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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Cathy Gann, instructorClasses: Just Drawing Classes
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Samantha Hilliard, 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 She love nature related art and bringing light to dull and outdated furniture.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, Fourth Fridays and Mom's Morning Out |
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Jillian Lewis, instructor's assistantClasses: 2nd/3rd Grade, 4th/5th Grade, Fourth Fridays and Open Studio Saturdays
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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. MIss Nancy has been teaching at Orange Easel since we opened out doors in 2014. 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 and Friday 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!
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Liz Reinhardt, birthday party instructor and hostMiss Liz leads our weekend parties at Orange Easel. She is a Liberty momma with a background in hospitality and customer service and a BIG love of art! She has a big personality and radiates positive energy.
Classes: Weekend Art Parties |
Sandy Goodpasture, instructorClasses: K/1st Grade, 2nd/3rd Grade, Just Drawing, Toddler Art Play Group, and Friday Young Maker Club
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Olivia Scheible, instructor's assistantClasses: K/1st Grade, 2nd/3rd Grade, 4th/5th Grade, and Fourth Fridays
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Sara Woolfolk, instructorSara is a mom, an amateur photographer, a children's church leader, youth pastor, a graphic designer, and a big kid at heart. Miss Sara has been there since the beginning and evening taught art classes in Miss Allison's basement when the business was just getting started. 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: Monnday Homeschool Classes, Toddler Art Play Group, and Baby Art Play Groups |
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Grace Ventimiglia, instructorMiss Grace is a local artist and free spirit. She love steampunk and Disney movies (and soundtracks). She specializes in acrylics, mosaics, and all sorts of craft projects. Miss Grace leads our Thursday Mom's Morning Out program as well as many of our evening grade school classes.
Classes: Mom's Morning Out, Lil' Artists, 2nd/3rd Grade, 4th/5th Grade, Middle School/High School, and Emerging Artists |
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Alexa Wilson, instructorAlexa is a local artist and college student who loves nature and traveling. She has been an Ornage Easel instructor since we opened our doors in 2014. Prior to joining our team she 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.
Classes: K/1st Grade, 2nd/3rd Grade, 4th/5th Grade, Fourth Fridays and Open Studio Saturdays |
