DiAE’s teaching artists (TAs) are working professional artists who have undergone extensive training in aesthetic education and possess a special ability to connect with students. They are the cornerstone of our programs.
Visual Arts
Shannon Woodloe
Shannon Woodloe is a photographer based in Wilmington, DE and full-time Digital Storyteller at the Delaware...
Kate Testa
Kate Testa is a mixed media sculptor and installation artist based in Philadelphia whose work explores...
Leah Beach
Photographer and visual artist Leah Beach is out to make her impact on the world. She...
Yolanda Chetwynd
Yolanda recently returned from France where she spent a year learning French and developing her art....
Delona Seserman
Delona is a native of Romania who has lived and worked in the US for the...
Madeline Maute
Madeline is an avid educator and multi media artist! From a young age she realized her...
Dance
Emanuel ‘Manny’ Chacon
Emanuel 'Manny' Chacon, a dancer and choreographer from Wilmington, DE. His dance career began as an...
Deitrich “Dee” Faison
Deitrich P. Faison (Dee) a native of Camden, New Jersey resides in Bear, Delaware. After receiving...
Adiah Simpson
Adiah Simpson is 25 years old and has been dancing since the age of five, when...
Music
Merideth Hite-Estevez
Oboist Dr. Merideth Hite Estevez has performed and taught throughout North and South America, Asia, and...
Jason Keller
Jason is a freelance performer and educator living in Newark, DE. Being involved with music and...
Jea Street, Jr.
Jea Street is a singer/songwriter born and raised in Wilmington, Delaware. Jea was inspired to become...
Drama
Melissa Berman
MELISSA BERMAN brings over 25 years of experience as an innovative, critically-acclaimed award-winning teaching artist and performer...
Christian Wills
Christian is a University of Delaware student, artist, lyricist, poet, and activist in the Wilmington community....
George Tietze
George Tietze is a local Teacher, Teaching Artist, Actor and Playwright in Wilmington, Delaware. He has...