Learn from Great Arts Teachers

Hello! My name is Nathan! I'm a doctoral student and violist living in Athens, GA with my wife, Rebecca, and my scruffy rescue terrier, Rory. I have been teaching private music lessons since 2012, worked as a graduate teaching assistant at Miami University for musicology courses for two years, and currently work as a presidential research fellow and teaching assistant at the…

Kate Larson, editor of Farm & Fiber Knits and former editor of Spin Off, loves using fiber arts as a bridge between her passions for art and agriculture. She keeps a flock of Border Leicester sheep and teaches handspinning and knitting throughout the United States.

Hi there! My name is Katelyn, but you can call me Kate. I have been teaching English for 12 years. I spent some time teaching in China (I can speak a tiny bit of Chinese), and now I am back in the USA to teach online! I have taught ages 4 to 80 at almost every level. My goal is to help students become confident with their English.

Emily learned to knit three times – once when she was a kid, once during college, and again about five years later. The last time, it stuck. She's been designing knitting patterns since 2011 and tries to hit the sweet spot with patterns that are fun and engaging to knit, but also easy to understand.

Hi! I’m Sophie Laffey, a UK-qualified educator with over 10 years of experience working with children aged 5 to 10 across both mainstream and alternative learning environments. I hold a BA (Hons) in Learning and Teaching from the University of Northampton (2016–2017), and a Foundation Degree in Learning and Teaching (2014–2016).

My name is Miriam Cacciacarro and I am a professional violinist, pianist, and music teacher. I have been performing for over fifteen years, teaching for just over ten years. I complete both my grade eight exams for violin and piano with the Royal Conservatory of Music, as well as my grade ten violin exam with honors.

My name is John-Francis Nnadi, and I am a music producer, composer, and educator with a background in Computer Science from Nnamdi Azikiwe University. My technical studies helped me understand audio systems, digital signal processing, and workflow design, which strengthened the way I approach music creation.

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Patricia Sanville lives on a small farm in Frederick, MD., where she has been for 15 years, raising a family and raising sheep as well as various other species of livestock and crops. Patricia is on the Maryland Sheep Breeders Association Board of Directors and also serves as the Director from Maryland to the American Sheep Industry.

Laurie lives and works at the foot of the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia. As a child she was fascinated by all things fiber, particularly when visiting Colonial Williamsburg. She learned to spin first, on a spinning wheel built by her grandfather. Spinners hang out with weavers and spinning became the entry drug as she developed her fiber habit.