Academy Administration
Below is a list of the administration at The Academy of Fine Arts.
Rita Galindo
Education Speech & Theatre BS LSU; Drama Teacher Seton Academy and James Hart Middle School, Illinois; Storybook Theatre Instructor Munster Parks, Indiana; Kids on Stage Teacher/Director, Southshore Arts Association, Munster, IN; Founder and Director Professional Children's Theatre, Performing Arts Center, Munster, IN; Winner of the Midsouth Playwrights Award; Professional Storyteller for over 20 years; Indiana Convention & Tourism Bureau Curator of Art Exhibit; and Lake County Solid Waste Environmental Educator.
Philip Hosford
Founder and Director of the Academy of Fine Arts, begun in 1995. Development and oversight of program development, faculty hiring, staff operations and student affairs. Bachelor of Music, University of Maryland, Masters of Music, Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins Institute in Baltimore. Piano faculty and Director of Piano Pedagogy at Michigan State University. Director Summer workshops for teachers, Lansing, Michigan.