Teaching Artists

Julie Jeanseau is a creator, maker and painter. She graduated from U Of O, with a BA Art Ed, attended Oregon School of Arts and Crafts and has her Masters in Curriculum and Instruction.

Julie has lived along the
entire west coast from Seattle to San Diego. She has three daughters and one adorable granddaughter. Julie actively works on two bodies of
work, one more accessible and recognizable landscapes and another that carries religious
symbolism and looks at the structure of religion within the christian church.

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Sonia Allen is a painter, printmaker and sketchbook journal keeper. For over 25 years she has been a teaching artist in the Willamette Valley working with Salem Art Association, Bush House Museum, Ash Creek Arts Center, Lake Oswego Center for the Arts, Art Conspiracy West
Valley, and with Summer Art Camps and Family Art Days at Willamette University’s Hallie Ford Museum of Art.

Believing there is always something new to learn, Sonia enjoys helping students engage the arts as a means of self expression and discovery. She relishes that “aha!” moment when students catch a concept, nail a technique, or share the hands-on joy of art-making. Sonia loves to travel, and her sketchbook journals are treasured souvenirs.

Stephanie Juanillo is a Mexican-American artist. She graduated from Linfield University in 2022, with a B.A. in Studio Arts and a Minor Psychology and Visual Studies.

Through her art, she honors her experience as a first-generation immigrant. Latinx music, memories, people and nostalgia inspire Stephanie’s choice of bold color, pattern, texture and Mexican iconography. The work centers around the coexistence of grief and joy and how they play an active role in the topics she chooses to investigate. Topics such as migration, community, family, loss, distance and intergenerational healing. The act of creating, whether that be through painting, printmaking, collage or installation serve as a way for Stephanie to stay connected to her Mexican roots.

Michele Haney has been an arts educator for over 10 years, creating with all ages from Kindergarteners to college students, with a number of years spent with middle school-age students. She is fascinated by the interplay between the natural world and the arts.

She earned her BA in Art and MS in Arts Management from the University of Oregon and her MAT from Western Oregon University. She currently teaches seasonally at Oregon State University. Outside of raising her two boys, she loves to watercolor, make prints, use chalk pastel and practice figure drawing! 

Maia has been exploring art in many forms for many decades. She has worked in various visual arts mediums, including graphic design, illustration, and drawing and painting, as well as spending many years in the field of modern dance. She particularly likes teaching art to young people and inspiring them to find their own unique creative path.

Sarah is a contemporary mixed media artist who lives and works in Salem, Oregon. She graduated from Western Oregon University with a Bachelor of Science in Fine Art and a minor in Art History.  Papers, unique tools, paints, pigment sticks, and other elements find their way into her art. She is, above all things, a joy chaser. Sarah's work can be found across the Willamette Valley in Portland, Salem, Corvallis, and more.