Artist-in-Residence John Paul Thornton is an artist, educator and speaker. He has taught at The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Skirball Cultural Center, California State University of Los Angeles, Pierce College, American Jewish University, the Los Angeles Unified School District Conservatory of the Arts, and the Sophia School of Painting in Tokyo, Japan.

He also served as Art Education Coordinator with the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs working on projects with MOCA, the Getty Research Institute and on International exchanges with Taxco, Mexico. John Paul’s paintings are in numerous private collections.