Leadership Team

Robyn is a veteran artist and work shop leader working from her Spring City studio she calls her “Nest”.

She doesn’t perceive herself as a realist by any means. Perhaps she moved into realism rather than from it. Currently, she continues working on a body of paintings of anchorages along the Chesapeake Bay’s Eastern Shore where she and her husband spend their summers on their sailboat. Most of the views are flat landscapes and shallow waters, hence the large sweeping skies that hopefully burst with color and yield a sense of calm.

When Mia was seven her father, an artist, photographer, and teacher, handed her the first 35mm film camera. Presently she captures her images with an iPhone; it is the camera she always has. She hasn’t stopped exploring and finding images of the unexpected. With a BA in Anthropology from Penn State, Mia continued her education with master classes in Anthropology (Temple), Education (West Chester), and Accounting (Penn State).

She is a member of local art associations, guilds, and educational art programs. She participates in their juried shows and has received many awards.

Kim is a fine artist in acrylic painting and pastels. Since retiring in 2019 from her roll as an emergency dispatcher she has emersed herself in the Art world. Kim contributes as the co-chair of Adventure because she loves to continue learning and experiencing creativity in all expressions. What better fun than to bring others for the Adventure!

Michael is a retired self-employed businessman. His enthusiasm for the arts started as a young man, with his first love being stained glass. That has evolved into an ongoing pursuit of found art, mixed media, sculpture, and panels.

Johanne is a French Canadian who came to Philadelphia to complete a residency in periodontics and stayed for love. Twenty years of volunteer work as an art educator with Art Goes to School fueled a passion to create art of her own.

She is inspired by the beauty of the natural world in its glory and its decaying forms. She enjoys having viewers bring their own personal experiences and feelings to interpreting her work and hopes her paintings carry a sense of uplifting energy, empowering inspiration, a moment of escape and always a sense of beauty.

Ari is a painter, graphic designer, and errant art instructor currently gathering experience throughout the East Coast. Beginning their career as a classically-trained traditional artist, they moved on to specialize in illustration, and now find themselves journeying further into the world of art and design.

They first became involved in the art guild in 2022 as a way to remain connected to their hometown and their original artistic roots. Ever since then, Ari has been photographing at PAAG shows and providing demos, graphics, and a friendly face to all guild members.

Born in Glasgow, Scotland, Anne Mitchell Reid completed undergraduate and postgraduate work at the Scottish College of Textiles and the College of Art of Edinburgh University.

For ten years Anne ran her own design and craft business in the remote Highlands of Scotland.

She has been a weaver for over forty years, and her work has sold in galleries and fine craft and museum shops on both sides of the Atlantic. She also works in pastel, "paints" in mohair, and sometimes adds "found objects" to her work.

She returned to the USA in 1989 and works from the Spring City Mill Studios in Northern Chester County.

A native of Maryland, Tim has lived in Maryland, Delaware, Indiana, Ohio, South Carolina and currently makes his home in Pennsylvania. He has also lived overseas in Japan and the United Kingdom. Tim has a background in graphic design and uses those skills to enhance his photography.

He is the author of Botanicals, A Photo Essay and a work of fiction titled The Chronicles of Ashtetton. Favorite travel destinations are the American Southwest and Alaska, as well as the UK, Spain, France and Germany.

Douglas moved to Pottstown in 2022 from Chicago. He's a sculptor and gardener who retired from teaching after 36 years. He and his partner, Kevin, enjoy traveling and have been all over Europe and Asia.