Karitos 2010 Faculty Bios and Workshops
- Worship & Vocal Track
- Film Track
- Music Business Track
- Dance Track
- Theatre Arts Track
- Visual Arts Track
- Literary Track
- Signing
Karitos 2010 Faculty Listing
God continues to bring to Karitos talented, gifted people with a passion for what they do and what they have to present.
Dance Faculty
- Dance Eternal - Kim Brunner & Linda Wade - teachers, choreographers, and evangelistic ministers.
- Innovo Physical Theatre (formerly Mimeistry) - Theo and Jolie Williams travel internationally as ministers & teachers in the art of mime and arts theology. Known for their excellence in performance, directing and choreography, they are Directors of Innovo’s Conservatory of Physical Theatre.
- Maura Hoagland - Her teaching emphasizes sensitivity to the Holy Spirit and guides people into freedom in worship, intercession, and prophetic movement
- Yvonne Peters - Anointed movement artist, choreographer and teacher
- Cory Ratliff - Assistant Liaison and Creative Production Pastor at Sign of the Dove Church, Waukegan IL., Director of a boy’s movement ministry “Bring It On”
- Alyce Roeder - National and international dance minister, danced with Nashville Ballet for 3 seasons and Milwaukee Ballet from 1991- 2002
- Pastor Karen Williams - Director of Waves of Glory (warfare praise dancers) at Glorious Life Worship Center, Chicago, IL
- Rosalita Villa - is teaching Ballet and Latin Social Dances at Core El Centro, and Alverno Telesis as well as Interpretive dance and Caribbean Praise for Above the Clouds Inc., as well as the leader of Sacred Movement Ministry of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Milwaukee, WI.
- Jeff & Natalie Lewis - Jeff and Natalie are passionate about the things of God. Their calling is intertwined to minister together across the nations to bring unity and freedom to the body of Christ and restoration to the art of dance.
Music Business Faculty
- Keith Mohr - As the founder and president of Indieheaven.com, Keith Mohr has worked with well over 2500 independent Christian artists, assisting them with marketing, promotions, distribution and lots of advice since 1997.
- Joe Wright - Joe serves as president of Blapop Records and Jo Ron 2000 Publishing (ASCAP)
- Rev. Bob Hay - has taught, mentored, and managed Christian artists for over 30 years
- Vanessa E - With three critically acclaimed full length CD’s, Vanessa writes, performs, and encourages other artists.
Worship & Vocal Faculty
- Vivien Hibbert - worship leader, author, teacher, faculty member of the International Worship Leaders Institute
- Pastor Cory Ratliff - Director of Fine Arts and Minister of Music at Sign of the Dove Church in Waukegan, IL
- Sharon Harper - from Charleston, SC, has been leading worship for over 25 years. She has helped to start and establish several worship teams in the Charleston area, has mentored young worship leaders, and has taught on worship at retreats and conferences.
- Courtney Hay - has devoted her life to bringing God’s people into radical, biblical worship. She has led worship and taught biblical principles of worship locally and globally. She currently serves as worship leader at Kingdom Life House of Prayer in Rolling Meadows, IL, and as the Worship Director for the Karitos Worship and Arts Conference.
- Carolyn Hart - is an active singer, teacher and church musician. Along with her teaching at Wheaton College, she is a busy clinician offering master classes in the Chicago area and throughout Canada. Her singing has brought her to Asia,Great Britain, France as well as Canada and the U.S.
- LeAnzar Stockley is the founder of Into God Network is Assistant & Youth Pastor, also Worship Minister at The House That Love Built. Holding an Associate’s Degree of Worship Arts, LeAnzar serves nationally and internationally as spirit-filled consultant, worship leader, and workshop clinician.
Theater Faculty
- Alan Atwood - He is a co-founder of Acacia Theatre Company, a Christian theatre company in Milwaukee, and served as its Artistic Director for nine years. He currently serves as Pastor of Drama at Eastbrook Church where he writes and produces full-length plays for the community. He also tours several one-man plays around the country to churches, conferences, Christian schools and camps.
- Jack & Edie Hill - Edie is a published writer, musician, teacher and committed church minister. Jack has over 25 years of experience in fine arts ministry, administration, performing and directing. He is a founding member of Acacia Theatre Company
- Phillip Hoagland - Chair, Theatre Arts and Humanities departments, Seneca High School, Louisville, KY.
- Janet Peterson - Her theatre home for the last 22 years has been Acacia Theatre Company (a professional Christian company in Milwaukee), where she has worn the varied hats of actor, director, writer, producer, bookkeeper, janitor, etc., etc. Janet has held the position of Artistic Director since 2003.
Visual Arts Faculty
- John McDavitt - has owned and operated McDavitt Design, an artistic service business, for the past 13 years specializing in sculpture, illustration, engineering and computer design are among his many services
- Natalie Lombard - shares how God led her from childhood to her banner business, where for 18 years she created thought-provoking and heart-piercing worship banners. Stories from her book, Splendor in Worship, and slides.
- Timothy R. Botts - has a BFA in graphic design from Carnegie Mellon University. He works part time at Tyndale House Publishers where he has designed books and Bibles for 37 years. There are nine books of his work published including Doorposts, Messiah, and Portraits of the Word.
- Linda Harris-Iorio - Her last name is pronounced "eye- oreo" and she has a driving passion to create for the Lord. She took private art lessons starting at age 7, went to art college, worked in ad agencies, and eventually started her own graphic design business in 1991.
Literary
- Jane Rubietta - is a prolific writer and dynamic public speaker
- Keri Wyatt Kent - Speaker, retreat leader and the author of seven non-fiction books, Keri is a regular contributor to several magazines, websites and blogs
Film
- Guy Silagi - an independent filmmaker, visual storyteller, scriptwriter, director and producer of dramatic and documentary films for over 18 years. He approaches storytelling as a visual artist from a journalistic perspective to capture story essence without promotional bias.
- Michael Spooner - has worked in the animation industry for twenty-five years with such notable studios as Walt Disney, Warner Brothers and DreamWorks.
- Craig J. Harris - (SAG/AFTRA) is a Film & TV actor, voiceover artist and screenwriter, whose scripts have produced movies, which have won numerous honors, including FiveEmmy Awards
- Caleb Pike - is a Chicago based filmmaker, student and digital media freelancer.
- Maggie Malone has appeared in over 20 independent films and co-founded Mission Improv-Able and Ariel Mime Ensemble. She teaches acting techniques to students from children to adults and is currently writing her first screenplay. She is honored to return to Karitos to encourage, equip and empower believers to make a difference in the industry.
- Jay Peters - attended Moody Bible Institute and graduated from Christian Life College in Mount Prospect, IL. He is the founder of Alleyway Studios and owns JandE Studios LTD. He brings over 10 years experience in TV, short films, commercial productions and music videos.
