ROSEMARY BATTISTA (Dance) is Artistic Director of the Harrisburg Dance Conservatory and Director of the Harrisburg Dance Ensemble, the pre-professional performing arm of the Conservatory. A graduate of Penn State University, she has over twenty-five years of experience performing with several regional companies and teaching in both studio and academic environments. She has been teaching at CASA since its first year.
T.J. BOYER (Music) is a classical and rock guitarist who graduated summa cum laude in Music Education from West Chester University. He has performed in numerous ensemble and solo performances in his native Allentown and in West Chester. He has been a Musical Director and performer at Open Stage of Harrisburg, and with the Harrisburg Dance Conservatory. Boyer also is a private guitar teacher. He has been with CASA since its inception.
RENATA L. KAGLE (Visual Art) has a Master of Fine Arts degree in Painting from Edinboro University of PA as well as doctoral credits in Art Education from the University of North Texas. She has been teaching art for over twenty years, including college teaching at Bloomsburg University, Kutztown University, HAAC, and a teaching fellowship at the University of North Texas.
CALEB SMITH (Film and Video) is founder of Moviate, a not-for-profit arts organization that promotes film and media arts. He is also founder and artistic director of the annual Artsfest Film Festival in conjunction with the Greater Harrisburg Arts Council and the Side Door Cinema summer film series. He also works professionally with numerous local television stations and media producers creating television commercials. Smith holds a degree in Marketing from Albright College.
LISA L. WEITZMAN (Theatre) holds a Master’s degree in drama from Villanova University, and is a professional actor in Harrisburg and Philadelphia areas. She works for the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire and for several local video companies, is an instructor at HACC, and is co-founder of the Wow! Theatre-in-Education company that uses drama as a tool for conflict resolution. She has been teaching at CASA since its founding.
ANNE ALSEDEK (Program Director) developed the Capital Area School for the Arts in 2000-01 in conjunction with its steering committee. She is presently Education Director at Open Stage of Harrisburg, and taught for twenty years at the former Harrisburg Arts Magnet School. Alsedek was also chair of the Theater Department at the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts, and is a member of the Theatre and Arts-in-Education panels of the PA Council on the Arts. She has acted professionally with numerous theatres in the Central PA area.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Anne Alsedek, Program Director
Capital Area School for the Arts
717-214-0593 ph
717-703-2053 ph
717-214-0594 fx
aalsedek@yahoo.com
Design by Andrew Shiraki.
Updated by the students of C.A.S.A.