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Rosendale, NY  12472
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Ann Kalmbach,  Executive Director and co-founder of WSW
has an MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and a BFA from SUNY New Paltz. Ann has produced a number of artists' books with her long-time collaborator, Tatana Kellner, under the acronym KaKe Art. She has also been a resident artist at Visual Studies Workshop, University of Southern Maine, and the MacDowell Colony. As a co-founder of WSW, Ann has helped hundreds of artists print portfolio editions and artists' books over the years.
ann@wsworkshop.org
Tatana Kellner,  Artistic Director and co-founder of WSW
holds an MFA from Rochester Institute of Technology and a BA from the University of Toledo. Tatana (Tana) has received numerous awards for her work including two New York Foundation for the Arts individual artists' grants. She has been an artist-in-residence at the MacDowell Colony, Yaddo, Ragdale, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Banff Centre, Lightworks, the Millay Colony, ArtPark and Visual Studies Workshop. Her work can be viewed at tatanakellner.com. Tana oversees the artistic quality of all WSW programs, organizes all juries for competitive programs, and is responsible for marketing WSW's artists' books and portfolios.
tana@wsworkshop.org
Anita Wetzel,  Development Director and co-founder of WSW
holds a BFA in Painting from SUNY New Paltz. Anita has been artist-in-residence at Blue Mountain Lake Center for the Arts, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Weir Farm Trust, as well as at international residencies in France and Spain. As Development Director, Anita manages all governmental, corporate, and private sector grants.
anita@wsworkshop.org
Chris PetroneStudio Manager
has a BFA from SUNY Purchase in painting, drawing and printmaking. She supervises the day to day operation of the papermaking studio. As Studio Manager, Chris ensures the smooth operation of all of the printmaking studios.
chris@wsworkshop.org
Marybeth Wehrung, Clay Studio Manager
got her BFA in ceramics from SUNY New Paltz and was our 2005 chili bowl intern. She is currently teaching beginning throwing and advanced community classes at WSW. As clay studio manager, Marybeth is responsible for everything clay! This includes the up keep of the studio, as well as the supervision of clay events such as WSW's annual Chili Bowl Fundraiser.
marybeth@wsworkshop.org
Katie Scott-Childress,  Deputy Director of Development
Katie moved to Kingston, NY just over a year ago. Before that she worked as Curator/Director of a small museum in Greenbelt, Maryland. Katie has spent a number of years honing her skills as a potter and ceramic tile artist. She hopes to get her hands muddy from time-to-time in the clay studio and looks forward to gathering support for WSW's clay program as a valued community resource as well as expanding support for WSW through individual donations.
katie@wsworkshop.org
Sarah Burt,  Deputy Director of Marketing
Sarah holds a BFA in Film/Video from The Rhode Island School of Design. She is co-owner and creative director of no_space gallery, design & photography studio on Main street in Rosendale. She currently lives with her husband and two children in Hurley and is very happy to wipe off the peanut butter and come down to WSW, where among other things, she serves as resident geek, expanding and maintaining WSW's on-line presence through the website and the online archive.
sarah@wsworkshop.org
Sandra Brown,  Office Manager
Sandra earned her B.A. in 2006 from Mills College, in Oakland California, where she studied English Literature and Book Arts. While at Mills, she worked as an assistant at the Heller Rare Book Room & Mills Center for the Book. When Sandra relocated to Rosendale over a year ago for WSW’s admin internship position, she had no idea she would become so smitten with the Binnewater. Now she tries in earnest to keep the flurry of office activity properly coordinated. She has also become close friends with the WSW Vandercook..
sandra@wsworkshop.org
Hilary Batzel,  Administrative Intern
Hilary Batzel was born and raised in Canandaigua, New York.  She has a BFA in Studio Art with a concentration in Ceramics from SUNY College at Fredonia, and an MFA in Printmaking from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  Hilary works primarily with etching and aquatint, though she is quite fond of all the printmaking techniques.  She also enjoys working with sculptural ceramic vessels using hand building techniques.
Caitlin Wheeler,  Studio Intern
Caitlin Wheeler is a multimedia artist from Baltimore, Maryland and 2007 graduate of the University of Delaware.  She holds a BFA in Printmaking and is excited to have the opportunity to experiment with sculptural papermaking during her time here at WSW.  Her other interests include bikes, bluegrass, translucency, speaking Spanish and being outside.
Erin Woodbrey,  Studio Intern
Erin Woodbrey recently graduated with a BFA from The School of the Museum of Fine Arts in affiliation with Tufts University this May 2007.  She is a printmaker and papermaker from Sebago Lake, Maine.

Michelle Chung ,  Chili Bowl Intern
Michelle Chung comes all the way from sunny Los Angeles California. She completed a BA in Literatures of the World at the University of California in San Diego. She fell in love with ceramics while studying abroad at Ewha Women's University in Seoul, South Korea. She hopes to learn more about the Workshop and printmaking while on this journey of life, love, and the pursuit of chili

Whitney Reichel ,  Chili Bowl Intern
Whitney Reichel was raised just outside Syracuse, NY where she began working with clay in high school. She continued to study art at SUNY New Paltz and studied abroad in London, England in the Spring of 2005. Upon returning, she entered the Ceramics program and earned her BFA degree in ceramics this past December, 2007. Whitney has worked for ceramic artist Steve Montgomery and assisted teaching classes at the college level. She is excited to bring her experience to the Women's Studio Workshop!