2019 AME Leadership Institute: Linking AME Career Readiness to Creative Industry

Johanna Mauro is the Director of the Arcata Arts Institute and has been an Art and Media Arts teacher for over 20 years.  After graduating from UC Santa Cruz, she worked as a graphic designer and photographer before getting her teaching credential.  She continues to work as a photographer... Read More →

Stephanie Mercado is an artist from Los Angeles.  She works with a variety of media including painting, printmaking, textiles and ceramics.  She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Drawing and Painting from California State University Long Beach and has worked as an arts... Read More →

Patrick Williams a practicing artist.  Work experience includes fine art foundries and fabrication studios primarily concerned with statuary, theme parks, and monumental scale public works.  He has taught Vocational Technologies at Arcata and South Fork High Schools.  Patrick is... Read More →

Freelance graphic designer specializing in branding, print/web media marketing and advertising.  Studied at Academy of Art University and City College of New York.  Master class teacher for design and media arts for Arcata Arts Institute in Arcata, CA. 

Tony is the founder of Weird Enough Productions, a multimedia company pioneering diverse media representation and media literacy education.  Since founding Weird Enough Productions at 20, Tony has gone on to be selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 and has received fellowships from... Read More →