A regular guest teaching artist at the REACH Ashland Youth Center, Michael Wertz is a noted illustrator, printmaker, and educator.

His work has been recognized and awarded by Communication Arts, American Illustration, 3x3, and The Society of Illustrators.

He is the Assistant Chair of Illustration at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, where he teaches portfolio, screenprinting, and digital tools classes.

He has collaborated with clients like the DeYoung Museum, BART, Scholastic, Peaches Christ, Nike, Oaklandish, the Oakland Museum and The New York Times to create vivid imagery that tells a story and delights the eyeballs. His work starts with a pencil and paper and ends up as digital collage, hand-pulled prints, books, and all manner of products.

Thanks for all your sharing, Michael!