Flicker Street Studio has a great collection of teachers that have mastery of their fields and a dedication to teaching. Click on their names to learn more about them.
Founder and Director of Flicker Street Studio
Teaches – Life Drawing and Painting, Watercolor, Color Theory
MFA University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
BFA Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Nancy Cheairs was born in Memphis, Tn. She earned her BFA degree from The Memphis College of Art in 1980 and MFA from the University of Memphis in 2007. She has shown her paintings in galleries throughout the country and is in many private, corporate and museum collections. She founded the Flicker Street Studio in January 2010. Learn more about Nancy.
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Elizabeth Alley
Instructor
Teaches - Drawing (focus on the sketchbook as a tool)
BFA University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Elizabeth Alley was born in Memphis, TN, and has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in painting from the University of Memphis. In addition to being an artist, and spending over 11 years in Arts Administration, she is a Technical Writer, a retired Roller Derby girl, and she also sketches, makes lists, reads, crochets and runs.
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Kate Bradley
Instructor
Teaches - Painting
BFA Auburn University, Auburn, AL
Kate has been drawing and painting all of her life. In high school she was a stand out artist among her peers and at Auburn University she won the Dean’s Choice Award for her work. Since beginning her portrait career in 2008, Kate’s work has been featured in a prestigious portrait magazine and she was selected as one of the top ten young artists in a museum exhibition in Memphis, TN. Kate’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the American Cancer Society’s Hope Lodge and the Liberal Arts College of Auburn University and she has been commissioned to paint portraits for numerous private collections.
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Instructor
Teaches – Bookmaking
BFA Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
Colleen was born in Memphis but raised in Mississippi (Nesbit & Hernando). In addition to teaching at Flicker Street Studio, she also helps manage Tsunami restaurant, one of Memphis’ best local spots. Learn more about Colleen.
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Instructor
Teaches – Wire Sculpture and Miniature Painting with Gouache
MFA Maine College of Art, Portland, ME
BA in Sculpture and Anthropology, Tulane University, Newcomb College, New Orleans, LA
Maysey Craddock is a painter and sculptor currently living and working in Memphis, Tn. Craddock received her BA in 1993 from Tulane University in New Orleans and her MFA in 2003 from Maine College of Art in Portland, Maine. Learn more about Maysey.
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Instructor
Teaches – Acrylic Painting
BA University of Memphis, Memphis, TN
Melissa Dunn is a native Memphian who has exhibited paintings and drawings locally and regionally for over ten years. She has worked on two large-scale public mural projects, is a published illustrator, and has worked in the in art department on several feature films. Learn more about Melissa.
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Instructor
Teaches – Mosaic Workshop
BA Stephen F Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX
Mary Jo Karimnia has a degree in painting and drawing from Stephen F Austin State University. She paints, draws and collects things to make mosaics in Memphis with work at the Botanic Garden, LeBoneur Children’s Hospital, L Ross Gallery and Lisa Kurts Gallery. Learn more about Mary Jo.
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Friedrich Kerksieck
Instructor
Teaches - Bookmaking
MFA University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL
BA (English) University of Northern Iowa, IA
Friedrich Kerksieck has a degree in Book Arts from the University of Alabama. He is the owner Small Fires Press, an independent press that publishes Matchbook, a literary journal, as well as well as a selection of letterpressed prints & chapbooks, & a smattering of random printed material. He has shown his material across the United States.
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Instructor
Teaches – Mark Making
BFA Memphis College of Art, Memphis, TN
See Ed’s resume.
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Veda Reed
Instructor
Teaches – Painting Critique Seminar
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Instructor
Teaches – Encaustic
Erin is a recent graduate of Hutchison School and is our youngest staff member. She is attending the School of Art Institute of Chicago where her focus is Architecture and Fiber Materials Studies. Learn more about Erin.
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Instructor
Teaches – Kids Art After School and Art for Kids
BA Studio Art and Art History College of Charleston, Charleston, SC
Anna has taught art for 7 years in the Memphis City Schools and the Hutchison School. She is currently a stay at home mom for her two boys, and she paints in her studio. Her most recent show was a group exhibition in December at Theatre Memphis. Learn more about Anna.
Flicker Street Studio
74 Flicker Street
Memphis, TN 38104
(901) 767-2999
flickerstreet@gmail.com
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