quinlan this Fall

Toni Treverton is offering a 3-day "Beginners in Oil" course this fall. Toni resided in Duluth and taught weekly classes at the Quinlan from 2001 to 2003. Toni enjoys sharing her knowledge of Oil Painting techniques through teaching. She received much praise from former students for the good foundation she provided through her class lessons. "It is always a joy for me to see beginners, who've never painted, complete their first works of Art... and to know they now have a foundation to proceed from..."

Please welcome artist/ instructor Charles Y. Walls

Charles Young Walls has been an artist all of his life, and art has always been in the forefront of his pursuits. He completed a BFA from Arizona State University after which, following years of artistic struggle, he found the training he was looking for. He studied art at the National Academy of Design and the Art Students League, both in New York City, under the tutelage of various teachers. At the League he studied primarily with Peter Cox and has continued his development through the workshops offered by David Leffel.

Pris has been active in the art world in one form or another over the past 26 years and holds a degree in graphic design with high concentration on architectural renderings and logo design. She has been painting professionally the past 18 years. 

Instructor of classes for kids, tweens, teens and adults in all media

Gainesville native and local business owner, Amy "Fox" Gradin, is frequently seen furthering community interest in the arts through her various endeavors. At the Quinlan, she is most well known as the fearless leader of our Annual Summer Art Camp program.