Meet the Artists
Jonathan Becker is a master mask maker, teaching artist and performer and began sculpting masks in 1986 while a student in Paris, France. He has created hundreds of masks for theatre companies, producing organizations, individual artists and training programs in over 50 countries. He was recently awarded a Meritorious Achievement Award by the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for his mask designs associated with a new translation of Hecuba presented at the University of Colorado.
Georedt Hugginss is ‘Foto-Therapy Photography’. With experience in Wedding, Engagement, Events, Fashion, Glamour, Portraits Photography, and more. “Photography can be very therapeutic. My focus is on you. I want to create a one-of-a-kind experience. An Experience, that will leave you with memories that last for a lifetime.”
Amanda Court (née Runge) is a professional opera singer with 25 years experience. Additionally she is an experienced fundraiser with 11 years in the volunteer management and fundraising industry. She is excited to be able to combine her two passions as the Director of Development for the College of Fine Arts at Ball State University. Originally from Wisconsin Court loves cycling, baking, and hanging out with her awesome husband (Sound Design Assistant Professor Joe Court) and 2 cats, Arnold and Paddington.
Alessandro Riccardi was selected as one of the best graduating conservatory pianists in Italy in 2014, he has toured in Italy, Bulgaria, Poland, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands, Mexico and the United States. He is currently working as a graduate assistant for the piano department at Ball State University in Muncie, IN, where he is pursuing an Artist Diploma under the instruction of Dr. Robert Palmer. His album "Alexander Scriabin The Early Piano Works" has been released in 2020 by the “Da Vinci Publishing.”
Ted Neal was born and raised in rural upstate New York, Ted has received degrees from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (MFA 1998), Utah State University (BFA 1995), and Brigham Young University Idaho (AAS 1991). Ted is currently a studio artist, kiln builder and has been a Professor of Ceramics in the School of Art at Ball State University in Muncie Indiana since 2006.