Learn from Great Arts Teachers

Hi! My name is Annie. I’m a professional vocalist, actor, and musical theatre instructor with over 20 years of vocal training and performance experience. I began studying voice at age six and have trained extensively in musical theatre, classical and contemporary vocal styles.

British/American. Growing up with an American Dad from Hollywood, started my love for cinema. Growing up in England also opened my eyes to foreign films too, styles of acting and styles of film making and watching directors styles closely. My first job was in a video store. Submerged in films, I decided I wanted to be an actor.

A former communications professional living in the San Francisco Bay Area, Amy Snell has been teaching knitters joy and confidence in their craft for nearly 20 years. Amy loves to help knitters explore new techniques and expand the way they think about their knitting.

I am a retired professional archivist who has worked in a variety of settings, most recently at Vermont Folklife as their Associate Archivist. In my former career, I was a classroom teacher in Maine and Massachusetts, and later a researcher and teacher-trainer with Education Development Center in the Boston area.

Hi, I’m David Katz, an artisan baker and teacher from Israel. I ran my own bakery for over ten years, where I baked daily and trained new bakers in the craft of naturally leavened bread. My lessons are relaxed and hands-on, focused on helping you understand how dough works — not just follow steps.

Esther Rodgers is a full- time fiber artist from Mebane, NC. She is known for her creative art yarns and her unique fiber preparation, while constantly innovating her spinning techniques to create new textures. She is on the cutting edge in terms of yarn design. She loves to design and spin concept yarns from an inspiration and tell stories with her yarns.

Crystal Hesser has been spinning yarn for over a decade. She’s a regular contributor to Ply and Tiny Studios Magazines and is the creative mind behind Spin Up Girl. She shares her fiber exploits on Instagram at @spin_up_girl. Her specialties are inspired art yarns and supported spinning, but is also well-versed in traditional styles.

Anne Choi is a fiber artist raising a small flock of Shetland sheep in Bedminster, NJ. She teaches spinning, weaving and dyeing while exploring the relationship between craft and imagination. She is the founder of NJ Fibershed, an educational non-profit organization dedicated to promoting local fiber production and use.

My focus on designing weaves with the tools of our time—computers—started in the 1980s. Author of 4 books; presenter of courses both in person, online, and virtually (Zoom); but always at heart a weaver and designer.

Hello! My name is Nathan. I am a professional musician and have taught music students since 2010. As a solo performer, I am a singer-songwriter, pianist, and organist. My original music is pretty eclectic, but generally falls into the Christian and Jazz genres.