Artists

Augusto Bordelois graduated from the University of Havana with a major in English Language and Literature. He has also studied sculpture, ceramics, costume design for theatre and cinema, classical drawing and painting. Augusto is a teaching artist and member of Young Audiences of Northeast Ohio and the Ohio Arts Council. He has participated as a costume and float designer at different carnivals in Cuba and also at Parade The Circle in Cleveland, Ohio. This is Augusto’s third year as a master artist for the Oberlin Chalk Walk.

http://www.augustofineart.com/

Dan Cherney is an illustrator and a bit of a modern-day renaissance man. He graduated from The Cleveland Institute of Art where he majored in illustration. He also obtained a teaching certificate from Cleveland State University and now uses those skills as a teacher of art in North Olmsted, Ohio. He began doing outdoor chalk art about 10 years ago, and has been a master artist and workshop instructor for the Oberlin Chalk Walk for four years.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/loraincounty/2598926308/

Hector Castellanos began gathering images from the majestic volcanoes surrounding Ciudad de Guatemala in his youth. His early influences include his father, a well known commercial painter in Guatemala for his advertising murals and giant political portraits during the 1950s through the 1970s. Castellanos Lara’s mother who drew inspiration from the folk art of Guatemala as a dressmaker, including images of daily life, also had an impact on him. A resident of Cleveland, Ohio, Castellanos has held numerous exhibitions and taught in programs around the city. He has been a master artist at the Oberlin Chalk Walk since it began five years ago.

http://www.artdiex.com/index2.php

Robin Van Lear has an MFA in sculpture from the University of California at Santa Barbara. She is the Artistic Director of Community Arts at the Cleveland Museum of Art, where she created and directs community events such as Parade the Circle, the Chalk Festival, and the Winter Lights Lantern Festival. Robin is also a fine artist, educator, and performance artist with her own company, Art Acts. She has been a master artist at the Oberlin Chalk Walk since it began five years ago.

http://www.clemusart.com/educef/parade/4348539.aspx

Wendy Mahon is a festival artist who has worked extensively on Cleveland Museum of Art projects, including the annual Parade the Circle Celebration and the Chalk Festival. She has presented numerous workshops to both adults and children at the Cleveland Museum of Art and Hiram College. Wendy received her B.A. in Scientific Illustration from the University of Florida, Gainesville. This will be Wendy’s fourth year as a master artist at the Oberlin Chalk Walk.

http://www.yaneo.org/search/programDetails.php?ID=75