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Pamela Rhodes, our drawing instructor, is the founder and director of ARTroads. She believes that everyone is capable of seeing the world that surrounds us and also transposing that vision to paper and canvas.
She graduated from City University of New York, Baruch College, with a business degree and a major in advertising. She has pursued her own art education through numerous classes at San Francisco State, The Academy of Sciences, and under the tutelage of professional artists.
She has worked as a technical illustrator and directed a corporate audio visual department.
She is a skilled portrait and landscape artist, and her graphite, colored pencil and watercolor work is owned by clients throughout the US, Mexico and England.
She has taught portrait drawing for the YWCA, and her signature class "Learning to Draw so You can Paint" in San Francisco, the Yucatan and as an essential part of the Tuscany Art and Cooking Party each autumn.
Pamela is a patient and prepared instructor. She provides the tools and techniques that allow each student to develop their drawing skills. She is committed to the goal of having each of us really see all that surrounds us and drawing and painting those treasures that we see. She believes that the skill of seeing, combined with the practice of drawing, results in the excitement of expression.
Sarah Craige, our designated "Artist in Residence" is a native of North Carolina and uses the locale for inspiration and materials. She has extensive experience teaching adults in the Chapel Hill community. Her work has been exhibited at several galleries and she has enjoyed commissions from many organizations and businesses. Her ceramic designs grace the interiors of UNC Hospital and retail stores in N.C. She brings a spirit and commitment to her art that is valued throughout the southeast United States.
Our talented guide and gastronomic consultant, Signor Giancarlo Russo, will present a selection of Tuscan food and wine.
Signor Russo left corporate management and Milan to live in Tuscany and pursue his love of Tuscan tastes. He founded and directs "Stagionatori d'Arno", a company which ages, refines and distributes a high quality line of artisinal cheese and salumi products worldwide. He is a sought-after speaker and lectures at the Lorenzo de' Medici Scool in Firenze, the University of Gastronomic Science in Pollenzo and teaches the "Master Cheese" and "Salumi" courses for the Slow Food Organization. As a Master Cheese Taster for "ONAF" (the National Organization of Cheese Tasters), he is a frequent presenter to trade and consumer groups. Signor Russo brings the same passion and determination to find the most representational products of Tuscany to his wine lectures and tastings.
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