Artmill

Petr Kalný was born in a village near the Mill, raised in Prague and educated at HTL Brugg-Windisch, Switzerland, receiving his diploma in Architecture in 1984. Since re-immigrating to the then Czechoslovakia in 1994, he has pursued art and architecture privately, with numerous projects including an exhibition at the National Technical Museum, Prague, numerous modern renovations for clients, and building a family villa on commission in Prague. Constantly renovating the Mill has been only one of his priorities. Currently he is focusing on another newly commissioned private villa in Prague.

Heather Hendrickson is a landscape designer and horticulturalist working collaboratively with artists and architects to create spaces that engage the senses and return us to the delights of Nature. She has practiced yoga since 1990.

Anna Klimentová received her Master’s degree at the University of South Bohemia in Ceske Budejovice. She is an English and German teacher in a primary school in Prague.

Khoi Vo is a professor and Program Director in the Design Department at California State University, Long Beach. He received his Master’s Degree at Sci Arc in Los Angeles. An accomplished architect, Vo also runs a design company in Long Beach specializing in residential, and commercial design called Khoi Vo Design.
[ www.khoivodesign.com ]

Alyssum Skjeie was born in Seattle, Washington, and now lives in Southern California. She is currently attending California State University, Long Beach, studying Interior Architectural Design, and Spanish. Alyssum has also taught swimming at a local club during the summer.

Kristen Raizada is an art historian and independent curator from Los Angeles, CA. She is currently a lecturer in the Design Department at California State University, Long Beach and has curated contemporary art exhibitions in Los Angeles and as far reaching as Horazdovice, Czech Republic.

Jonathan Lee is a Junior studying Industrial Design at California State University, Long Beach. He is looking forward to pursue his passion for design in Germany. He eventually plans to design for humanitarian relief projects wherever it takes him.

Anna Adler is 24, she was born in Moscow, Russia and moved to the US in 1990. She received a BS in Studio Art from New York University, and a minor in Russian & Slavic Studies. Her concentration was in sculpture, working with mixed media, including clay, fabric, plaster, and light metals (jewelry). She currently lives and works in New York/Brooklyn where she is an art teacher (to children ages 2–12). 

Regina Heinlein had joined several youth camps throughout Europe as a counselor and was leading a German summer language camp for Americanstudents in Düsseldorf for several years. She received a degree in communication arts and design with a focus on illustration and fine art photography. Grown up as a forest ranger’s daughter, she holds a strong connection to nature, visible in her drawings, too. At present, she lives and works as an illustrator in Berlin. 

Courtney De Mott is receiving her B.F.A. in May from California State Long Beach in Interior Architectural Design. She has taught youth art camps in California for 3 years and has a passion for various forms of art as well as environmentally and socially responsible design.

Magdalena Vránová loves music of all sorts. She is active in several different types of musical groups, around Horazdovice and the region. She studied at the Plzen University majoring in Music Education/Psychology and uses this in her teaching of the flute at the local Art School.

Carolanne Patterson has been teaching in the Art Department at New York University for the past 10 years, and has also taught at Parson’s School of Design, in New York City. She holds a Master’s of Fine arts and a Bachelors of Fine Arts, both in the area of metal-smithing. She also has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Art History. She has exhibited her work in the US and Europe, and continues to show her sculpture, drawings, and jewelry. She was a Fulbright Fellow to Prague in 1993–4. Carolanne lives in Brooklyn, New York with her family. [ www.jewelerswerk.com ]

Susan Marcinkus. Producer/Director is Co-Producer of Manifest Films, in Chicago and Los Angeles. Over the last fifteen years she’s worked as director, producer and editor on award winning film and TV projects. She was associate producer/editor of the feminist feature documentary, Right Out of History-The Making of the Dinner Party, chronicling the process of Judy Chicago’s acclaimed mixed media installation. She also lectures on Czech and Slovak Cinema. Marcinkus holds a BFA from the University of Wisconsin and an MFA in Film/TV Directing from the American Film Institute, Los Angeles.

Terezka Kylianova is studying law in Plzen, Czech Republic. She has worked in summer camps with youth for many years.

Rachel Jean Sippy has a Bachelor of Science in Genetics, with minor in Philosophy from Iowa State University in the U.S. Besides her science background, she has organized outdoor recreation trips and worked with organic gardening systems. She enjoys wilderness trekking, kayaking, and rock climbing.

Zuzana Koubová is finishing the Master’s degree program in the College of Education at the University Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Ústí nad Labem. During 2009 she was Assistant Manager at Gallery Califia in Horazdovice.

Jackie Gross is a shoe designer based in New York City. She is the top designer at major U.S. company, frequently traveling to China and Europe.

Lenka Becvar is a photographer recently graduated in Studio Art at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin. She is a Studio Art Major at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin. She has studied various forms of dance all her life and she loves being out in the forest more than anything. Her father was born in the Czech Republic and inspired Lenka to study in Prague the Fall semester of 2005.

Dr. Renata Měřínská-Jará worked in the Emergency Room as a medic for many years. Since 2004 she runs her own private practice of holistic medicine in northern Czech Republic.

Kaja Kliment teaches at the Šafrankova Škola (Middle School) at Nalžovský Hory. He is an avid sportsman, as well as excellent sunken canoe rescuer.

Zoe Abeles has studied acting in Los Angeles since she was a little girl. Her love of drama has landed her in several plays around the metropolis.

Ali Kheradyar is studying opera at New York University. She has been an avid dancer since childhood.

Seema Seraj was a student counselor at ArtMill’s first year open to the public. And accomplished pianist, she is studying in Los Angeles, California.

Tomas Hruza is a photographer recently graduated from the University at Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic. He travels widely, including a recent trip back from South America. Tomas has worked at summer camps since his own youth.

Annie Rudnik is a tap dancer based in Chicago.

Katerina Krizova-Cervena specialized in Textiles and Clothing Design in college. Now she is using her skills as a museum assistant and demonstrator of the antique looms at Horazdovice Museum.

Nick Mullinix grew up in rural South Dakota working in his family’s pension and restaurant. He’s been to Prague several times and loves the culture here.

Laow (WangKanai Puvusit) is a Master’s student at the University in Usti nad Labem studying Chemistry. He left his family’s farm in Thailand many years ago, but still cooks traditional Thai food to the surprise (and delight) to of many of us who have tasted his cooking.

Dr. Adrian Bailey is Professor in the School of Geography at the University of Leeds in the United Kingdom.

Dr. Megan Blake is a Lecturer in Human Geography and Director of Postgraduate Programs in Human Geography at the University of Sheffield, UK. She has worked with Roma women issues in Central Europe for a number of years.