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Every class here is taught by a working artist. You sit at the table with the person who makes the work, and you can ask them anything.

The teaching team

Diana Rell Dean

Founder · Painting, Drawing & Performing Arts

Diana Rell Dean

Rell has taught arts and languages for forty years, and she founded Riverhouse Create. She teaches Thursday’s Drawing & Painting Open Studio and Life Drawing. She leads the Performing Arts.

Deborah Bohnenstiehl

Needlework

Deborah Bohnenstiehl

Born and raised in Stockton, Deborah has been sewing since middle school.

Julie Day

Pottery, Painting & Drawing · Saturdays

Julie Day

A potter and painter working in botanicals, drawn from years of hiking and kayaking along the Gulf Coast.

Sherri Scott

Painting · Pottery Open Studio, Tuesdays

Sherri Scott

A self-taught artist from Monroeville and the owner of the Purple Guinea Art Studio.

Suella McMillan

Mixed Media & Assemblage

Suella McMillan

An outsider artist in Stockton who has been making work since childhood. She co-hosts Tellin’ Tales.

Zach Sierke

Pottery

Zach Sierke

A Fairhope potter known for his wood-fired ceramics. He teaches primitive pottery, fired Creek-style without a kiln.

Betty Poindexter

Drawing

Betty Poindexter

Betty teaches drawing and costuming.

Megan Shifflet

Ceramics & Painting

Megan Shifflet

Megan holds a BFA in Ceramics and Painting from the University of Montevallo and works in Fairhope.

Harriet Outlaw

Folklore & Storytelling

Harriet Outlaw

A retired educator, folklorist and storyteller, Harriet lives in Fairhope and has written four books about Baldwin County. Her most recent are Tale Tellin’ Southern Style and Tale Tellin’ from Way Back When, and she hosts Tellin’ Tales here.

Lynn Davis

Pottery, Pastel, Oil & Watercolor

Lynn Davis

An award-winning potter from Brewton who also paints in pastel, oil and watercolor.

See the class schedule