Most of our instructors in visual arts, dance, theater, and music are working professional artists. That means the type of instruction offered in the arts at Lovett far exceeds what is offered at other schools and is unique even among many college fine arts programs. 

		Director Jay Freer is a 1978 graduate of The Lovett School. He went on to receive a bachelor of fine arts degree in acting from The North Carolina School of the Arts and was a Kenan Scholarship winner. He has taught theater arts and directed more than 69 plays and musicals at Lovett over the last 21 years. He won the Woodward Award for Excellence in Teaching at Lovett in 1992, the Alumni Excellence in Teaching Award in 2006, and accepted the position of Director of Fine Arts at Lovett in 2007. Professionally, Jay has directed in Atlanta at The Alliance Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, and Theatre in the Square and was also the founder and producing artistic director of Actors Theatre of Atlanta (ATA)--an all-equity professional theater company that operated from 2000-06. Among the shows he directed for ATA are The Good Doctor, Collected Stories (Abie Award nominated in 2001), Underneath the Lintel (Southeastern premiere and chosen as the number one play of 2003 by the AJC and Creative Loafing), Talley's Folly, and Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol. Jay has also taught acting at The North Carolina School of the Arts, The South Carolina Governors School for the Arts and other numerous professional classes. He studied in New York with Uta Hagen, who was considered one of the greatest actresses and acting teachers of the 20th Century, and continues to study acting with her protege, Ted Brunetti.
		Applied Lessons George Butler is a graduate of the College-Conservatory of Music at the University of Cincinnati and has studied additionally at the Westminster Choir College. His major studies were in cello and chamber music, but he also received piano lessons from the head of piano pedagogy at the Conservatory, Miss Ilona Voorm, a protege of Bela Bartok. Butler has been a professional musician for 35 years. In addition to performing on the cello, he has directed church music for nearly 40 years. He founded his first choir at the age of 19 and has conducted thousands in choirs, orchestras, concerts, churches, and national conventions. George was once chairman of the music department of a small private college in Missouri. Dozens of his college alumni and private students have found success as ministers of music, teachers, performers, and composers. Butler was the cello instructor at Lovett from 2001-06 and has been the Lovett Applied Lessons coordinator since August of 2006.
		Choral Scott Martin has a bachelor of music education degree from Shorter College. As a member of the Shorter College Chorale, Mr. Martin performed at Carnegie Hall and Georgia's own Spivey Hall, as well as toured internationally. As a clinician, Mr. Martin has conducted honor choirs around the state. In addition, Mr. Martin is in frequent demand as a soloist. His professional memberships include Georgia Music Educator's Association, the American Choral Director's Association, and Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia Professional Music Fraternity for Men. Mr. Martin is a member of the Atlanta Sacred Chorale and past member of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus. Prior to his appointment to Lovett he taught at Brunswick High School and Woodstock High School. During his tenure at Woodstock High School, the Woodstock choirs performed at Carnegie Hall, Spivey Hall, and Falany Hall. All of his choirs consistently received superior ratings at the Georgia Music Educator's Association Choral Performance Evaluation in performance and sight-reading. In 2004, the Woodstock High School Varsity Singers were selected as one of five high school choirs around the state to perform at the GMEA In-service Conference. Competitively, choirs under Mr. Martin's direction have won the Sweepstakes Award or Best in Class for every competition they have entered.
		Laura Martin is a 2004 cum laude graduate of Converse College in Spartanburg, S.C., where she received her bachelor of music degree in music education. While at Converse, she studied flute and piano and was a member of the wind ensemble and symphony orchestra. Upon graduation from Converse, she completed a year of study towards her master's degree at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Va. As a flutist, Mrs. Martin has attended the Sewanee Summer Music Festival in Sewanee, Tenn., and has been a performing member of the Northwest Georgia Winds, Seven Hills Opera Orchestra, and Rome (GA) Symphony Orchestra. Prior to coming to Lovett, she taught at Woodstock Middle School in Woodstock, Ga. While at Woodstock, her choirs received superior ratings at the Georgia Music Educators Association Large Group Performance Evaluation in performance and sight-reading. The choirs also made their debut performances at Reinhardt College's Falany Hall and at Spivey Hall.
		Marianne Beverly, Lovett's Lower School choral director and general music teacher in Grades 2-5, has been a music teacher for 26 years. She received her bachelor's degree in music education and performance at Converse College. While teaching in the DeKalb County school system in Georgia, she earned her master's degree in music education at Georgia State University. She has been teaching at Lovett for 15 years.
		Dance Kadija Johnson received a bachelor of arts degree in theater with a dance concentration and a minor in psychology from Spelman College in Atlanta. At Lovett, she teaches dance in the Middle School mini-arts rotation and in the Upper School. She is a former member of the Morehouse College Competition Dance Team, Richmond City Dance Troupe Competition Dance Team, Unique Concepts Dance Academy (company member), and is a current member of the Atlanta Hawks Dance Team (A-Town Dancers) as well as the Atlanta Thrashers Ice Girls (Blue Crew). She is also the co-founding director of Modern Movement Dance Company and has worked with the Spelman College Children's Dance Theatre Program. In addition to dancing, Kadija has several theater and film credits in local productions, as well as productions in Bermuda.
		Instrumental Music Stutz Wimmer, Upper School band director at Lovett, holds a bachelor of music degree from Appalachian State University and a master's degree in music from the Eastman School of Music at The University of Rochester. He is currently in his 20th year at Lovett. Mr. Wimmer was also the band director for 6 years at Druid Hills High School while serving as the director of jazz at Emory University. He is an active clinician, and has served as president and in other offices of the Georgia Association of Jazz Educators Board. For 20 years he has been a freelance saxophonist, arranger, and consultant. Under his direction, Emory and Lovett ensembles were selected to perform at the Georgia Music Educators Association's In-Service Conference in Savannah, and his Lovett Jazz Orchestra was selected to perform at the International Association of Jazz Educators Conference in 1996. Founder of the Lovett Ellington Jazz Ensemble in 1995, Stutz has taken three of his ensembles to the national finals of the Essentially Ellington Competition at Lincoln Center in New York. He has performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, on HBO, and has recorded locally for hundreds of radio and television commercials and film and record projects alongside some of the industry's most widely recognized recording artists.
		Pete Ciaschini is the Upper School and Middle School orchestra director at Lovett and also assists with the Lower School orchestra program. He attended Boston University and received bachelor and master of music degrees from the Boston Conservatory of Music. An accomplished violinist, Mr. Ciaschini has appeared as an orchestral soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician in performances across the country. He is concertmaster of the Atlanta Opera, a member of the Santa Fe Opera Orchestra, and a violinist with the Santa Fe Ensemble. Locally, he collaborates with members of the Atlanta Symphony on many chamber music and chamber orchestra projects and is an active participant in the Atlanta freelance community. He has taught violin and viola, coached chamber music, and conducted orchestras at all levels. In addition to his teaching at Lovett, Mr. Ciaschini is a violin and viola instructor, orchestra coach, and chamber music instructor for the Georgia Institute of Technology. In 2006, he was awarded a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship to participate in Mozart and His Worlds at the NEH Institute in Vienna.
		Paul Scanling, a native Georgian, grew up in a family of teachers in Columbus. With a master's degree from Georgia State University and a bachelor's degree from Florida State University, he taught in the public school systems in Florida and Georgia before coming to Lovett as the Middle School band director in 2005. A flutist by trade, Paul is in demand as a woodwind teacher and arranger throughout Metro Atlanta.
		Charissa Gransden is the Lower School band director. This is her 10th year teaching band and her 17th year as a private flute instructor. She holds a bachelor's degree in music education from Georgia State University. Mrs. Gransden was the director of bands at Kittredge Magnet School for High Achievers in DeKalb County, where she was voted Teacher of the Year in 2004. She taught concert bands, jazz ensembles, dance teams, and percussion ensembles. Her fifth and sixth grade groups have held performances at the World Congress Center, Underground Atlanta, and the CNN Center. Gransden has been an adjudicator and guest clinician throughout the Metro Atlanta area. She is a freelance flute player who has performed with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, Orchestra Atlanta, and the Southern Crescent Symphony.
		Carla Quintero has been a music teacher for over 22 years and has experience with all ages/levels--from babies to adult. She has specialty certification and training in the area of early childhood music. Carla is a member and past national board member of the Early Childhood Music & Movement Association and is a member of the Atlanta Orff Schulwerk Association, MENC, and GMEA. She received her B.S. in music education with honors from the University of Maryland. Carla also teaches private piano in her home studio in Roswell. She teaches kindergarten and first grade general music.
		Anne Eichelberger Page is the Lower School orchestra director and assists with the Middle and Upper School Orchestra Programs. She received a bachelor of music degree in violin from Florida State University and master of music and master of musical arts degrees in violin from The Yale School of Music. She served as the orchestra director at Dunwoody High School and was an affiliate instructor at Mercer University and Emory University. She also performed occasionally with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra for 12 years; was a member of the Atlanta Virtuosi for their Mexican and European tours and summer residency at Bates College; and was a member of the Atlanta Chamber Players. Anne is often asked to record and play musical shows in the Atlanta area and is a regular performer in the Atlanta freelance community. She is presently a guest performer with the Nashville Chamber Orchestra.
		Theater Arts Michael Halad has been the technical theater director at Lovett for five years and was an assistant professor at Davis and Elkins College for nine years. He earned a B.A. and a B.S. from Davis and Elkins College and a master's in scenic design from West Virginia University in 1993. As a scenic designer, Michael has worked with several professional theaters around the Atlanta area, including Actor's Theatre of Atlanta, the Theatrical Outfit, The Aurora Theatre, and The Jewish Theatre of the South. He has also worked with Georgia Shakespeare on several of their productions as a props designer. At Lovett, he has designed the scenery for Mousetrap, The Diary of Anne Frank, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. He teaches technical theater in the Upper School at Lovett and works extensively with both the Middle and Lower School drama and musical programs.
		Katie McCreary has experience as a lighting designer in Atlanta at Georgia Shakespeare (Treasure Island, Robin Hood), The Center for Puppetry Arts (XPT 2007, Ghastly Dreadfuls' Compendium of Graveyard Tales and Other Oddities), Horizon Theatre (9 Parts of Desire), Actors Theatre of Atlanta (Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol), and GSU Players (Antigone). Regionally, Katie's designs have been seen at Keystone Repertory Theater and Actors Theatre of Louisville. She has worked Off-Broadway as an assistant lighting designer at The Public Theatre (Ruby Sunrise), and The Culture Project (The Treatment). Katie has degrees in both theater and elementary education from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. She has worked as a professional theater electrician at theaters throughout the country, including Georgia Shakespeare, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and Theatre-by-the-Grove. She has taught theater at the YES! Summer Program, Camp Shakespeare, and as a guest artist at Nancy Creek Elementary.
		David Silverman is new to the Upper School this year after having joined the Lovett community in 2006. David brings to Lovett his 16 years of experience as a professional actor. In 2006, he was named "Best Actor in Atlanta" by Creative Loafing magazine. His professional credits include dozens of national commercials for Gold Bond Ultimate Healing Lotion, Turner Classic Movies, Florida Tourism, and Bojangles Chicken. Mr. Silverman's local and regional commercial credits include ads for The Georgia Lottery, Krystal, America's Home Place, Shoe World, Advance America, Kroger, and two and a half years as the on-camera spokesman for Bell South Mobility DCS. He was also heard on the radio for the likes of Quik Trip, Bell South, and Hank Aaron Toyota. David has appeared in countless training videos for Coca-Cola, Bell South, The Home Depot, UPS, Chick-fil-A, and many others, and he earned a role in the HBO film, "Warm Springs," winner of the 2005 Emmy Award for Best TV Movie. On stage, his credits include productions with The Alliance Theatre, Theatre in the Square, Actor's Express, Theatrical Outfit, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Theater Emory, ART Station Theatre, Jewish Theatre of the South, and many others. Mr. Silverman is a member of Actors' Equity Association, a graduate of The University of Miami, and a lifetime member of The Accidental Comics improv comedy troupe.
		Chris Ekholm, Lovett's new Middle School theater arts teacher, has been a professional actor for 20 years, performing in theater, film, television, commercials, radio voice-overs, training films, and live industrials. He won the 2005 Suzi Bass Award for Most Outstanding Actor for Atlanta theater and has appeared on many of Atlanta's stages including: Alliance Theatre, Theatrical Outfit, Georgia Ensemble Theatre, Horizon Theatre, True Colors Theatre Company, Jewish Theatre of the South, and Theatre in the Square, where he won four Jennie Awards. In addition, he has worked with such people as Steve Martin, John Lithgow, and Tyler Perry. Most recently, Mr. Ekholm has appeared in Tyler Perry's House of Payne on TBS and a Georgia Lottery commercial. He also teaches and directs young people and adjudicates at the Georgia Theatre Conference and Shorter College. Mr. Ekholm is a member of Actors' Equity Association and Screen Actor's Guild, and has a bachelor of fine arts in acting from Florida State University.
		Visual Arts Sara Cameli has been teaching Middle School visual arts at Lovett for five years. She received a bachelor of fine arts degree in painting from the University of Kansas. Mrs. Cameli currently paints at home in her studio and draws inspiration from the surrounding landscapes of coastal Georgia. Her large, richly hued oil landscapes reflect her love of color and her passion for the outdoors.
		Jordan Clark joined the Lovett faculty in 2004. He teaches AP art history as well as semester-long courses and seminars on the history of western art and architecture. He is a graduate of Davidson College and he also received a master's degree in art history from the University of Virginia and an MBA from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He is the former chief investment officer and board member of Gables Residential Trust, a NYSE traded real estate investment trust. He is the father of three Lovett graduates.
		Katherine Hamburger, one of Lovett's art teachers in the Lower School, has extensive experience as an art instructor at children's art camps in New Mexico, West Virginia, Massachusetts, Vermont, and Georgia. Having studied at The College of Wooster (Ohio) and Studio Art Centers International in Florence, Italy, she earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in ceramics from the Rhode Island School of Design and a master of arts in art education from the University of New Mexico. The breadth of her regional and international background influences her unique approach to teaching visual arts and crafts.
		Wayne Parker, a native of New Jersey, received a bachelor of arts degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and attended Emory University in Atlanta for graduate work. He then served in the military before joining the Lovett faculty in 1971 as audiovisual specialist. Mr. Parker teaches videography and history of film in the Middle and Upper Schools and is also the director of academic teams.
		Joy C. Patty teaches kindergarten, first grade, and Middle School mini-course art rotation classes at Lovett. In addition, she is the Lovett Galleria art coordinator. Originally from Tennessee, she holds a master's degree in art education from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Ms. Patty's career positions in art education include the High Museum of Art in Atlanta; the Modern Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas; the Meadows Museum in Dallas; and the Glassell School of Art in Houston, Texas. She teaches continuing education studio and art appreciation courses at Savannah College of Art & Design in Atlanta and coordinates the Art Smarts Summer Camp for SCAD-Atlanta.
		Amy Lee Story is the foundations I, figure drawing, painting, and mixed media instructor in the Upper School. She has worked at Lovett since 2000. Prior to this appointment, Amy taught for three years at Ursuline Academy, in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she received her master's in education from Loyola University. This complements her bachelor of fine arts from Tulane University. Amy is a practicing painter and mixed media artist. Her work includes drawing, painting, and sculpture and is on display in local art venues. In the summer months Amy teaches painting classes in Savannah, France, and Italy.
		Karey Walter is a recognized fine art, black and white photographer and educator. Born in Pittsburgh, Penn., she holds a master of fine arts degree from the University of Utah. Ms. Walter currently directs the photography program at Lovett, where she has taught for the past 11 years. Recognized as a highly acclaimed photography program in the South, Lovett students have won top honors for their photographic works. Ms. Walter's work varies from black and white documentary of people, to landscapes from across the United States, Mexico, Italy, and France. She has a sensitive vision of her surroundings and an appreciation of various cultures. Her works have been displayed throughout the Southeast and are included in numerous private collections.
		Tom Zwierlein, studio artist and visual arts coordinator, has been teaching art at Lovett since 1987. He is also the ceramics instructor at the Callanwolde Arts Center in Atlanta. He is a former University of Kentucky ceramics instructor and has been a visiting artist at many craft schools and colleges, including The Penland School, the Hambidge Center, and The Georgia High School Governor's Honors Program at Valdosta State. Mr. Zwierlein was a founding faculty member of the Anderson Ranch Ceramics Program in the late 1970s under the direction of Paul Soldner, and is a contributing writer for the international ceramic magazine Clay Times. He conducts workshops around the United States. His work is exhibited on a national level.