Learn from Great Arts Teachers

Kari Tauring is a culture bearer of Nordic heritage. Growing up in Minnesota with summers on the Wisconsin farm, nature and nature instruments are a constant in her life. An expert in Old Norse poetry and runes, a study she began in 1988, Kari weaves ancient poetic meaning into the sounds of sheep and swan bones, elder and willow trees, and a variety of horns.

Growing up in Connecticut, Kelsey received her classical ballet training at the Connecticut Ballet Company and Greenwich Ballet Academy. She attended the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theater & Dance before transferring to the Juilliard School’s Dance Division, under the direction of Lawrence Rhodes, where she holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts.

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).

Cael Chappell worked with basket weavers across Africa from 1991 to present. In 2017 he started weaving his own baskets, primarily using waxed linen thread and a technique called twining. Because of his extensive understanding of basketry, he quickly developed his own unique style of whimsical weaving. His baskets exhibit personality and life which engages viewers.

Laurie "Trumpet" Williams is a distinguished mixed media artist, instructor, and community builder. With a deep passion for alcohol ink, gel printing, and mixed media collage, her work serves as a source of inspiration for many in the art community.

Hello, I’m Anand, a professionally trained fine artist and watercolor painter based in Bangalore, India, with over 10 years of experience teaching art and painting. I believe you don’t need to be “naturally talented” or have years of experience to enjoy watercolor. Many of the adults I teach are complete beginners, hobby artists, or people returning to painting after many years.

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…

I live in Knoxville, Tennessee and have my studio at a small community ceramics collective called Mighty Mud. I received my MFA in Ceramic Design from Tsinghua University in Beijing, China, the first American to ever do so. I received my Ph. D in studio ceramics from Tokyo University of the Fine Arts in Tokyo, Japan, and only the second American to do that.

Lobel is a South Korean dancer specializing in popping who started her professional dance career after she trained Popping since 2008. For years, she studied various dance forms such as Popping, hip-hop, jazz, African, tap, house, ballet.

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.