Our Instructors
Kelly Ebeling, MA | Founder & Director, Lead Instructor
Kelly is a visual arts instructor and arts education programmer who develops classes, workshops and camps for all ages, abilities and cultures. She provides hands-on training in traditional studio/fine arts disciplines - painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, printmaking, collage, etc. - with a focus on process, materials and interdisciplinary experimentation.
Spike Sikes| Musician/Music Educator
Spike Sikes is a Sonoma County-based multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter & music educator. A graduate of the University of North Texas and a Coast Guard veteran, Spike has recorded seven albums of mostly original music, and his band The Awesome Hotcakes is one of the busiest, most accomplished acts in the Bay Area. He teaches piano, saxophone, guitar, voice and jazz improvisation. He was also voted “Best Music Instructor” in Napa/Sonoma/Marin by readers of The Bohemian in 2022.
Cady Zuckerman, MFA | Acting
Cady Zuckerman is an actress, teaching artist and audiobook narrator. She has a diverse background in theater, performing on stages from New York to Los Angeles and Europe. As a teaching artist, her focus is on creating ensemble based theater, while nurturing the individual voice of each participant through emotional honesty.
Taryn Nicoll, MFA | Visual Art
Taryn is an artist, art instructor and curator with 10 years of experience in education and creative placemaking. Taryn has taught studio art, art history and museum studies as an adjunct instructor at Nova Southeastern University, FL, and Louisiana State University, LA.
Lori Rotolo, MA | Drama
As a Registered Drama Therapist (RDT), Lori uses the expressive arts to promote emotional well-being with people of all ages, cultural backgrounds and abilities. For over 25 years, she has taught creative dramatics and improvisation to children and teens while creating opportunities for social skill development.
Linus Lancaster, PhD | STEAM, Ceramics
Linus Lancaster is a conceptual artist and sculptor who has taught drawing, ceramics, and STEAM classes at Healdsburg High School since 2002. He has a BFA in illustration from University of San Francisco, an MA in philosophy and art practice from Sonoma State, and a PhD in soil studies and art practice from University of Plymouth (UK). His personal work focuses on site specific issues and local materials, primitive radio technology, and ecology.
Christina Klauenburch | Early Childhood Educator
Christina Klauenburch is a teacher and an artist who has extensive experience in schools throughout Sonoma County teaching children art. She has a degree in Human Development from Sonoma State and is currently earning her Special Education credential. She has 30 years of experience working with children of all ages and specializes in early childhood.
Lucero Vargas| Multimedia Artist
Lucero Vargas is a Mexican/Native American multimedia artist originally from Mexico. Inspired by her cultures, she employs a surrealist folk art style to explore identity, post-colonialism, gender and race in American society. Lucero finds her art practice personally transformative and healing. By extension, she works with marginalized youth and teens to express and empower themselves through the arts.
Jamie Blumenthal, MA | Music, Music Therapy
Jamie Blumenthal has worked in hospitals, schools, nursing homes and community settings providing music therapy for clients with developmental disabilities, psychiatric and medical needs. Jamie provides instrumental music classes for children and adults with and without special needs. Jamie is an emerging artist in glass and fiber.