Meet the Creative Arts Team

Hattie Larlham is proud of the work done by the Creative Arts team. These professional artists and director have worked together for more than two years to bring the program to the level it is today. The team is constantly looking at new ways to reach out to artists, to help them to express themselves and to display and exhibit the work in the community.

	Phylliss Steiner Director of Creative Arts/Media Productions
	Laura Burns Studio Coordinator/Exhibition Officer
	Maria Golden Art Tracker, Painting and Photography
	Tim Curran Art Tracker, Sculpture

Phylliss Steiner

Director of Creative Arts/Media Productions

Phylliss Steiner has been with Hattie Larlham since 2000. Her original position with Hattie Larlham was the Director of Training and Development/Media productions. Prior to her employment at Hattie Larlham, she was the director of staff development/special projects for the County of Summit Board of Developmental Disabilities for 18 years.

Phylliss has a degree in early intervention from the University of Akron in 1975, with additional course work in business and media management. She has long been a strong advocate for people with disabilities; chairing or co-chairing more than 50 events promoting the successes of people with disabilities.

As director, Phylliss is responsible for all aspects of the program including staffing, painter assessments, organization, exhibits, marketing and promotion of Creative Arts. Since the program’s inception in 2007, Phylliss has grown Creative Arts from six to more than 85 artists working in paint, photography, pottery and poetry.

Phylliss has been a guest presenter at the Ohio PAR Association, International Facilitators Convention and the National Quality Improvement Convention. She developed and implemented the Summit Training Collaborative in Summit County, which was used throughout the State of Ohio as a template for the orientation of direct care providers in the field of disabilities. Phylliss has certifications in Microsoft Office User Specialist, International Facilitator, Photoshop, Premiere Pro and Painter X.

Phylliss Steiner

Director of Creative Arts/Media Productions

Phone: (330) 274-2272, ext. 3013
E-mail: phylliss.steiner@hattielarlham.org

Phylliss Steiner is responsible for the Creative Arts program and is the director of media productions. Contact Phylliss to purchase art, sponsor an artist or host a gallery.

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Laura Burns

Studio Coordinator/Exhibition Officer

Laura Burns has been with Creative Arts since the program began in 2007. She has her B.F.A. in painting from the Savannah College of Art and Design and is currently working on her M.A. in arts administration. Laura’s experience as the exhibition officer at the Whangarei Art Museum, Rose Gardens in Whangarei, New Zealand and the curriculum development consultant at the Whitecliff College of Art and Design in Auckland, New Zealand brings a unique, international museum and gallery perspective to the Creative Arts program at Hattie Larlham.

While working as a Creative Arts tracker, Laura owned and managed her decorative finishing and fine art furniture companies in Ohio and Florida. This provided her the opportunity to work with some of the Cleveland area’s most elite clientele, including the National First Ladies Library in Canton, Ohio. It was for this organization her company engineered, built, finished and installed the first Smithsonian-specified archival case to house the White House China Collection.

With gallery representation and exhibits in New York, Toronto, London and Auckland, Laura’s far-reaching knowledge of professional practices has been integral to the growth of the exhibit opportunities for artists in Creative Arts.

Laura's Work

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Maria Golden

Art Tracker, Painting and Photography

Maria Golden received her bachelor’s of fine and applied art from the University of Akron. While in college, Maria worked at the Battered Women’s Shelter, which fostered a commitment to assist others and a desire to use her talents as an artist to do so. Maria implemented and facilitated Art Expression Workshops for Rape Survivors at the YWCA, works with at-risk youth in the Weed and Seed program to create neighborhood murals, facilitated Exploring Faith Through Art workshops and implemented an art program for people with traumatic brain injuries at Hattie Larlham.

Maria joined Creative Arts in 2008 as part of the painting program. In 2009, Maria implemented the photography discipline within Creative Arts. Through her ideas, creativity and commitment the children and young adults in Creative Arts can explore photography.

Maria's Work

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Tim Curran

Art Tracker, Sculpture

Tim has lived most of his life in rural Vermont. He was first introduced to pottery in high school. He continued his artistic passion by attaining a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from Johnson State College in northern Vermont. His personal style is constantly evolving, though it is typically sculptural in nature and constructed using multiple thrown pieces, which are then altered by hand. Tim is still relatively new to Northern Ohio and lives with his fiancée Krista and their Newfoundland puppy Oliver. When Tim is not firmly planted at his potter’s wheel, he may be found tending his vegetable garden, hiking, fishing, traveling or skiing, in addition to many other outdoor activities.