Learn from Great Arts Teachers

Jenn Lee from Cary, NC, has a professional background in textile technology and industrial knitting. Her technical background gives her a unique perspective on hand knitting she loves to share with others. Jenn enjoys knitting to create high-quality clothing with special touches not found in stores, focusing on unique details and whimsical touches.

Stacy is an avid knitter and passionate textile artist with 16 years of experience in the fiber arts world. Her journey began with knitting and spinning yarn, quickly evolving into processing raw fleece by hand, exploring natural dyeing techniques, and finally, growing her own dye plants.

Quoted by the London Contemporary School of Piano as “a classical pianist with a jazz spirit, connected to the improvisation traditions of classical music,” I bring a blend of tradition and innovation to every lesson I teach. With over 25 years of piano performance experience (starting at age 7) and 10 years of dedicated teaching, I have performed across the U.S., U.K., and Greece…

I am an immunologist (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly_Matzinger) and sheep farmer. i teach basic and advanced immunology, and the genetics and biology of sheep color and breeding.

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Kristen Walsh has been involved in creative things her whole life. She has been exploring fiber for many years – first knitting, then spinning and finally felting. Kristen has been earning attention for her felting, winning prizes at the Old Saybrook Arts Show, Marlborough Arts Center and Glastonbury Arts Show in Connecticut, selected as a Best in Show finalist at the Neptune…

**BRIEFLY OPENING LIMITED SLOTS, PLEASE MESSAGE ME IF INTERESTED** I am a multi-instrumentalist who makes music arrangements on YouTube! I've been playing the violin for nearly 25 years, and have added many other instruments to my arsenal over time. I am a graduate of Nazareth College of Rochester (2016) with a Bachelor's Degree in Music.

Aleksi Zaretsky is a freelance violinist and teacher based in San Francisco. He is originally from Valley Cottage, NY. Aleksi has performed alongside the San Francisco Symphony, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, the San Francisco Ballet Orchestra, New Century Chamber Orchestra, SFJAZZ, the Monterey Symphony, Symphony Parnassus, the Concert Truck managed by Opus 3 Artists…

Cally Booker lives and weaves in Dundee on the east coast of Scotland. From 2018 – 2021 she was a contributor to the Aural Textiles project, capturing the sounds of the Scottish landscape and investigating ways of using them to inspire textile design in solo and collaborative projects. She has continued to develop these processes in her personal creative practice.

Jackie is a dyer from Maine specializing in natural dyes. She comes from a production background, having worked dyeing yarns in large dyehouses, and has been teaching workshops on dyeing for 10 years. She is fascinated by the chemistry of dyes and has been known to coax dozens of colors from a single plant.