CARL G. FOUGEROUSSE

Mr. Fougerousse earned his BA in Philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio and his MFA (specializing in figurative painting) at the New York Academy of Art.

He is the founder of Red Fern Fine Arts Studio where he works on commissions for churches, private residences and institutions around the country as well as abroad.

In addition to his fine art practice, Fougerousse has taught drawing and painting at Savannah College of Art and Design, the Corcoran College of Art and Design in Washington, D.C., and art history at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah, and Franciscan University of Steubenville's Austrian Campus in Gaming , Austria. In 2009 he founded the Sacred Arts Academy where he teaches workshops and classes in an effort to contribute to a renaissance in Catholic art and culture.

He has also lectured at New York University, Franciscan University of Steubenville, and New York’s Sheen Center for the Arts, and at conferences and parishes across the country.

JARED SEFF

Jared Seff is an artist and instructor working out of Savannah, GA. Jared graduated from The Savannah College of Art and Design, with a bachelor's degree in painting and drawing and a master's degree in illustration. His artwork has already earned him significant awards and achievements including: a portrait of former President Bill Clinton which hangs at the Presidential Library in Little Rock, Arkansas; a portrait of SCAD President Paula Wallace which resides in the Lacoste Permanent Collection; a portrait of Brigadier General Wilma Vaught that hangs in the Women's Auxiliary at Arlington National Cemetery; and a portrait of Sir Paul McCartney, signed by Jared and Sir Paul currently in a private collection. Jared has been teaching private lessons and workshops for almost a decade, and was the lead art instructor and curriculum developer at The Habersham School in Savannah for 8 years ending in 2021. He currently works as a painter for Red Fern Studio and teaches at the Sacred Arts Academy.