Bonnie Stipe is a full-time art faculty member and lead painting instructor at Chabot College. A mixed media painter originally from Massillon, Ohio, she attended the University of Akron's Myers School of Art, graduating with a BFA in Painting and Drawing, and a BA in Art Education. Following her interest in the landscape of the southwest, she then relocated to Albuquerque, New Mexico where she received her MFA in Studio Arts from the University of New Mexico. While in New Mexico, Bonnie taught art courses at the University of New Mexico, Central New Mexico Community College, and Albuquerque Academy. 

Bonnie’s paintings have been shown in galleries throughout the country, including exhibitions at: Torrance Art Museum in Los Angeles; Tamarind Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Buckham Gallery in Flint, Michigan; Summit Artspace, in Akron, Ohio; and the Butler Museum of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio. Bonnie has also contributed to international projects, most notably working as an illustrator for the Archaeological Catalog of King Nestor’s Palace in Pylos, Greece. Her work has been featured in print, including the cover art for the 2015 fall edition of The Pinch Journal. Bonnie’s paintings focus on the ideas and construction of beauty explored through the lens of cultural expectation. Her interdisciplinary approach to painting is entrenched in both traditional and contemporary critical discourse​. Bonnie is the institutional representative for Chabot to the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, in addition to be a member of the College Art Association.

Born in St Charles, Missouri in 1956, Clayton Thiel received his BA in sculpture from Maryville University in 1979, then came to California to study with Peter Voulkos and Joan Brown at UC Berkeley.  At San Jose State he studied with David Middlebrook and Stan Welsh receiving an MFA in 1985 (suma cum laude).  He has been a full-time professor of Sculpture (clay, stone, and bronze), Art History, and Design Chabot College in Hayward, CA since 1990.  Thiel’s work has been shown widely in exhibits and galleries, and he has received numerous commissions from private collectors.​

Cynthia Horn teaches painting and drawing at Chabot College.  She attended the University of California, Berkeley where she earned a BA in Art Practice in 2006 and her MFA in Art from University of California, Davis in 2009.   Cynthia specializes in figurative painting and drawing, examining personal history and a broader cultural context to explore the relationship between gender, feminism, and desire.​ 

Personal website: www.cynthiahorn.com

Ryan Peter is an artist based in San Francisco. Peter graduated in 2008 with a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of British Columbia (Vancouver). He was a semifinalist in the 11th Annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition in 2009 and has since been featured in numerous exhibitions across Canada and the United States.

Recent exhibitions include Presentation House Gallery Satellite (Vancouver), Susan Hobbs (Toronto), the Or Gallery (Vancouver), Republic Gallery (Vancouver), Vancouver Art Gallery, Dunlop Art Gallery (Regina), and the Gordon Smith Foundation (North Vancouver). In addition to Chabot College, he currently teaches at San Francisco Art Institute and California College of the Arts​ in the undergraduate and graduate studio art programs.

Mark Lewis Wagner, MA is an internationally known artist and educator. He has worked with Pixar/Disney, the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, SpaceX, Target, and the Oakland Museum. Wagner’s connection to mythology, symbols, shamanism, and storytelling helps create a bridge between humanity with the imaginary worlds. He is currently working on his own sci-fi fantasy graphic novel called “Graffiti Wars: When Art Saved the World.”

His nonprofit Drawing Earth has a Guinness World Record for the largest chalk drawing. He was worked with 30,000 kids and drawn on 3 continents and created 5 pieces of art that have been photographed by satellite.

Website: www.marklewiswagner.com