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Mirta Hamilton
Assistant Department Chair
Graphic and Multimedia Programs
Department of Applied Technology
Mirta Hamilton administrates programs in Graphic Design and Multimedia at Glendale Community College. She teaches graphics, animation and life drawing.
Prior to GCC, Ms. Hamilton interned then served as visiting faculty at Availability College in Prescott, AZ, where she established the printmaking facility and instructed drawing, painting and printmaking. She also served as associate professor at ASU, instructing animation. Additional work experience encompass graphic artist position at Scholars Press, located at the University of Montana, and at the Arizona Republic newspapers in Phoenix.
Ms. Hamilton completed her B. A. Degree in Fine Art from the University of California in Los Angeles, with emphasis in life drawing and printmaking. She studied intaglio viscosity printing with Dick Swift at the University of Long Beach, then completed her M. A. in art at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ. Post graduate study followed at the Arizona State University. A sabbatical study took her on a tour of European animation studios, including the Zagreb Animation Studio in Croatia. She participated in solo exhibits and group shows in Arizona and the South West, as well as in the juried international travel exhibitions. Her art work is represented in numerous private and public art collections. mirta.hamilton@gcmail.maricopa.edu
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Mario H.Esquer
Assistant Department Chair
Media Imaging Programs
Department of Applied Technology
Mr. Esquer administrates programs in Media Imaging and Video Technology. He has completed his B. A., M. Ed., from Arizona State University; Graduate study: Arizona State University. He began teaching at Gateway Community College 1977-1979; Served as the Dean of Administration of the Media Center at GCC, and has been teaching Video Production at Glendale Community College since 1980.
Mr. Esquer is an accomplished film maker. His work includes an independent film production concentrating on the life and events of the early Hispanic settlers in Arizona and New Mexico.
mario.esquer@gcmail.maricopa.edu
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Bryan Barker
Adjunct Faculty
Web Marketing, Graphic Design, Lead Generation, SEO & Analytics
Department of Applied Technology
Bryan Barker began his career in marketing as an Art Director at Public is International in New York, working on ad campaigns such as Nestle, and Teen Vogue. In Massachusetts he began teaching web design, graphic arts and professional development workshops in educational technology for the Longmeadow school district. Upon moving to Phoenix, Bryan was hired by Symbolic Productions and began web sites design for national chains and high-end resorts such as Marriott, Princeville, and Hilton.
Bryan has been working on lead generation and web analytics since before Urchin was bought by Google and launched as Ad words. While pursuing cutting edge lead generation techniques he was approached by High-Tech Institute and began to design and build robust web marketing solutions for colleges such as Allied College, Cambridge College, Banner College, Chubb College, and Anthem College Online, High-Tech Institute and its many independently branded colleges. HTI currently enroll 20,000 students across the nation and online.
Mr. Barker graduated from the Pratt Institute in New York City. He also completed an accelerated business and marketing program at the New York University Stern School of Business. Bryan is currently part of the All-Star team at the Institute for Entrepreneurship and instructs graphic design at GCC. His entire portfolio is at
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Brad Hall
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Applied Technology
Brad Hall
was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and showed an interest in art almost immediately. Never considering for a moment any other career than art, Brad donated his time and talents to projects for his church and school. Brad was eager to embrace future technologies in typography and graphics later in life. Beginning his college education in 1976 at North Hennepin Community College in Osseo, Minnesota, focusing on Advertising and Typography. He earned his degree in Graphic Design at Arizona State University. The combination of excellent teachers at ASU, including David Morgan and Lonnie Whittington, and the rigors of freelance work had prepared Brad for a lifetime career in Graphic Design.
Brad started doing freelance graphic design under the “company name” of “Brad Hall Advertising Art”. In 1986 he was hired as a Graphic Designer by Blue Cross of California, Corporate Headquarters, in Los Angeles , and within two years, was promoted to Lead Designer. This was based upon his knowledge of graphic design and passion for his art but also by his willingness to embrace a new technology that had come into the field: “desktop publishing”.
During his time with Blue Cross, Brad was sent to training on nearly every type of computer and publishing system then being invented: At IBM in Boulder, Colorado, he learned “BookMaster”; In El Segundo, California, Brad learned “Ventura Publisher” from Xerox; Of course, he learned “Page Maker” for Macintosh, which became the industry standard until QuarkXPress eclipsed it. Brad returned to Arizona in 1989 to work for another in-house department at Valley National Bank, which was taken over by Bank One. From 1990 to 1996, Brad worked with QuarkXPress, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Photoshop creating collateral material for Bank One, as one of the Senior Designers. Other software include work with Macromedia Dreamweaver for web page design, Macromedia Flash for animation and Adobe Photoshop, ImageReady and Macromedia Fireworks for image manipulation.
In September of 1996 Brad began teaching at The Art Institute of Phoenix, where he taught for five years. Brad started as an adjunct faculty at Glendale Community College in August of 2001.
brad.hall@gcmail.maricopa.edu
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Rochelle Balch
Adjunct Faculty, Professional Speaker, Author,
Consultant & Successful Business Owner
Department of Applied Technology
For over 30 years, Rochelle has held both technical and computer management positions. In February 1993, Rochelle founded a computer consulting firm providing PC Office Support and Programming.
First year sales were $85,000; annual sales now over $1 million. Rochelle has received numerous awards including the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, the National Small Office Home Office (SOHO) Winner by Entrepreneur Magazine and Office Depot, Regional Working Woman Magazine award, and Arizona Business Owner of the Year. She has been named to many “Top 10, 25 and 100” lists in Arizona. Rochelle has taken the mystery out of technology for audiences worldwide and has provided keynotes, seminars and workshops for 1,000’s in areas of technology, personal development and marketing.
With accumulated sales over $22 million, Rochelle speaks with audiences of all levels on technology, self-promotion, and marketing and publicity. With her high energy style, audiences not only enjoy her presentations but come away with real life information that can be implemented right away. An avid community volunteer, Rochelle has served as head of the Sheriff’s Youth Education Posse and has developed a Work Skills program for jailed and high risk youth; as a volunteer, she has taught 100’s of incarcerated teens within several county jails. She has been a Junior Achievement volunteer for high risk youth for over 10 years and was awarded the YWCA Tribute to Women award.
Known as the “Queen of Self-Promotion” tm, Rochelle has been on TV, radio and appeared in numerous print media (nationally and worldwide, including NewsWeek and BusinessWeek) and is author of motivational and inspirational books (internationally) and CD’s. Rochelle is also a part-time faculty member and teaches small business and personal development college courses for business, art and technology majors.
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Andrew Karpel
Adjunct Faculty, Speaker, Consultant & Successful Business Owner
Department of Applied Technology
Born in Detroit, MI and raised primarily in Los Angeles, CA, Andy has lived and traveled the United States quite extensively. Andy opened an Italian restaurant in Tarzana, CA. for over 10 years. He also maintained a Manager/General Manager position for a large national restaurant chain. In the early 1990’s Andy entered the computer industry in Phoenix and partnered in a computer consulting business since 1993. He manages the operational side of this successful PC support and programming business.
Andy is a strong supporter of the community and continues to volunteer for many events and activities: the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office (MSCO) Posse; the Youth Education Posse (YEP); a Work Skills program for jailed and high risk youths; as a volunteer, he has taught 100’s of incarcerated teens within several county jails and continues in participate in various Sheriffs activities.
Andy is part-time faculty member at GCC and teaches small business and personal development college courses for art, business and technology majors.
In his spare time, Andy enjoys traveling and especially cruising - he still has that touch of the Coast Guard life in him.
andrew.karpel@gcmail.maricopa.edu
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Pat Ten Eyck
Adjunct Faculty
Department of Applied Technology
BA, Arizona State University, 1970
Major in Graphic Design
My background is as a graphic designer, which I pursued early on as an
employee at ad agencies and larger companies in the Phoenix area and for the
last 20 years as the owner of my own business. I started out doing print-
related work, from paste-up to art direction way back in the old days, to web
design and development more recently. I have taught graphic design, web design,
Photoshop, Quark Express, Dreamweaver, and Flash at Glendale Community College.
I am currently developing and teaching online classes in computer
graphics and graphics software applications.
When I'm not working, you might find me hiking one of the many trails
in the Phoenix area, riding my bike or rehabbing my historic house.
Pat received her BA in Graphic Design from the Arizona State University.
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