Huyen MacMichael

Huyen MacMichael is a Virginia-based artist and art therapist who has focused on realistic watercolor painting and ceramics the past several years. She has exhibited in several local juried shows, participated in national and international art mail exchanges and round robins, painted murals at local elementary schools, and has been commissioned for portraits and pet portraits. She has enjoyed plein air painting workshops with talented instructors like Catherine Hillis and Christine Lashley, has taken ceramics workshops and classes at The Clay and Metal Loft with Bryan Mattraw and Amy Manson, is a member of the Loudoun Sketch Club, has co-chaired local and district Reflections Art Contests for school students, and is the current visual arts director of The DaVinci Art Studio, Arts For All, Loudoun. She won the Jim “Doc” Wiley Leadership in the Arts Award in 2021 and won 2nd place in Mixed Media category at the 79th annual Waterford Fair Art Exhibition. Her education consists of a BA in Fine Arts from Mary Washington, an MA in art therapy from George Washington, and continually learning and experimenting in art workshops, classes, and from her art colleagues and students.