Elianna Panakis – B.F.A. in Design

I graduated from UT Austin with a BFA in design. I love teaching art because it’s one of the most powerful forms of expression! It’s so rewarding to empower people with that skill and help them tap into their creative side.  
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Monica Jung- B.F.A in Fine Arts

I’ve worked as an art teacher both in Korea and in Austin, and I have also illustrated several children’s books. I graduated with a B.F.A. in Fine Arts from Sungshin Women’s University in Seoul, South Korea. I love teaching students and watching them grow in their artistic skills while developing their creative minds. I teach
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Anna Ganina – M.A. History of Renaissance Art.

I’ve been drawing and painting for as long as I remember myself. Yet, as a teenager, I was afraid to pursue my dream of becoming an artist, so I chose architecture as a subject to study in college. However, ten years later, I quit my job at the architectural firm and enrolled in the Academy
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Erin Root – M.Ed. In Special Education

I earned an M.Ed. In special education in 2013, and enjoyed a rewarding career in secondary education. After spending 10+ years working as special education (life skills), language arts, and dyslexia teacher, I decided to step back and devote more time to art. I enrolled as an adult student at Art + Academy and haven’t
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Tiffany Langham – B.S. in Computer Animation

I received my B.S. in Computer Animation at Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida. Both a traditional and digital artist, I have been practicing professionally for over a decade and have experience with drawing, painting, printmaking, 2D and 3D animation, 3D modeling and even dabble in jewelry making. I’ve worked on feature films and
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Jennie T. Gray – B.F.A. in Studio Art

I am a professional artist and art educator and I graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Studio Art with an All Level Art Teaching Certification, magna cum laude, from Texas State University-San Marcos. I received extensive training in all art and design media during my BFA in Studio Art and Art Education program,
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Matt Southworth – B.F.A. in Painting

I had the privilege of having amazing teachers in my life, the best of whom was my dad, who took me out landscape painting and drawing on the coast of New England when I was a kid. I graduated from Maine College of Art and Design, Portland ME.  Teaching is such an incredible opportunity to share
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Cecely Valderrama – B.F.A. in Drawing and Painting.

I earned a B.F.A. in Drawing and Painting from Arizona State University. I’m a visual artist trained in fine art drawing and painting, concept design, digital painting, and illustration. I want to teach because I know what it’s like to search and seek but come up short or empty on the substance of what you
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Ashley Stuewe BFA in Drawing & BA in Art Education

I am an artist and an art teacher. I received a BFA in Drawing and a BA in Art Education from Kansas State University in 2015. During college, I also worked two summers as the Arts and Crafts leader at a summer camp in New York called Iroquois Springs. After graduating, I moved to Austin,
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Kailyn Carr Art Teacher

Kailyn Carr- B.F.A. Studio Art.

I’m a B.F.A Studio Art major from the University of Texas at Austin. I’m originally from Pleasanton Texas, and since coming to Austin I’ve fallen in love with its rich art community. College taught me that art is a personal, introspective thing; but also, something affluent in conversation. Working studios and summer camps during college
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