Instructors
Meet The Instructors
The instructors for the Maurice River School Master Class sessions are all highly regarded professionals who will offer participants group and one-on-one instruction during the week-long course.
Matthew Daniels
Director of the Maurice River School Workshop
Matthew is the Advanced Placement art teacher at Millville High School. He holds a BFA from the Tyler School of Art, Temple University and worked with the renowned Philadelphia Mural Arts Project in the early 2000s. Matthew has been the Friday Night Teen Class instructor at The Barn Studio for more than 10 years. Additional Information
Larry Francis
Larry Francis Is a graduate of the PAFA where he currently teaches painting. He is the recipient of numerous prizes for painting and his work is in multiple collections including the Noyes Museum Collection. His primary medium is gouache. He also teaches Landscape classes year-round at The Barn Studio and the Burcham Farm.
Al Gury
Al Gury is a Full Professor of Painting, Drawing and Art Education at the PAFA. An artist, educator and author, Al received his BA in Fine Arts and Humanities from St. Louis University, a four-year Certificate in Painting from PAFA, and an MFA from the University of Delaware. He is a recipient of the Cresson Traveling Fellowship, many grants and awards for painting and art education and was designated a master teacher by The University of the Arts in Philadelphia and American Artist Magazine.
Jill A. Rupinski
Jill A. Rupinski A and a BFA from the Philadelphia College of Arts. Awards include: A Medal for significant achievement in the visual arts from the Philadelphia Sketch Club, a Senior Artist Initiative Oral History Project, a recipient of a Faculty Venture Fund Grant for Travel to France from PAFA; a Spanish-American Artist Exchange Travel award from the Creative Artists Network; the Percy Owens Memorial Award for a Distinguished Pennsylvania Artist from the Fellowship; and the Cresson Travel Scholarship, both from PAFA. Jill’s art is represented in the University of PA, Arcadia, Colgate, and Villanova Universities. Jill has been an instructor with the Maurice River School at The Barn Studio of Art since 2010. She also shows at Cerulean Arts Gallery in Philadelphia, PA.
Stan Sperlak
Stan Sperlak studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in Philadelphia, and with Pat Witt at The Barn Studio of Art. He maintains a studio on the Crow Creek in Goshen, NJ. Stan is a member of the Pastel Society of America, the Maryland Pastel Society, The Mid Atlantic Plein Air Painters, and the Cape May County Art League. The workshop kicks off Sunday afternoon at 4 pm with a Meet and Greet by the pond at The Barn Studio of Art in Millville, NJ. The week-long schedule will be distributed at that time.
Betsy Tasker
Betsy Tasker graduated from PAFA as a painting major and the University of Pennsylvania with a BFA. She also received an MAE from Rowan University. Betsy’s art studies began at The Barn. After teaching art in the New Jersey public schools for 35 years, Betsy has returned to The Barn to teach. MauriceRiverSchool.org
Bill Ternay
Bill Ternay is an illustrator, painter, and art teacher. He has taught at University of the Arts, The Mainline Center for the Arts, and was chaired the Illustration Department at Moore College of Art and Design. Bill is past president of the Philadelphia Watercolor Society and has been a guest instructor at The Barn Studio of Art for many years.
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