Ghosthouse Faculty
Instructors
Alec Zemper
Director
Drawing & Painting
Alec is a painter originally from Michigan. His work focuses on exploring experiences and impressions of others through portraiture and figurative drawings and paintings.
Aside from owning and teaching at Ghosthouse, Alec is also a mentor and instructor of Advanced Painting at Interlochen Center For the Arts in northern Michigan.
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Caroline Hahn
Art History
Painting
Events & Exhibitions
Caroline Hahn is a graduate of Art History from Aquinas College. Her work brings together elements of ethereal symbolism, narrative, and dream-like spaces.
Along with teaching painting, Caroline leads the Ghosthouse Artist Roundtable; a public discussion series focusing on relevant topics facing artists and creatives.
Josiah Hanchett
Technical Drawing
Architectural Studies
Josiah Hanchett is an award winning artist who focuses his studies on the beauty of architectural designs and urban landscapes. When not designing new buildings, Josiah can be found traveling in search of a good alley or town square.
Isaac Dell
Sculpture
Isaac Dell’s sculpture is centered around his training as a fine artist in the representational tradition. Working in both clay and stone, he has traveled and studied throughout Europe; including at the Florence Academy of Art. When not creating out of his studio, you can find Isaac in his mobile studio around the Great Lakes.
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Madison Memering
Naturalist Studies
Illustration
Madison Memering is a Michigan based illustrator and amateur entomologist. Her work focuses on engaging directly with the natural world and finding beauty in small things.
At Ghosthouse Madison teaches field-classes such as Naturalist Illustration and Botanical Art.
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Kinga Grover
Animation Studies
Illustration
Kinga is a Polish artist who has worked as an animator, character designer, writer and compositor on projects ranging from gritty live-action to whimsical stop-motion. She is currently an instructor at Animation Mentor, teaching software and fundamentals of animation.
Outside of everything animated, Kinga loves old movies, old paintings and old songs - a computer geek in love with the past! A happy freelancer, Kinga lived and worked in four countries, drawing and animating beautiful women, love-sick frogs, rugby coaches, dancing cola bottles and everything in-between.
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Shawn Krueger
Landscape Painting
Shawn Krueger is a contemporary landscape painter whose work sits comfortably in both the American Tonalist and Arts & Crafts traditions. Shawn received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Calvin College in 1998, studying under Chris Stoffel Overvoorde. Upon graduation, he traveled frequently to the UK and painted in nearly every corner of Great Britain. While Krueger currently lives and keeps a home studio in Grand Rapids, MI, it has been the mountains of Western North Carolina, the Lake Huron shoreline, or the woods (anywhere) that have provided him with his most recent subject matter.
Apprentices & Staff
Hanna Stalmack
Studio Apprentice
Assistant Events Coordinator
Hanna is a first-year apprentice at Ghosthouse and the assistant Events Coordinator. She is also a full-time student at both Ghosthouse and Kendall College of Art and Design.
Amanda Glover
Apprentice Instructor
Studio Tech
Originally from Portland, Oregon, Amanda began her artistic training as a young teenager through local apprenticeships, with a focus on academic drawing. During college and beyond, she took a break from art to pursue her interest in music composition and guitar performance.
When she’s not in the studio or dreaming about her next painting, you’ll usually find Amanda running with her twin sister, exploring nature trails, playing guitar, or reading a good book.
Ayantu Kebede
Studio Apprentice
Assistant Manager of Reliquary Artist Supply
Ayantu is a first year studio apprentice and the assistant manager of our in-house Art supply shop: Reliquary. Coming from a background in psychology and information studies, Ayantu enjoys engaging with art as a means for understanding and connection.
Outside of Ghosthouse, Ayantu enjoys being in nature, dancing, and collecting trinkets.
Anna Stewart
Social Media Coordinator
Anna has been a part of Ghosthouse since 2023 as a model and a student. She is a self proclaimed jack of all trades with a background in business, performing and visual arts. If she’s not at the studio you can find her teaching aerial classes, learning how to weld, or crafting at a local coffee shop.