Learn from Great Arts Teachers

Hello! My name is Peterson, and I am a music director, singer, songwriter, vocal coach, and musical theatre practitioner. For over a decade, I’ve been helping singers and choirs unlock their full potential through harmony, artistry, and performance.

Composer and producer Joseph Caquias creates cinematic orchestral music that blends emotion, drama, and beauty— from original scores to film/game-inspired works.

I fell in love with weaving about ten years ago, when I retired from my career in graphic design. The two disciplines overlap perfectly through my love for color, pattern, and the design process. I became an artisan at the Hartford Artisans Weaving Center and began teaching as well as weaving my own creations. My classes focus on aiding weavers in understanding weave structures.

Suresh Paunrajan is a passionate meditation, manifestation, and biohacking teacher who has guided students in holistic well-being for over a decade. Suresh holds a Bachelor of Engineering with First Class Honors in Computer Science and Engineering from Madurai Kamaraj University, India (1996–2000).

Laura Nelkin lives in upstate New York, where the sunny season is short, leaving plenty of time to be indoors knitting. Though she has a degree in apparel design from Cornell University, she took to knitting years ago and hasn’t looked back.

Hello, my name is Etienne. I was born in France but when I was 2 years old, my family moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina and I grew up there. So I´m more argentinian than french. I went to "Lycée Jean Mermoz", a french high school. I had a BAC diploma specialized in Sciences. Then I studied Cinematography at "Universidad del Cine".

Jennifer A. Reis, assistant professor of arts administration and entrepreneurship at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is a creative entrepreneur, artist, educator and curator with 25 years experience in arts business and administration.

Habinaya Karthik – Bharatanatyam Dancer & Instructor I’m Habinaya Karthik from India – a passionate and dedicated classical dancer and instructor with over 15 years of experience in Bharatanatyam, and 7+ years of teaching students across all levels – from beginners to advanced.

I'm a sound engineer with both Bachelors and Masters degrees. I'm also a professional singer-songwriter and artist with my own project (Mari Segura), which you can find on all music platforms like Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube, etc. I write all songs for my own project besides writing for other artists as well, from several different music genres.

Janine Bajus is an internationally known Fair Isle knitter, designer, and teacher. Her goal is to provide the information that people need to knit their own stranded garments, whether traditional or wild, subdued or saturated, from a pattern or self-designed. Her hands-on workshops in custom color knitting are known for Janine’s unstoppable can-do attitude and step-by-step methods.