ARCHIVES - Meet the Board Members (2006)
Elaine Iodice - President
Mark Dodge - 1st Vice President & Webmaster
Victor Loverro - 2nd Vice President
Elizabeth Michailoff - Treasurer
Jeannie Burham - Secretary & Newsletter Editor
Hallie Price - Member-at-Large
John Muhler - Ex-Officio
Elaine Iodice - President - Elaine Iodice hails from Massachusetts and came of age in historic Concord. Elaine's grandparents emigrated from Italy. Her grandfather worked as an accomplished stone mason, truck farming was the business on the other side of the family.
As a young girl, Elaine studied and performed dance and ballet with her two sisters. She graduated in 1969 from the Boston Conservatory with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree, studying theater and dance. Due partly to an undistinguished performing arts career and partly to the youth movement of the late 60’s, Elaine found herself drawn to the Northwest. In 1980, she graduated from the University of Victoria with a B.Sc. degree in Computer Science. Her natural mathematical abilities coincided with the rise of the high tech and software industries.
Elaine spent the next seventeen years in California helping to make the computer the ubiquitous presence it is today. She and her husband returned to the Northwest in 1998, where she became aware of the Seattle Art Glass movement. Following a visit to Venice and the Island of Murano, she decided to learn more about the craft of creating art glass. Classes at the Pratt Fine Arts Center exposed her to the various techniques of glass work. Taken with its inspirational natural beauty and slower pace, Elaine moved from Bellevue to Camano Island in 2000. The following year Elaine finished building her fused glass studio and started her business, Deception Glass.
Elaine shows her kiln-worked glass in several Puget Sound galleries. She currently serves as President of the Stanwood/Camano Arts Guild and is a past vice president of the Camano Arts Association. The Deception Glass studio is a popular stop on the annual Mother’s Day studio tour on Camano Island. www.DeceptionGlass.com 360-387-7869
Mark Dodge - 1st Vice-President and Webmaster - Mark was born in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he began studying music and art at 6 years of age through his mother, a grade-school art teacher and musician. Mark holds an eclectic Bachelor's degree from Antioch University Seattle, comprising three years of Fine Arts at Edinboro State University in Pennsylvania, and 2+ years of academic and business courses in the Northwest. Mark moved to Washington State in 1975, where he began a 10-year professional music career.
Today, he records and produces CDs on his own label, Big Quack Records. His photographic interests started in the early 70s, and in 1980, he began working as a graphic designer, creating advertising, promotional materials, and studio photography. Mark created ad campaigns and web sites for many commercial and non-profit organizations, served as a director on the board of the Alpaca Association of Western Washington, the Stanwood-Camano Music Festival, and the Stanwood-Camano Arts Guild, for which he is also webmaster. His fine art photography has won over two dozen awards since he began entering shows in 2003, including six blue ribbons, a best in show and two purchase awards.
Mark and his wife Vicki operate Quacky Studios out of their home on Camano Island. Mark's photography and CDs are available locally at Gallery in the Loft, located in the Camano Commons, and he performs periodically with his own band, as well as several other groups. See www.quackystudios.com and www.bigquack.com for more information. 360-387-8295
Victor Loverro - 2nd Vice-President - A photographer, Victor works with antique and large-format cameras. In 2003, his photographs were part of an exhibit at Stanwood House Gallery titled "Architectural Elements". Using large-format cameras, he produced photographs of grain silos, smokestacks, and other architectural buildings in Conway, Stanwood and other local sites. Currently, Victor's fine art photography can be seen locally at Gallery in the Loft,at Camano Commons. 360-387-2071
Elizabeth Michailoff - Treasurer - "For me, the mingling of water and pigment on paper is magic. Often, these elements interact with my thoughts and feelings and I find their impact on the finished paper fascinating. Art is much more than just the visual, so when someone looks at one of my paintings, I want them to feel the message the art is projecting. I want them to taste the salt in the ocean air as the sailboat glides through the water, to smell the hay near the barn and to feel the warmth of the sun as it hits the side of a mailbox along a rural road."
"Although I picked up a brush and started painting relatively later in life, I truly believe it when artists say they have been painting their entire life. Everything I have done and learned along the way has prepared me for painting. My undergraduate degree included emphasis in machine and design drafting. The more I learn, I realize how this early training has enabled me to imagine the inside structure of what I am painting. I also used to doodle for hours through staff meetings—little did I know what a great drawing exercise that was until now."
Active in the Camano Arts Association, the Camano Roaming Artists and the Stanwood Camano Arts Guild as well as the Northwest Watercolor Society. Elizabeth participates in at least four shows a year, including Art by the Bay. 360-387-6419
Jeannie Burham - Secretary & Newsletter Editor - "A native of Montana, my fondest memories are from the early adventures I had growing up at the Nine Mile Remount Station just outside Missoula. My Dad, Phil Yovetich, worked as a Forest Ranger for the U.S. Forest Service. Dad, along with the wooded, nearly wilderness setting of the ranger station, provided the first inspiration for the love of nature, the flora and fauna, reflected in my art. Always an artist—I studied Art and Art History in the groovy ‘70s at the University of Montana. Later, I earned a degree in Graphic Design & Illustration from Seattle Central Community College, class of 2000. My Art and my Family have always been the center of my life. My fabulous, creative Boyz—Ty, Micah and Nick—live in Seattle. My husband, Kevin, and I enjoy the sunset view from our Happy Bungalow on Camano Island. Our roommates are the big dogs, JoJo and Seven, and also Sweet Potato (aka Spud) the tortoise. Chance the Appaloosa is just down the road, waiting for the opportunity to go for a ride on the trails.
I paint large and small: wall murals, floorcloth to faux postage stamps. Recent local shows include Pets on Parade (Snohomish Arts Council), UnClad 2005 & 2006, DogFest, the Spring Art Show, and Art by the Bay. Locally, my art can be seen at the Gallery in the Loft located at Camano Commons. I never met an artists material I didn't like, but I work mostly in acrylics with colored pencil and oils and collage always inticing me. And now I've met encaustic... 360-387-2757
Hallie Price - Member-at-Large - Hallie is past treasurer (a position that lasted five years) of the Stanwood Camano Arts Guild, CAA and Camno Roaming Artists. Her art experience began when she was an Interior Designer. Around 1998 or 1999, she was introduced to watercolors through a workshop with Diane Hill. Since then, Hallie has taken several art workshops, gaining much enjoyment and enthusiasm with each new process or technique learned.
To pass on her passion for learning and to encourage other adults to delve into their own creativity, Hallie has generously funded an annual scholarship which is available through the Stanwood Camano Area Foundation. The Hallie M. Price Visual Arts Fund was established to expose artists to a variety of techniques and forms of expression and encourage joy in the creative process. The scholarship provides an annual award of up to $500 for tuition and fees. For more information, The Stanwood Camano Area Foundation, 360-629-6878, www.s-caf.org. Hallie can be reached at 360-387-9292.
John Muhler - Ex-Officio - John is past President of the Guild (a position that lasted over 5 years), member of Camano Arts Association and South End String Band. John has been a professional artist and art instructor for over 25 years, creating vibrant and striking images using a variety of techniques.
"Painting is a creative exploration of colors, ideas, techniques and response. The give and take can be playful to downright ludicrous, as challenging as a 10,000 paint-stroke puzzle, and whose end can be as slippery as sea lettuce." "Life Encounters on Canvas" is John's 10 year project - a series of portraits and stories of immigrant students. The remarkable images have been exhibited in community centers, libraries, and colleges. Locally, John's paintings may be seen at Gallery in the Loft, at Camano Commons. John's studio is also a favorite on the CAA Studio Tour in May. 360-387-2251 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 360-387-2251
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