Teacher Profile: Justin Wiest

Justin Wiest is a Fairfield County-based artist and educator. He has been teaching for GEP since September 2008 and we’re thrilled to have him working with our students this summer.

Justin received his MFA from the New York Academy of Art’s Graduate School of Figurative Art, and his BFA from The Schuler School of Fine Art.  His work has been exhibited in Connecticut, New York, Maryland, and Italy.  Justin’s teaching ranges from one-on-one instruction to portfolio classes, and he also teaches advanced, 300/400-level drawing and painting courses at Greenwich Education & Prep, Silvermine Arts Guild, and Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts in Old Lyme, CT.  Justin has worked in conjunction with the Aldrich Museum’s Draw On program as well as well as with the NYAA-sponsored GO FIGURE outreach program for New York City high school students.

Some of Justin’s individualized, one-on-one summer workshops available through GEP:

• Cos Cob Art Colony - Learn the history and techniques of Cos Cob’s historic riverfront artists’ community.  Visit the Greenwich Historical Society’s website to learn more about the colony:  http://www.hstg.org/content/view/66/468/
• Watercolor Workshop
• Comparative Anatomy:  Human vs. Horse - A program for animal lovers who are interested in the anatomical structure and how it relates to his/her own
• Sculpture Workshop
• Human Anatomy for Super-Heros - A drawing class using story boards
• Faber Birren’s Color Theory - Study the work and writing of the world renowned color theorist who called Stamford his home.  This workshop will entail color exercises and a finished piece.
• Portfolio consultation for college-bound artists

Visit his online portfolio: www.justinwiest.com/

For more about GEP’s summer programs, visit www,greenwichedprep.com/summer-programs-special.html

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One Response to “Teacher Profile: Justin Wiest”

1. Joanne Donaghue Says:
   July 7th, 2009 at 8:20 am

   Just a point of clarification - the proper name of the college at which Justin Wiest teaches is Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts, located in Old Lyme, Connecticut. If you have the opportunity to correct this in future, that would be helpful. Thank you.

   Joanne Donaghue
   Vice President for External Affairs
   Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts

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