Tamara Lopez

• Executive Director at Public Academy for Performing Arts (PAPA)

• Dance Teacher at Fishback Studio of Dance

I am glad the GOK PTA is finding ways to promote art and creativity. Thank you for asking me to be a part of this.I am connected to Georgia O'Keeffe through my husband, Coach Lopez. I have a lifelong love of dance and have taught at Fishback Studio of Dance for many years.  In my day-to-day work, I support student artists at APS Charter School, Public Academy for Performing Arts, as the Assistant Director. I congratulate all the Georgia O'Keeffe students that stepped out of their comfort zone to participate in Reflections. This is the exact kind of positive risk that will change the world. 

Mellinda Gatterman

• First Grade teacher at Georgia O'Keeffe Elementary School

• Choreographer and Cheerleader

Mellinda has been teaching for 20 years, all at Georgia O’Keeffe. She has taught Kindergarten and 1st grade. Mellinda is a choreographer and choreographed GOK Spooky Story night’s “The Blob” dance this year. She knows that students can achieve great heights in learning and ability when given the opportunity and proper guidance.

Jacqueline Cook

• Fourth Grade Gifted Education Teacher at Georgia O’Keeffe

Elementary School (2012 - present).

Passion for teaching 21st Century skills through project-based learning, with an emphasis on STEAM and media literacy. 

Ron Weisberg 

• Owner of Story Quest Studios

• Website: https://storyqueststudios.com/

• Contribution:  Prize to 2 the winners. 1st place Film 3-5 and 1st place Literature K-2. One free 1 hour, private acting or storytelling class.

Ron has been acting on stages and in front of cameras for over 21 years. Inspired by his Grandmother Gloria Weisberg, Ron started in the theatre, acting in youth productions at Denison Highschool in North Texas. Once he learned people were going to school for acting, Ron moved to the capital to attend the University of Texas at Austin. When he moved to New Mexico to live with his Grandmother in Santa Fe, Ron realized there was a big gap in actor training in the Southwest and it was time he started to help actors that lacked an education and the opportunity to learn. Ron has been in many TV and Film productions such as Longmire, Dig, and Nightshift, all shot in New Mexico, so he knows that the opportunity is waiting for artists in New Mexico. It is Ron's mission to raise the bar of training for actors and make us competitive with LA talent. Not only that, Ron's mission is to make students realize they are in control of their career. Story Quest Studios helps actors make movies so they can start acting now.  

Ron has developed his own teaching and acting method and is a new author looking forward to releasing The Discovery Effect For Actors in 2022. If you want to learn more about how to move at lightning speed into acting for film and TV, email: info@solacting.com.  Ron will continue to produce content in New Mexico and help make opportunities for others to live their passions. 

Nan Griswold

• Fifth Grade Gifted Education Teacher at Georgia O'Keeffe Elementary School.

Nan Griswold has been a teacher for 26 years. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and a Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction. She started her career teaching high school journalism and the Newspaper and Yearbook classes. She got her Gifted Endorsement and taught middle school before she joined the wonderful staff at GOK, where she has taught for 11 years. She has taught both gifted and regular education, and she loves the students and families in the community. She is so appreciative of GOK’s outstanding PTA and believes the volunteers really make a positive difference for students. 

Annie Huggins

• Librarian at Georgia O’Keeffe Elementary School 

As a teacher and elementary school librarian for 28 years, Annie Huggins has devoted her career reading literature TO students and BY students. With the sponsorship and support of dedicated teachers and GOK Friends of the Library, she has coordinated an annual Spooky Story and Spooky Illustration contest for the school.  She feels strongly about finding humanity in stories and having deep conversations with students that help them find connections within themselves and the world.

Hannah Stephens, soprano

• Soprano Opera Singer and Teacher

• www.hannahstephens.com

Lyric coloratura soprano, Hannah Stephens, received her Master’s degree in vocal performance from Indiana University, studying with Carlos Montané, and her Bachelor’s degree from the University of New Mexico, studying with Marilyn Tyler. Ms. Stephens teaches at the New Mexico School of Music and is delighted to act as a judge for Georgia O'Keeffe's Reflections program.

Equally at home on the operatic stage and in concert, some of her favorite performances include Gorecki’s Symphony of Sorrowful Songs, Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder, Mahler’s Fourth Symphony and Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras. With a voice known for its clarity and precision, Ms. Stephens has become a favorite vocalist among several contemporary composers, with whom she is now working on various new works. Some highlights of her operatic career include the roles of the Queen of the Night, Musetta, and Gilda. Born in the United Kingdom, Miss Stephens is a dual citizen and lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She is currently attending the University of New Mexico School of Law.

Chris McGlumphy                   

• Composer and Concert Promoter

• Website: www.ampconcerts.org 

Chris McGlumphy's works include scores for film, theater, and the concert stage including the award winning independent feature Being Claudine, Max Linder's 1921 silent comedy Be My Wife performed live by Philadelphia's Relâche ensemble to accompany the film, and songs for the American premiere of Nobel-winning playwright Dario Fo’s The Devil With Boobs. Currently Chris produces concerts at AMP Concerts, providing innovative and inspiring arts programming by some of the most eclectic and celebrated musicians of our time to diverse audiences around New Mexico. 

Kimberly Chavkin

• Technology Teacher at Georgia O’Keeffe Elementary School

Kimberly Chavkin Moreno has been an APS teacher for 22 years and is currently the technology teacher at Georgia O'keefe.  She has had the fortune to work in APS schools with both teachers and students from grades K-8. As a semi-professional artist, photographer, and musician herself, Mrs. Chavkin is an avid patron of the arts.

Nancy Haseman

• Owner of Captured Memories Photography

• Art Website: www.capturedmemoriesnm.com/Photo-Art-Folios

I have loved taking photographs since at least 10 years of age; and ended up getting a Fine Arts Degree majoring in Photography in College.  During that time; I spent my Jr, Year in England studying and traveling...  I had never been to that many art galleries before!!  I have had a portrait business since the early 1990's; but with the recession and covid I have enjoyed developing the Art Photography side of things even more!!  I have been in numerous photography shows; ANMPAS; Shades of Gray; NM Art League; an Endangered show ArtForApes; the Gallery ABQ; and even been in a wildlife calendar with a shot of a albino hummingbird!!  I also display my work at my church; along with other artists of different genres. And; I also helped with Sunday School for 20 years at the same church.

Creating is my passion!!

Amanda Clattenburg

• APS Art Teacher at Georgia O’Keeffe Elementary School

Amanda has a Bachelor's in Art Studio and English from UNM and a Master's in Education from Long Island University, Brooklyn. She has been teaching for 17 years, 11 of those years have been in Elementary Art Education.

Kimberly Chavkin

• Technology Teacher at Georgia O’Keeffe Elementary School

Kimberly Chavkin Moreno has been an APS teacher for 22 years and is currently the technology teacher at Georgia O'keefe.  She has had the fortune to work in APS schools with both teachers and students from grades K-8. As a semi-professional artist, photographer, and musician herself, Mrs. Chavkin is an avid patron of the arts.