Art Strong is a graduate of The University of Northern Iowa. He has taught art in Waterloo, Estherville, and Charles City, Iowa. He has attended numerous workshops on the art and process of raku, including Raku in the Rockies in Gunnison, CO. He says…
After being born in Boulder, Colorado, Joe Biel would go on to receive his B.F.A. in Painting and Art History from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Two years later in 1990, he earned his M.F.A. in Painting at the University of Michigan.