Mary Wolfe
Beginning & Intermediate Teacher
Surprisingly, Ms. Mary grew up in a non-art family. As an adult, when she started pursuing her art passion, she found real enjoyment in sharing the creative process with others. She finds joy in talking with parents who encourage their children’s creativity. Art is entwined in every aspect of our lives and she enjoys showing children and adults alike how to release their inner creativity.
Mary has been painting for over 40 years with students ranging in age from 4 to 101. She continually attends workshops and experiments with new mediums and techniques to share with her students.
Sophie Marie
Dance & Theater Teacher
Sophie Marie is a Bennington College Graduate with a Bachelors in Dance Composition and Neuroscience. She has extensively studied Dance History and Anatomy and includes both subjects into all of her dance classes. Sophie is also a professional dancer and choreographer working in Tacoma and Seattle. In the last several years she has even produced several dance films with her company Das Biest Performance Project.
Gosia Yilmaz
Photography Teacher
Hi, my name is Malgorzata Yilmaz, short name – Gosia.I’m originally from Poland, where I graduated from Art School as an Art Photographer and where I’ve worked for over 10 years with model agencies and magazines in Warsaw.
Photography has always been my passion. For me it is a way to connect with people who appreciate art and beauty, like I do. Becoming a photographer gave me a new perspective on everyday life. I enjoy connecting people with their past, remind them of people, places, feelings, and stories.
I want to mention that living and working both in Europe and here in United States has broadened my awareness and provided me with experience in working with diverse groups of people, a necessary ingredient in today’s workplace.I specialize in portrait, fashion, family photography. But I’m particularly passionate about portraits.
Kate McKee Colombini
Art Teacher : Pioneer Farm Satallite Classes
Kate McKee Colombini started out taking classes from Fred over 14 years ago and has stayed with the FOWHAC ever since. She has worked as a volunteer, teaching artist and board member. She will now also be teaching at our first satellite location, Pioneer Farm Museum and Indian Village in Eatonville.
What Our Art Students Are Saying
“I have been coming to Fred’s for 9 years or thereabouts. My daughter began when she was 6 or 7 and she is now 15 and still enjoying her time creating and learning new techniques. The environment has been encouraging for my daughter as an artist and I have been invited to contribute and be part of things as well. We volunteer during the fair every year and have attended art shows and others events.
Thank you.
Keep up the good work!”
“I really enjoy having my kids attend Kids Creative Art class. They are in 1st and 4th grade and it’s so nice that they both can attend on the same day and time. They really have great instructors and teach them so many different things and work with so many different mediums. They use clay, and many different types of paints like watercolors, acrylic and even different types of ink. It is worth every penny and then some! I highly recommend it!”
“My two children have been attending the weekly art classes for almost two years now and have loved every second of it. April and Diane are amazing teachers who are patient, kind and thoughtful. They both see your children for who they are and work with their strengths and weaknesses to produce great artwork and more importantly a positive art experience. The once a month Saturday art classes are always a favorite for my 10-year-old daughter. She not only gets to create a beautiful painting that is definitely wall worthy, she has a blast doing it!”