Team

Alyce Vazquez

Owner, Art Director

Alyce of Alyce's Art StudioAn acrylic painting by Alyce Vazquez

Alyce Marie is the founding art director and owner of Alyce's Art Studio. For the past 10 years, Alyce has been an art instructor, professional artist, and has enjoyed developing themed birthday parties for children. She graduated from San Jose State University where she obtained her BA in Pictorial Arts and developed an understanding and love of Art Education.

She opened Alyce's Art Studio in May 2011 with the desire to create an art community, to celebrate the artistic voice of her young students, and to inspire her students to think outside the box.  Alyce's Art Studio teaches traditional art techniques, reflects new and creative ideas, and caters to the individuality of each of her students.

Annette Mauricio

Instructor

Annette Mauricio is a South Florida-born, Colombian/Cuban artist. She graduated in Fine Arts at Florida Int’l University. She worked as an art instructor for five years at an art studio in Florida, and has worked with Art Nexus, Art Review, The Frost Museum, The Museum of Contemporary Art and Art Basel in Miami, Florida. She has also exhibited artwork in her hometown, The Wynwood Arts District in Miami, Florida.

She spends her free time executing drawings inspired by microscopic organisms and also creating portraits of individuals who have made/are making a positive difference. Colored pencils are her current medium of choice; Circles, her new obsession. Annette has been an art instructor at Alyce's Art Studio since 2013.

Matthew Bae

Instructor

Matthew Bae is an LA-native with a BFA from Otis College of Art & Design. His work explores challenging and playful states of creativity. Digital art and ink are his mediums of choice.He likes mysteries, surprises, questions, and opinions. His work ranges from micro graphite portraits to illustrations to graphic novels to architectural drafts with a focus on a considered narrative.

In his free time, he likes to meander outdoors, thoroughly play with dogs, study cinema, and gorge on delicious cuisine.

Jazmin Urrea

Administrator

Jazmín Urrea is a visual artist working in installation, photography, video, sculpture, and performance. She received her MFA in Photography and Media from the California Institute of the Arts (2017), and a BFA in Photography from CSU Long Beach (2014). Urrea’s works have been exhibited at the Studio Museum in Harlem, The J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles, CalArts, UAM Long Beach, Santa Clarita City Hall, Blue Roof Studios, The Music Center, UCF, Flatline, and SADE LA. She participated in CURRENT LA: FOOD Triennial (2019) funded by the Department of Cultural Affairs and recently received the Rema Hort Maan Foundation Emerging Artist Grant (2020). She currently lives and works in South Central Los Angeles, CA.

Linsey McCollum

Instructor

Linsey McCollam is an artist who focuses on large, realistic oil paintings. She received her BFA from West Virginia University with an emphasis in painting and art history.

Her work critiques the effect capitalism has on mental health. In order to display this, she creates large paintings filled with inventive details aiming to understand mental health by transforming the metaphysical into the physical realm. She has shown in exhibitions in and around West Virginia and has spent her time doing preparatory work at museums and galleries in WV.

She moved to the LA area after graduating, and spends her free time hanging out with her two cats and exploring hiking trails.

Summer Teerlink

Instructor

Summer Teerlink is an illustration artist that grew up in the Hermosa Beach area. She enjoys using traditional mediums like graphite pencil and pen the most for her artwork but recently has developed a love for digital drawing as well. Her favorite subject to draw is portraits or characters from media that she likes. She is a fan of all things spooky and scary and has recently had some of her art displayed at the Sugarmynt Gallery in Pasadena.

When she’s not drawing at home for fun or for a commission, she enjoys going out to the movies, attending concerts, reading, and playing video games. She is constantly watching new and old scary movies and loves attending as many horror-related events as she can, especially during the Halloween season, which is her favorite time of year.

Gabrielle Burris

Administrative Assistant

Meet Gabrielle Burris, the friendly face behind the scenes at Alyce's Art Studio.

When she's not busy keeping things running smoothly, you can find her weaving her artistic magic, creating incredible art and costumes. With a palette of talents that spans painting, sculpting  sewing, and digital art, she's like a walking encyclopedia of creativity, ready to sprinkle a little artistic stardust wherever she goes.

Victoria Huff

Instructor

Born and raised in Southern California Victoria fell in love with the outdoors. Memories of hiking, camping in the mountains, deserts and beaches of California remain imprinted in her mind.

She found her passion while earning her Bachelors of Fine Art in Illustration at California State University, Long beach.  While attending art school Victoria developed a broad visual vocabulary and was exposed to a wide spectrum of ideas. It was not until she applied these fundamentals with the adventure of the outdoors that she truly learned to paint.  Her paintings depict the places she loves and are deeply connected to her experiences there.

Many pieces are created outdoors on location or studies are brought back to the studio for her to expand on. She finds herself captivated by the ebb and flow of the ocean, the stretching shadows and the golden sunlight that California has to offer. Victoria currently lives in El Segundo as a full-time artist and continues developing her work.