Art for Kids
School Instructors 2010
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In addition to his teaching, this year Jesse is beginning an administrative position with Art For Kids School. Jesse teaches in Art for Kids School Seattle Eastside. |
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Mandy Cufley is a Washington native and has always loved creating art. She remembers feeling a strong connection to her work during art classes in junior high. In high school she was introduced to watercolor, acrylic and collage, and her passion truly began to take shape. She was consistently asked to create artwork for various school projects, which led her to school for graphic design. Mandy graduated with a BFA in graphic design from Montana State University in 2000. Her studio art classes included drawing, painting, ceramics and photography. She moved to Dillon, Montana to work for Great Harvest Franchising as in-house graphic artist for two and a half years. Since then her life has taken several turns, all the while including acrylic paint, paper and canvas. She shows her artwork locally and incorporates her distinct and colorful style into her art and design business, Lucky Girl Designs. In 2007 Mandy was an art docent at Woodin Elementary where her passion for teaching and making art with kids was fully realized. Also during this time she created a community art contest that inspired over 200 entries. Mandy organized two events to show the work, and the winning entry was printed onto canvas shopping bags. She loves to share her passion for art and the inspiration to create, and help give kids a sense of pride. Acknowledging uniqueness and beauty in every child, she finds serenity in their presence, as they naturally live in the moment. Mandy teaches in AFKS Seattle Eastside. |
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Kirsten Marie Lawson graduated from the University of Washington with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography and a Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Visual Arts. She lives in Tacoma, Washington with her husband and three cats. Here she continues to pursue her love of photography, painting, drawing, climbing, and yoga. You can see more of her work at www.bythos.org/cmyk. Her photography focuses on creating abstract still lifes in nature, and her drawings are representative still lifes of everything from stacks of boxes to gracefully long euphorbia branches. Presently, she's come into a photographic darkroom and plans on submersing herself in its construction and use. Now that she has more time on her hands, she is excited to focus on drawing and painting. Kirsten is very happy to share her love of art with children and looks forward to giving them the tools they need to express their creativity. |
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Liz Korner graduated from Grinnell College with a BA degree in Art and English. She also studied photography and visual arts abroad in Dubai and in London. Liz has had a corporate career in 3D simulation but has always stayed involved in the Fine Arts learning and trying new things herself or just as often teaching others. A native of Tacoma Liz has come full circle returning to the northwest after four years living on the Costa Blanca in Spain. Liz has been an artist all her life and is thrilled to share her knowledge and to help children express their creativity. |
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Sommer-rae Simonson received a BFA from Cornish College of the Arts in 2010 with a major in photography and printmaking, also minoring in ballet and drumming. Her most recent art show included a documentary piece compiled of 35mm film images of her grandparents juxtaposed with film portraits of animals. Showing how similar the human race is to the animal kingdom. Aside from creating art, she has also been teaching it at Briarwood Elementary since September 2009. She also has a passion for backpacking, traveling all over the U.S. hiking and rock climbing in her off time. Most recently coming off a month long backpacking trip in Kauai and a week long climbing trip at Joshua Tree in southern California. |
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Danielle King received her B.A. in Art from Central Washington University. She concentrated in Art History, Photography, Drawing, and Early Childhood Education. She subsequently continued her studies in Art History at the University of Washington. Danielle has always loved to study the human form, as well as portraiture. Most of her work uses this subject matter, and she works mainly in gouache on canvas. In her ongoing role as the director of a Tumwater preschool, Danielle loves to emphasize the elements of art to her students. She is excited to continue teaching art at the school age level. |
