Tolovana Arts Colony

is a community based, nonprofit arts association dedicated to providing affordable, year round arts education on the North Oregon coast.

Our goal is to offer a rigorous, intimate and informal setting for students of all ages to pursue their talents, focus their energies and hone their craft. To this end, our faculty is composed of working artists with years of experience in their field. More than a school, Tolovana Arts Colony is a community of artists.

TAC offers classes with affordable tuitions year round and will begin offering workshops in the spring.

We at TAC have a broad definition of art; as in, any work done well becomes art. Our efforts are being supported by a wide spectrum of local organizations -- The Cannon Beach American Legion, Chamber of Commerce, Historical Society, City Government, etc. -- and individuals. Funds are raised through benefits, raffles, grants and individual donations. (Donations can be tax deductable; just ask.)

We are growing and invite everyone to join us. For further information, or should you want to get involved in any capacity, please feel free to contact —

Classes & Workshops:
       Michael Burgess
       mburgess@pacifier.com
       503.436.2868

Promotion, publicity & events:
       Maggie Kitson
       kitsonma@msn.com
       503.440.7095

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Instructors (Past and Present)

Kathy Delumpa Allegri is a plein air artist and instructor since 1992 and paints on location in Provence, on Hawaii, throughout mainland US and “Canada. She has a Bachelor of Science in Art from Colorado State University (Pueblo), is a member of the Watercolor Society of Oregon and Portland Plein Air Painters and is represented by White Bird Gallery in Cannon Beach. A native of the Phillipines, she embraces her island roots with He Makana O Aloha Hula Halau and Teatro Bagong Silangan (Theatre of the New East).

Christen Allsop has studied and practiced yoga for twenty years and has taught for the past ten. Her practice is influenced by lyengar yoga and Vinyasa Flow.

Dr. Maureen Becker graduated as a Naturopathic Physician in 1981 and as an Acupuncturist in 1989. She completed a residency in Childbirth and Family Practice, went on to teach gynecology and obstetrical courses as an associate professor at NCNM. She currently has a primary care practice in Portland and is a provider for the Oregon Breast and Cervical Cancer Program, and the Wise Women program providing screening for low income women. She integrates her natural medicine skills with modern scientific research.

Michael Burgess is an author, columnist and award-winning journalist who also teaches writing at Tillamook Bay Community College.

Daryl Karunakar Eigen, Ph.D., RYT-500 and Lucy Jeevani Eigen, MA, RYT-500 bring a combined 25 years of training, study and teaching to their enthusiastic classes and workshops. They have studied classical yoga extensively in the U.S., Asia and India with master yogis and senior teachers. Lucy is also an advanced certified craniosacral therapist and Daryl is a volunteer teacher for Living Yoga in Portland.

William Eldridge, PhD is a retired existential psychotherapist and social work professor (Ohio State University) with 40 years experience teaching, consulting, researching and writing about various dynamics of human growth, development, self-actualized living, psycho-emotional harmony and balance, inspirational living and healthy communities. He was the founder of the Center for Peace Studies and Community Development in Columbus, Ohio.

John Fraser has been a computer consultant for over 20 years in the CB area and worked with the Small Business Administration to assist startup groups with individualized data systems.

Rich Hedlund is a therapist specializing in individual, couple and family counseling as well as life transitions.

David Kinhan studied painting and art history at PSU. His work has been exhibited many times, most recently at the Cannon Beach Arts Association Gallery.

Jennifer Myers, an Oregon Coast native, was introduced to yoga in 1987 at Portland State University and completed a year-long anusara yoga teacher training with Sarahjoy Marsh in 2004. She has been teaching yoga for twelve years.

Nadine Nordquist has thirty years experience teaching ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical and tap and has trained in San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles and at the American Ballet Theatre in New York. She has owned and directed several dance schools in the Northwest.

Katrina Repka is a London based yoga master, author and teacher. She is a student of Yoga Master Alan Finger (NY) and is influenced by the ISHTA tradition, a blend of hatha, tantra and ayurved. She has led numerous workshops and retreats worldwide and is the co-author of two books: Chakra Yoga and Breathing Space and Twelve Lessons for the Modern Woman.

Peter “Spud” Siegel is a well known and highly regarded mandolin player whose current group, the Floating Glass Balls, is the house band for Bill’s Tavern in Cannon Beach and performs throughout the region.

Susan Simon has studied at Oregon School of Arts and Crafts and Pacific NW College of Art, exhibited at the Whitebird Gallery and Cannon Beach Arts Association, and taught at Clatsop Community College. She has practiced encaustic painting for eight years.

Alisha Smith began her career in 1998, conducting group fitness classes and providing personal fitness training. Over the past ten years, she has held several fitness certifications including Apex, Nautilus and the National Academy of Sports Medicine.

Melissa Thornton has a degree in International Studies and has lived in Mexico.

Richard Thomasian, aka Richard T., a guitarist/vocalist of 45 years, plays several styles of music but specializes in jazz. He has performed professionally in the San Francisco Bay Area for 18 years and all over Oregon and Washington for 10 years. He currently leads 2 different trios, Swing Cats and The Thomasian Trio, and does solo work on and around the North Coast.

Lorain Trzyna has a degree in music education (choral and instrumental) from Illinois State and performed graduate work at Cardinal Stritch University. She has taught general music, piano and voice since 1989.

Glynis Valenti is a commercial photographer with a degree in communications/journalism. She has taught for parks & recreation programs and the juvenile justice system.

Dick Weissman has written 18 books about music and the music industry, has recorded for numerous major and minor labels, had a song on last season's NBC TV show My Name Is Earl, and has music on the Biography Channel and on BBC TV. He has written over a hundred recorded songs and instumental pieces. He has performed as a soloist and in the band The Journeymen throughout North America, and has taught workshops about music and the music business at the University of Colorado at Denver, Portland Community College, Clatsop Community College, and for the Puget Sound Songwriters, the Portland Songwriters Association and the West Coast Songwriters.

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