Meet the Orange Easel Team...
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Allison May Jensen, ownerAllison is the owner of Orange Easel. She earned her B.A. from the University of Iowa (Art and Spanish) in 2002. She's a mom of two and a practicing artist. She moonlights as a fitness instructors in the early morning hours. Prior to starting her art teaching business in 2011 (called Miss Allison's Art), she taught preschool and raised two young kids. In a previous life, she had a career in training and development with Panera Bread.
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Samantha Hilliard, lead instructorSamantha is an experienced childcare provider and aspiring artist. She love nature related art and bringing light to dull and outdated furniture. If everyone made art, the world would be a better place! She loves the bustle and controlled-chaos of a preschool classroom and has a passion for witnessing children solve everyday problems.
Classes: Monday Art FUNdamentals, Tuesday Art FUNdamentals, Friday Art FUNdamentals, Mom's Morning Out |
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Alexa Wilson, lead instructorAlexa is a local artist and college student who loves nature and traveling. She previously worked in an art program in the Chattanooga, Tennessee school district, where she taught elementary students. More recently, she returned from a trip where she helped in schools in Nepal. Alexa loves to explore all kinds of art and is always excited to see what children will create!
Classes: K/1st Grade Art, 2nd/3rd Grade Art, 4th/5th grade Art, Open Studio Saturdays |
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Cathy Gann, instructorClasses: K/1st Grade Art, 2nd/3rd Grade Art
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Jillian Lewis, instructor's assistant |
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Nancy Martin, instructorNancy is a former children's art teacher at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and has taught continuing and professional studies at the Kansas City Art Institute for the past fourteen years. She loves art, art-making, process of art making. She has a Bachelors of Fine Arts from the Kansas City Art Institute (painting and drawing) and a Masters of Fine Arts from the Art Institute of Chicago (painting and drawing).
Classes: Tuesday Art FUNdamentals |
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Kristina Olms, instructorKristina grew up in the Kansas City area and earned her B.S. in Elementary Education (with minors in Early Childhood Ed, Early Childhood Special Education, AND Elementary Art Education) from Northwest Missouri State University. She then went on to receive her Masters in Art Education from Boston University. She spent five years teaching overseas in Bahrain before returning to teach at the Early Childhood Center in Liberty. She loves painting and singing and plans to write and illustrate her own children's book someday!
Classes: 4th/5th Grade Art, Middle School Art |
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Olivia Scheible, instructor's assistant |
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Sara Woolfolk, instructorSara is a mom, an amateur photographer, a children's church leader, a graphic designer, a president of a moms club and a big kid at heart. She has a Bachelors of Science from Northwest Missouri State (Journalism, with an emphasis in Design). Prior to her career as a stay-at-home mom, she worked as the creative services manager at The Kansas City Star.
Classes: Monday Art FUNdamentals, Tuesday Art FUNdamentals |
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Grace Ventimiglia, instructorClasses: Mom's Morning Out, Open Studio Saturdays
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