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Sterling Israel

Sterling is academically trained as a painter and trained by the community in many types of craft-making. She has over a decade of experience teaching art for all ages. In addition to crafts, painting, and ceramics, she does illustrations, loves music, and creative writing. Sterling works in an improvisational style and enjoys the ways in which art develops beyond an initial vision. She believes in the value of practice, family craft traditions, and the artistic spirit within all of us. Sterling holds a BA in studio art from Humboldt State University and an MS in community arts management from the University of Oregon.

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Kelly O’Grady

Kelly O’Grady is an illustrator and cartoonist born in Salinas California. They are regular contributors to thebolditalic.com and has had a comic entitled “Drunk Trek” featured on vice.com. Kelly also dabbles in short film, music, and painting.

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Angela Lees
Angela began making beaded jewelry about 25 years ago, but her style has morphed over time. She began with simple gemstone jewelry and now loves to experiment with colors and textures with all types of beads. Currently, Angela is into upcycled mixed media jewelry. She loved to encourage people to think outside of the box so they can turn their favorite dust collecting chatzky into a wearable work of art. Angela has been teaching beading for 16 years in Lane County.
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Marcos Rockwell
Marcos Rockwell was born in Mexico City and has traveled extensively and lived abroad. He has been passionately involved with visual art for most his life primarily as a painter and sculptor. Around 1990 he began to explore digital art and has enjoyed creating images with this rapidly evolving and very exciting medium. Marcos earned a B.F.A in 1976 in painting and drawing and later studied art education and earned a Teaching Credential in Art Education. Marcos has worked as a bilingual resource and Spanish teacher and taught independent studies. Since moving to Eugene in 2010 has been happily involved with the dynamic local art scene. He has exhibited at Eugene Saturday Market and New Zone Gallery, Maude Kerns and MECCA as well as at Lincoln Gallery. He has been a Direct Support Professional at OSLP since 2015.
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Felice Angeli
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Danielle Crowe, MT-BC

Danielle became a music therapist because music was her refuge, and she believed in facilitating the safety she felt when she was immersed in music. Danielle received her degree from Marylhurst University in 2014. Trained in humanistic and integrative philosophies with extended training in the Bonny-Method of Music and Imagery, NICU music therapy, and Sound Birthing Music-Assisted Childbirth, Danielle offers a well-informed approach. Danielle completed her internship in a downtown hospital serving adults in acute and rehabilitative settings. Inspired by her personal experience with music and clinical experience, she was inspired to start Refuge Music Therapy, a private practice dedicated to the individual patient and to how music therapy affects the community.

Instructor: Eli Munroe
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Elizabeth Munroe is a second generation chef and the youngest of a family of four who are all chefs as well. She has cooked in our local area for over twenty five years with some emphasis on vegan baking, multicultural cuisine and large scale cooking and service. Elizabeth has taught many cooking classes to a variety of students with a variety of experience and skill. Munroe has a passion for combining community and food education.
Instructor: Mike Shugrue
Mike Shugrue
Mike joined the Full Access team in December 2015 as their Program Supervisor. Mike has a passion for making community connections for the individuals we support, and in Rhode Island he was involved with theater productions, “anti-bullying” groups, as well as several arts and recreational programs. Mike is very excited about continuing to initiate new connections in the Eugene area, and seeking out new venues for individuals to flourish in.
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Jess Bolivar
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Kat Lakey
I grew up in the Portland area and have lived all over the United States. Fortunately, my family had already gone through the challenges of accepting LGBTQ folks since there were queer men in my family who had paved the way. This allowed for me to come out when I was eight years old. It began with, “Mom, can I marry Jennifer?” Although this wasn’t a reasonable question being so young, it was met with acceptance. My uncle took me to my first gay pride parade in 1992. This opportunity paved the way for my journey into queer culture. Currently, I am a program manager for OSLP. They have been extremely supportive in the formulation of Q Club. It is an honor to work with such an amazing group of people. Q Club really seems to fill a need that has been taboo for so many years. The population of people I serve have not had much opportunity to talk about sexuality. It is my mission to change that.
Instructor: Toby Schaid
Toby Shaid
I first found yoga in the mid-1990s while in college at an Iyengar studio. Always being drawn to service for others and a love of movement, yoga works congruently with my practice of physical therapy. I received a Masters in Physical Therapy in 1998, went on to complete a Fellowship in Orthopedic Physical Therapy in 2005, and became a Fellow in the American Academy of Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapists in 2006. I have an insatiable desire to continue to learn and grow and have had a steady practice of my own for years that provides the stability, resilience, and nourishment I have needed in my life. I am inspired by the interconnectedness and commonalities of different styles of yoga and healing arts.
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Kyle Warren
Kyle Warren works at OSLP as a Residential Program Manager. He has worked with OSLP since 2015. Kyle graduated from the University of Oregon with a BA in both Theater Arts and History, in 2007. Since college Kyle has spent much of his time as a singer-songwriter, street-performer, audio engineer and music instructor. A once routine staple, to be found performing on the boardwalks, in the coffee houses and in the bars of Southern California, Kyle has found his way back home to Oregon. He enjoys spending his free time with his Fiancée, children and family. Kyle continues to write, perform and instruct music.
Instructor: Joseph Peila
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Joseph has been an artist and creative professional for over 20 years. Mentoring and teaching art is his passion.
Joseph Peila has been called a renaissance man by too many of his friends. From being a photographer, multimedia artist, and cook to being a produce clerk for many years during his youth to working for design firms as a graphic designer to being an alfalfa farmer. Whether as a farm mechanic, to mastering artisan bread and pizza or building unique furniture. Not to mention being an exhibiting artist, mentor and teacher to many. He is a master at creating ideas.
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ALEXANDER EISTER
Alexander likes to create using a variety of mixed media but continually comes back to watercolor & ink and oil painting. He likes to paint figurative and expressionistic work, looking for inspiration in the banal and every day occurrences. He looks to ideas in psychology and philosophy when rendering images of bodies and spaces. Alexander has been an Open Studio volunteer and has taught several mixed media/collage classes at the OSLP Arts & Culture Program.
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Kyle Warren
Kyle Warren works at OSLP as a Residential Program Manager. He has worked with OSLP since 2015. Kyle graduated from the University of Oregon with a BA in both Theater Arts and History, in 2007. Since college Kyle has spent much of his time as a singer-songwriter, street-performer, audio engineer and music instructor. A once routine staple, to be found performing on the boardwalks, in the coffee houses and in the bars of Southern California, Kyle has found his way back home to Oregon. He enjoys spending his free time with his Fiancée, children and family. Kyle continues to write, perform and instruct music.
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