Sara brings a wealth of experience in both the arts and nonprofit sectors. Her early involvement in the arts during her formative years – including many classes taken at WCA! – laid the foundation for a career that includes leadership roles at Chicago’s Ravinia Festival and The Cleveland Orchestra. These experiences equipped Sara with a unique blend of artistic vision and administrative expertise, particularly in building strong partnerships and collaborations. After returning to Wooster to raise her family, Sara continued her work in nonprofit leadership. Her ability to foster partnerships with a variety of local and regional nonprofits has been instrumental in expanding the reach and impact of Wayne Center for the Arts. Additionally, Sara serves on the board of Main Street Wooster, where she applies her leadership skills to support community development and cultural growth.

Lynn has 20 years experience in customer service and sales. She has held multiple managerial positions as well as other leadership roles. She enjoys painting, photography, and spending time with her loved ones. Lynn is excited to be able to work closer with the community and share her love of art with others.

Tiffany has been a Wooster resident since 2008 and is continually looking for ways to serve her community.   She earned a Master of Public Administration with a focus in Nonprofit Management from Bowling Green State University and has over 15 years of experience working with organizations on donor engagement, fundraising, and marketing.  She appreciates art in all forms and grew up in a family of artists including both of her grandmothers.  She enjoys being outdoors, hiking, tending her small farm, and spending time with her husband, Ryan and two children, Madison and Samuel.

Brittany is from Wooster and a graduate of the BFA Musical Theatre program at Kent State University and has a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from The University of Texas. Most recently, she worked as the Dean of Student Experience for a middle school in Brooklyn, NY and has been teaching K-12 performing arts in the public, charter, and non-profit arts communities for 14 years. She looks forward to bringing her passion for arts education to the young dancers in her community.

Alivia Maxwell is an Enamelist and Multimedia artist based in Kent, Ohio. Her work draws from whimsical and medieval imagery, focusing on using symbolism and narrative to explore personal identity through handcrafted jewelry and objects. Maxwell earned her BFA in 2025 from Kent State University, where she studied a variety of artistic mediums and concentrated in enameling and metalsmithing, as well as exhibiting her thesis work. In the following spring, she furthered her study of enameling at the John C. Campbell Folk School under artist Karen Cohen. She went on to lead the enameling studio for the summer of 2025 at Camp Med-O-Lark, a fine arts summer camp where she discovered her love for arts education and creative

experimentation. Alivia has since shown in exhibitions, such as the 86th Area Artist Annual

Exhibition hosted by the Butler Institute of American Art, and the Groundhog Show, a yearly

exhibition based in Akron.

Maxwell continues her studio practice while sharing her knowledge of enameling and 3D arts through teaching and community-based arts education.

Adam McVicker grew up in rural Wooster. His upbringing in the country instilled an admiration for craftsmanship, creativity and a love for the beauty of nature.
In 2002, McVicker apprenticed under the artist Sarah McFarlan for mentorship in drawing. McFarlan helped guide his art towards nature and his personal relationship with it. From 2004-2005, McVicker apprenticed under local Wooster Artist, Beth Negro, as her studio assistant at the Wayne Center for the Arts in Wooster, where she instructed.
McVicker pursued his love for Fine Arts at Kent State University, where he received classical training in Fine Arts and Crafts, as both a full and part time student at the various campuses while he continued to work full time as a production welder and steel fabricator. In 2012, he returned to school fulltime to finish his degree, focusing in ceramics and studied under the two artists who have, subsequently, been the most influential on his work, Eva Kwong and the late Kirk Mangus.

Adam now coordinates the clay program where he first learned to use a potter’s wheel, Wayne Center for the Arts in his native Wooster, Ohio.

Beth Negro developed her love for the arts at a young age, inspired by her grandmother who loved to paint and draw. Negro discovered the arts center in 1998 as a student of Carli Moorefield and began teaching for the ceramics department in 2000.  Beth enjoys and specializes in working with students with special needs. Between teaching at WCA, Beth worked with Carli at Moorefield Pottery and also established her own arts studio. She currently exhibits her work at the Yankee Peddler Festival.

Beth also teaches color-guard for Northwestern High School, and is furthering her artistic education by taking classes in stained glass.