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Arts
Artists-in-Residence
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Visiting Artists
Expression that left a legacy on the Steward campus
In 2005, Steward’s Fine Arts Department introduced the Artist-in-Residence program, giving students the unique experience of working with and learning from artists in a variety of mediums. Through this program, students work directly with professional artists, who subsequently become mentors and are available to teach, guide, and answer questions throughout the process of creating works of art both visual and performing. Students across all three divisions and the visiting artists work together to create artwork or present performances for the School, leaving lasting evidence of the time spent together.
Our Most Recent Artists-in-Residence
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Lisa Rumbauskas
Lisa Rumbauskas, artistic director of West End Academy of Dance, served as guest choreographer at Steward. She worked with Steward's choral students for several weeks to prepare for the finale of the spring choral concert. — 2024 -
Merenda Cecelia
Merenda Cecelia creates community mosaics for schools, parks, and art centers. She visited Steward during Earth Week and worked with students in all divisions to create decorative clay tiles. The mosaics will be installed in the Bryan Innovation Lab community gardens. — 2024 -
Mercedes Schaum
Set designer Mercedes Schaum talked to Theatre 8 students about how storytelling and set design frame a theatrical production. The students created their own set designs, each based on "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory." — 2023
Previous Artists-In-Residence
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Sarah Tector
Metalsmith Sarah Tector spoke to Upper School art students about her career and shared samples of her work. Each student then created a handmade piece of jewelry, adding texture with metal stamps. — 2023 -
Kelly Johnston
Local artist who specializes in assembling art and sculpture pieces with found objects — 2018 -
Jiaru Wang
Renowned watercolorist and illustrator in China who taught Steward students his watercolor techniques — 2014 -
Heidi Rugg
Owner of Richmond’s Barefoot Puppets who worked with Lower and Upper School students to create puppets, many of which were used on stage in a student production — 2017 -
Melissa Walton
Melissa Walton worked with students in all divisions to create beautiful soft pastels. — 2021 -
Ed Trask
Local painter who worked with students from all divisions to create four murals throughout the school — 2005 and 2007 -
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Sonja Stoeckli
Local sculpturist who worked with students to create two pieces: a large globe and tree sculpture with carvings, and a ceramic tile mural — 2006 -
Ann Cameron Seaton Braun
Local artist who worked with Upper School students to create surface design tapestries — 2006 -
Jude Schlotzhauer
Local glass teacher who worked with Middle and Upper School students to create a glass puzzle mural — 2006 -
Parks Duffy
Local painter who is famous throughout Virginia for his paintings of landmarks; created a painting of the Steward campus — 2007 -
Walter Wash ’00
Steward alumnus and local artist who created pottery with Middle and Upper School art students)—2007 -
Awer Bul
Sudanese artist who presented an exhibit on the “Lost Boys” of the Sudan — 2007 -
Baxter Perkinson
Local dentist and artist who worked with art students to produce large watercolor collages, including one on display in the Upper School — 2007 -
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Steve Prince
Baltimore artist who worked with students to create a large wooden puzzle, from which prints were made; he also created a multimedia outdoor sculpture with tiles made by students, and the sculpture was dedicated upon the tenth anniversary of the Cramer Center — 2008 and 2012 -
Nadya Niehues Becker
Brazilian artist who worked with students in all divisions to create and display multimedia acrylic on canvas works with Brazilian fabric — 2009 -
Tanya Tyree
Charlottesville artist who worked with students to create hand-thrown Raku-fired vessels that are on display in the Lora M. Robins Theatre — 2010 -
Susan Sanford
Award-winning local professional actor and director who directed a student production of The Man Who Came to Dinner — 2010 Susan is now a Steward faculty member. -
Neil Duman
Stanton-based artist who worked with art students in all divisions on glass-blowing techniques — 2011 -
Foster Solomon
Richmond-based award-winning actor and film-maker who directed a student production of "The Comedy of Errors" — 2011 -
Jeff Cole
Local Shakespeare theatre director who worked with Upper School acting classes — 2013 -
Tasha McKelvy
Local ceramic artist who helped students create clay whistles — 2013 -
Lee Baskerville
Local professional artist who did demonstrations for Upper School students—2013
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